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

If they find it, they may just be confused.
June 01, 2018
Saucers in the desert.
Ocotillo, California

Coyote's Flying Saucer Retrievals and Repairs

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.
32.6588, -116.0996
Added by lewblank
How to Create an Interstellar Network of Planets
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How to Create an Interstellar Network of Planets

Could a megastructure help us start a conversation with an alien civilization?
March 26, 2018
San Diego, California

Space Invaders

The classic Atari game's iconic aliens have invaded downtown San Diego.
32.7104, -117.1628
Added by jondi letnap
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.
53.9164, -1.8008
Added by Kerry Wolfe
Riff Raff.
Hamilton, New Zealand

Riff Raff Statue

The "Rocky Horror Picture Show" character has a hidden camera that broadcasts people doing the "Time Warp."
-37.7887, 175.2846
Added by sophiesimms1992
The Sphinx, Busteni, Romania.
Bușteni, Romania

The Mountain Sphinx

Conspiracy theories and occult legends surround this mysterious natural rock formation.
45.4084, 25.4703
Added by patriciaoprea
How Nature Creates Uncannily Spherical Boulders
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How Nature Creates Uncannily Spherical Boulders

There's a geological phenomenon behind exceptionally round rocks.
October 02, 2017
The covered bridge where it all started
Sheffield, Massachusetts

Thom Reed UFO Monument Park

The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.
42.1239, -73.3546
Added by AaronNetsky
Cherhill White Horse, Wiltshire.
Cherhill, England

Cherhill White Horse

The geoglyph once sported a glass bottle eye.
51.4252, -1.9320
Added by Kerry Wolfe
Dartmoor
Devon, England

Hollowcombe Bottom

The site of a mysterious pony massacre is rich with extraterrestrial conspiracy theories.
50.5971, -3.9470
Added by Brainfreeze
Mars Flying Saucer
Mars, Pennsylvania

Mars Flying Saucer

Could it have picked a better place to land?
40.6961, -80.0103
Added by thomasharper
Raëlian UFO Peace Park.
Pāhoa, Hawaii

Raëlian UFO Peace Park

A model of a galactic embassy is hidden in plain sight along the highway, proposed by a UFO religion to find the aliens that created life on Earth.
19.4521, -155.1853
Added by hrnick
The Millennium Falcon.
Conwy, Wales

Great Orme Summit Complex UFO Room

An unexpectedly extraterrestrial room in a former Victorian resort club.
53.3329, -3.8534
Added by wisewoman
Found: Fossil Evidence of the Oldest Life on Earth
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Found: Fossil Evidence of the Oldest Life on Earth

It is 3.7 BILLION years old.
March 01, 2017
Found: An Essay Winston Churchill Wrote About Alien Life
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Found: An Essay Winston Churchill Wrote About Alien Life

"Are we alone in the universe?" he asked.
February 15, 2017
"Planet X Pottery" roadside sign
Gerlach, Nevada

Planet X Pottery

A unique solar-powered pottery studio and gallery in the desert.
40.7078, -119.4663
Added by lewblank
That's No Alien Megastructure, It's a Star Consuming a Planet
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That's No Alien Megastructure, It's a Star Consuming a Planet

A new paper details a natural explanation for a star's strange behavior.
January 12, 2017