The end of the Second World War ushered in a new age, one dominated by novel technologies, the Cold War, the threat of nuclear destruction—and the first reported UFO sightings. Humans have witnessed ...

In "After the Flying Saucers Came: A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon," Greg Eghigian explores how individuals, scientists, governments and the media responded to reports of UFO sightings and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This image provided by the Roswell Police Dept. shows the new uniform patch. Famous for being the spot where a spacecraft ...

The name Area 51 instantly brings to mind flying saucers, alien autopsies and government cover-ups. In reality, Area 51 is a highly classified US military testing site in Nevada. But decades of ...

Famous for being the spot where a spacecraft purportedly crashed in 1947, Roswell, New Mexico, has become a mecca for people fascinated by extraterrestrial phenomenon. So it’s only fitting that the ...

In his new book, “After the Flying Saucers Came: A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon,” Penn State professor Greg Eghigian explores how individuals, scientists, governments and the media responded ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. There has never been a worse time to be a UFO skeptic. Last month, Sean ...

Famous for being the spot where a spacecraft purportedly crashed in 1947, Roswell, New Mexico, has become a mecca for people fascinated by extraterrestrial phenomenon. So it's only fitting that the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Earth vs. the Flying Saucers Question time: What do you do when aliens peacefully show up on Earth, seemingly ready to negotiate a ...

Be it sci-fi, immigration or even artificial intelligence, the concept of "aliens" mirrors how we define fear, fascination and the "others" among us. What springs to mind at the mention of "alien"?