Trump's UFO disclosure edges closer as new US government website is spotted

• READ MORE: President Obama declares aliens are REAL as he gives inside track on Area 51 

By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

The White House has registered the domain 'aliens.gov,' sparking fresh speculation that President Donald Trump's long-awaited UFO disclosure may be imminent.

The domain, linked to the Executive Office of the President, was flagged on Wednesday by an automated tracker of federal websites.

However, it is also listed in the government's official .gov registry maintained by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

Registry records show it was recently added under the White House Office alongside other official government sites, confirming it as a legitimate federal web address, though its purpose has not been publicly disclosed.

The website is not currently live, but the domain has been reserved.

The discovery has raised questions about whether it could be used as a future portal for documents tied to Trump's push for greater transparency on unidentified aerial phenomena.

In February, Trump directed federal agencies, including the Pentagon, to begin identifying and releasing files related to UFOs, also known as UAPs, and potential extraterrestrial activity.

'Based on the tremendous interest shown, I will be directing the Secretary of War... to begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs),' Trump wrote on Truth Social on February 19.

The domain comes weeks after Trump announced he would order federal agencies and the Pentagon to begin releasing, or identifying for release, government files related to UFOs (UAPs) and extraterrestrial life

Trump has since gone quiet about his plans to release government files related to UFOs and extraterrestrial life. However, the war with Iran began shortly after he announced it in February.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth issued an update about five days later, saying: 'We've got our people working on it right now. I don't want to oversell how much time it will take, right? 

'We're digging in. We're going to be in full compliance with that executive order, eager to provide that for the president.'

Hegseth didn't have an estimate of how long it would take for the Pentagon and US intelligence agencies to release every piece of information on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), which have been widely reported throughout the US since the 1940s.

Asked if he believes aliens exist, Hegseth replied: 'We'll see. I get to do the review and find out along with all of you.'

Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, who was put in charge of the House Oversight Committee's task force on declassifying secret records on UAPs, revealed that all of the incoming documents will be housed on the US National Archives' website.

Until now, the Pentagon has maintained for decades that no physical evidence of extraterrestrial life has ever been found by the US, and videos capturing suspected UFOs have never been confirmed to be of a non-human origin. 

Trump's order, however, followed statements made by former President Barack Obama, who had declared aliens were real.

Donald Trump said that he's directed Pete Hegseth to release government files related to aliens, extraterrestrial life and UFOs

The former president was asked if aliens are real while speaking with Brian Tyler Cohen, to which he responded: '

Uh, they're real, but I haven't seen them,' he said, before immediately addressing speculation surrounding Area 51, the secretive US military facility in Nevada that has long been at the center of extraterrestrial conspiracy theories.

'And they're not being kept in uh what is it? Area 51!' Obama continued. 'There's no underground facility unless there's this enormous conspiracy and they hid it from the president of the United States.'

His comments, delivered with a mix of humor and authority, amounted to a clear rejection of claims that the U.S. government is secretly housing alien life forms at the classified base.

Area 51 has fueled decades of speculation, particularly since the Cold War, when its remote desert location and classified operations made it a natural target for rumors about UFOs and extraterrestrial cover-ups.

The US government has acknowledged the facility's existence but has consistently said it is used for testing advanced military aircraft.

This is a developing story... More updates to come. 

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Wat Oude Ufo-waarnemingen Over Onthullen Over de Obsessie van de Mensheid Met Het Onbekende

De menselijke fascinatie voor het mysterieuze en het onbekende is door de eeuwen heen een krachtig motief geweest dat diep verankerd ligt in onze cultuur, religie en wetenschap. Van de eerste beschrijvingen van hemelverschijnselen in oude beschavingen tot de hedendaagse fenomeen van onverklaarbare vliegende objecten (UFO’s), toont deze obsessie hoe onze nieuwsgierigheid ons drijft om de grenzen van het bekende te verkennen. In dit artikel wordt onderzocht wat de oude waarnemingen van vreemde hemelverschijnselen ons kunnen vertellen over de menselijke psyche, cultuur en de evolutie van het fenomeen UFO. We analyseren de historische context, de interpretaties en de veranderende percepties van deze fenomenen, en leggen een verband tussen de verhalen uit het verleden en onze hedendaagse zoektocht naar het onbekende.

Oude Hemelverschijnselen: Tekenen, Omen of Iets Anders?

De oudste schriftelijke bronnen over vreemde hemelverschijnselen dateren uit de beschavingen van Mesopotamië, waaronder de Sumeriërs en Babyloniërs. Op kleitabletten uit de tweede millennium voor Christus worden beschrijvingen vastgelegd van zich verplaatsende vormen en zwarte meteoren die de hemel doorkruisen. Deze verschijnselen werden destijds vaak geïnterpreteerd als goddelijke tekenen of omens, bedoeld om de mensheid te waarschuwen of te begeleiden. De interpretatie van dergelijke fenomenen was nauw verbonden met religieuze en spirituele overtuigingen.

