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Nasa is taking reports of unidentified objects seriously, but it hasn’t found aliens yet.
A former intelligence official claims the US government has retrieved multiple craft of non-human origin, along with the occupants’ bodies.
There are thousands of sightings of UFOs – or ‘unidentified aerial phenomena’ as the US government prefers to call them – every year.
After shooting down a high-altitude Chinese balloon, the US has been on the alert for other aerial invaders.
If you see something mystifying happening in Europe’s skies, get in touch with France’s Study and Information Group on Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena. They could well have a rational explanation for you.
The history of UFOs weaves together public fascination, government secrecy and cultural phenomena. Recent news and shifts in the government’s stance on UFOs are giving new life to the mystery.
Plus, what’s happening in Chad, three months after rebels killed the president, Idriss Déby.
A new nine-page report, requested by Congress, doesn’t say what the 144 UFO sightings from 2004 to 2021 are, but does say that the government wants to learn more.
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University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
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Professor of History, Penn State
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Responsable du GEIPAN, Centre national d’études spatiales (CNES)
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