Earth-like planets raise prospects of extra-terrestial life: study
Agence France Press, Feb. 17, 2008 - 2/17/2008
Planets resembling Earth can be found orbiting many sun-like stars in our galaxy, increasing the prospects of finding extraterrestial life on some of them, according to a study released Sunday. R

National Press Club Conference on UFOs - Witness Statements
Steve Kaeser and UFO UpDates - 11/22/2007
The following is the individual witness testimony distributed to those who attended the Briefing at the National Press Club on Monday. This is in the order of the presentations: R

Astronomers discover distant solar system with five planets
Washington Post - 11/7/2007
Astronomers have discovered a fifth planet orbiting a distant sun, marking the first time that another solar system with that many circling bodies has been found. The central star, named 55 Cancri, has smaller and larger planets circling on paths similar to those in our solar system. R

First planet with water is spotted outside Solar System
AFP - Agence France Presse - 7/11/2007
Astronomers on Wednesday announced they had spotted the first planet beyond the Solar System that has water, the precious ingredient for life. he watery world, though, is far beyond the reach of our puny chemically-powered rockets -- and in any case is quite uninhabitable. R

Multiple pilots witness large object near Guernsey, United Kingdom
The Guernsey Press & Star - St Saviour, Jersey, - April 26, 2007 - 4/28/2007
Two experienced airline pilots on separate flights saw something up to a mile wide off the coast of Alderney on Monday afternoon. ‘It was a very sharp, thin yellow object with a green area. It was 2,000ft up and stationary,’ one of the pilots said. "At first, I thought it was the size of a 737. But it must have been much bigger because of how far away it was. It could have been as much as a mile wide."

The 1973 UFO Chronology: A World-Wide Wave (NICAP.org)
Francis Ridge, NICAP.org - 4/25/2007
This is a 35-page chronology of UFO incidents and events for 1973, a major, world-wide sighting wave. Our thanks for these chronologies must go to our documentation team: Richard Hall (the original 1973 chronology from UFOE II), William Wise (Project Blue Book Archive), Dan Wilson (archive researcher), Brad Sparks (Comprehensive Catalog of Project Blue Book Unknowns), and Jean Waskiewicz (online NICAP DBase [NSID].

The 2006 Canadian UFO Survey: Analysis of UFO Reports in Canada
Geoff Dittman and Chris Rutkowski - 4/10/2007
The most important findings of this study include the fact that the yearly number of reported UFO sightings in Canada remains high, and 2006 saw the third-highest number of sightings ever recorded. People continue to report observing unusual objects in the sky, and some of these objects do not have obvious explanations. Many witnesses are pilots, police and other individuals with reasonably good observing capabilities and good judgement. Although most reported UFOs are simply lights in the night sky, a significant number are objects with definite shapes observed within the witnesses’ frame of reference.

UFOEvidence.org topic page on France UFO Program GEIPAN
UFOEvidence.org - 3/23/2007
Since 1977, the national space agency of France CNES has been helping civilian and military authorities understand the precise nature of Un-identified Aerospace Phenomena (PAN). The unit involved is the Rare Aerospace Phenomena Study Department (SEPRA) based at the CNES technical centre in Toulouse.

Former Arizona Governor Now Admits Seeing 'Phoenix Lights' UFO
Leslie Kean, Mar. 17 2007 (Credit: UFO Updates) - 3/22/2007
Ten years after the Arizona UFO incident known as the 'Phoenix Lights', former Arizona Republican Governor Fife Symington, III, now says that he himself was a witness to one of the strange unidentified flying objects, even though he originally did not say so publicly. R

French space agency to publish UFO archive online
Reuters, Jan. 3, 2007 - 1/3/2007
The French space agency is to publish its archive of UFO sightings and other phenomena online, but will keep the names of those who reported them off the site to protect them from pestering by space fanatics. R

'Mysterious Sky: Soviet UFO Phenomenon,' by Paul Stonehill & Philip Mantle
Paul Stonehill and Philip Mantle - 6/2/2006
MYSTERIOUS SKY takes an in-depth look at the UFO phenomenon from behind the former iron curtain. With historical material the authors set the scene and track the UFO phenomenon right through to today’s modern Russia. R

UFO sightings at ICBM sites and nuclear Weapons Storage Areas
Robert L. Hastings (2006) - 2/18/2006
Although the vast majority of Americans are completely unaware of its existence, the UFO/Nukes Connection is now remarkably well-documented. Air Force, FBI, and CIA files declassified via the Freedom of Information Act establish a convincing, ongoing pattern of UFO activity at U.S. nuclear weapons sites extending back to December 1948.

Is There an Underwater UFO Base Off the Southern California Coast?
Preston Dennett, Fate Magazine, Feb. 2006 - 2/8/2006
Shortly after I began investigating UFOs in the late 1980s, I started to receive reports of unidentified ocean-going craft. Most of these reports came from a certain stretch of California coastline, from about Santa Barbara south to Long Beach. This particular body of water, I soon learned, had a widespread reputation as a UFO hotspot. Several witnesses told me they believed there was an underwater UFO base there.