Chris Aubeck, directeur van de Magonia Exchange—een archiefproject dat zich richt op de geschiedenis van UFO’s—benadrukt de moeilijkheid om oude beschrijvingen definitief te classificeren als UFO-waarnemingen. “Er bestaat geen consensus over wat de eerste geregistreerde UFO-waarneming precies was,” legt hij uit. “Hoewel oude bronnen vreemde hemelverschijnselen documenteren, was de betekenis ervan vaak sterk verbonden met de religieuze wereldbeelden van die tijd.”

Volgens Greg Eghigian, hoogleraar geschiedenis aan de Pennsylvania State University, moeten dergelijke oude beschrijvingen altijd binnen hun culturele context worden bekeken. “Wat wij nu misschien interpreteren als buitenaardse ontmoetingen, was vroeger vaak een symbool van goddelijke interventie, religieuze betekenis of natuurlijke fenomenen zoals kometen en meteorieten,” stelt hij. Deze interpretaties laten zien dat de menselijke interpretatie van het onbekende altijd is beïnvloed door de culturele en spirituele kaders waarin men leeft.

Het Nuremberg “Luchtgevecht” van 1561

Een van de meest markante historische rapporten over hemelverschijnselen betreft het zogenaamde “luchtgevecht” dat op 14 april 1561 plaatsvond in Nuremberg, Duitsland. Bewoners beschrijven een spectaculaire gebeurtenis waarin ronde, kruisvormige en andere vormen in de lucht met elkaar zouden hebben gevochten, vergezeld door een zwart, pijlvormig object. Hans Glaser, een lokale kunstenaar, maakte zelfs een houtsnede van de gebeurtenis, waarin de objecten lijken te “vallen uit de hemel en verbranden bij het raken van de grond.”

Hoewel de gebeurtenis op dat moment werd geïnterpreteerd als een goddelijk teken of apocalyptisch signaal, biedt de moderne interpretatie een andere blik. Onderzoekers zien in de beschrijving en de visuele documentatie vooral reflecties van de religieuze wereldbeelden van de 16e eeuw, en niet per se bewijs voor buitenaardse wezens. De gebeurtenissen kunnen bijvoorbeeld ook worden verklaard door natuurlijke verschijnselen zoals luchtscènes met ballonnen, vuurwerk of optische illusies, die destijds niet volledig konden worden begrepen of verklaard.

UFO’s in de Moderne Tijd: Van Mysterie tot Cultuurfenomeen

De perceptie van UFO’s veranderde drastisch in de tweede helft van de 20e eeuw. Een keerpunt was de waarneming van de Amerikaanse piloot Kenneth Arnold op 24 juni 1947. Arnold meldde negen snel bewegende objecten in de buurt van Mount Rainier, Washington, die hij beschreef als schijfvormige objecten die over het water “sprongen.” Zijn beschrijving leidde tot de term “flying saucer,” die wereldwijd bekend werd en de basis vormde voor de moderne UFO-cultuur.

Deze gebeurtenis markeerde het begin van een nieuwe fase, waarin UFO’s niet meer alleen als mysterie werden beschouwd, maar ook als onderdeel van een bredere maatschappelijke en culturele discussie. Tijdens de Koude Oorlog werden veel waarnemingen geïnterpreteerd in het licht van technologische en militaire rivaliteit, waarbij geheime vliegtuigen en nieuwe technologieën werden vermengd met de mogelijkheid van buitenaardse contacten.

Chris Aubeck benadrukt dat de Arnold-waarneming “het startpunt was van de moderne UFO-geschiedenis.” Sindsdien zijn talloze rapporten en observaties gedaan, variërend van eenvoudige lichtverschijnselen tot complexe, bijna chirurgisch nauwkeurige beschrijvingen van objecten die zich op onmogelijke manieren verplaatsen.

De Cultuur van de Ufo: Spiegel van de Menselijke Ziel

Hoewel het aantal UFO-waarnemingen blijft toenemen, blijkt uit wetenschappelijk onderzoek dat veel van deze waarnemingen meer vertellen over onze cultuur, angsten en verlangens dan over buitenaardse wezens. Volgens Aubeck zijn UFO-verhalen “de hedendaagse legendes,” die de onderliggende maatschappelijke narratieven en collectieve angsten weerspiegelen. Ze vormen een soort spiegel waarin we onze eigen onzekerheden en hoop projecteren.

Zo kunnen we in de manier waarop mensen UFO’s interpreteren, onderliggende culturele overtuigingen aflezen. Tijdens de Koude Oorlog bijvoorbeeld, werden veel waarnemingen geïnterpreteerd als geheime militaire technologieën of vijandige inlichtingenoperaties. Tegenwoordig worden sommige waarnemingen beschreven als mogelijke contactpogingen met buitenaardse beschavingen, wat een reflectie is van de hoop op buitenaardse intelligentie en de zoektocht naar een betekenis buiten onze aardse grenzen.

