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June 2009
- Aliens May Be Watching Our Soaps: Expert
  
  Der Spiegel | Jun 13, 09 6:29 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Aliens are out there, and they may be watching Survivor, says a premier scientist searching for extraterrestrial life . “We are definitely not alone,” SETI project founder Frank Drake tells Der Spiegel . He worries about TV radio transmitters shooting human entertainment into space, greeting aliens with soap operas or "crime programs on television, violence and blood and all that," says Drake, 79. "That is a really inaccurate picture of our civilization.” More »
May 2009
- UFO Saved Earth in Suicide Mission: Russian Scientist
  
  Fox News | May 27, 09 2:42 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Alien spacecraft crashed into a giant meteor 100 years ago to stop it from hitting Earth, according to a Russian scientist. Most scientists say an exploding meteorite caused 1908’s Tunguska event, which flattened 80 million trees across 100 miles. But researcher Yuri Labvin says crystals found in sparsely populated Siberia prove an extraterrestrial hand, Fox News reports. More »
April 2009
- CIA Unlocks Real 'X-Files'
  
  ABC News | Apr 10, 09 11:56 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - For decades, the government barely acknowledged the existence of Area 51, the mysterious military base in Nevada where it allegedly stores frozen extraterrestrials and alien spacecraft. But now, with the CIA declassifying the site’s top-secret programs, insiders are coming forward to dispel the myths, ABC News reports. If anything, “we were the UFOs,” said a former engineer at Area 51. More »
March 2009
- Brit Dog Walker Reported Close Encounter of the Alien Kind
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | Mar 22, 09 7:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Another tale from the UK's recently released military files on UFOs comes from a dog-walker, who reports encountering an extraterrestrial who spoke in a Scandinavian accent. It was classified as a "genuine call" by a Royal Air Force phone operator, reports the Telegraph . The alien, appearing in human form in 1989, reportedly told the woman his people were responsible for the strange crop circles in the English countryside. The dog walker fled as she spotted a glowing orange sphere rise vertically into the sky, she told the operator. More »
- Scientists Seek 'Shadow' Life Forms on Earth
  
  New Scientist | Mar 13, 09 6:52 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - "If aliens exist, they may be living right next door..." No, it's not a writer pitching a television pilot, but the premise of a scientific theory called the "shadow biosphere," New Scientist reports. Some astrobiologists say that life forms may have originated on Earth after our own, and endured, unnoticed. "I think if we found a second sample of life on Earth, it would be as big as Darwin's theory of evolution," said one scientist. More »
February 2009
- Alien Life 'Inevitable': Astronomer
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | Feb 15, 09 12:21 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Scientists now believe there could be as many habitable planets in the cosmos as there are stars, and that makes life’s existence elsewhere “inevitable” over billions of years, says one. “It is sort of like running an experiment in your refrigerator—turn it off and something will grow in there,” Alan Boss says. The universe may be full of other life, but he says it’s highly unlikely we’ll find intelligent beings existing while we do, the Telegraph reports. More »
January 2009
- Methane Hints at Life on Mars
  
  Houston Chronicle | Jan 15, 09 4:38 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The discovery of high methane concentrations on Mars may hint that underground life exists on the red planet, the Houston Chronicle reports. Scientists funded by NASA and other institutions, using Earth-based telescopes, have found plumes of methane in such high concentrations they believe bacteria, which can also produce the gas on Earth, may be the source. More »
October 2008
- Love the Paranormal? That's Just Anxiety
  
  Newsweek | Oct 26, 08 7:05 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Not everyone believes in alien abductions, but plenty of people say they have seen ghosts or heard voices from the beyond. Poll results show that 90% of Americans have had a paranormal experience—a statistic that scientists increasingly blame on our tricky brains. Anxiety over modern society or any perceived threat, they say, turns us to beliefs like ESP and astrology. More »
- UFO Video Raises a Fuss in Turkey
  
  Sun (UK) | Oct 21, 08 4:51 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Video taken of strange objects in the night sky over Turkey has been deemed authentic—well, at least by UFO researchers. A night watchman shot the video over multiple nights earlier this year, and it shows hovering craft and strange constellations of lights, the Sun reports. A self-described expert who verified the tape says “physical forms of UFOs and their metallic structures are clearly noticeable.” More »
- US Fighter Jets Ordered to Shoot Down UFO
  
