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Crash-Retrieval Syndrome: Legend of the Crashed Saucers| MHP 07.06.20.
In July 1947, something crashed on a sprawling ranch outside the town of Roswell, New Mexico. The wreckage was discovered by the property owner, Mac Brazel, who reported it to the U.S. Army Air Force: shortly thereafter, newspapers ran the sensational...
The UAP Task Force and the Hunt for Zero Point | MHP 06.29.20.
“The [Senate Intelligence] Committee supports the efforts of the Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon Task Force at the Office of Naval Intelligence to standardize collection and reporting on unidentified aerial phenomenon, any links they have to...
The UFO Problem | MHP 06.22.20.
What are UFOs, and what constitutes actual UFO study? While the term "UFOlogy" is commonly used for modern UFO research, there is very little science involved in the majority of the study of this once-taboo subject. Is there a path toward a more...
Space Signals: Decoding the Mystery of FRBs | MHP 06.15.20.
Recently, astronomers have begun to notice something odd about a long-standing space mystery: the curious fast radio bursts (or FRBs) that were first discovered back in 2007. In recent weeks, the FRBs appear to be firing off light pulses on a...
Mystery Booms: Tracking the Phenomenon | MHP 060820
Mysterious sounds of unexplained origin have been documented in places all around the world. Such noises are often likened to thunder-like “booms” or explosions, and although a number of suggestions have been made as to what their causes may be,...
The Myth and Mystery of UFOs | MHP 06.01.20.
What are UFOs? Is there more than one answer to this question, and does new information forthcoming on the subject in recent years, which includes videos of unidentified objects or aircraft obtained by the Navy, change the fact that the UFO...
Paleo-SETI: UFOs and Space Explorers in Antiquity | MHP 05.25.20.
Most historians of the UFO subject would recognize its beginning in 1947 with Kenneth Arnold's sighting of mysterious flying "saucers" over Mount Ranier, Washington. However, similar descriptions of unusual aerial phenomena have persisted throughout...
Navy Encounters With Rogue Aircraft | MHP 05.18.20.
Between 2013 and 2019, several incidents involving unidentified "rogue" aircraft encountered by Navy pilots occurred in military airspace off the East Coast of the United States. The incidents, detailed in newly released "hazard reports" obtained via...
NASA's "Secret" UFO Files | MHP 05.11.20.
What does the government really know about UFOs? Does our military possess information about unexplained aerial phenomena that remains unknown to the general public, and what are their attitudes toward it? For several years now, we have slowly been...
UFOs, the Military and the Media | MHP 05.04.20.
In 2017, the New York Times featured the article "," which initiated a system reset for public perception of the UFO phenomenon. However, UFOs weren't always considered among the ranks of "all the news that's fit to print" as far as topics...