Earth-like planets around white dwarf stars may provide habitable environments.

• Paranormal Files of the Navajo Rangers - Huffington Post
• Extra terrestrial life: where to look for it? - Nature
• Are You a Martian? The Intrigue, Mystery and Allure of the Red Planet - Huffington Post
• It’s up to one pregnant teen to stop an alien attack in space - io9
• National Geographic Channel Beams WOW! Reply Into Space! - Monsters and Critics

• Close encounters: Manchester's UFO X-Files revealed by Ministry of Defence - Manchester Evening News
• Antarctic UFO Attracts Conspiracy Theories And Balloon Talk - Huffington Post
• UFO and Extraterrestrial Activity in Missouri - Riverfront Times
• Some Key Signs that You Might Have Misunderstood an Alien’s Intentions - io9
• Pranks with planks, weather or UFOs: Crop circles in fields still a mystery - Metro

Some of Jupiter and Saturn's moons are among the most promising worlds where alien life could exist.

• Cromer UFO sighting group appeals for new members - Norwich Evening News
• 'UFO Mystery' in Norway - Cambridge News
• Family: Festival validates UFO witness - Exeter News-Letter
• Tweets Set For Deep Space This Week - Huffington Post
• Aliens in the oceans -- searching for life on the moons of Jupiter - CNN

The National Geographic channel is sending viewer tweets into space.

• UFO Over Antarctica? - LiveScience.com
• Couple see the light - but was it a UFO? - Cambridge News
• More reports of UFO sightings - Northern Star
• Landmark missions to search for extraterrestrial intelligence - Economic Times
• Carlo Rambaldi, Italian Effects Master Behind 'E.T.,' Dies at 86 - Hollywood Reporter

Geoff Notkin is a meteorite specialist and host of Science Channel’s award-winning series Meteorite Men. We talk with Geoff about meteorites, and hear his thoughts regarding panspermia and extraterrestrial life. We also discuss some strange activity in Washington state, the Mars landing of the Curiosity rover, and other space and UFO news on this episode of Spacing Out!

AIR DATE: 8/10/12

Curiosity's landing site has been dubbed Quad 51—no relation to Area 51, according to NASA.

• Sleaford ‘UFO’ sighting gets people talking - Sleaford Today
• Eight Celebrity Paranormal Believers - CBS
• Landing place for Mars rover? Area 51 - Springfield News-Leader
• Take me to your teacher, Earthling - Times Educational Supplement
• More UFOS Sighted In Area Towns - Litchfield County Times

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is working to colonize Mars.

• Debate is sparked about UFOs after two recent sightings off the Norfolk coast - Norwich Evening News
• From Roswell to Roseland - Hamilton Spectator
• Swiss man claims to have video evidence of UFO above his town - Daily Mail
• 'F-OO Fighters' turns focus to epic action and alien reveal - USA TODAY
• ALF Movie To Be Developed By Sony Pictures Animation - Cinema Blend

• UFO Buzzes Helicopter In Ireland (VIDEO) - Huffington Post
• Ready and waiting: Alberta town built world’s first UFO landing pad 45 years ago - National Post
• Space Lawyers: They Exist - Fast Company
• From Extra-Terrestrial to extra special - Mirror
• Volunteers search for life in space - Aljazeera

Australia released a batch of UFO files.

• Roswell UFO Crash: There Were 2 Crashes, Not 1, Says Ex-Air Force Official - Huffington Post
• UFOs - Real or fiction? - MyFox Atlanta
• Australia’s X-Files: UFO Sighting Near Sydney Had The Air Force Spooked - Gizmodo Australia
• Board the spaceship, it's time for the UFO Festival - Exeter News-Letter
• Alien Lights Over Brooklyn Were Not Extraterrestrial, Says FDNY - New York Magazine

NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover successfully landed on the planet's surface.

• UFO spotted off Cromer’s coast - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
• Secret UFO files released - Melbounre Times Weekly (removed by source)
• UFO documentary is worth watching - Columbia Daily Tribune
• Little green men? This group keeps its antennae up - Cincinnati.com
• First photos from Mars Curiosity landing - Los Angeles Times

An initial test suggested extraterrestrial origins, but Frank Kimbler wants additional tests done on strange metal fragments.

Frank Kimbler, a geology and earth science teacher at the New Mexico Military Institute, spends considerable time searching the area of the alleged UFO crash near Roswell, New Mexico. This professor and geologist has recovered mysterious metals from the area, and he recently appeared on the NatGeo show Chasing UFOs. We talk with Frank about his experience on the show, and about his mystery metals. We also talk about a UFO at the Olympics, William Shatner vs. Wil Wheaton, and other space and UFO news on this episode of Spacing Out!

AIR DATE: 8/3/12

Several witnesses report strange aerial lights in Washington state.