Wednesday, July 22nd 2026 — AEHR Rips, Cleo Fields Exits, and the Government Finally Admits It Doesn't Know What's Flying Around

Show Notes — 2026-07-22

Oil spikes four percent after Rubio declares Iran 'not serious' about peace talks, Aehr Test Systems rips nearly twenty-four percent on earnings, and the Pentagon's UAP office drops its fiscal year twenty twenty-five report months late — citing three hundred nineteen new cases while insisting every single one has a conventional explanation. Meanwhile, China tells its citizens to report alien contact to the United Nations. Just a Wednesday.

**In This Episode**

- **AI Debt Scandal** — Five tech giants accused of hiding $1.65 trillion in AI spending debt using Enron-era accounting tricks

- **AEHR Test Systems** — Aehr rips nearly +24% after strong earnings; silicon carbide semiconductor trade back in focus

- **Oil Spike** — Crude jumps 4% as Rubio says Iran 'not serious' about peace talks; eleven consecutive days of US strikes on Iran

- **Flock Safety** — License plate surveillance company caught repeatedly lying to city councils and police departments across the US

- **Nintendo Tariff Stance** — Nintendo says it has no legal obligation to pass tariff cost savings on to customers

- **AARO UAP Report** — Pentagon UAP office releases FY2025 report months late, citing 319 new cases, all attributed to conventional causes

- **China Alien Protocol** — Chinese state media instructs citizens not to respond to extraterrestrial contact, report to UN instead

- **Cleo Fields** — Louisiana senator announces resignation from Congress to run for governor

- **Ben Affleck** — #1 on Google Trends for reasons the internet understands deeply