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Did Aliens Crash in the Baltic Sea?

Tim Karan — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:24:08 CDT

Finally, a real reason to send conspiracy theory extremists to the bottom of the sea: A team of Swedish treasure hunters have uncovered what they think could be a UFO crash site in the Baltic Sea, reports Gizmodo . The 60-foot disc sits at the end of what appears to be...

UFOs Over London? 2 Videos Say Yes

Matt Cantor — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:34:23 CDT

One UFO video might easily be a hoax, but are two proof of an alien invasion? A pair of clips from London show very similar white disc-like objects apparently floating in the sky, one above a BBC building and another over the Tower Bridge. The videos were taken last week,...

Australia Can't Find UFO Records

Sarah Whitmire — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:51:05 CDT

Cue the conspiracy theories in the land down under: Australian officials say they’ve been unable to locate decades' worth of UFO records. After Great Britain released thousands of its own ‘X-files’ last year , the Sydney Morning Herald filed a Freedom of Information request for Australia’s version of the records, reports...

'Dead Alien' Video Goes Viral

Mary Papenfuss — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 03:02:00 CDT

Add this to your X Files. A figure looking amazingly like ET has been posted on a self-described "intergalactic news site" and has grabbed 1.5 million viewers on YouTube in the last three days. The "creature" was filmed lying on snow in the Russian Republic of Buryatia not far...

Secret FBI Memo: We Found Flying Saucers

Kevin Spak — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:21:02 CDT

Did the government really find aliens in flying saucers in New Mexico? That’s what some newly released FBI files seem to indicate. In one 1950 memo spotted by the Telegraph , special agent Guy Hottel writes that “An investigator for the Air Force stated that three so-called flying saucers had been...

UFO Rattles Colorado Town

Mary Papenfuss — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 02:43:00 CDT

ET, phone Colorado. Lafayette residents are still scratching their heads after seeing three red lights in a triangular shape hover in the sky last week, move off, then vanish. A father videotaped the lights that were spotted by his son at work, as well as by a number of townies....

Brits Tried to Quash UN's UFO Investigation

Nick McMaster — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 18:24:30 CST

The disclosure of 8,500 pages of previously-classified British government documents related to the study of UFOs has revealed one telling episode, writes Lee Spiegel for Aol News . Back in 1978, while Speigel prepared a presentation on UFO sightings on behalf of the government of Grenada for the UN, the...

Secret UFO Military Tape Released

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 04:06:00 CDT

Audiotape of a baffling UFO sighting has been released, featuring excited American military investigators discussing what they see. Airmen from Bentwaters US Air Force base in Britain talk breathlessly of a "strange red light" that vanishes then reappears, "some form of energy," and barnyard animals going crazy then "deadly calm"...

Denver Voting to Launch UFO Commission

Rob Quinn — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 03:35:00 CDT

Hope ET didn't forget to send in his absentee ballot. The people of Denver are voting today on establishing a commission to deal with illegal aliens—of the extraterrestrial kind. The proposed Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission would be a privately funded, seven-member panel tasked with ensuring the "health, safety and cultural...