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Trump says he doesn't know if aliens are real but directs government to release files on UFOs, more

By Michelle L. Price, Associated Press

Obama shuts down alien buzz: 'no evidence during my presidency'

Former President Barack Obama said he did not see evidence that aliens “have made contact with us,” after sending social media abuzz by saying aliens were real on a podcast over the weekend.

By Associated Press

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

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

A new Pentagon study that examined reported sightings of UFOs over nearly the last century has found no evidence of aliens or extraterrestrial intelligence.

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

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

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

WATCH: Whistleblower tells Congress the U.S. is concealing 'multi-decade' program that captures UFOs

By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press

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.

A brief cultural history of UFOs, from secret Soviet weapons to alien visitors

By Greg Eghigian, The Conversation

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.

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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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.