Het Universele Thema van Het Onbekende

Wat oude beschavingen en moderne UFO-enthousiastelingen verbindt, is de fundamentele menselijke drang om het onbekende te begrijpen. Of het nu gaat om de interpretatie van hemelverschijnselen als tekenen van de goden of om de zoektocht naar buitenaardse intelligentie, de kern blijft dezelfde: een diepe nieuwsgierigheid en de wens om te weten wat er buiten ons eigen bestaan ligt.

Deze obsessie met het onbekende is niet alleen een kwestie van nieuwsgierigheid, maar ook van identiteit en existentie. Het stelt ons in staat om vragen te stellen over onze plaats in het universum, over de aard van het bestaan en over de mogelijke aanwezigheid van andere bewuste wezens. Elke waarneming, of die nu wetenschappelijk wordt verklaard of niet, nodigt uit tot reflectie over deze grote vragen.

Conclusie: De Mens als Verteller en Zoeker

Oude hemelverschijnselen en moderne UFO-waarnemingen werken als culturele verhalen die onze collectieve psyche vormen en voeden. Ze illustreren de menselijke neiging om het onbekende te personifiëren, te rationaliseren of te mystificeren. Deze verhalen zijn niet alleen bedoeld om verklaringen te bieden, maar ook om onze angsten, hoop en verbeelding te voeden.

UFO’s representeren in wezen meer dan vreemde objecten in de lucht; ze zijn symbolen van onze zoektocht naar betekenis, onze angst voor het onbekende en onze hoop op contact met andere bewuste levensvormen. Door de geschiedenis heen blijven deze verhalen ons uitdagen om te reflecteren op onze plek in het universum en op de grenzen van onze kennis.

De voortdurende fascinatie voor het onverklaarbare bevestigt dat de menselijke geest onuitputtelijk is in haar zoektocht naar antwoorden. Het is deze nieuwsgierigheid die ons blijft drijven, en die onze verhalen, mythes en hypotheses voortstuwt. In het verkennen van het onbekende vinden we niet alleen antwoorden, maar ook een dieper begrip van wie wij zijn als mensheid.

Bronnen en Referenties:

• Aubeck, Chris. De geschiedenis van UFO’s: Van oude beschavingen tot heden.
• Eghigian, Greg. "Interpretaties van Hemelverschijnselen in Cultuur en Religie." Live Science.
• Glaser, Hans. De Houtsnede van de Nuremberg Sky Battle.
• Kennedy, J. “Kenneth Arnold en de Opkomst van de Moderne UFO Cultuur.” UFO Journal.
• Maan, L. “Culturele Narratieven en UFO-waarnemingen.” Journal of Cultural Studies.

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Origin of the Sun

Astronomers previously believed that our Sun formed about 10,000 light-years closer to the galactic center than its current position roughly 4.6 billion years ago.

However, how this migration occurred has long remained a question for researchers. Analysis of stellar composition suggests that stars like the Sun formed in a more central location, yet today a structure known as the corotation barrier appears to impede their movement outward from the galactic center.

“The physical mechanism behind the corotation barrier has been fairly well understood,” co-author Dr. Daisuke Taniguchi, of Tokyo Metropolitan University, told The Debrief. “However, what has been less clear is where exactly the barrier may have been located in the past.”

The researchers focused their study on solar “twins,” stars with temperatures, surface gravities, and chemical compositions similar to those of our Sun. Among the nearly two billion stars contained in the Gaia data set, the team identified 6,594 solar twins—roughly 30 times more such stellar analogues than had been found in previous studies.

Developing a Star Catalogue

“We selected stars whose atmospheric parameters (surface temperature, surface gravity, and metallicity) are very close to those of the Sun,” Taniguchi explained. “In addition, we applied several quality cuts using other physical parameters and data flags to ensure that only high-quality measurements were included in our final sample.”

A mass migration of stellar twins. Stars similar to our Sun form a mass migration from the center of the Milky Way, occurring approximately 4 to 6 billion years ago.

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The large sample size enabled the researchers to determine the stars’ ages with much greater precision than earlier work allowed. Their analysis suggests that the formation of these types of stars peaked roughly 4 to 6 billion years ago, providing evidence that many may have formed in the same region near the center of the Milky Way.

The research also offers clues about the evolution of the galaxy’s central structure. Today, the corotation barrier associated with the Milky Way’s bar would prevent stars from migrating outward in the way the Sun appears to have done.

This suggests that the migration likely occurred before the barrier reached its current position. In other words, the corotation barrier itself may have shifted over time as the galaxy evolved.

