We talk with Huffington Post journalist Lee Speigel about some of his picks for top UFO stories of 2012 on this special episode of Spacing Out!

AIR DATE: 1/24/13

• Strange lights spotted in the sky above Sennen - Falmouth Packet
• Are we being visited? UFO accounts pile up in Bundy - Bundaberg News Mail
• Hey, alien hunters: NASA's alien planet archive is open for business - Christian Science Monitor
• If you want to find life on Mars, here's how to do it - Catholic Online
• 'Alien life' discovered in meteorite which crash-landed on Earth - Mirror.co.uk

• FAA explains Amherst UFO sort of - WSHM-TV (removed by source)
• Death Valley Timelapse Video Accidentally Captures UFO - Huffington Post
• UFO, Alien Relic? 300-Million-Year-Old Aluminum Artifact Discovered in Russia - International Business Times AU
• Is there alien life out there? - Lib Dems say 'yes' - This is Gloucestershire
• Deep Space Industries to join the asteroid gold rush - Wired UK

• LA Police Helicopter Accompanied by Strange Craft in Witness Photo - International Business Times AU
• Real UFO footage or...? You decide - Emirates 24/7
• Lanterns may be source of UFO sightings - Reading Eagle
• UFologist Michael Heiser not convinced aliens have visited Earth - Bellingham Herald (removed by source)
• Life on Mars, but not as we know it - The Independent

• New organizers head Exeter's UFO Festival - Exeter News-Letter
• Disc-Shaped Flying Object Spotted in Australia Bushfire Footage - International Business Times AU
• Leading UFO pioneer - Business Day
• UFO expert investigates Dunedoo sightings - Mudgeee Guardian
• Astonishing new pictures reveal a 4mile wide, 900mile long river that once ran across the Martian surface - Daily Mail

• 2013 Kicks-off with Multiple UFO Sightings Across the World - International Business Times UK
• UFOs in Normanton, Wakefield: Aliens or from nearer to home? - Wakefield Express
• ‘Teenage Alien Ninja Turtles’ to start filming in ‘April’ - Nerd Reactor
• Neil Patrick Harris on getting probed by alien puppets - Entertainment Weekly
• Nasa And Bigelow Aerospace To Build Inflatable Space Station Module - Huffington Post UK

• Meteorite fossil ‘proof we are not alone’ - BDlive
• It is probably best just to leave history, and George Washington, alone - Bluefield Daily Telegraph
• Aliens, people still face wide gap - Shreveport Times
• Mars water clues offer life search site - Stuff.co.nz
• Alien exhibit to invade Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach - Myrtle Beach Online

• Icehotel number 23 takes inspiration from the unknown - Gizmag
• UFOs Over Michigan Baffle Multiple Eyewitnesses - huffington Post
• Spike in strange lights over Vancouver Island - CTV Vancouver Island
• Pupils investigate an alien invasion at Bradford school - Bradford Telegraph and Argus
• Tom Cruise 'seeks to save people from aliens living inside people' - Daily Mail

• Berks couple among many who saw UFOs - Reading Eagle
• UFO Sightings, Moon Footage: Strange Object Moving in Odd Direction - International Business Times AU
• Amateur astronomers discover 42 alien planets - NBC News
• UFO sightings reported on Coast - Gold Coast Bulletin News
• UFO Sightings At International Space Station On The Rise (And You Can Help Find Them) - Huffington Post

• Earth-Like Alien Planet May Be Good Candidate For Hosting Life, NASA Says - WSHM-TV
• Spotting Unidentified Flying Objects in South Dakota - Sioux Falls Argus Leader
• Alien Life May Exist on Exoplanet Moons - Space.com
• NASA: ‘Most Earth-like' Alien Planet Yet Potentially Discovered - Latin Times
• Apply Now To Colonise The Red Planet - Huffington Post UK

