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This picture taken 26 December 2011 shows the Pentagon building in Washington, DC. The Pentagon, which is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense (DOD), is the world's largest office building by floor area, with about 6,500,000 sq ft (600,000 m2), of which 3,700,000 sq ft (340,000 m2) are used as offices. Approximately 23,000 military and civilian employees and about 3,000 non-defense support personnel work in the Pentagon. Photo by STAFF/AFP via Getty Images

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Pentagon study finds no sign of alien life in reported UFO sightings going back decades

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

Nation Nov 27

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New book details U.S. government’s UFO investigations and search for alien life

Since the 1940s, unidentified flying objects have been a part of our nation’s cultural phenomena. But for the U.S. government, UFOs have been a mystery and something the military has been investigating for decades. Amna Nawaz discussed that with Garrett…

By Amna Nawaz, Stephanie Kotuby, Alexa Gold

Science Sep 14

The U.S. Department of Defense launches a sounding rocket from NASA's launch range at Wallops Flight Facility carrying hyp...
WATCH: NASA report says more science and less stigma are needed to understand UFO sightings

An independent team commissioned by NASA cautions that the negative perception surrounding UFOs poses an obstacle to collecting data.

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

Politics Jul 26

A member of the audience wears a pin that says "I Still Want To Believe" during a House Oversight Committee hearing titled "Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications on National Security, Public Safety, and Government Transparency" on Capitol Hill 26, 2023 in Washington, DC. Several witnesses are testifying about their experience with possible UFO encounters and discussion about a potential covert government program concerning debris from crashed, non-human origin spacecraft. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images
WATCH: Whistleblower tells Congress the U.S. is concealing ‘multi-decade’ program that captures UFOs

The U.S. is concealing a longstanding program that retrieves and reverse engineers unidentified flying objects, a former Air Force intelligence officer testified Wednesday to Congress. The Pentagon has denied his claims.

By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press

Nation Jul 08

A black and white radar image of an unidentified aerial phenomena included in a report from the Department of Defense
A brief cultural history of UFOs, from secret Soviet weapons to alien visitors

The history of UFOs weaves together public fascination, government secrecy and cultural phenomena. Recent news and shifts in the government's stance on UFOs are giving new life to the mystery.

By Greg Eghigian, The Conversation

Jun 27

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Why the Pentagon’s latest UFO report is a turning point on the issue

By PBS NewsHour

The U.S. intelligence released a preliminary --and watershed -- report on unidentified aerial phenomena or UFOs. The report is the government’s most concerted and serious attempt to understand an issue without the fear of being ridiculed. The report found no…

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Jun 25

Read the full Pentagon report on unidentified aerial phenomena

By PBS NewsHour and Associated Press

The research marked a milestone in an area of intelligence research that has attracted increased attention from lawmakers and extraterrestrial enthusiasts across the country.

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Sep 20

Area 51 hoax morphs into weekend music festival

By Ken Ritter, Associated Press

Weekend events — inspired by an internet hoax to "see them aliens" — have drawn around 1,500 people to two tiny desert towns in Nevada.

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Aug 15

These tiny worms can survive forces 400,000 times stronger than Earth’s gravity

By Katherine Kornei, Scientific American

New findings give some weight to the idea that life was blasted here from another planet.

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Why summer is the season of movie sequels, reboots and spin-offs

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