“Our study proposed the possibility that the location of the barrier may have changed significantly around 4-6 billion years ago,” Taniguchi said. “If so, this could have allowed stars like the Sun to migrate outward more easily during that period.”

Further Research on Sun Twins

For life on Earth, it may be fortunate that the Sun migrated away from the galactic center before the corotation barrier stabilized, since the central regions of the Milky Way present a far more hostile environment for planetary systems.

The researchers plan to continue expanding their solar twin catalogue as new astronomical data becomes available.

“A natural next step will be to expand the sample using the upcoming Gaia DR4 data release planned for December 2026 (in this study, we used Gaia DR3 data),” Dr. Taniguchi said. “With a larger number of Solar twins and a wider observational volume (currently 6,594 Solar twins within about 1,000 light years around the Sun), we can improve the statistical significance of the results and also further investigate the spatial distribution of the sample.”

The team hopes their star catalogue will help other astronomers pursue new lines of research.

“Our catalog is currently the largest high-confidence catalog of Solar twins and contains a wide range of information, including ages, chemical compositions, distances, and other stellar properties,” Dr. Taniguchi concluded. “Because of this, I hope it will be used for many different kinds of studies beyond the questions we explored in our papers.”

The paper, “Solar Twins in Gaia DR3 GSP-Spec I. Building a Large Catalog of Solar Twins with Ages,” appeared in Astronomy & Astrophysics on March 12, 2026.

• Ryan Whalen covers science and technology for The Debrief. He holds an MA in History and a Master of Library and Information Science with a certificate in Data Science. He can be contacted at ryan@thedebrief.org, and follow him on Twitter @mdntwvlf.

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18-03-2026 om 22:03 geschreven door peter  

As a result of not hearing back, I decided to establish the Galileo Project, in collaboration with Dr. Frank Laukien two months later. This scientific research project followed the narrative of my original White Paper and is supported by private donations to my research fund at Harvard University.

The first time I learned about the outcome of my exchange with Dr. Zurbuchen was through a press conference held a year later, on June 9, 2022. I became aware of the pending announcement thanks to an email from the Galileo Project member, Dr. Alan Stern, who wrote, “I can’t imagine you aren’t aware of this, but just in case …” Contrary to Alan’s expectation, I did not know in advance about NASA’s press conference, so I immediately notified the rest of the Galileo Project community, which by now contains more than a hundred members.

In the press release, NASA announced a new independent study on UAP from a scientific perspective. The study will focus on identifying available data, how best to collect future data, and how NASA can use that data to move the scientific understanding of UAP forward. The study is not part of the Department of Defense’s  Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group, and is expected to take about nine months to complete. It will secure the counsel of experts in the scientific, aeronautics, and data analytics communities to focus on how best to collect new data and improve observations of UAP.

I was delighted to see that some of the statements made at the press conference and the resulting news reports, echoed my writings. For example, the Guardian noted that, “We have to approach all these questions with a sense of humility,” a statement which echoes the theme of my book “Extraterrestrial”.

Or, as Oscar Wilde noted, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.”

Overall, this outcome is gratifying and represents a “win-win” development. The Galileo Project is now likely to receive a boost to its funding from wealthy individuals and foundations with which I am in close contact. But most importantly, the Project’s scientific mission narrative is now echoed within the government.

It does not matter who tells the truth as long as it is being told. As I mentioned to the Jerusalem Post on the morning of NASA’s press release, “It is wonderful that NASA and scientists will be engaged in unraveling the nature of UAP … It is a fishing expedition and we will end up with a mixed bag of natural and human-made objects. But even if we have high-quality data on just a single object that demonstrates something else, such as an extraterrestrial technological origin, it would represent the most important discovery in human history.”

A day later, I received an email from the leadership team of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, explaining that I was not selected to serve on this study because it represents a non-advocate review that will be conducted in accordance with the principles of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). In other words, my role in leading the Galileo Projectwould constitute an apparent conflict of interest.

Being true to the words of my White Paper after not getting a response from NASA, led me to establish a new scientific Project on UAP, but it now blocks me from contributing directly to NASA’s planning exercise on exactly the same research frontier. Perhaps it is a blessing in disguise, since the Galileo Project has currently no strings attached to the government. In the future, the Project will be able to apply to any relevant funds as they become available.

In gratitude for NASA’s explanatory email, I mentioned that I will be delighted to provide any input that could help NASA’s study, because it shares the intellectual DNA of the Galileo Project. Government agencies and academia should be working together towards the collection of new evidence-based knowledge on UAP.

It is possible that by the time NASA’s study completes its nine-month pregnancy and delivers its independent “baby”, the Galileo Project will discover evidence that will change the charter of NASA’s report.  The Galileo Project is currently assembling its first telescope system on the roof of the Harvard College Observatory, planning an expedition to retrieve fragments from the first interstellar meteor, studying satellite data on UAP from above, and designing a space mission to rendezvous with the next anomalous (`Oumuamua-like) interstellar object.

