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UFOs

April 2026

  • ‘It would be a huge legacy. It would guarantee him, probably, a Pulitzer prize,’ said Stephen Bassett of Trump.

    ‘Never been closer’: UFO watchers buoyed by Trump and Vance’s alien ‘obsession’

    From Vance’s interest to Trump’s commitment to disclosure, administration’s fascination with UFOs has experts feeling close to evidence of aliens

March 2026

  • a man speaking

    JD Vance says aliens are ‘demons’ and details obsession with UFOs

    Vice-president promises ‘to get to the bottom of’ reports of US government files about unidentified flying objects
  • Arwa Mahdawi

    double quotation markDoes Trump really have news about aliens and UFOs? That would be the first sign of intelligent life

    Arwa Mahdawi
    The president promised to spill the beans about little green men. Is that why the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency registered the domains alien.gov and aliens.gov, asks Arwa Mahdawi
  • a man pointing to a screen

    Is the truth out there? US registers aliens.gov as Trump pledges UFO files release

    Web domain added to government registry a month after president directed agencies to release files relating to UAPs

February 2026

  • Donald Trump at Joint Base AndrewsU.S. President Donald Trump arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., February 19, 2026.

    Trump says he will order the release of Pentagon files on aliens and UFOs

    The president’s announcement came after predecessor Barack Obama went viral last week for saying aliens are ‘real’

July 2025

  • Watch the Skies film still, cast.

    Watch the Skies review – see the lips move in alien abduction sci-fi with pioneering AI

    This nicely put together Swedish UFO throwback is notable for its early use of ‘vubbing’ – using tech to match lip movements to new English dialogue. What’s coming next?

April 2025

  • An AI generated deepfake image of pope Francis wearing a puffer jacket. Taken off Reddit

    ‘It never happened – but the picture says it did’: 28 fake images that fooled the world

    From the pope in a puffer to the Princess of Wales and family, baby Hitler to Mussolini on horseback, people have always manipulated photographs, whether for political power, image control – or just for fun …

March 2025

  • Fuel dump from a SpaceX<br>Picture supplied by Kieran Metcalfe/Bav Media 07976 880732. The picture dated March 24 shows a fuel dump from a SpaceX rocket over the Peak District. The SpaceX craft was performing manoeuvres, and its exhaust jets created an impressive swirl in the sky.

    Alien hopes crash to earth as glowing spiral over UK traced to SpaceX rocket

  • a man in shadow looks up at a plaque in a monument with white pillars

    ‘80 years of lies and deception’: is this film proof of alien life on Earth?

February 2025

  • One of the Calvine UFO photographs.

    UFOs have earned a new name – and should be objects of serious study

    Letters: At least some sightings of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) may relate to non-human intelligence, says Prof Michael Bohlander. Plus, letters from Andrew Robinson and Aideen Carty
  • Calvine UFO photograph

    What really happened in Calvine? The mystery behind the best UFO picture ever seen

    In August 1990, two hikers sent photos of a strange diamond-shaped aircraft to the press – but the story never appeared. Was it a prank, a hoax, an optical illusion or something else entirely?
  • illustration of people at an uncanny conference

    Fright club: why are so many of us hooked on spooky tales?

    The paranormal has hit prime time, with scary stories on podcasts and TV shows more popular than ever. We head to UncannyCon to meet fans and creators to understand the thrill of the chill

January 2025

  • Painting: crop of The Annunciation, with Saint Emidius by Carlo Crivelli

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    My friend keeps sending me unsolicited conspiracy theory material. Should I ask them to stop?

    Loosening the grip of a conspiracy theory is a complex task, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. Aim to change the relationship with your friend, not their mind

December 2024

  • Composite of three black-and-white images, of a UFO, a man, and an alien head.

    From UFOs to drones, the US fascination with – and fear of – ‘anomalous detections’

    A first-of-its-kind public archive of UFO records opens in New Mexico as New Jersey is gripped by drone panic

November 2024

  • USAF F-22 stealth fighters departing from RAF Lakenheath

    UFO expert not ruling out Russia or China links to drones seen at RAF bases

    Sightings over three airbases in East Anglia could relate to foreign powers’ concerns about possible nuclear weapons
  • A picture of a UFO photographed by farmer Paul Trent at his farm in McMinnville, Oregon, in 1950.

    Latest Pentagon report reveals hundreds of new UFO sightings

    There are no suggestions of extraterrestrial origin, but that won’t settle any debates over the existence of alien life
  • four men in suits stand with their right hands raised

    Startling claims made at UFO hearing in Congress, but lack direct evidence

    Ex-defense department official said government employees had been injured and US conducted secret UFO retrievals

September 2024

  • Woman looking out of the window

    ‘What we know would freak everyone out’: meet the detectives hunting down the paranormal

    Ghost hunters, Bigfoot trackers, alien investigators… for these spookie sleuths it’s not a matter of believing or not believing, it’s just a case of finding the evidence

August 2024

  • Sunrise over an estate of semi-detached housing

    ‘Sprinkled with stardust’: Stoke-on-Trent’s mythic UFO landing comes to the stage

    Deborah McAndrew’s Bright Lights Over Bentilee recreates the local legend of a UFO sighting in the fields behind a housing estate in 1967

March 2024

  • Sean Kirkpatrick

    He quit heading the Pentagon’s UFO office. Now a report of his has shaken up ufology

    Sean Kirkpatrick has faced threats for his work – and a new report concluding no evidence UAPs represented extraterrestrial tech has sent ufology into a tailspin
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