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University Prof Calls for Congressional UFO Hearing

By Lee SpeigelApr 21st 2011 – 7:48AM
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Congress has a full plate of hearings coming up. Everything from medical liability reform, creating and promoting jobs and investigating Internet child pornography to assessing China's behavior and making immigration work for American minorities. Do you think the House or Senate will have any extra time to discuss UFOs?...

J. Edgar Hoover's FBI Took UFOs Seriously, Documents Suggest

By Lee SpeigelApr 20th 2011 – 8:23AM
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Several UFO stories appeared in the news this week, many miles and years apart. Yet they share a possible similar explanation: Earth-based remote-controlled devices. Earlier this month, the FBI created a new website, "The Vault," which offers the public an opportunity to view documents in an online "electronic reading...

The JFK-UFO Connection: Bogus Documents or Unanswered Questions?

By Lee SpeigelApr 18th 2011 – 7:30AM
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Earthfiles.com

Do you like a good UFO detective story? Well, here's one for you. And it's ongoing, so we don't yet know the ending. It involves President John F. Kennedy's interest in UFOs shortly before his death and an allegation that he may have angered officials in his administration when he asked for information on the...

FBI's UFO Doc From 'The Vault' Most Likely a Hoax

By Lee SpeigelApr 13th 2011 – 6:09PM
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FBI.gov

In the past few days a story has come out about a new FBI site called "The Vault" that allows history buffs and Web surfers the chance to check out a variety of documents, including some about UFOs. One particular 1950 document seems to be taking on a viral life of its own. Written by FBI agent Guy Hottel and sent to the...

UFO Motel Soon to Be Landing in California Desert

By Chris EptingApr 12th 2011 – 7:35AM
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Chris Epting for AOL News

How do you stand out in a tiny desert town that boasts the World's Largest Thermometer? Easy. Open a UFO-themed beef jerky store. "The Gateway to Death Valley" -- as blistering Baker, Calif., is known -- is also where Argentina-born Luis Ramallo parked his now-famous Alien Fresh Jerky store several years. Ramallo, a...

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UFO Spotted Hovering Over The Thames Estuary (VIDEO)

By Sara C Nelson Feb 08th 2012 - 04:33AM

Footage of a flickering orb hovering over the Thames Estuary has sparked excitement among UFO watchers.

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UFO Or Meteor? FAA Weighs In On Burst Of Light Shooting Over Texas Sky

By Buck Wolf Feb 04th 2012 - 09:11AM

A blaze of light shooting across the Texas sky got people talking, spurring the Federal Aviation Administration to examine stunning police footage.

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UFO Dances With Airplane

By Alexandra Holzer Jan 20th 2012 - 09:42AM

"To this day, I do not know what we saw, but it is clear that it was under intelligent control and coincided, as to time and place, with what was seen by 70 people on the ground, and neither of us new that the other had seen this stuff for 40 odd years" says retired Pan American World Airways Pilot, Captain Ralph...

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UFOs Identified as Brightly Lit Remote Controlled Airplanes

By Alejandro Rojas Jan 18th 2012 - 11:32AM

Have you seen a bright light zipping around in the sky and wondered if you were witnessing an extraterrestrial visitation?

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UFO Sightings Skyrocket Into 2012

By Lee Speigel Jan 10th 2012 - 11:29AM

During the first week of 2012, UFO reports streamed in from around the world as numerous eyewitnesses described and videotaped strange things in the sky.

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  • 02/09/12 Chris is on the hunt for all things weird Source: Swindon Advertiser - Swindon - Wiltshire - UK Or, if you prefer, look to a wheatfield or your cellar or some corner of your home you've never quite been comfortable in.
  • 02/09/12 UFO encounter group meets Friday, Feb. 17, in... Source: NJ.com "In spite of the fact that the local paper didn't publish our press release about the meeting in January, the announcement was online, drawing a varied and enthusiastic group of people, ranging in age from twenty to seventy. For over two hours we shared what we knew, most of us being on a similar par: we enjoy the History Channel's "Ancient Aliens," accept the reality of abductions and theories about them, and have had a lifelong interest in the skies and all they contain. A few had sighted UFO's."
  • 02/08/12 UFO Spotted Hovering Over The Thames Estuary (VIDEO) Source: The Huffington Post Footage of a flickering orb hovering over the Thames Estuary has sparked excitement among UFO watchers.
  • 02/04/12 UFO Or Meteor? FAA Weighs In On Burst Of Light... Source: The Huffington Post A blaze of light shooting across the Texas sky got people talking, spurring the Federal Aviation Administration to examine stunning police footage.
  • 01/20/12 UFO Dances With Airplane Source: The Huffington Post "To this day, I do not know what we saw, but it is clear that it was under intelligent control and coincided, as to time and place, with what was seen by 70 people on the ground, and neither of us new that the other had seen this stuff for 40 odd years" says retired Pan American World Airways Pilot, Captain Ralph Loewinger. "

Background on ufos

An unidentified flying object, often abbreviated UFO or U.F.O., is an unusual apparent anomaly in the sky that is not readily identifiable to the observer as any known object.

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