In the autumn of 1977, the small island town of Colares in the Brazilian state of Pará became ground zero for one of the most terrifying and best-documented… The post Operation Prato 1977: When UFOs Attacked the People of Colares, Brazil — And the Military Covered It...
On June 24, 1947, a private pilot named Kenneth Arnold was flying his CallAir A-2 near Mount Rainier in Washington state when he witnessed something that would change… The post Kenneth Arnold 1947: The Sighting That Invented “Flying Saucers” and Changed History...
Deep in the remote Hessdalen Valley of central Norway, something extraordinary has been happening since at least 1981. Bright, pulsating lights appear without warning over the snow-covered hills… The post The Hessdalen Lights: Norway’s Unexplained Glowing Orbs That...
In materials science, if you can understand the “texture” of a material—how its internal patterns form and shift—you can begin to design how it behaves. That’s the focus of the work of Zhenglu Li, assistant professor in the Mork Family Department of...
On August 15, 1977, a volunteer astronomer named Jerry Ehman was reviewing data from Ohio State University’s Big Ear radio telescope when he noticed something extraordinary. A narrow-band… The post The Wow! Signal: The 72-Second Transmission From Space That Scientists...