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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...

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...

NYC UFOs Were ... Balloons?

Rob Quinn — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 05:55:00 CDT

The unidentified flying objects that puzzled New Yorkers and even the FAA have been identified as party balloons by a class of 4th-graders. The kids and school officials say a parent was carrying a bunch of pearl-colored balloons inside the school for a teacher's engagement party when about a dozen...

FAA Can't Identify NYC's 'UFO' Lights

John Johnson — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:37:53 CDT

Those weird lights that caused a sensation in the sky over New York City yesterday remain an official mystery today, reports ABC News . "We are not able to make an identification of what the objects were," says an FAA spokeswoman. "We know they weren't aircraft or helicopters. We wouldn't be...

US Military Officers: UFOs Deactivated Nukes

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 05:51:00 CDT

Extraterrestrials do exist … and they apparently are not fans of our missiles, according to a few former US Air Force officers. Capt. Robert Salas and some of his colleagues will give a press conference in Washington, DC, today to testify that UFOs have appeared at numerous nuclear weapons sites—...

Churchill Ordered Air Force to Hide UFO Encounter

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 06:10:00 CDT

Winston Churchill ordered the Royal Air Force to keep secret a suspected UFO encounter during World War II because he feared public hysteria and loss of religious faith, according to newly released documents. "This event should be immediately classified since it would create mass panic and destroy one's belief in...

NY Prof Urges UFO Degree

Mary Papenfuss — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 02:40:00 CDT

An American professor believes it's high time universities seriously study UFO sightings. "Millions" of sightings are reported each year, noted anthropology professor Philip Hasely. "It’s about time we looked into this as a worthy area of study," he tells the Buffalo News . "It's important that the whole subject be brought...

New Brit UFO Files: Strange Lights, Triangles

Jane Yager — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:25:33 CST

The British government's biggest-ever release of UFO files today let the public in on more than 6,000 pages from the 1990s documenting sightings of hovering triangles and strange lights. In one 1997 sighting, a man found dogs barking at a blue triangular craft hovering over his backyard; when it...