NICAP UFO Investigator Newsletter Now Available on CD-ROM
CUFOS (Center for UFO Studies) - 1/10/2006
Now available on CD-ROM UFO Investigator and Selected NICAP Documents. This is the original newsletter published by the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) from July 1957 to June 1980 (162 issues) now in digitized format.

'The Faith-Based Science of Susan Clancy', by Budd Hopkins
Budd Hopkins, Intruders Foundation - 12/22/2005
A few years ago, when those of us in the research community heard rumors of a two-tiered scientific investigation to be undertaken at Harvard University by experimental psychologists Richard McNally and Susan Clancy, we were curious but wary. Early in the Susan Clancy enterprise, any hopes I had for her objectivity evaporated when I learned that her purported abductee subjects were to be self-selected.

Sci Fi Channel-backed researcher pressing NASA for 'UFO' files
Associated Press - 12/8/2005
Researchers and witnesses who believe a UFO landed in the woods of western Pennsylvania 40 years ago are marking another anniversary on Friday: two years since a lawsuit was filed to get NASA to release records of what happened. R

President Jimmy Carter discusses his UFO sighting in magazine interview
Wil S. Hylton, GQ Magazine, Dec. 2005 - 12/16/2005
Former President Jimmy Carter discusses his UFO sighting in this Dec. 2005 interview with GQ Magazine.

History and state of 'Soviet Ufology' by Vladimir Rubtsov, Ukraine
Vladimir V. Rubtsov, FATE Magazine - December 2005 - 12/12/2005
What is the state of world ufology nowadays? Ufology today is a heterogeneous mixture of serious research with entertainment, pop-religion, and hysteria. There exists a distinguished circle of serious UFO students in various countries, but the general public judges ufology by its worst elements.

Leading UFO researcher, expert on UFOs in Brazil, Bob Pratt Dies
A. J. Gevaerd - 11/26/2005
Bob Pratt, a great UFO researcher and a good friend, died last Saturday, 11-19-5. This is a very sad note. The distinguished American writer, UFO researcher and journalist Bob Pratt is no longer with us. He served as co-author of Night Siege: The Hudson Valley UFO Sightings, with J. Allen Hynek, and was the author of UFO Danger in Brazil R

Uncensored U.S. Air Force Project Blue Book Microfilm Released
Project Blue Book Archive - 11/16/2005
Thanks to the efforts of the Fund for UFO Research and the Blue Book Archive the first ten rolls of uncensored "Maxwell" NARA microfilm are now available to researchers free of charge via the Blue Book Archive's Web site. These rolls include reports investigated from the beginning of Project Sign in 1947 through to the middle of June, 1952.

SETI, the Drake Equation and the Cosmic Quarantine Hypothesis
Astrobiology Magazine (astrobio.net), October 17, 2005 (Credit: UFO Updates) - 10/18/2005
In this essay, Soter examines the Drake Equation, which asks how many technically advanced civilizations exist in our galaxy. He also looks at the Fermi Paradox, which questions why, if there are other technological civilizations nearby, we haven't heard from them. R

Sarajevo UFO Video is a Hoax: TV Commercial for Theater Festival
Brian Vike, HBCCUFO Research (hbccufo.org) - 10/11/2005
According to Brian Vike of HBCCUFO Research (hbccufo.org), the video is a hoax: "I was just informed that this supposed UFO sighting was a commercial for The International Theater Festival in Sarajevo." The video is 30 seconds long, the usual length for television commercials.

Official French Gov't UFO study project to resume with new director
Various sources - 10/10/2005
The French Government, and its offical national space agency CNES, will restart its official UFO study program. The French gov't has had an offical program to study UFOs for several decades, called GEPAN / SEPRA. It was closed recently, but after an audit, it will now be restarted, with a new director, Yves Sillard. R

Ten Years of Scientific Research of the Hessdalen Phenomena
Bjorn Gitle Hauge, Ostfold University College, Norway - Courtesy of Renzo Cabassi, Italian Committee for Project Hessdalen (Credit: Terry Colvin / UFO Updates) - 10/9/2005
The research has so far demonstrated that the Hessdalen phenomena is difficult to investigate, and explanations hard to find. Despite of this, the EMBLA/CIPH team has gained significant experience in this kind of scientific study and it is possibly the most competent team to carry out such expeditions in the world. R

First Edition Of Exopolitics Journal Available Online
Michael Salla, Editor, Exopolitics Journal - 10/3/2005
For those searching for quality information presented not only by diligent researchers, but by 'contactees', government and military 'whistleblowers' and other exceptional individuals, the Exopolitics Journal will become a thought provoking and reliable resource. R

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Recounts Apollo 11 UFO Encounter
Dave Stone / Credit: UFO Updates - 9/30/2005
A few days ago on The Science Channel, a program called "First on the Moon: The Untold Story" was aired. About 14:30 min/sec into the program, there was a 3.5 minute segment that described a UFO encounter that Apollo 11 experienced during its flight to the moon.

