unidentified

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Diet could help answer one of the biggest mysteries raised by the fossils: how did early Homo and this unidentified Australopithecus share the same place?

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

Remulla said that the unidentified men who sought to enter the Senate building were carrying weapons and that Senate security fired a warning shot.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

The Sierra Madre Police Department said Saturday that a man — at that point unidentified — died after having a medical emergency on the trail and that no foul play was suspected.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

"On May 4, two unidentified aircraft struck the outer plate of the port-side ballast tank at the stern of the HMM Namu at roughly one-minute intervals, causing flames and smoke," he said.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

In short, though there may be life on other planets in our galaxy, the sightings of UFOs are almost certainly just that—sightings of unidentified flying objects.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos