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Classified UFO videos would 'harm national security' if released, Navy says
By Brandon Specktor published
The U.S. Navy admitted that it has unreleased videos of UFO encounters but refused to share them due to 'national security concerns.'

The Pentagon is officially opening a UFO investigation office
By Brandon Specktor published
The Pentagon announced that it will soon open a new office dedicated to UFO sightings, called the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)

China’s 'alien' signal almost certainly came from humans, project researcher says
By Ben Turner last updated
Despite the false alarm, SETI researchers are still pretty sure we’re not alone in the universe.

China says it may have received signals from aliens
By Ben Turner published
The signals were detected in narrow-band radio frequencies, which typically only come from artificial sources.

NASA joins hunt for UFOs
By Ben Turner published
NASA says they will start studying the objects as soon as early fall

The aliens are all hanging out on Dyson spheres circling white dwarfs, physicist argues
By Paul Sutter published
If aliens exist, they do exist, they might be hanging out on Dyson spheres circling the husks of sunlike stars called white dwarfs.

4 hostile alien civilizations may lurk in the Milky Way, a new study suggests
By Brandon Specktor published
New research calculates the odds that humans will contact a 'malicious' alien civilization that wants to invade our planet. Don't worry, the chances are incredibly small.

Alien stone in Egyptian desert came from rare supernova, scientists say
By Ben Turner published
The rock likely formed from the merging of dust with the remnants of the two stars involved in the explosion.
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