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NASA releases report on UFOs and says more science and less stigma are needed to understand them

NASA said Thursday that the study of UFOs will require new scientific techniques, including advanced satellites as well as a shift in how unidentified flying objects are perceived.

September 14, 2023 By The Associated Press

Nasa appoints UFO research chief and plans to crowdsource help with sightings

Agency aims to eliminate stigma that surrounds reporting of sightings and 'shift conversation from sensationalism to science'Nasa is to engage a global army of citizen sky watchers to help it solve the mystery of unidentified anomalous phenomena, more com

September 14, 2023 By Richard Luscombe

NASA: No evidence of "extraterrestrial" UFOs, but some defy explanation

NASA officials stressed that the group found no evidence that UAPs are "extraterrestrial" in nature, but said some of the objects cannot be explained.

September 14, 2023

Scientists call fraud on supposed extraterrestrials presented to Mexican Congress

Supposed aliens landed in 's Congress but there were no saucer-shaped UFOs hovering over the historic building or bright green invaders like those seen in Hollywood films. The specter of little green men visited Mexico City as lawmakers heard testimony Tuesday from individuals suggesting the possibility that...

September 13, 2023

Mexican senate hears testimony on extraterrestrial life: 'We are not alone'

Mexican senators have heard testimony that "we are not alone" in the universe and been presented with the alleged remains of "non-human" mummies, in the country's first official event on extraterrestrial life.

September 13, 2023 By Thomas Graham

Scientists Say You're Looking for Alien Civilizations All Wrong

An influential group of researchers is making the case for new ways to search the skies for signs of alien societies. They argue that current methods could be biased by human-centered thinking, and that it's time to take advantage of data-driven, machine learning techniques.

September 13, 2023 By Ramin Skibba

'The Truth Is Out There': The Emails NASA's UFO Investigators Got From Scientists and the Public

On June 9, 2022, NASA announced that it was convening a team of experts to conduct a scientific study of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs), a term that NASA defines as "observations of events in the sky that cannot be identified as aircraft or known natural phenomena from a scientific perspective."

September 13, 2023 By Becky Ferreira

NASA to Release, Discuss Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Report

NASA will host a media briefing at 10 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Sept. 14, at the agency's headquarters in Washington to discuss the findings from an unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) independent study team it commissioned in 2022.

September 12, 2023

In U.S., most UFO documentation is classified. Not so in other countries.

Early one August evening in 1954, a Brazilian plane was tracked by an unidentified object of "strong luminosity" that didn't appear on radar. Two decades later, a river community in the northern Amazon jungle was repeatedly visited by glowing orbs that beamed lights down onto the inhabitants. In 1986, more than 20...

September 5, 2023 By Terrence McCoy

Pentagon launches website for declassified UFO information

Washington — The Defense Department announced Thursday that its office tasked with overseeing efforts to address unidentified anomalous phenomena , or UAPs, launched a new website to provide the public with declassified information about the mysterious objects. The site aims to serve as a "one-stop shop" for...

September 1, 2023

Metallic spheres found on Pacific floor are interstellar in origin, Harvard professor finds

Ever since he first learned about the strange meteor falling to Earth, astrophysicist Avi Loeb has been determined to discover whether it was indeed an extraterrestrial artifact that had crashed into the Pacific Ocean. Now the professor and theoretical astrophysicist at Harvard University says he and a team of...

August 29, 2023 By Eric Lagatta

Neil deGrasse Tyson on UFO claims: "We would know about it"

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson pushed back on claims that the government is hiding information about UFOs and aliens from the American public. "Do you think the government is that competent, that they can actually keep such a secret? Oh, my gosh, when did you get that much confidence in the U.S. government?" Tyson...

August 27, 2023 By Lauren Sforza

Astrophysicist Avi Loeb: "UFOs should be the subject of mainstream inquiry. Science must bring clarity"

Abraham Loeb, known as Avi, is a professor of astrophysics at Harvard University and he has done the unthinkable. He has repeatedly been willing to contemplate the existence of nonhuman technology and how it may explain certain perplexing astronomical observations that mainstream science struggles with. Loeb, 61, is...

August 26, 2023 By Stuart Clark

NASA's approach to UFOs appears remarkably unscientific

In 2021, NASA administrator Bill Nelson suggested that mysterious objects encountered by military aviators in recent years may have extraterrestrial origins. A few years earlier, then-Senator Nelson (D-Fla.) received classified briefings from fighter pilots who had observed mysterious objects exhibiting extraordinary...

August 11, 2023 By Marik Von Rennenkampff

Neil deGrasse Tyson on historic UFO hearing: 'I need better data'

In a whirlwind of cosmic news, Virgin Galactic achieved a groundbreaking milestone with its inaugural commercial space mission, captivating the world's attention amid a backdrop of intensifying UFO discussions and congressional hearings on Capitol Hill. Recent congressional hearings on UFO sightings and encounters...

August 10, 2023 By Tom Palmer

Trying to discredit UFO whistleblower is 'sickening': Burchett

One of the leading members of Congress trying to get to the bottom of the UFO mystery is unfazed by a recent report about the mental health of one of the biggest whistleblowers on the subject.

August 10, 2023 By Caitlyn Shelton

UFO reporting hotline is MIA

There's no phone number. No email address. Not even a website. More than a year since the Pentagon launched an office to investigate UFO sightings, there is still no hotline for pilots and others to report mysterious objects directly to the investigators.

August 9, 2023 By Lara Seligman and Joe Gould

UFO Whistleblower Kept Security Clearance After Psychiatric Detention

"NON-HUMAN" BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL recovered from purported UFO crash sites. A decadeslong secret program to reverse-engineer extraterrestrial aircraft. A government cover-up employing "administrative terrorism" to silence truth-tellers. These are some of the extraordinary claims made to Congress by Maj. David Grusch, a...

August 9, 2023 By Ken Klippenstein

Did the government confirm aliens exist?

As in decades past, the question of whether aliens exist continues to captivate Americans. Following Wednesday's widely-watched Congressional hearing on UAPs and UFOs, people flocked to social media - many proclaiming the government confirmed aliens exist.

July 31, 2023 By Stephanie Whiteside

UFOs back in spotlight as 'surreal' Washington hearing buoys believers

As the world heard tales of recovered alien bodies, crashed extraterrestrial spaceships, and an apparently violent plot to conceal both, not everyone was immediately willing to believe. The Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, inadvertently swept up in this week's remarkable UFO congressional hearing in...