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UFOs

Prof. Avi Loeb, center, on a scientific expedition off of the coast of Papua New Guinea in June 2023 to identify parts of a possible interstellar meteor that crashed in 2014. (Courtesy of Loeb)
July 1, 2026, 4:09 pm
Polarizing Israeli-born Harvard astronomer picked to lead White House UFO council
Avi Loeb vows to brief public and create website to share findings of team tasked with investigating origins of mysterious orbs and other objects reported by military personnel
By Collin Binkley
This photo is from the US Air Force's 'The Roswell Report,' released June 24, 1997, which discusses the alleged UFO incident in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947 (US Air Force via AP, File)
May 8, 2026, 8:21 pm
As first batch of UFO files is released, Trump urges public to draw its own conclusions
Several include military videos that show small ambiguous dots moving above the landscapes of Iraq, Syria, UAE; US president: ‘Have Fun and Enjoy!’
By AP
Workers on scaffolding repaint the NASA logo near the top of the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 20, 2020. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
September 14, 2023, 11:37 pm
NASA report says more science, less stigma needed to understand UFOs
Officials stress that study found no evidence unidentified anomalous phenomena have extraterrestrial origin, but US space agency administrator admits another Earth could exist
By Marcia Dunn
A handout picture released by the press office of the Mexican Congress shows an alleged body of a 'non-human' being exhibited at the Mexican Congress in Mexico City on September 12, 2023. (Handout / Mexico's Congress / AFP)
September 14, 2023, 11:51 am
Mexican Congress displays alleged bodies of space aliens
Controversial journalist presents purported corpses, claimed to be around 1,000 years old, garnering surprise and ridicule on social media
By AFP
Illustrative: The image from video provided by the US Department of Defense, from 2015, shows an unexplained object as it is tracked while soaring high among the clouds, traveling against the wind. (Department of Defense via AP)
July 27, 2023, 3:16 am
Whistleblower tells Congress US is hiding program that retrieves UFOs
Former Air Force intelligence officer tells US lawmakers of ‘multi-decade’ project to reverse engineer extraterrestrial aircraft
By NOMAAN MERCHANT
Illustrative: The image from video provided by the US Department of Defense, from 2015, shows an unexplained object as it is tracked while soaring high among the clouds, traveling against the wind. (Department of Defense via AP)
January 13, 2023, 3:40 am
US government examining hundreds of unexplained ‘UFO’ reports
Investigators concerned surging number of sightings could be unknown technologies from rival nations
By AFP
Illustrative: The image from video provided by the US Department of Defense, from 2015, shows an unexplained object as it is tracked while soaring high among the clouds, traveling against the wind. (Department of Defense via AP)
December 17, 2022, 4:42 pm
Pentagon receives hundreds of new UFO reports — though no evidence of aliens yet
All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office says it has seen uptick in reporting of unidentified objects in the sky; some may have been new technologies flown by Russia, China
By TARA COPP
Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence Scott Bray points to a video display of a UAP during a hearing of the House Intelligence, Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation Subcommittee hearing on 'Unidentified Aerial Phenomena,' on Capitol Hill, May 17, 2022, in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP)
May 18, 2022, 1:39 pm
US Army vets say they saw UFOs on Israel-Egypt border in 2014
Three cavalry scouts tell UK’s Daily Mail the eight bright objects they spotted flying over the peninsula were not man-made
By ToI Staff and AP
An artist’s impression of the interstellar asteroid Oumuamua. Scientist Avi Loeb believes it could have been an extraterrestrial artifact. (Courtesy/European Southern Observatory, M. Kornmesser)
July 30, 2021, 4:07 am
Israeli Harvard professor launches search for ‘extraterrestrial civilizations’
Avi Loeb’s Galileo Project will seek out objects made by existing or extinct otherworldly cultures; theoretical physicist has clashed with scientific establishment over theories
By Luke Tress
Illustrative: The image from video provided by the US Department of Defense, from 2015, shows an unexplained object as it is tracked while soaring high among the clouds, traveling against the wind. (Department of Defense via AP)
June 5, 2021, 5:49 pm
US report on UFOs: No evidence of aliens, but phenomenon remains unexplained
Officials don’t rule out sightings were other countries’ new technologies; White House press secretary: ‘We take reports of incursions into our airspace very seriously’
By NOMAAN MERCHANT and Robert Burns
In this file photo from March 2, 2019 US Senator Bernie Sanders arrives for a rally to kick off his 2020 US presidential campaign, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Johannes Eisele/AFP)
August 8, 2019, 4:27 pm
Bernie Sanders vows to dish truth on UFOs if elected
Vermont senator and presidential hopeful says his wife would force him to declassify government reports on extraterrestrial life
By ToI Staff and AP
Screen capture from video showing an unidentified flying object that was chased by US Navy pilots in 2014. (YouTube)
December 19, 2017, 10:39 pm
Pentagon releases video of Navy jets chasing UFO
As US Department of Defense discloses info on shadowy program, pilot recalls mysterious object that ‘accelerated like nothing I’ve ever seen’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Rael founder Claude Vorilhon (YouTube screenshot)
August 18, 2015, 5:35 pm
Alien-believing group ends support for Zionism
Raelian Movement, which believes extraterrestrials created humans, urges Jews to leave Israel after leader receives ‘prophecy’
A soldier in the army's cyber defense course on June 10, 2013 (photo credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
February 23, 2015, 7:51 pm
IDF soldiers train for UFO hack attack
Exercise for recruits in Ofek cyber warfare unit has them infiltrate ‘alien’ computer system
By ToI Staff
Peres and Obama in April. Peres will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Wednesday (photo credit: Moshe Milner/GPO/flash90)
June 8, 2012, 12:39 pm
Shaken, but not stirred to action
The latest massacre in Syria rattles the Israeli press; Israeli court approves deportations for South Sudanese; and Peres to receive a prize
By Yossi Nachemi
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