# Wednesday, May 20th 2026 — OPTX Rips, FBI Drops UAP Files, and the Internet Is Obsessed With Tom Selleck

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Podcast: [Hunchline: The Morning Line](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hunchline-the-morning-line-7849846)
Published: 2026-05-20T11:34:08+00:00
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Wednesday May 20th 2026: Syntec Optics explodes 20% on defense optics news, the Department of War drops 161 declassified FBI UAP files through the new PURSUE portal, NATO shoots down a Ukrainian drone over Estonian airspace in a war first, and the internet apparently really needed to Google Tom Selleck yesterday.

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