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Mar 23, 2021

To be declassified: UFO broke sound barrier with no sonic boom

More inexplicable sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) will be released for public scrutiny in June — including a UFO that broke the sound barrier without producing a sonic boom. Speaking on Fox News, the former director of National Intelligence, John Ratcliffe, said Saturday (March 20) that the sightings are...

Mar 25, 2021

Legacy of shattered alien-seeking Arecibo telescope will live on for millions of years

Arecibo Observatory radio telescope in Puerto Rico, which made Earth's first attempt to contact aliens, shaped pioneering cosmic research for nearly six decades. Its collapse in December last year, preceded by two cable failures and the National Science Foundation's (NSF) decision to decommission and dismantle the telescope, marked the end...

Mar 26, 2021

We should study 'dead' alien worlds, and maybe (carefully) seed them with life

The search for life in the universe tends to focus on habitable environments. But to answer questions about how life emerged and spread, as well as the limits of habitability, researchers may want to consider looking at dead worlds — and perhaps even (very carefully) seeding them with life. The...

Apr 23, 2021

Proxima Centauri shoots out humongous flare, with big implications for alien life

Scientists have spotted one of the largest stellar flares ever recorded in our galaxy. The jets of plasma shot outward from the sun's nearest neighbor, the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri. The flare, which was around 100 times more powerful than any experienced in our solar system, could change the...

May 6, 2021

Roswell UFO crash: What is the truth behind the 'flying saucer' incident?

There is a spaceship that looks like a flying saucer in Roswell. Thousands of motorists drive past it every day, and hundreds of people go inside. It's on North Main Street in this southeastern New Mexico city, its metal skin gleaming as it basks in the glow of the sun....

May 18, 2021

'Library of the Great Silence' invites E.T. to share long-term survival strategies

Intelligent aliens will soon have a space here on Earth where they can share how they made it through their technological adolescence. We haven't yet heard from any such beings, of course. Some researchers find this Great Silence puzzling, given how old the universe is and how many potentially habitable...

May 19, 2021

UFO answers coming soon? The Pentagon to report on mysterious sightings.

We could soon start getting answers to some vexing UFO questions. Over the past few years, we've learned that U.S. Navy pilots commonly see unidentified flying objects, some of which appear to be far faster and more maneuverable than their own aircraft. You've probably seen footage of a few such...

May 24, 2021

Mushrooms on Mars? 5 unproven claims that alien life exists

A recent study claims to have found evidence for mushroom-like life forms on the surface of Mars. As it happens, these particular features are well known and were discovered by cameras aboard Nasa’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, shortly after it landed in 2004. They are not, in fact, living organisms...

May 25, 2021

Spherical UFO plunges into the ocean in US Navy footage

A spherical unidentified flying object (UFO) hovers in midair, moves side to side like a ball in the Pong video game and then seems to dive into the ocean, in footage that was recently released online by a filmmaker who produces documentaries about UFOs. Though a Pentagon spokesperson confirmed that...

May 28, 2021

1947 'alien autopsy' film frame is up for auction as an NFT

A picture is worth a thousand words, but is a single frame of 16-mm film worth $1 million? That's the opening bid for a negative frame of black-and-white movie footage from 1947, allegedly showing an extraterrestrial corpse on a medical examiner's table. The frame comes from an infamous and very...

Jun 3, 2021

Pentagon's long-awaited UFO report to Congress due this month

After a months-long investigation, the Pentagon is poised to produce a report addressing sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) — more commonly known as unidentified flying objects, or UFOs. But don't expect a big reveal about secret alien technology and extraterrestrial spaceships. The aim of the report is to establish...

Jun 4, 2021

'No evidence' UFOs are alien spacecraft, but they're not American, Pentagon says

A new report from U.S. intelligence officials claims that there's no evidence that the unidentified flying objects (UFOs) sighted in recent years — even objects that seemed to perform aerodynamic feats beyond the capabilities of human aircraft — are extraterrestrial in origin. But the objects aren't American-made technologies, either, officials...

Jun 22, 2021

Skies alive with UFOs? Government report on mysterious sightings due soon

This month, the U.S. government is set to release a UFO report put together by the intelligence community and the Pentagon, including a specially created Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) Task Force. That task force was established to provide insight into the nature and origins of purported aerial objects, primarily reported...

Jun 23, 2021

Aliens in 1,700 star systems could have seen civilization emerge on Earth

At least 1,715 nearby star systems sat at a perfect angle to view Earth during the past 5,000 years, meaning aliens living in those systems, if they exist and have the right technology, could have watched our planet from afar as early human civilizations first emerged. Of those star systems,...

Jun 26, 2021

Long-anticipated 'UFO report' finally released. No, it's not aliens.

The Pentagon has released a highly anticipated UFO report that in no way suggests aliens are responsible for more than 140 sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) by navy pilots. Even so, the report indicates that most of the UAP reported probably do represent physical objects. And out of the...