Before NASA’s announcement, it was common practice among scientists to ridicule the scientific study of UAP. The ridicule was surprisingly strong and public within the traditional SETI community, with one exception – Seth Shostak who joined the Galileo Project after publishing a brave supportive article in Scientific American.

Open mindedness applies also to scientific research. We should explore the unknown by seeking evidence agnostically and not assuming what we might find. Gladly, we now know that both the Galileo Project and NASA agree on following this principle.

• Avi Loeb is the head of the Galileo Project, founding director of Harvard University’s – Black Hole Initiative, director of the Institute for Theory and Computation at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, and the former chair of the astronomy department at Harvard University (2011-2020). He chairs the advisory board for the Breakthrough Starshot project, and is a former member of the President’s Council of Advisors onScience and Technology and a former chair of the Board on Physics and Astronomy of the National Academies. He is the bestselling author of “Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth” and a co-author of the textbook “Life in the Cosmos”, both published in 2021.

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18-03-2026 om 21:44 geschreven door peter  

Decades of Debate

First identified in 2002, the Silverpit structure displays several features that are characteristic of impact craters, including a circular outline, a central peak, and concentric fault rings. Despite these clues, some scientists argued that the formation could have resulted from natural geological activity, such as the movement of underground salt deposits or volcanic forces, leaving the true origin of the crater unclear.

In 2009, a group of geologists reviewed the evidence and concluded that the crater was unlikely to have formed from an asteroid impact. The latest research not only challenges but also overturns that earlier conclusion.

Evidence Hidden Beneath the Seafloor

A team led by Dr. Uisdean Nicholson at Heriot-Watt University used high-resolution seismic imaging alongside detailed analysis of rock samples collected from beneath the seabed. The seismic data revealed the crater’s internal structure with a level of detail previously unattainable. Meanwhile, rock samples obtained from an oil well offered crucial evidence to resolve the question of the crater’s origin.

“We were exceptionally lucky to find these — a real ‘needle-in-a-haystack’ effort,” Nicholson said. “These prove the impact crater hypothesis beyond doubt.”

The samples contained shocked quartz and feldspar, minerals that only form under the intense pressures produced by asteroid impacts. These minerals confirm that a high-energy collision created Silverpit Crater.

A Violent Impact

The evidence shows that an asteroid about 160 meters wide hit the seabed between 43 and 46 million years ago. The team’s models suggest the asteroid came from the west at a low angle, creating a huge plume of rock and water.

Within minutes, the plume collapsed back into the ocean, producing a tsunami that reached heights of over 100 meters (about 330 feet). The impact released vast amounts of energy, sending waves across the surrounding region and reshaping the seafloor.

A Rare Preserved Impact Crater

Impact craters are rare on Earth because erosion and plate movements slowly erase them. Around 200 confirmed impact craters have been found on land, but only a few dozen have been found beneath the ocean.

Silverpit is notable as a well-preserved hypervelocity impact crater, offering a rare opportunity to study how such events shape the planet’s subsurface structure.

Professor Gareth Collins of Imperial College London, who contributed to the study’s modeling work, said the new evidence represents a decisive breakthrough. “It is very rewarding to have finally found the silver bullet,” Collins said.

Understanding Earth’s Impact History

This research settles a long-standing scientific debate and offers new insight into the forces that have shaped Earth’s history. The findings will help scientists understand how asteroid impacts influence planetary surfaces on Earth and elsewhere in the solar system.

“We can use these findings to understand how asteroid impacts shaped our planet throughout history, as well as predict what could happen should we have an asteroid collision in the future,” said Nicholson.

• Austin Burgess is a writer and researcher with a background in sales, marketing, and data analytics. He holds a Master of Business Administration, a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, and a Data Analytics certification. His work combines analytical training with a focus on emerging science, aerospace, and astronomical research.

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A retired U.S. Air Force veteran claimed he encountered UFOs that disabled multiple nuclear missiles while he served in the military during the Cold War.

Robert Salas claimed that an unknown entity subdued the military's ability to control 10 Minuteman I intercontinental ballistic missiles equipped with nuclear warheads at Malmstrom Air Force Base in 1967.

The 85-year-old former launch officer shared the harrowing story on the "Danny Jones Podcast" on Sunday.

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Salas manned the monitoring and launch of nuclear missiles, "if given the order," during the tense Cold War era.

He recalled his alleged alien encounter, which occurred around 10 p.m. on March 24, 1967. Salas was underground with his partner when panicked guards called from above about a mysterious, unidentified aircraft.

"The main guard calls down, says, 'Sir, we've been seeing some strange lights in the sky, flying directly overhead,'" Salas said.

