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View Latest PostsOn the morning of 17 March 2026, a 7-ton asteroid blazing at 45,000 mph lit up the skies from Wisconsin to Maryland before exploding above Ohio with the force of 250 tons of TNT — and dropping real meteorites into a field south of Cleveland.
The US government quietly registered two new .gov domains — alien.gov and aliens.gov — on March 18, 2026. The White House's only response: a smiling alien emoji and 'Stay tuned.'
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On the morning of 17 March 2026, a 7-ton asteroid blazing at 45,000 mph lit up the skies from Wisconsin to Maryland before exploding above Ohio with the force of 250 tons of TNT — and dropping real meteorites into a field south of Cleveland.
The US government quietly registered two new .gov domains — alien.gov and aliens.gov — on March 18, 2026. The White House's only response: a smiling alien emoji and 'Stay tuned.'
A solar flare from active region AR4392 launched a coronal mass ejection directly at Earth — it arrives tomorrow evening. Scotland and northern England have a genuine shot at seeing the northern lights.
Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to confirm a new type of planet that shouldn't be able to exist — a world where the entire surface is a permanent ocean of molten rock, kept alive by a sulphurous atmosphere.
Retired Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland — who commanded the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson and briefly worked with Tom DeLonge's UAP research group — has been missing for three weeks. The FBI is involved, clothing has been found in Colorado, and a US congressman says he 'has a lot to say' about UFOs.
NASA has confirmed April 1, 2026 as the launch date for Artemis II — the first crewed mission to the vicinity of the Moon in 54 years. Here's everything you need to know.
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