Long-time UFO researcher and Huffington Post journalist Lee Speigel joins us to talk about space robots and the search for extraterrestrial life. That, plus the latest space and UFO news, on this episode of Spacing Out!

AIR DATE: 5/25/12

• Ministry of Defence expert probes new Primrose Hill UFO hum reports - London24
• UFO Mystery in Missouri - KEYC TV
• Aliens the true stars of the summer crop - North Shore News
• UFOs, aliens and ghosts in Wigan - Wigan Today
• Aliens Don’t Want To Eat Us, Says Former SETI Director - Universe Today

Residents in Blue Springs, MO have seen multiple UFOs in the night sky for the past two weeks.

• UFOs over Blue Springs? Strange objects hover in night sky - KCTV Kansas City
• UFO caught on camera - Katherine Times
• ALF Creator Paul Fusco on His Star Alien and Potential Comeback - The Hollywood Reporter
• 'Men In Black' Inspired By Scary Stories Of People Who've Seen UFOs - Huffington Post
• Alien invasion vividly invasive - McMinnville News-Register

A new eight-part series follows a team of investigators as they search for the truth behind unexplained UFO sightings.

• UFO? US Airways Express flight crew sees mysterious object - WPTV
• The Unknown Visitors to Country - AllAfrica.com
• UFO Sightings in S.A. - FOX 29 (removed by source)
• UFOs fly under cops' radar - Northern Advocate
• Why is this the most popular UFO footage on YouTube? - io9

Jill Tarter, the director of the Center for SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Research is retiring.

• Flashing lights spark a UFO mystery - This Is Hampshire
• SETI Astronomer Jill Tarter Retiring After 35-Year Alien Hunt - Space.com
• Amateur astronomers recruited to find evidence of E.T. in outer space - Fox News
• Why the UFOs are Visiting New Zealand & Australia - Ringsidereport.com
• More ghosts, UFOs and Quidditch - New Zealand Herald

A program is seeking entries for a science project that will attempt to collect microbes that could exist in Earth’s upper atmosphere at the edge of space.

• Poll: Do you believe in UFOs? - The Daily Post
• McMinnville videographers win UFO Fest contest - McMinnville News-Register
• Houston man investigates UFO sightings - KHOU
• How would the public react if Seti found evidence of alien life? - The Guardian
• UFO alarm sounds around North Island - The Bay of Plenty Times

UFO researcher, author, and lecturer Peter Robbins tells us about the Rendlesham Forest incident, also known as Britain’s Roswell. Plus, he talks about his alien abduction research with the late Budd Hopkins. That, and the latest news, right now on Spacing Out!

AIR DATE: 5/18/12

• Arctic Microbe Hunt Could Aid Search for Alien Life - Space.com
• FAA finds no evidence in pilot's claim of unidentified object over Denver - CNN
• Science Versus Fiction: SETI’s Seth Shostak on Battleship - Wired
• UFO incident revisited 36 years later - Gulf Breeze News
• Bacteria 'good bet' for alien life - CNN

Obama responded to a curious Jayden Smith about the presence of extraterrestrials on Earth.

• Will Smith's Son Jaden Asks Barack Obama If Aliens Exist - Huffington Post
• Top secret! Atomic Testing Museum pulls back the curtain on Area 51 - Las Vegas Weekly
• Extraterrestrial Intelligence: The Search Gets Harder - The Costa Rica News
• When Aliens Attack: 'Battleship' Strategy with SETI Astronomer Seth Shostak - Space.com
• Lease Your Own Space Station - UFO Daily News (removed by source)

A pilot reported a near-collision with an unknown craft that did not appear on radar.

• UFO Amnesty: Ex-Army Colonel John Alexander Seeks Amnesty For Military Who Witness UFOs - Huffington Post
• Is that a picture of a UFO flying over Colleyville, Texas? - Fort Worth Star Telegram
• Hypothesis on alien life gains heft - Columbia Daily Tribune
• UFO Flying Over Shearwater? No It’s A Cyclone Helicopter - Ottawa Citizen
• National Atomic Testing Museum unveils Area 51 exhibit - Las Vegas Sun

Two videos show similar objects in the sky above Fresno, California on May 11.

• Daddy needs his medicine - Sarasota Herald-Tribune
• 'UFO Phil' Planning Network Show For 'Real Aliens' - Huffington Post
• Extraterrestrial Intelligence: The Search Gets Harder - Newsroom Panama
• Audi A6 'Alien' Commercial - Motorward
• 'PROMETHEUS' TOUCHES DOWN IN THE FIRST OFFICIAL CLIP - I Am Rogue

NASA's camera went down after another UFO was spotted, leading to allegations of a cover-up.

Hollywood producer and writer Bryce Zabel talks with us about UFOs and his book A.D. After Disclosure. That, plus current space and UFO news on this episode of Spacing Out!

AIR DATE: 5/11/12