UFOs

What Exactly Was Carl Sagan Working on with the U.S. Military?

News of Carl Sagan’s involvement with a plan to “nuke” the moon, Project A119, has become relevant again. In fact, Sagan was involved in a number of military causes during his all-too-short lifetime. But later, he cut all ties with the military. Here’s what happened. A youth amidst war Carl Sagan spent his childhood under…

io9 Keith Veronese Dec 17

Argentinians traveling Route 5 warned that they may experience “time anomalies”

Apparently several people traveling along Argentina’s Route 5 have experienced the classic “missing time” scenario that many UFO abductees say they have experienced. Drivers on the 35 km strip between the towns of Lonquimay and Anguil have reported feeling disoriented, then suddenly finding that they’ve driven several kilometers that they can’t remember. Local UFO researchers…

io9 Annalee Newitz Dec 12

New video captures enormous UFO hovering over Hawaii, broadcasting music

This video was shot yesterday, capturing a UFO that several people saw over Hilo, Hawaii. It looks pretty cool, and the lights make it appear that there is a much larger ship — maybe even saucer shaped. Plus, who can deny the existence of an alien vessel that seems to have visited purely to broadcast…

io9 Annalee Newitz Dec 4

Utterly Bizarre “Sprouting Potato UFO” Caught on Film in Oregon

Just in time for Thanksgiving, the good people of Milwaukie, Oregon have sighted what they’re calling a “sprouting potato UFO.” Don Andersberg spotted this floating, festively-colored spud hovering over his backyard, and immediately captured it on video. The shot you see above is a composite of two stills taken from that video, to enhance the…

io9 Annalee Newitz Nov 21

Journalists at local FOX station in Denver say they’ve seen this UFO and it’s real

Apparently there is a an ultra-tiny, ultra-fast UFO zooming over Denver. Even the journalists at FOX agree that “it’s not a bird.” What could it be? I’m guessing it’s either one of those souped-up cyber-guinea pigs with rocket thrusters — or somebody’s home UAV project. Whatever it is, there’s nothing more fun than watching these…

io9 Annalee Newitz Nov 14

What the hell is that giant cylinder smashing into this volcano in Mexico?

The Mexican media are reporting one of the oddest UFO sightings in a while. A witness with a camera recorded this enormous silver object plunging straight into the burning caldera of a volcano last week. Misguided alien attack or rogue geoengineering experiment? Hat tip to Inexplicata, who writes: Prof. Ana Luisa Cid has very kindly…

io9 Annalee Newitz Nov 1

A new kind of ultra-giant UFO is zooming around Texas

Last weekend in Texas, a couple sighted a gigantic UFO that sounds like exactly the sort of thing we’d like to see in JJ Abrams’ next TV series. Here’s the report they filed with MUFON: A rectangular UFO was sighted by me near Hutto, Texas . . . It was very large and perfectly rectangular,…

io9 Annalee Newitz Oct 18

Declassified documents reveal Air Force’s plan to build a UFO

Here’s a quirky find from the National Archives: the United States Air Force’s 1956 plan to build a saucer-shaped aircraft that would zip across the skies with the greatest of ease. As the Archives explain of “Project 1794, Final Development Summary Report”: The Air Force had contracted the work out to a Canadian company, Avro…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Oct 8

This Is the Supersonic Flying Saucer the US Air Force Tried to Build

The government might still be keeping aliens from us, but they’re no longer keeping this schematics of a supersonic flying saucer the Air Force was considering trying to build back in the 1950s. Meet Project 1794. According to recently declassified documents, Project 1794 was intended to yield a terrestrial flying saucers that could “[reach speeds]…

Tech News Eric Limer Oct 6

Has Curiosity Captured UFO Images On Mars? (You Get One Guess)

Ufologists are running amok after ‘discovering flying saucers’ in the last images from Mars Curiosity. It hasn’t been the first time and it will not be the last—the guys with the tinfoil hats are scrutinizing every single image uploaded by the rover. https://gizmodo.com/martian-mystery-solved-5933965 In fact, they are scrutinizing them pixel by pixel. Literally. Take a…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Aug 21

Jill Tarter, inspiration for the movie Contact, tells us about her journey to SETI

Jill Tarter is the holder of the Bernard M. Oliver Chair for SETI, and the inspiration for Jodi Foster’s character in the movie Contact. When we asked her what turned her towards the sciences, she gave us one of the most epic answers we’ve ever received. The SETI Institute is one of those rare institutions…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Aug 7