• Kiwi man claims to have spotted UFO over Bay of Islands - TNT Magazine
• Alien Earth: What It Will Mean to Find Our Planet's Twin - Space.com
• 'Alien' caught on cop's camera - Bangkok Post
• Step right up for Dr. X's amazing cure from outer space! - CNET
• Alien Asteroid Belt Discovery Hints at Hidden Planets - Space.com

• Mysterious Lights In Sky Are Reported In Yankton Area - Yankton Daily Press
• Sacramento 'UFO Explosion' Mystery Revealed - Huffington Post
• 'Defiance': New trailer for Syfy's action epic - Entertainment Weekly
• 17 billion Earth-sized planets in our galaxy - BBC News
• 461 New Planets Found; Another Earth Just 'A Question Of When' - International Business Times

• Manchester is 'hotspot' for UFOs expert claims - Mancunian Matters (removed by source)
• UFO Sighting: Flying Low, 'Could have hit it with a rock!' - International Business Times AU
• Anybody out there? Probably so - MetroWest Daily News
• Team say moons similar to Avatar's Pandora could be among most common places to find alien life - Daily Mail
• Odd Mars 'Flower' & Snakelike Formation Spied By NASA's Curiosity Rover - Huffington Post

• Unique meteorite hints at Mars’ oxygen-saturated past - RT
• NASA Considers Dragging Asteroids to the Moon - Escapist Magazine
• Engineer Petitions White House for Real-Life Starship Enterprise - Space.com
• 5 Tips for CIOs: Plan for Hurricanes, Hackers and Aliens? - Forbes
• 'UFO' Explosion In Space Recorded By California Stargazer - Huffington Post

• Axminster UFO mystery - Midweek Herald
• UFOs over Jersey? Hamilton's 'Dr. UFO' Has Followed the Paranormal for 50 Years - newjerseynewsroom.com
• UFO Group Releases Transparent 'Alien' Photo, Image Expert Consulted - International Business Times AU
• 100 billion alien planets fill our galaxy - MSNBC
• UFO caught on video at Cardwell in north Queensland - Perth Now

• UFO Sighting Near Area 51: Bright Spherical Object Spotted - International Business Times AU
• Thorium could help alien life emerge - physicsworld.com
• Scientology 'Alien Space Cathedral' Reportedly Revealed In New Mexico - Huffington Post
• New Study Shows Cosmic Rays Could Cause Alzheimer’s - Universe Today
• UFOs could be spotlights - Petersfield Today (removed by source)
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• When you see a UFO, drop everything, call the media - New Philadelphia Times Reporter
• UFO Seen In Sky Or A Complex Reflection Of Light? - AEG India
• 'UFO sightings' in Wellington and Taranaki - Stuff.co.nz
• Extraterrestrial Oceans Could Host Life - Mashable
• Scientology's giant alien 'hello' etched into New Mexico desert - Daily Mail

• South Mississippi has long history of UFO intrigue - Sun Herald
• E.T. is not in Mexico: Research says 'Alien' skulls are human - NewJerseyNewsroom.com
• Spiral Dust Clouds May Reveal Alien Planets - LiveScience.com
• 365 days in SPAAACE: An interstellar glance at 2012 - Register
• Wait, Maybe We Are Living In A Simulation - WBAA

• Ho, ho, no! Sightings of UFOs in our skies - Petersfield Today (removed by source)
• Mayan 'apocalypse' fever reaches climax - Toronto Sun
• Prometheus writer won't be penning sequel - Yahoo! Movies UK
• Alien Abduction Thriller Dark Skies Gets A New Poster - Cinema Blend
• The Wildest Alien Planets of 2012 - Space.com

• Argentina, fearing Maya-linked suicides, closes mountaintop - The National
• Escape From Planet Earth Poster Has Freaked Aliens Fleeing - Cinema Blend
• French Doomsday village already plagued by aliens - Toronto Star
• BMJ Explores Medical Issues of Space Travelers; Both Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial - First Showing
• For Manned Deep-Space Missions, Radiation Is Biggest Hurdle - Space.com