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What NASA's Apollo Astronauts Actually Photographed - And Why It Still Matters
The word "UFO" tends to trigger one of two responses: credulous excitement or immediate eye-rolling. But when the source material is NASA mission photography and declassified crew debriefing documents - some originally stamped Confidential - it becomes harder to dismiss…
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The 1975 Lumberton UFO Wave: Police Across North Carolina Report a Silent V-Shaped Craft
In the early morning hours of April 3, 1975, shortly after a violent thunderstorm swept through southeastern North Carolina, police officers in the town of Lumberton began reporting something unusual in the sky.
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World UFO Day 2025 - Enigma Research Lab Provides UAP Data
Enigma has curated a selection of user-submitted sightings from our 300,000+ report archive and brought them to life in an interactive new website: https://enigmaarchives.io/. The site invites users to examine real UAP cases using the same tools researchers rely on-from…
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Congress Requires Pentagon to Address UFO Disinformation
In 1988, a recently retired U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI) Agent claimed on live television that the government was working with aliens at a secret base in the Nevada desert called Area 51 and that the "extraterrestrials…
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Pentagon's UFO Program confusion and how the New York Times got it wrong
There has been much confusion about the alleged secret Pentagon UFO program the New York Times exposed in 2017, and the problems stem from factual errors and omissions in the article. According to the contract solicitation, the Pentagon created the…
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Huge Luminous Bar of Light Captured on Video Over Spokane Valley, Washington
"It was like a giant light bar," reports a witness who recorded a video of a large luminous object floating across the night sky over Spokane Valley and submitted it via the Enigma UFO reporting app. "This thing flew right…
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Open Minds UAP News: Where do we go from here?
In this episode we discuss the state of UAP research and the best path forward. We also cover the latest UAP headlines and look at some recent UAP videos. Open Minds UAP News podcast version: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/uap-where-do-we-go-from-here-65617481 Check out Alejandro's articles…
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Open Minds UAP News: Skinwalker Ranch update with owner Brandon Fugal
In this episode, we interview Brandon Fugal, owner of Skinwalker Ranch in Utah. The ranch is the focus of years of paranormal research and the History Channel show The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch. The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch Season 5…
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Open Minds UAP News: UAP Analysis and Science with Dr. Doug Buettner
In this episode we discuss UAP Analysis and Science with Dr. Doug Buettner, Deputy Chief Scientist at the Acquisition Innovation Research Center (AIRC). Dr. Buettner has recently joined the board of the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies and has been…
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Open Minds UAP News: Ball Lightning Science with Dr. Karl Stephan
In this episode we cover the latest news including the passing of Dr. Bruce Maccabee, UAP and Congress news, an interview on ball lightning with Dr. Karl Stephan, and we look at more UAP videos from Enigma Labs. Read more…
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Open Minds UAP News: Covering UFOs with Journalist Sarah Scoles
On today's episode we discuss the latest UAP news, including updates from congress and former AARO chief Sean Kirkpatrick. We also discuss journalist Sarah Scoles' experience coving UFOs over the last few years. Sarah Scoles' website Link to Enigma Labs…
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Open Minds UAP News: John Greenewald of the Black Vault: Important Update on Alleged UFO Whistleblower
In today's episode: We talk to John Greenewald, founder of The Black Vault. For decades John has been using FOIA to get formerly classified documents from the government. Recently he received documents showing the correspondence between the DoD and alleged…
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Open Minds UAP News: Space.com Managing Editor Brett Tingley
In today's episode: We talk to Brett Tingley, Managing Editor at Space.com who has covered UAP as a journalist on other outlets such as Scientific American, The War Zone, Popular Science, the History Channel, Science Discovery, and The Debrief. We…
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Open Minds UAP News: The AARO UAP Historical Report and Special Guest Dr. Michael Masters on The Extratempestrial Model
In today's episode: We'll look at more Enigma UAP video submissions, cover the latest news including the controversial report released this week from the Pentagon's UAP research team. We also have a special guest, Dr. Michael Masters, professor of Biological…
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Open Minds UAP News: The State of UAP
We are back! Open Minds UFO Radio is now Open Minds UAP News. It has been a wild ride the last few years for those interested in UFOs, or UAP? In this episode, we will talk about the difference. Despite…