He added that guards insisted the aircraft wasn't a Soviet one because of its odd lights. It flew through the sky before abruptly stopping over the underground ICBMs.

Salas initially dismissed the guards, thinking it was a prank, but five minutes later, the guard called back, screaming into the phone.

"He's yelling. He's babbling. He's frightened," Salas recalled.

After he calmed down, the guard told Salas that he and his men had their weapons aimed at the craft floating above the base's front gate, which was emitting a "pulsating reddish light."'

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Salas said the panicked guard asked what to do next, and he told him, "Do whatever you have to do."

Salas recalled that the guard said one of his men was injured before hanging up.

The octogenarian then recalled how the missiles had been shut down by the mysterious alien entities. As he went to wake up his sleeping partner, a loud horn at the controls suddenly began to blare.

The alarm signaled that an issue had emerged with the missiles, and Salas said when they looked at the board, "one of them went from green to red."

No ability to launch," Salas said. "Then, very quickly thereafter, bing bing bing bing, all 10 of them went down. They all went red."

They jumped up and ran through their checklist, then realized two launch facilities miles away were showing that "someone or something" may have breached the fenced missile area.

Salas said that he reacted immediately, sending guards to the missile silos. He said they were "scared to death" after encountering the floating lights hovering over the launch areas nearly a mile away.

"They were scared to death," he said. "They didn't want to go any further. They were so frightened of these things."

Salas said he later heard the guard was injured from either hurting his hand while clearing his jammed rifle or cutting it on barbed wire during the spooky alien encounter.

He also learned that the guards had apparently seen the odd craft in the area mere days before the encounter. It was described as being able to fly in reverse, complete 90-degree turns, and fly in dead silence.

Salas said that, despite an investigation, it was never determined what shut down the warheads, even with systems designed to prevent jamming.

"They had no idea how this signal could have been injected into each of the missiles," he said. "The cabling system that we had was triply shielded against electromagnetic interference from the outside."

Salas said that he's convinced the extraterrestrial visitors traveled to Earth to stop a nuclear war from unfolding.

Salas's alleged alien encounter stayed a decades-long secret as Air Force investigators forced him and his commander to sign strict gag orders, warned that they could face prison time if they ever spoke about it.

He ultimately went public decades later after reading about a similar incident in a UFO book, concluding that the information had already been disclosed.

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Otherworldly UFO Destinations For the Alien-Obsessed
Are we truly alone in the universe? Some people assert that we've already made contact! Here are some of the best places to learn more about both real and fictional UFOs.

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10. McMinnville, Oregon
McMinnville is a great place to begin for several reasons. For starters, photos of the UFO that appeared over McMinnville are considered some of the most compelling, clear evidence of UFOs ever captured. Secondly, they have an annual UFO festival. There’s plenty of goofiness happening, but there are also serious discussions. The latest festival featured several witnesses and investigators of the Phoenix Lights, one of the most well-documented and widely-seen UFO events in history.

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9. Aurora, Texas
The story of UFOs in America doesn’t start with Roswell. It actually goes back much farther than that. In 1896, residents of Aurora, Texas, started seeing a cigar-shaped object floating in the sky. In 1897, the alleged craft collided with a windmill. According to local legend, the pilot—assumed to be from another planet—was buried in the town graveyard. While the gravestone that used to mark its plot is gone, there’s still a historical telling the story.

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8. The Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C.
The Smithsonian has fascinating scientific and historical artifacts, but it also has a great deal of science fiction on display. Margaret Weitekamp is the Curator for Social and Cultural Dimensions of Spaceflight, which means that it’s her job to put together a collection of all the ways space travel has captured our imaginations. That’s not the only place to see UFOs at the Smithsonian, though. The Institute’s National Museum of African-American History and Culture holds a reconstructed incarnation of Parliament’s P-Funk Mothership, one of the most iconic stage props in history, and certainly the funkiest starship in the galaxy.

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7. Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Merritt Island, Florida
Maybe the objects flying out of Kennedy are more known than unknown, but it’s still a cool place to be. This is an exciting time for spaceflight—SpaceX just launched a rocket that successfully landed on a boat at sea. Being able to reuse rockets instead of just crashing them makes space exploration much more affordable. They’re not the only private company helping advance spaceflight, just one of the many getting in on the action here at Kennedy and Cape Canaveral.

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6. Devils Tower
Crook County, Wyoming
Devils Tower is an enormous igneous intrusion in Wyoming. Most people probably know it from Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind, where Richard Dreyfuss and several others found themselves obsessed with the unique shape of the mountain, eventually flocking to the site just in time for UFOs to land. The movie turned the monument into a sci-fi icon, one that’s been parodied by everyone from “Weird Al” Yankovic to The Simpsons to even The X-Files.

