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UFOs and Extraterrestrial Life

Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites have been mistaken for UFOs. File photo: AFP
Space

New Pentagon report on UFOs reveals hundreds of incidents worldwide

Pentagon review includes cases of misidentified balloons, birds and satellites – and others that defy easy explanation.

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Japan

Security concern or ‘nothing better to do’? Japan to investigate UFO sightings

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United States

US quashes conspiracy theories, says no evidence of secret work on alien tech

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Thailand

Thailand hosts UFO music festival in city that sect claims is ‘Area 51 of Asia’

In central Thailand, where a Buddhist UFO sect claims it has been speaking to aliens for two decades, believers are flocking to the ‘first UFO music festival in Asia’.

Thai rock star Sek Loso was among the acts at ‘Belief Fest’. Photo: Neil Shelley
Science

Beijing is buzzing over the UFO spotted by residents – but what was it?

People in the capital and other parts of China saw ‘glowing object’ that flew rapidly from west to east.

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Nasa names new UFO czar

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Science

Chinese space authority says no proof aliens exist

The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation responds to public questions about extraterrestrial life for the first time.

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The “alien bodies” on display in the Mexican congress. Photo: AFP
Space

Is the truth in here? Nasa releases UFO report after year-long study

The US space agency says it wants to shift the conversation on unidentified anomalous phenomena ‘from sensationalism to science’.

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Mexico

Purported ‘alien’ bodies shown to Mexican congress

Mexico

Purported ‘alien’ bodies shown at UFO hearing in Mexico

The alleged bodies of two ‘non-human’ beings were presented during a congressional hearing in Mexico, generating a mixture of surprise, disbelief and ridicule on social media.

The body of a purported ‘non-human’ exhibited at the Mexican Congress in Mexico City on Wednesday. Photo: Mexico’s Congress via AFP
US-China relations

My Take | Is the US about to blame UFO phenomena on China?

A former top Nasa official thinks UFOs may not be the work of little green men but nasty people from China. Some top US senators now want an independent commission to investigate.

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A woman looks at a UFO display outside of the Little A’Le’Inn, in Rachel, Nevada, the closest town to Area 51 on July 22, 2019. Photo: AP
United States

Chinese ‘spy balloon’ is featured in US congressional hearing about UFOs

Subcommittee chairman cites incident as an example of a lack of governmental transparency or preparedness concerning unidentified aerial phenomena.

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United States

Opinion | As a US whistle-blower raises the UFO question, it may be time to look for answers

A whistle-blower says he gave US authorities extensive classified information about deeply covert programmes that possess retrieved craft of non-human origin. It is easy to dismiss these claims as fantasy or fabrication, but perhaps it’s time the world took the issue seriously.

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United States

‘We’re terrified’: US police investigate after man sees aliens in backyard

A 911 caller said something ‘100 per cent not human’ was staring at him soon after he and his family saw an object fall from the sky.

The Las Vegas Police Department responded to a call from a man who claimed a UFO crashed in his backyard. Photo: Las Vegas Review-Journal/TNS
European Union

Life on Jupiter? European probe sets off to examine planet and its moons

The Juice probe is on a mission to learn if the planet’s satellites are capable of hosting extraterrestrial life in their vast, hidden oceans.

An Ariane rocket carrying the robotic explorer Juice takes off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on Friday. Photo: European Space Agency via AP
Australia

Australian space telescope uncovers surprise ‘monster’ galaxies

Australia’s Swinburne University of Technology research team said they expected to find little galaxies close to the dawn of the universe, not such whoppers.

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Defence

Do US ‘object’ shootdowns herald the end of UFO sightings?

The US task force on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena hasn’t been able to completely explain strange sightings, but the recent encounters may hold some answers.

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South Korea

Secret rocket launch spooks South Koreans

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South Korea

‘I’m scared’: South Korea’s secret rocket launch sparks UFO alarm

Some people said they saw mysterious lights, and others speculated it was a drone light show or a supernatural phenomenon.

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United States

Pentagon has received ‘several hundreds’ of new UFO reports

However, the new All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office has not found any evidence of alien life.

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‘China is a frenemy’: Neil deGrasse Tyson on space race

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Space

Nasa joins hunt for UFOs, hiring experts to solve ‘perplexing mysteries’

The US space agency is launching a project that will recruit top scientists to examine unidentified aerial phenomena.

A person wearing an alien costume in a flying saucer roller skates through traffic in Roswell, New Mexico, during the UFO Festival in July 2021. Photo: AFP
Defence

‘They are real’: US holds rare public hearing on UFOs

An increasing number of unidentified flying objects have been reported in the sky over the past 20 years, a top US defence official told lawmakers.

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Pakistan

Pakistan warns India after crash of mystery flying object

Islamabad summoned New Delhi’s charge d’affaires to lodge a protest after the high-altitude supersonic object crashed near Pakistan’s Mian Channu.

Space

Nasa’s giant space telescope reaches final stop 1 million miles from Earth

The US$10 billion observatory is now in place in orbit around the sun as it prepares to give scientists a look at the dawn of the universe.

Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope, seen here in an artist’s rendition, reached its orbital destination on Monday. Image: Nasa via AFP
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Are we alone? Chris Hadfield on UFOs and China in space

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Defence

Pentagon creates new office to probe UFO reports

The US military is worried some of the unidentified aerial phenomena spotted by pilots may represent unknown technologies of strategic rivals.

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Michio Kaku on aliens, the space race and hypersonic weapons

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last updated:
9 September, 2024
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