How the subject of UFOs has evolved from fringe to federal probe – CBS News

The Director of National Intelligence is collecting data across several federal agencies to release a report on what officials call “unidentified aerial phenomena.” Politico senior national correspondent Bryan Bender joins CBSN’s Lana Zak to share his reporting on how UFOs became a national security concern and former Senator Harry Reid’s role in bringing the subject… Read More How the subject of UFOs has evolved from fringe to federal probe – CBS News

Everyone is now serious about UFOs. But they reveal more about earthling politics

Next month the Pentagon will release a hotly anticipated report – but most Americans already believe in the most radical explanations for UFOs A still from an unclassified and widely circulated US naval pilot video depicting ‘unidentified aerial phenomena’. Photograph: DoD/AFP/Getty Images The truth probably isn’t out there, but something is. Next month, the Pentagon… Read More Everyone is now serious about UFOs. But they reveal more about earthling politics

If Aliens Exist, Here’s How We’ll Find Them – Issue 97: Wonder – Nautilus | Opinion

Suppose aliens existed, and imagine that some of them had been watching our planet for its entire four and a half billion years. What… Source: If Aliens Exist, Here’s How We’ll Find Them – Issue 97: Wonder – Nautilus Opinion: An above-average look at the possibility of life beyond our planet and also beyond how… Read More If Aliens Exist, Here’s How We’ll Find Them – Issue 97: Wonder – Nautilus | Opinion

Double Take – A new documentary film about UFOs

Tucker Carlson endorsing the intelligent study of UFOs? Seriously? That’s right folks. Sometimes so-called open-minded liberals and some ‘green-niks’ can be the most narrow-minded folks of all. And the conservatives many suppose are closed off are actually more open-minded than their apparently ‘hip’ and ‘lib’ counterparts. This is not always the case, of course. Sometimes… Read More Double Take – A new documentary film about UFOs

BBC’s Human Universe – “Are We Alone?” | Opinion

I just watched another BBC Earth TV doc with Professor Brian Cox called Human Universe – Are We Alone? This is a visually pleasing documentary with some useful nuggets of info that should round out everything you might have missed while daydreaming in high school. Cox is a great presenter and obviously very sharp in… Read More BBC’s Human Universe – “Are We Alone?” | Opinion

Scientists set up new telescopes dedicated to finding aliens | + Opinion

As humanity’s quest to discover aliens continues, a team of researchers has set up two prototype telescopes at Lick Obersevtory near San Jose, specifically for finding the extraterrestrial. These telescopes are part of hundreds of telescopes that are going to be installed called Panoramic SETI (PANOSETI). The team is led by UC San Diego physicist Shelley Wright, and consists… Read More Scientists set up new telescopes dedicated to finding aliens | + Opinion

Which Religion Is Friendliest to the Idea of Aliens?

In the annals of most world religions, a quick walk-on from an alien would not, at least on the surface, seem particularly strange. Unusual occurrences are kind of key to the whole enterprise. And adherents of both camps—UFO-watchers and the religious—know what it means to believe in the face of long odds. Should a member… Read More Which Religion Is Friendliest to the Idea of Aliens?