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Mongolian Death Worm: Legendary Creepy-Crawly Desert Killer

By Beau BrendlerApr 24th 2011 – 7:28AM
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Pieter Dirkx / wikipedia.org

Mongolia, a land of mystery. Where the grave of great warrior king Genghis Khan, who created an empire stretching from the Baltic and Black to the Bering seas, remains undiscovered. Where the national dish has become Mongolian barbecue, the stir-fry buffet variety invented in the United States. And where giant, scarlet...

UFOs in the UK: Britain's Actual 'X-Files' Released

By Lee SpeigelMar 3rd 2011 – 3:02PM
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National Archives/PA/AP

Britain has just released more of its massive collection of X-Files -- over 8,000 pages of documents detailing UFO investigations, eyewitness testimony and military concerns about possible extraterrestrial visitors. The files are the largest disclosure of declassified documents released to date online by the National...

At UFO Congress, Alien Tech, Government Cover-Ups and Credibility on the Agenda

By Lee SpeigelFeb 21st 2011 – 1:20PM
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Getty Images

Tell people you've seen a UFO, and you might get written off as a nut -- and indeed, there are nuts out there. But even in the last few years, there have been UFO sightings that can't easily be explained away, along with testimony from highly credible witnesses. At the 20th annual International UFO Congress, or IUFOC,...

UFO Sightings: First China and NYC, Now Texas, Va.

By Lee SpeigelOct 20th 2010 – 4:00PM
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(Oct. 20) -- If visitors from another world have come to Earth, they are certainly taking in a lot of sights. First, UFOs were spotted in China, causing several airport closures. Then, last week, "they" moved over Manhattan. Now, we have reports of a nighttime display in El Paso, Texas, and Richmond, Va. Coincidence?...

Mazlan Othman Not Earth's Alien Ambassador After All

By David KnowlesSep 27th 2010 – 4:05PM

(Sept. 27) -- Call it one small misstep for mankind. Malaysian astrophysicist Mazlan Othman has officially denied media reports that she was selected by the United Nations to represent earthlings in their future dealings with aliens. "It sounds really cool," Othman told The Guardian, "but I have to deny it." The...

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