On this day in conspiracies

In early afternoon, the Kentucky Highway Patrol and then Godman Field at Fort Knox receive reports of an unusual object in the sky. Observers describe it variously as round and bright, one account putting it at 250 to 300 feet across, moving slowly westward. Officers and airmen in the Godman tower watch it for some time without identifying it.

The COM delivers its verdict: about 30 defendants are sentenced to death, roughly 50 receive prison terms from three years to life, and around 45 are acquitted. Presidential aide-de-camp Colonel Eddy Kapend is convicted of organizing a failed coup and sentenced to death; none of the death sentences are ever carried out.

At a briefing, police disclose that Livelsberger had used the AI chatbot ChatGPT to research aspects of the plan, including how to assemble and detonate the materials and what laws applied to acquiring them. Investigators release his journal and travel log documenting stops to buy firearms, ammunition, fireworks, and fuel on the drive to Las Vegas.

Under a 'particularly dangerous situation' red flag warning issued in advance by the National Weather Service, the Palisades fire ignites in the hills above Pacific Palisades in the morning, and the Eaton fire breaks out that evening above Altadena. Santa Ana winds gusting to roughly 60–100 miles per hour drive both fires through neighborhoods faster than crews can hold them.

Consumer-fraud trackers flag a surge of '$2,000 tariff rebate' text messages as phishing. The texts, heavy on bold and capitalized urgency, tell recipients their check will not be sent unless they click a link and respond immediately.

The Pentagon says seven US service members were injured during the operation. A report to Congress and House briefing documents lay out the mission's scope. Venezuelan officials give varying, far higher casualty counts for their own side that are not independently verified.

The predicted 'secret episode' does not appear. No eighth episode exists on Netflix, and no such release was ever scheduled or announced by the studio.