Witness claims there were actually two UFO crashes at Roswell in 1947

A former UFO debunker, Air Force Lt. Col. Richard French, has gone public with a story that the US government knows there are extraterrestrials and has been covering it up since the notorious Roswell crash. In fact, French claims that the Roswell incident actually involved two UFO crashes. He also explained why he spent so…

io9 Annalee Newitz Aug 7

Photographs of Secret Government Technology from the 20th Century

Thought you knew everything about secret government projects in the 20th Century? Think again. Macedonian artist Damjan Cvetkov-Dimitrov created this series of simple, but surprisingly compelling, photoshopperies of “ancient high tech.” Each combines historical photographs from World War I, II and the Cold War with evocative bits of CGI. The effect is slightly cheesy, but…

io9 Annalee Newitz Aug 1

Previously classified “X-files” show how seriously Britain considered alien threats

Well, it now appears that Mulder and Scully had allies on the other side of the Atlantic. Recently released secret documents by Britain’s defense agency has revealed the surprising extent to which the country considered the possibility of extraterrestrials visiting Earth. The previously classified documents, which cover the period 1985 to 2007, show how the…

io9 George Dvorsky Jul 12

This no-budget short film captures the creepiness of an alien encounter on a shoestring

For their impressive 14-minute movie 88:88, writers Sean Wilson and Joey Ciccoline tell the story of a young woman whose unearthly experiences have forced her to retreat from society. Using minimal dialogue and an everyday setting, this snazzy flick demonstrates that you don’t need the Philadelphia Mint to make a science fiction film jarring and…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Jun 19

Why are there spaceships in Medieval art?

Medieval art can sometimes surprise you, with its rich colors and expressive subjects. But sometimes, you’re also caught off guard by the shock of noticing the presence of a guy in a spaceship in a painting of the crucifixion. Find out why there are so many UFOs in paintings from hundreds of years ago. So,…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jun 13

Russia says this swirling ball of light is an ICBM, not a UFO

Skygazers from Lebanon to Armenia flooded police hotlines Thursday night with reports that a bright, spiraling UFO was illuminating the night skies. Then came the YouTube videos. Uninformed, ad hoc commentary on whether the lights were a good omen for Syria’s revolution, or a bad one soon followed. Then Russia came along and rained on…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jun 8

Why is this the most popular UFO footage on YouTube?

This mysterious video, called simply “UFO Haiti,” has racked up over 19 million views on YouTube. No other footage of a UFO sailing through the sky has been watched by as many people. What makes “UFO Haiti” so popular? Probably the fact that it actually shows the UFOs clearly — no blurry lights here. Is…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 22

Possibly the greatest description of a UFO video ever

This video of a UFO was taken earlier this week at Reagan National Airport in Virginia. It’s a pretty typical UFO video, though slightly less blurry than most. What really sets it apart is the photographer’s description: Watched this for several minutes trying to see if it was a plane or helicopter. I was totally…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 18

What Exactly Was Carl Sagan Working on with the U.S. Military?

Argentinians traveling Route 5 warned that they may experience “time anomalies”

New video captures enormous UFO hovering over Hawaii, broadcasting music

Utterly Bizarre “Sprouting Potato UFO” Caught on Film in Oregon

Journalists at local FOX station in Denver say they’ve seen this UFO and it’s real

What the hell is that giant cylinder smashing into this volcano in Mexico?

A new kind of ultra-giant UFO is zooming around Texas

Declassified documents reveal Air Force’s plan to build a UFO

This Is the Supersonic Flying Saucer the US Air Force Tried to Build

Has Curiosity Captured UFO Images On Mars? (You Get One Guess)

Jill Tarter, inspiration for the movie Contact, tells us about her journey to SETI

Witness claims there were actually two UFO crashes at Roswell in 1947

Photographs of Secret Government Technology from the 20th Century

Previously classified “X-files” show how seriously Britain considered alien threats

This no-budget short film captures the creepiness of an alien encounter on a shoestring

Why are there spaceships in Medieval art?

Russia says this swirling ball of light is an ICBM, not a UFO

More videos of unexplained “apocalypse sounds” roaring out of nowhere

Why is this the most popular UFO footage on YouTube?

Possibly the greatest description of a UFO video ever

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