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5. Vasquez Rocks
Los Angeles County, California
Vasquez Rocks is one of those places more associated with fictional aliens than any real or alleged encounter. Still, it’s so iconic that it deserves a mention—as soon as you see this structure, it’s immediately familiar, even if you can’t place it. That’s because it’s been a filming location for over 50 films and countless TV shows. Captain Kirk famously fought that rubber-suited lizard monster here. But the rocks have also appeared in the likes of Roswell, Alien Nation, Battlestar Galactica, Buffy, and much more.

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4. The Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array
Socorro County, New Mexico
The Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array is (you guessed it) a very large array of radio telescopes, trained at the Socorro County skies. The antennas here are so huge that they’re repositioned via a system of trains. They’ve helped us learn more about black holes, quarks, quasars, and even the gasses at the center of our galaxy. They’re not actually used to seek out UFOs, but they’re almost better.

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3. The SETI Institute
Mountain View, California
Not all of the conversation around aliens has to do with little green men. SETI—the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence—has been exploring the universe for signs of life since it began operations in 1985. They use a telescope array (not the Very Large Array; a different one) to search for signs of technology, and a cross-disciplinary team of scientists explores forms of life that might exist but haven’t occurred to us.

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2. Area 51
Lincoln County, Nevada
Let’s get one thing clear—do NOT attempt to actually enter Area 51. Whether it has anything to do with UFOs or not, this is a very real military base, about which nearly everything is classified. Its proximity to Roswell has led people to cite it as the parking spot for the Roswell UFO. It's probably no surprise, then, that most of the kitschy tourist items around here are centered around the alien theme.

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1. Roswell, New Mexico
In 1947, one of two things occurred during the “Roswell Incident:" either (1) part of a weather balloon fell onto a rancher’s property or (2) a UFO crashed that incited an immediate government cover-up. That second theory is certainly not harmed by the fact that there is a top-secret air force base not too terribly far away. At a minimum, kitschy UFO imagery has seeped into just about every part of the town, and it makes for a good time.

 

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Residents across multiple states were startled on Tuesday as a loud boom, believed to be a meteor crashing into Earth, echoed across the region. 

Witnesses in Pittsburgh reported seeing what appeared to be a burning object streaking through the sky, describing it as 'a rocket or something like a meteor.'

One local wrote online: '911 calls in the city. I have relatives who heard the boom from Hinckley, Ohio, all the way to Sandusky.'

Totally reminded me of the sonic booms produced by the fighter-jet test pilots in the early 1960s,' another person shared.

The National Weather Service (NWS) later said the fiery object was likely a meteor entering Earth's atmosphere.

The meteor was spotted by space satellites around 9am ET and seen by human eyes about one hour later. 

As of January 2026, the Meteoritical Bulletin Database has recorded 1,270 officially confirmed 'observed falls,' meteorites that were seen falling to Earth and later recovered. 

Scientists estimate around 17,000 meteorites strike the planet each year, but most land in oceans or remote areas, meaning only about 1.8 percent of meteorites have actually been witnessed. 

Witnesses in Pittsburgh reported seeing what appeared to be a burning object streaking through the sky, describing it as 'a rocket or something like a meteor.' 

Residents across Ohio and Pennsylvania were startled Tuesday morning as a loud boom echoed across the region

Officials from the NWS Cleveland stated that the meteor likely burned up or disintegrated high in the atmosphere, approximately 25 miles up over the Northeast Ohio/Lake Erie region. 

Some officials speculated that if any fragments survived, they could have landed in Lake Erie. 

There have been no reports of injuries or property damage caused by the landing.  

The 'explosion' reported across the region was a sonic boom created by the meteor shooting through the atmosphere at speeds over 25,000 mph. 

Residents across the region flooded social media with reports of a powerful blast, with many describing a thunderous noise that shook homes and echoed for miles. 

Some said it sounded like multiple explosions or rolling vibrations, while others reported spotting a glowing fireball and a bright streak tearing across the sky. 

One Cleveland resident posted on X: 'Loud boom in Cleveland today. They are saying a meteor! The house shook; it was scary.'

'Heard and felt here on the west side of Cleveland. One loud boom followed immediately by a smaller or 'echo' boom,' another local shared.

The 'explosion' reported across the region was a sonic boom created by the meteor shooting through the atmosphere at speeds over 25,000 mph

The meteor was spotted by space satellites around 9am ET and seen by human eyes about one hour later

'Didn't quite shake the house; it more like reverberated through it. Thought it was a truck or something until my Sister messaged me that she heard it too.'

Meteoroids are small rocky objects that travel through space, ranging in size from tiny dust particles to fragments as large as small asteroids. 

When one of these objects enters Earth's atmosphere at high speed, it burns up due to intense friction, creating a bright streak of light known as a meteor, often called a 'shooting star.' 

If any part of the object survives its fiery descent and reaches the ground, it is then classified as a meteorite. 

