Twenty-three contemporary screen captures from a private OneDrive collection preserve search-result pages visible in early January 2016. Six are displayed below. They document discoverability and the wording of search snippets—not the original publication date or the truth of the stories.
Visible screen date on examined captures: 5 January 2016. This is not a verified creation timestamp for each JPEG.
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Curatorial note: Screenshots have been scaled and converted to WebP for online presentation. SHA-256 fingerprints in the inventory refer to the unmodified source files; originals remain in the owner’s OneDrive export.
These are images of Google search-result pages. The linked articles are not archived within these images. A snippet can be shortened or changed by search engines. No direct copying relationship between media outlets can be inferred from search results alone.
E-MEDIA, March 2016, pp. 40–41, published a contemporary report by Mathias Bertsch on the alleged “alien phone” and the creator’s account. The private PDF was consulted for cataloguing; the magazine pages are not reproduced here.
Source held in private Google Drive (access-controlled) ↗The English Wikipedia article provides a useful current overview and links to other language editions. As a collaborative and editable reference work, it is a tertiary guide—not an independent primary source for the origin of the artwork or the media chain. Consult its citations and revision history for verification.