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Psychologist Carl Jung's Fascination with UFOs
Some view Carl Jung as a UFO debunker, others as a UFO believer, but the truth is he was somewhere in the middle. Either way, it is certain that Jung was an avid UFO researcher and fascinated with the topic.…
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Exploring the Billy Meier Case
Extraterrestrials from another dimension began visiting a young boy in 1942. These visitors imparted wisdom and guidance to the boy to prepare him to become a great prophet. When he became a man, the extraterrestrials permitted him to snap photographs…
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Brandon Fugal: The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch Season 2 Interview
Brandon Fugal is the owner of Skinwalker Ranch. As the Chairman of Colliers International in Utah, Brandon is one of the most prominent businessmen and real estate developers in the Intermountain West. From an early age, he has also been…
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Open Minds UFO Radio Newscast - 2/19/2021 - Special Guest: Martin Willis
Join us as host Alejandro Rojas discusses the UFO news of the week with a guest. This week's guest: Martin Willis. Items we discussed: Alejandro's William Shatner Interview on its own (YouTube) The UFO Legend of Unknown "Metal Alloys" Housed…
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Open Minds UFO Radio Newscast - 2/12/2021 - Special Guests: William Shatner and Martin Willis
Join us as host Alejandro Rojas discusses the UFO news of the week with a guest. This week's guests: William Shatner and Martin Willis. That's right! I will be playing a recording of an interview I did with William Shatner…
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William Shatner On Looking For Ancient Aliens
William Shatner discusses The UnXplained's major crossover event with Ancient Aliens, and what Gene Rodenberry knew about extraterrestrial life. Willam Shatner's The UnXlplained and Ancient Aliens are combining forces to figure out the mysteries of the universe. Typically, Friday nights…
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Open Minds UFO Radio Newscast - 2/05/2021 - Special Guest: Martin Willis
Join us as host Alejandro Rojas discusses the UFO news of the week with a guest. This week's guest: Martin Willis. Items we discussed: Register for AlienCon UFO Panel FREE with Thursday, February 11 - 8:00 PM ET with me,…
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Open Minds UFO Radio Newscast - 1/29/2021 - Special Guest: Martin Willis
Join us as host Alejandro Rojas discusses the UFO news of the week with a guest. This week's guest: Martin Willis. Items we discussed: The Proof is Out There (History Channel): https://www.history.com/shows/the-proof-is-out-there Resident Alien (SYFY): https://www.syfy.com/resident-alien Robert Bigelow clears the…
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Open Minds UFO Radio Newscast - 1/22/2021 - Special Guest: Douglas Smythe
Join us as host Alejandro Rojas discusses the UFO news of the week with a guest. This week's guest: Douglas Smythe. Items we discussed: Ben Hansen Talks Discovery+'s UFO Witness (Den of Geek) Skinwalker Ranch, UFOs, and life after death…
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- 2024-11-18NJ
Beginning in November 2024, thousands of reports of large drones or unidentified objects were made across New Jersey and neighboring states, including near military facilities such as Picatinny Arsenal. The reports prompted FAA flight restrictions, a federal multi-agency investigation, and extensive media coverage.
Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation
- 2023-05-01Las Vegas, NV
On the night of 30 April to 1 May 2023, a Las Vegas family called 911 to report a crash in their backyard and the presence of tall figures, shortly after a bright object was recorded on a police officer's body camera and reported across the region. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police investigated the property and released the bodycam footage and 911 call.
Source: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
- 2010-07-07
On the evening of 7 July 2010, Xiaoshan International Airport in Hangzhou, China, was closed for about an hour after a flight crew reported an object near the airport. Outbound flights were grounded and inbound flights were diverted, and the event was widely reported by Chinese state media and international outlets.
Source: Xinhua News Agency
- 2008-06-12
Between 2007 and 2009, night guard Murat Yalçın recorded video of objects over the Sea of Marmara near Kumburgaz, Turkey. The footage was presented at a 2009 press conference by the Sirius UFO Space Sciences Research Center and received wide media coverage in Turkey and internationally.
Source: Sirius UFO Space Sciences Research Center
- 2008-01-08Lights · Stephenville, TX
Dozens of residents in and around Stephenville reported a large object and bright lights in the evening sky. The Air Force later stated that F-16 fighters had been training in the area that night.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2006-11-07Disc · Chicago, IL
United Airlines employees at O'Hare International Airport reported a disc-shaped object hovering over a gate before shooting up through the clouds. The FAA attributed it to a weather phenomenon.
Source: Wikipedia
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