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Pentagon officials suggest alien mothership in our solar system could send mini probes to Earth
A draft research report authored by Sean Kirkpatrick, the director of the Pentagon's All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) and Abraham Loeb, chairman of Harvard University's astronomy department was released on March 7 and focuses on the physical constraints of unidentified aerial phenomena.
March 14, 2023
By Greg Wehner
Key lawmakers double down on solving the enduring mystery of UFOs
In that encounter, four naval aviators were left stunned as a strange elongated object with no wings or engines conducted jaw-dropping maneuvers. Eyewitnesses ultimately briefed members of Congress on the incident, which included several perplexing detections by radar and infrared (heat) sensors. Meanwhile, other...
March 7, 2023
By Marik Von Rennenkampff
Steven Spielberg thinks the US government is hiding information about UFOs
"E.T." director Steven Spielberg thinks the 1982 classic was onto something — and believes the US government is hiding information about UFOs from the general public. "I think the secrecy that is shrouding all of these sightings and the lack of transparency until the Freedom of Information Act compels certain...
March 3, 2023
By Ben Kesslen
We Have a Real UFO Problem. And It's Not Balloons.
America's fixation on the recent objects floating over the country overlooks a much more serious problem with advanced technology aircraft that we can't explain. On a clear, sunny day in April 2014, two F/A-18s took off for an air combat training mission
February 28, 2023
By Ryan Graves
A Chinese spy balloon, missiles and 'UFOs': What we've learned about string of objects shot down by the US
B efore President Joe Biden ordered the US military to shoot down a Chinese surveillance balloon off the coast of South Carolina earlier this month, the last time an errant balloon occupied such a dominant place in America's public discourse was 8 July 1947, when officials at a US Army airfield in Roswell , New Mexico...
February 18, 2023
By Alex Woodward and Andrew Feinberg
Biden says three objects shot down over US 'most likely' private, and not more Chinese spy balloons – live
Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Live feed From 2h ago 19.18 GMT Biden says downed UFOs likely not for surveillance Joe Biden says the intelligence services haven't determined the purpose of the three objects American planes shot down in recent days, but there's no sign they were used...
February 16, 2023
By Chris Stein in Washington
National Geographic's New Docuseries Gives Insight Into UFO Sightings
Forbes Innovation Consumer Tech National Geographic's New Docuseries Gives Insight Into UFO Sightings Jennifer Kite-Powell Senior Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I'm a senior tech contributor who writes about science and technology Following Feb 16, 2023, 02:37pm EST | Press play...
February 16, 2023
By Jennifer Kite-Powell, Senior Contributor
Did China launch the other objects shot down by American fighter jets?
A massive surveillance balloon that drifted across the US before it was shot down by an American fighter jet is believed to be part of a Chinese military fleet of similar intelligence-gathering aircrafts. But military and White House officials say there is no indication that three smaller unidentified "objects" that...
February 14, 2023
By Alex Woodward
Flying Objects Could Turn Out to Be Harmless, U.S. Says
Investigators have not yet found evidence that the three objects shot down in recent days were connected to China's program of balloon surveillance.
February 14, 2023
By Michael D. Shear and Karoun Demirjian
After U.S. Downs UFOs, More Awareness of Balloons All Over Our Skies
As more unidentified objects were shot down by the U.S. Air Force in recent days, experts warned that there were an "endless" array of potential targets.
February 14, 2023
By William J. Broad
Why the U.S. Keeps Shooting Objects Out of the Sky
After taking down a Chinese spy balloon last week, the U.S. military shot down three other high-flying objects, without knowing exactly what they were.
February 14, 2023
By Michael Barbaro, Mooj Zadie, Will Reid, Diana Nguyen, Rachel Quester, Marion Lozano, Dan Powell and Chris Wood
The US and Canada shot down objects, but what were they?
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government and Canada have been busy intercepting unidentified flying objects in the skies, shooting down one Friday over Alaska, another Saturday over the Yukon Territory and a third over Michigan on Sunday. The two countries are still trying to identify and recover the objects, but those...
February 13, 2023
By Julian E. Barnes and Adam Goldman
US jets down 4 objects in 8 days, unprecedented in peacetime
WASHINGTON — A U.S. fighter jet shot down an "unidentified object" over Lake Huron on Sunday on orders from President Joe Biden. It was the fourth such downing in eight days and the latest military strike in an extraordinary chain of events over U.S. airspace that Pentagon officials believe has no peacetime...
February 13, 2023
By Colleen Long, Lolita C. Baldor and Zeke Miller
Inside Biden's decision to 'take care of' the Chinese spy balloon
When President Joe Biden learned a likely Chinese spy balloon was drifting through the stratosphere 60,000 feet above Montana, his first inclination was to take it down. By then, however, it was both too early and too late. After flying over swaths of sparsely populated land, it was now projected to keep drifting over...
February 4, 2023
Where is the Chinese 'spy' balloon now?
US authorities were closely tracking a Chinese airship that was spotted flying over sensitive nuclear sites in Montana this week. The suspected spy balloon was shot down along the coast of the Carolinas on Saturday. Chinese officials shared "regret" on Friday and claimed the balloon was conducting meteorological...
February 4, 2023
By Bevan Hurley
China balloon: Many questions about suspected spy in the sky
What in the world is that thing? A massive white orb sweeping across U.S. airspace has triggered a diplomatic maelstrom and is blowing up on social media. China insists it's just an errant civilian airship used mainly for meteorological research that went off course due to winds. With only limited "self-steering"...
February 3, 2023
By Lolita C. Baldor and Tara Copp
Where is the Chinese 'spy' balloon now?
US authorities say they are closely tracking a Chinese airship that was spotted flying over sensitive nuclear sites in Montana . Chinese officials shared "regret" on Friday and claimed the balloon was conducting meteorological research and had been accidentally blown off course by winds. A Pentagon official called the...
February 3, 2023
By Bevan Hurley
Neil deGrasse Tyson on UFOs and aliens in space
CNN's Chris Wallace talks to astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson about life outside of Earth. Watch his interview with Chris Wallace February 5 at 7:00pm ET on CNN or anytime on HBO Max.
February 3, 2023
Pentagon says it is monitoring Chinese spy balloon spotted flying over US
The Pentagon has said it is tracking a Chinese spy balloon flying over the United States but decided against shooting it down for safety reasons. Defence officials said the balloon has been watched for a couple days since it entered US airspace, flying at high altitude. It has been monitored by several methods...
February 2, 2023
By Julian Borger in Washington
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