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last updated:
9 September, 2024
In this image taken from video, what appears to be drones flying over Randolph, New Jersey on December 4, 2024. Photo: MartyA45_ /TMX via AP
United States

Pentagon says no Iranian ‘mothership’ off US after mysterious drone sightings

Dozens of mysterious nighttime flights over New Jersey have raised growing concern among residents and officials.

Space

New Pentagon report on UFOs reveals hundreds of incidents worldwide

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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

A report that reviewed claims of alien encounters dating back to the 1940s concluded that most sightings were ordinary objects and the result of misidentification.

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Boxes of alien-themed beer displayed at the Alien Research Centre in Hiko, Nevada. Photo: Reuters
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’.

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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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

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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.

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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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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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An image provided by Nasa on July 11, 2022, shows galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. A recent report about a US government whistle-blower claiming to have knowledge about unidentified flying objects has sparked renewed interest in the phenomenon. Photo: NASA/AP
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.

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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A person in a dinosaur costume walks over to the flying saucer outside the Little A’Le’Inn during the Alienstock festival in Rachel, Nevada, in September 2019. Photo: TNS
South Korea

Secret rocket launch spooks South Koreans

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

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.

The illuminated fenced border between India and Pakistan is pictured at village in Ranbir Singh Pura sector near Jammu in March. The two nuclear-armed neighbours have fought three wars and have engaged in numerous military clashes. Photo: Reuters
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
Talking Post with Yonden Lhatoo

Are we alone? Chris Hadfield on UFOs and China in space

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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