  Reuters | Oct 20, 08 7:14 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - US fighter jets were ordered to shoot down a UFO over England during the Cold War, newly released files reveal. What appeared to be a massive "aircraft carrier" in the sky hovered before darting off undamaged, said one of the military pilots, who was later threatened by a well-dressed "unnamed man" if he "ever breathed a word" about the incident to anyone. More »
August 2008
- 'Black Mailbox' a Mecca for UFO Believers
  
  Los Angeles Times | Aug 21, 08 9:15 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A faded, handmade mailbox on a lonely stretch of Nevada highway has become an unlikely tourist attraction, the Los Angeles Times reports. The "Black Mailbox," belonging to a nearby ranching couple, has become a magnet for UFO believers who suspect it is a postbox for extraterrestrials. Some spend nights camped out by the box, waiting, or communing with like-minded souls. More »
July 2008
- Astronaut Reports Alien Visits
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | Jul 25, 08 3:44 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Astronaut Edgar Mitchell, who walked on the moon during the Apollo 14 mission, says aliens have visited Earth but the information has been covered up by the government. The 77-year-old astronaut told a radio interviewer he was "privileged enough to be in on the fact that we've been visited," reports the Daily Telegraph . More »
- Discoveries Boost Hope for Alien Life
  
  Washington Post | Jul 20, 08 12:47 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Humans have always wondered about the possibility of alien life somewhere out there. And while scientists seem to agree that the discovery of extraterrestrials will not happen soon, growing numbers are convinced it will happen. The search is being fueled in part by recent discoveries of strange new life forms on Earth, which is raising scientists' hope for similar types of life on other planets, reports the Washington Post. More »
- Earth Hits Cosmic Pitch
  
  Space.com | Jul 1, 08 3:55 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Earth’s atmosphere produces a natural sound and beams it off into the universe, Space.com reports. The sound—a painful series of chirps and whistles—is made by the collision of charged particles from the solar wind with Earth’s magnetic field. More »
June 2008
- New Planets Yield Hopes of Life Beyond
  
  New York Times | Jun 24, 08 1:43 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The discovery, announced last week, that rocky, Earth-sized planets appear to be circling sun-sized stars in our own galaxy should thrill the closet Star Trek geek in all of us, Natalie Angier writes in the New York Times. "If planets abound, scientists suspect that life abounds, too, at least of the microbial kind," she writes—exciting stuff, given previous news of unfriendly gas giants. More »
- Teen aliens on drunken rampage
  
  weeklyworldinquisitor.com | Jun 19, 08
  
  Recent UFO sightings may have been caused by extraterrestrial juvenile delinquents, says expert. Hopped-up Reptilians and pie-eyed Grays are wreaking havoc in our skies, crop fields and cattle herds, says UFO expert Dr William H Carpenter.
- McCain, Bush are shape-shifting alien
  
  weeklyworldinquisitor.com | Jun 18, 08
  
  President and Republican candidate are one and the same - a shape-shifting alien lizard creature, claim Washington insiders.President George W Bush and John McCain are one and the same - a shapeshifting lizard alien from the Zeta Reticuli star system.The revelations come from an insider from Bush's own staff. Speaking on condition of anonymity, Mr X said he could no longer stand the horrific sights to which he was subject as the alien being shifted from one hideous form to another.
- New Telescope Joins Alien Hunt
  
  Space.com | Jun 11, 08 2:47 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - If ET is within a hop, skip, and a solar system, a shiny new European telescope might just turn him up, Space.com reports. Made up of up to 25,000 antennae scattered throughout Europe, the LOFAR, or Low Frequency Array, will be able to scan light signals overlooked by higher-frequency telescopes of yore. If aliens are like us, they’ll use those frequencies for radio and TV signals. More »
- Stowaway Molecules Could Taint Mars Results
  
  LiveScience | Jun 5, 08 4:10 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Missions searching for signs of life on Mars could be fooled by organic molecules that hitched a ride from Earth, a new study suggests. University of Florida researchers using simulated Martian conditions found that ATP, an energy-storing molecule fundamental to terrestrial life, could survive the trip and hang around for months or years on NASA equipment, LiveScience reports. More »
May 2008
- Spacey Colorado Man Captures 'Alien' On Video
  
  Denver Post | May 30, 08 5:05 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A Denver man claims to have film of an alien peering through a window, and plans to show it to the media today, the Denver Post reports. The closely encountered alien is said to be 4 feet tall and appears "innocent, benevolent, youthful" and less "wrinkly" than ET in the movie, he said. The man is pushing to convince Denver officials to appoint an extraterrestrial affairs commissioner to deal with visitors from outer space. More »