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Impressions (No Spoilers)

The film Hail Mary leaves a very positive impression overall. If someone likes science fiction, they might really enjoy this movie. This is exactly the kind of film that not only shows beautiful images of space but also keeps you on the edge of your seat for almost the entire runtime. The plot constantly throws in new twists, and the characters’ decisions keep you hooked on the story.

Ryan’s acting deserves special mention. Everything is portrayed very naturally: the characters feel like real people, not just vehicles for the plot. This makes it easier to believe both the story itself and the characters’ emotional reactions. Another important plus is the attention to detail. It was particularly pleasing that the film accurately depicts one of the basic principles of space: there is no sound in outer space. For a sci-fi film, this might seem like a minor detail, but it is precisely these details that greatly enhance the film’s believability.

Hail Mary is a fantastic film that works on several levels: as a suspenseful adventure, as a story of survival, and as a film that strives to respect scientific logic. That’s exactly why the film resonates not only emotionally but also intellectually.

It is also interesting to compare it to the film U Are the Universe. One gets the sense that these films resonate with each other in some ways: both use space not merely as a backdrop, but as a realm of solitude, connection, hope, and human vulnerability. But while U Are the Universe is a more intimate, lyrical, and existential story, Hail Mary is a larger-scale, technically sophisticated, and plot-driven science fiction film. And there is an interesting point here: if the creators of U Are the Universe had delayed the film’s release just a little longer, and it had come out after Hail Mary, some viewers would surely have accused them of plagiarism. In reality, that would have been unfair: the Ukrainian film had already been released earlier as an independent work. And even Andy Weir’s book Hail Mary was not published until 2021.

Technical Analysis with Spoilers

From an engineering perspective, the film is particularly interesting because it invites analysis rather than just watching. And for the most part, this is a plus: if, after watching it, there is a desire to discuss fuel, the atmosphere, materials, and manufacturing technologies, then the science fiction has done its job.

The first – and perhaps the most controversial – point concerns the logistics of the protagonist’s return journey. This is the film’s weakest point. Even with full tanks – roughly two million liters of astrofuel – the return trip would take about four years, so questions about the mission’s supplies arise at this stage. Based on the plot’s logic, there was enough food for about two years, and after subsequent events, the available fuel supply is further reduced by two sections. As a result, the return mission begins to look less like an engineering-driven scenario devised by the protagonist and more like a very optimistic hope for a miracle. This does not ruin the film entirely, but it is here that the tension between the drama and the real-world logistics of interstellar flight is felt most acutely.

The second point of contention is taumeba and xenonite. Conceptually, this is a very striking idea, but it raises the most questions precisely from the perspective of the world’s internal physics. If xenonite is presented as a reliable structural and airtight material, then taumeba’s ability to pass through it requires a very serious explanation. It is not enough here to say that this is unusual biology; there needs to be a clear mechanism that explains exactly how it happens, under what conditions, and due to which properties of the material and the organism. That is why this particular plot point raises the most scientific doubts for me. It works as a dramatic twist, but as a hard sci-fi premise, it looks noticeably weaker than many of the film’s other ideas.

That said, the atmosphere on the ship and the final dome actually struck as quite plausible. Here, the film, on the contrary, enters the realm of logical engineering solutions. When it comes to a pressurized environment for humans, the basic principles are quite clear: controlling pressure, gas composition, temperature, humidity, removing carbon dioxide, and maintaining a safe environment. In this sense, the dome in the finale can be seen as a development of the same ideas used in space life support systems (e.g., the ISS), only adapted to a different technological platform. Therefore, this aspect should be defended rather than criticized.

The idea of highly advanced 3D printing on an alien spacecraft struck as particularly compelling. The way tunnels, structures, and various objects are formed is an extremely advanced form of 3D printing or programmable manufacturing. And this is precisely one of those ideas that, in science fiction, does not seem like magic but rather a logical progression of real-world technologies. If a civilization is capable of building complex structures directly within the required environment, with high precision, using readily available materials, and tailored to a specific task, then this seems very realistic for a highly advanced engineering culture.

The same applies to the translator. The film presents him not as a magic button, but as the result of a gradual search for patterns, the comparison of signals, learning, and the development of a common language. It is precisely this approach that makes the idea convincing. This is no longer a fairy-tale “universal understanding of aliens,” but an engineering problem of communication that is solved step by step. And within the realm of science fiction, it makes perfect sense.

Ultimately, what makes Hail Mary great for me is that it can be viewed in two different ways. The first is simply a powerful, intense, and emotional science fiction film. The second is a film that invites technical analysis. And even its controversial moments are not so much a drawback as a reason for discussion. Because the most interesting sci-fi films are not the ones that leave no questions, but the ones that make viewers want to debate trajectories, materials, atmosphere, biology, and technology.

What differences and nuances did you notice? Let’s discuss them in the comments.

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