For most of the years since the 1947 Roswell crash and the subsequent weather balloon explanation, stories about mysterious bodies associated with the crash remained, but the very notion that Earth was indeed the host to a living extraterrestrial visitor was beyond the pale of belief. But, the question remained: Did an extraterrestrial survive that ill-fated night?
Read More »New mysterious signals detected by search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) project
New unidentified signals from deep space have been detected by the Breakthrough Listen project, an attempt to detect evidence of an extraterrestrial civilization. Similar signals have been detected before, but more signals than ever were recorded recently, and, according to the Breakthrough Listen project, an intelligent extraterrestrial civilization has not been ruled out as a potential source.
Read More »SETI scientists argue “Wow! Signal” still unidentified despite new report
In 1977, scientists working on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) recorded an unusually strong radio signal, the origin of which many scientists believe has not been explained. While the most exotic theory is that the signal is a call from ET, a paper published in the Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences claims the origins of the signal is much more mundane. They think a comet or two caused it. SETI scientists, including the senior astronomer at the SETI Institute, Seth Shostak, and the man who discovered the signal, disagree.
Read More »Media says strong signal from space may be alien, scientists say probably not
The media has been ablaze with the story of a strong signal from space detected by a team of Russian astronomers last spring that the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute recently trained their telescopes on to attempt to detect. However, despite the hype, scientists are not hopeful that this was a message from E.T.
Read More »Billionaire’s hunt for aliens will include a fleet of tiny spacecraft
Russian billionaire Yuri Milner is looking for aliens, and putting up a lot of his own money to do it. Adding to the $100 million he pledged to spend on alien hunting projects last summer, he recently announced he will spend another $100 million to create miniature spacecraft to look for extraterrestrial life in our closest neighboring star system, 25 trillion miles away.
Read More »Scientists research whether extraterrestrials are responsible for Kepler mystery
The Kepler Space Telescope has spotted a star with peculiar characteristics that have some scientists speculating as to whether the anomalies could be the result of an extraterrestrial civilization.
Read More »SETI senior scientist suggests you might be a Martian
In a recent blog post on The Huffington Post, Senior Astronomer for the Search for Extraterrestrial Life Institute (SETI) Seth Shostak suggested the possibility that every life form on Earth could have stemmed from life on Mars.
Read More »Russian billionaire bankrolls new project to listen for Extraterrestrials
Scientists working on the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) got an unprecedented boost in funding that will greatly increase their ability to listen for aliens. The announcement was made Monday at the Royal Society in London.
Read More »We Could Find Aliens Any Day Now: SETI Scientists Discuss Extraterrestrial Life Hunting
We could be on the verge of answering one of the essential questions of humanity that has captivated our minds for centuries. As we advance in technology the search for extraterrestrial life becomes more sophisticated and promising. But the real frosting on the cake would be finding any signs of an intelligent alien civilization.
Read More »Alien hunting robots being developed to search beneath the ice of Europa
NASA has approved its mission to hunt for signs of extraterrestrial life on Jupiter's moon Europa. While this first mission is a probe, other projects are well underway to develop robots that will drill through the moon's icy surface and explore the vast alien oceans below.
Read More »Roswell Alien Slides placard deciphered, says it is a mummy
The UFO world has been abuzz with the alleged discovery of slides from around 1947 that researchers suspected depicted an alien body from the famous alleged Roswell UFO crash. However, within hours of the release of the images, independent researchers were able to decipher a blurry placard in the image, and according to the placard, the body is a mummified boy. Not an alien.
Read More »“Roswell alien slides” photo revealed
The public finally got to see a slide, but only one, of a set that has been allegedly traced back to 1947, and purportedly shows an alien body on display.
Read More »Russian space agency also on the hunt for extraterrestrial life
Russia's space agency recently released a draft of their Federal Space Program for 2016 to 2025, and it includes their plans to join the European Space Agency (ESA) on the ExoMars Program whose mission is to hunt for signs of extraterrestrial life on Mars.
Read More »Scientists publish findings on search for advanced alien civilizations
Scientists examined 100,000 galaxies using NASA’s WISE satellite to look for telltale heat signatures that may indicate the presence of an advanced alien civilization. While the scientists say they found no “obvious” signs of alien civilizations, they found 50 of the galaxies did show elevated levels of radiation and deserve further study.
Read More »Aliens not ruled out as possible source of unidentified radio bursts from space
Scientists analyzing radio bursts from space have discovered a strange pattern that suggests the signals may be of an artificial nature. Some scientists have been open to the idea that the radio signals are a possible extraterrestrial beacon, and this new data does not rule out that possibility.
Read More »Proof of aliens coming in 20 years, says NASA scientist
A NASA scientist says we’re just a couple decades away from having conclusive proof of extraterrestrial life. On Tuesday, April 7, NASA chief scientist Ellen Stofan spoke on a panel about water in the universe. Water is an essential ingredient ...
Read More »Expect large aliens, says scientist
A cosmologist recently published a paper in which he speculates about the size of extraterrestrials. Fergus Simpson, a scientist at the Institute of Cosmos Sciences at the University of Barcelona, believes that aliens are large. As CNET explains, he used ...
Read More »Scientists use supercomputer to look for aliens on exomoons
A new project is searching for moons outside our solar system that may contain alien life. Astrobiologists view moons like Enceladus and Europa to be the most likely places for extraterrestrial life in our solar system. So, it only makes ...
Read More »The search for alien communication just got an upgrade
A new instrument recently went on-line that will help astronomers in the search for intelligent extraterrestrials. SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) astronomers have scanned the skies with radio telescopes for more than fifty years searching for potential alien communication. Opponents ...
Read More »Famous UFO witness announces 40th anniversary event
Just in time for Alien Abduction Day, Travis Walton, a logger who's coworkers saw him get blasted by a UFO before going missing for five days in 1975, has announced details of a 40th anniversary event that includes a visit to the site where the UFO was seen on the same day and at the same time it all took place 40 years ago.
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