They say they were abducted by aliens. What do they have in common?

Amanda Lohrey’s 10th novel, Capture, follows a clinical psychologist researching patients who say they have been abducted.
Los Angeles Times

What is it with Spielberg and space aliens? We break down his career-long fixation

Obsession is maybe too hard-edged; interest too soft. But from “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “E.T” to his new sci-fi thriller “Disclosure Day,” Steven Spielberg has spent nearly the entire ...
KTVZ

Problem Solvers: Cattle Mutilations in Central and Eastern Oregon Remain a Mystery for Ranchers

Editor's note: This story contains descriptions and images of animal mutilation that some readers may find disturbing. HARNEY COUNTY, Ore. (KTVZ) — For generations, stories of cattle mutilations have ...
New AtlasOpinion

It became too easy to shout ‘aliens’, so SETI changed its rules

For the first time in more than 15 years, the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) Search for Extraterrestrial ...
Polygon

Disclosure Day and Star Trek: First Contact have one brilliant thing in common

Near the end of Star Trek: First Contact, after Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the crew of the Enterprise stop the Borg from altering history, the movie arrives at the scene its title ...

It's disturbingly easy to trick AI into seeing aliens, say researchers

Are we alone in the universe? Consider mysterious "extraterrestrial" radio signals. Unexplained gases on other planets.
USA Today

What happens if we discover extraterrestrials? Scientists have a plan

The International Academy of Astronautics has updated its protocols for confirming and announcing the discovery of alien life. New guidelines address the modern challenges of social media, ...