Former Canada Defense Minister Hellyer Speaks Out on ETs
Michael E. Salla, PhD, Exopolitics.org - 9/30/2005
On September 25, 2005, Hon Paul Hellyer, the former Canadian Minister for National Defense gave a speech in Toronto at an event titled: "Exopolitics Toronto: A Symposium on UFO Disclosure and Planetary Direction". R

Lights in the Sky: Hundreds of Canadians Report Seeing UFOs
Brodie Fenlon, Toronto Sun (Toronto, Canada), September 15, 2005 - 9/17/2005
Every year, in every corner of this country, hundreds of Canadians like Williams are seeing and reporting mysterious objects in the night sky. Glowing orange orbs. Delta-shaped wings. Silent cigar-shaped craft. Saucers and balls of coloured lights that hover, then move too quickly -- and in too many directions -- to be conventional aircraft, they claim. R

Former Canadian Defence Chief Takes Up Cause of UFOs
John Ward, Macleans.ca - CP (Canadian Press), September 11, 2005 - 9/13/2005
Paul Hellyer, onetime cabinet minister and a political chameleon who went through Liberal and Tory colours before founding two political parties of his own, has a new cause - UFOs. Hellyer is to be a featured speaker at a UFO conference in Toronto later this month and organizers are making much of his credentials as a former defence minister in the Pearson administration 40 years ago. R

'SETI Politics': SETI, Interstellar Travel, and UFOs
Gregory Anderson, The Space Review (thespacereview.com), September 6, 2005 - 9/13/2005
'The time of SETI has coincided with the UFO era, and SETI researchers have constantly tried to keep their work distinct from those investigating Roswell and Area 51. Part of that effort is straightforward—the astronomers and physicists involved don’t take UFO stories seriously.' R

UFO enthusiasts gather in Dalian, China for conference
China Daily, September 9, 2005 - 9/9/2005
"In Dalian's UFO Society, 90 per cent of the 400 members have college degrees. "It's exciting for us to use science to decipher UFO sightings," said Zhou Xiaoqiang, secretary-general of the Beijing UFO Society." R

Former Canadian Defence Minister says UFOs are real
The Globe and Mail (Canada), Sept. 3, 2005 - 9/6/2005
Paul Hellyer, the 82-year-old former Canadian defence minister in Lester Pearson's government, has been a Liberal and a Conservative, has run for the leadership of both parties and founded two more, and will announce this month that he believes UFOs exist. R

'When UFOs plied the night skies': Air Force 'Blue Book' on UFOs
Austin American-Statesman, (Austin, TX), September 3, 2005 - 9/5/2005
From 1947 to 1969, Americans accounted for 12,618 reports of unidentified flying objects. It was up to investigators at Ohio's Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to determine if extraterrestrial beings, in fact, had descended from space to Earth. R

40th anniversary of the 'Incident at Exeter' close encounter
UFOEvidence.org - 9/3/2005

'Close encounter revisited' (1965 Exeter, New Hampshire Sighting)
Boston Globe (Boston, MA), September 1, 2005 - 9/2/2005
Forty years ago this Saturday, New Hampshire teenager Norman Muscarello walked down a dark country road into weird history. In the wee hours of Sept. 3, 1965, the 18-year-old Muscarello set out to hitchhike home from Amesbury to Exeter. At about 2 a.m., he was walking on a deserted stretch of Route 150 in Kensington, about a half-mile short of the Exeter line. ''Near an open field between two houses, the Thing, as he called it, came out of the sky directly toward him." R

Article on Peter Davenport of the National UFO Reporting Center
Kentucky New Era - August 20, 2005 - 8/21/2005
After a lifetime of studying what many brush off as science fiction, Peter Davenport is relatively certain of two things. First, that UFO's exist and have been witnessed on Earth, and second, that the government has known about them for decades. R

Noted UFO Debunker Phil Klass Dies At 85
Floriday Today, August 12, 2005 - 8/21/2005
Philip J. Klass spent a 50-year career meticulously researching stories on the latest in aviation technology as a senior editor for Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine. He spent his off hours trying to disprove the existence of UFOs. Klass died Tuesday of prostate cancer at the Merritt Island home he shared with his wife of 25 years, Nadya. R

'Alien Autopsy Inquest' eBook, by Philip Mantle, Now Available
Philip Mantle - 8/2/2005
With illustrations! Alien Autopsy Inquest is the definitive book on the so-called "alien autopsy," the most controversial piece of film in the entire history of UFO research. For the first time the complete story of the film's release is detailed.

3rd Annual UFO Crash Retrieval Conference, Nov. 4-6, Las Vegas, NV
Ryan S. Wood - 8/2/2005
Announcing the 3rd Annual UFO Crash Retrieval Conference, the worlds only public event dedicated exclusively to compelling evidence, aftermath and implications of crash retrievals. R

43rd National UFO Conference - Sept 2-4, Hollywood, CA
Lisa Davis, Executive Director, National UFO Conference (NUFOC) - 8/2/2005
Investigators, journalists, doctors and authors will present their findings at the National UFO Conference in Hollywood, CA, from Sept. 2-4. Representing a serious, long-term approach to the greatest mystery of our time, the group will present case evidence, documentation and current status of knowledge on the subject. R