Methodology

Feed Health (Last Build)

Data Collection

UAP News Now uses automated RSS ingestion to collect articles from verified sources. The system polls configured feeds hourly and processes new items through a relevance filter.

Source Selection

Sources are categorized by type and priority:

• Government (Priority 1): Department of Defense, NASA, congressional sources
• Defense Media (Priority 1): The War Zone, Breaking Defense, Aviation Week
• Mainstream (Priority 2): Reuters, Associated Press, major newspapers
• Policy (Priority 2): Politico, defense policy publications

Relevance Filtering

Articles are filtered for UAP relevance using keyword matching against titles, descriptions, and categories:

UAP_KEYWORDS = [
  'uap', 'ufo', 'unidentified aerial',
  'unidentified flying', 'unidentified anomalous',
  'aerial phenomenon', 'navy', 'pilot',
  'pentagon', 'congress', 'hearing',
  'whistleblower', 'grusch', 'aarO'
]

Verified vs Needs Review

Documents in our archive are marked with a verification status:

• Verified: Document has been confirmed to exist at the provided official URL. Links have been tested and verified to resolve correctly.
• Needs Review: Document is referenced in official sources but the direct link is pending verification, or the document is announced but not yet released.

The Last Verified date indicates when the link was last tested. Users should always review the original source before citing.

Deduplication

Articles are deduplicated using normalized title comparison. The system strips punctuation and whitespace, then compares the first 50 characters to identify near-duplicates across sources.

Output Generation

The build process generates three outputs:

• articles.json — Structured data for site rendering
• rss.xml — Aggregated RSS feed (top 50 items)
• sitemap.xml — SEO sitemap for search indexing

Update Frequency

The site rebuilds automatically via Netlify's build hooks. RSS feeds are polled during each build cycle. Static assets are served via CDN for fast global delivery.

Limitations

• Keyword filtering may miss relevant articles without UAP terminology
• Source availability depends on RSS feed maintenance by publishers
• Deduplication may fail on substantially rewritten headlines
• Build frequency limits real-time breaking news coverage

Corrections

For corrections, email uapnewsnow@gmail.com.