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Aliens

A still from a recently declassified Navy video from 2015 depicting ... well, no one is quite sure.

Explaining Our Obsession With the Unexplained

Fringe beliefs, conspiracy theories, and the disenchanting of the world.

Colin Dickey August 13, 2020

Roswell, New Mexico

Roswell UFO Spacewalk

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

Jungfrau Park.

Interlaken, Switzerland

Jungfrau Park

A Swiss amusement park entirely dedicated to the theory of ancient astronauts.

The stele.

Cáceres, Spain

The 'Astronaut' of Casar

A strange anthropomorphic stele with a mysterious inscription that has never been deciphered.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 leaps into the stars.

space exploration

Austin Just Sent Its Favorite Queso Recipe to the Moon

One small step for cheese, one giant leap for cheese.

Reina Gattuso February 26, 2019

The sculpture.

Woking, England

'The Martian'

An enormous alien invades Woking, England, as an homage to the H.G. Wells classic 'The War of the Worlds.'

The fetus at night.

Prague, Czechia

David Černý's Embryo

One of the famous Czech artist's lesser-known Prague installations appears to be a glowing fetus affixed to a drainpipe.

Castillo Mundo King.

Sosúa, Dominican Republic

Castillo Mundo King

An eccentric German artist built this weird and wondrous castle packed with shocking sculptures and alien art.

The models of three Lego figurines sent with the Juno spacecraft are Galileo Galilei and the Roman gods Juno and Jupiter.

Is There Anybody Out There… Keeping Track of the Weird Stuff We Send Into Space?

This catalog attempts to figure out what we're telling the rest of the universe about ourselves.

Sarah Laskow November 19, 2018

Capel Saint Andrew, England

Rendlesham Forest UFO Landing

The scene of the United Kingdom's most famous UFO incident, dubbed the "British Roswell."

Paisley, Scotland

'Alien' Gargoyle

A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.

Cachi, Argentina

Ovnipuerto Cachi

A Swiss man built this airstrip for aliens because a UFO captain telepathically told him to.

On the Extraterrestrial Highway, Nevada.

A Photographer’s Journey Through the Heart of UFO Country

From Area 51 to Roswell, a believer's-eye view of the desert.

Sponsored By Travel Nevada

The cover of the Voyager Golden Record. Two of these are currently hurtling through space aboard probes, ready to be found by aliens.

space exploration

Aliens Might Never Appreciate How Cool Voyager's Golden Record Is

If they find it, they may just be confused.

Cara Giaimo June 1, 2018

Ocotillo, California

Coyote's Flying Saucer Retrievals and Repairs

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

An artist's conception of planets found by Kepler.

How to Create an Interstellar Network of Planets

Could a megastructure help us start a conversation with an alien civilization?

Sarah Laskow March 26, 2018

Permanently Closed

San Diego, California

Space Invaders

The classic Atari game's iconic aliens have invaded downtown San Diego.

The Cow and Calf, prominent rock features on the moor.

Ilkley, England

Ilkley Moor

This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.