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SMITHSONIANMAG.COM | Sept. 8, 2020, 2:01 p.m. On a Monday late in April 2020, the tiny, rocky, sparsely populated Norwegian island of Smøla, which had been sealed off from the outside world for three months, reopened its one point of access, a ferry terminal that connects it to the coastal cities of Trondheim and Kristiansund.

TWO spooky apparitions were spotted running in front of a petrified driver at the famed Civil War battle site in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The chilling footage was shot by 46-year-old Greg Yuelling who was visiting the historic battleground with his family last week. 4 Chilling footage captured two apparitions at the Civil War battle site in

Something deadly might be wafting through the clouds shrouding Venus—a smelly, flammable gas called phosphine that annihilates life-forms reliant on oxygen for survival. Ironically, though, the scientists who today announced sightings of this noxious gas in the Venusian atmosphere say it could be tantalizing—if controversial—evidence of life on the planet next door. As far as

There is probably no more credible witness to the 2004 USS Nimitz Tic-Tac UFO incident than David Fravor, the retired Commander of Strike Fighter Squadron 41 (VFA-41), more popularly known as the “Black Aces,” who flew the F/A-18F Super Hornets that encountered the so-called Tic-Tac UFOs. After all that time, one would think Fravor would

Using the power of supercomputers, an international team of researchers has zoomed in on the smallest clumps of dark matter in a virtual universe. Published today in Nature, the study reveals dark matter haloes as active regions of the sky, teeming with not only galaxies, but also radiation-emitting collisions that could make it possible to

By Tim Binnall In a troubling story out of Alabama, a Bigfoot researcher has been arrested for attempted murder after allegedly shooting at a sleeping man. The unsettling incident reportedly occurred earlier this month when, authorities say, Gwendolyn Michelle Jones “shot a Ruger LCP .380 handgun multiple times” at an unnamed individual while he was

There’s somethin’ happenin’ here But what it is ain’t exactly clear — For What It’s Worth (Stephen Stills) For what it’s worth, Medellin, Colombia, has made a herculean attempt to mend its ways from the drug cartel days, but that hasn’t stopped strange things from happening in the skies that are defying normal explanations. After

Conspiracy theories are currently more popular and audacious than ever. Thanks to the internet, theorists can reach a larger audience and project their beliefs to thousands of people with ease. This presents both positives and negatives for the legitimacy of the conspiracy community. The positive effect of this is that genuine theories are now much

I recently described how a swarm of drones flew in a restricted area at Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant on two successive nights last September. A new cache of documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (FoIA) reveals how 24 nuclear sites suffered at least 57 drone incursions from 2015 to 2019 – and

Worldwide seismicity does not follow a Poisson distribution1, not even locally2. Many authors have proposed specific statistical distributions to describe such a non-poissonian behavior3,4,5,6,7 but none of these is really satisfactory, probably because the underlying physical process has not been really understood. Many authors have hypothesized that a tidal component may show up in earthquake

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Scientists have debated for decades whether the propulsion concept known as EmDrive is real or wishful thinking. A sensitive new tool may at last provide an answer. Since the birth of the space age, the dream of catching a ride to another solar system has been hobbled by the “tyranny of the rocket equation,” which

©Ellis Rosen In February, in our family iMessage group, my brother asked our mother to indulge his craving for egg salad sandwiches. “That is so weird,” I replied. “I dreamt of mom’s egg salad two days ago.” It had been years since I had eaten it, but chewing in my dream, I realized the crunch

Pentagon creates new task force to study UFOs The Department of Defense announces the creation of a new UFO task force, which will analyze the nature and origin of ‘unidentified aerial phenomena’; insight from Nick Pope, UFO expert and former U.K. Ministry of Defense official. What is life beyond us? Did too much free time

A North Carolina man is camping in the Uwharrie National Forest when he encounters a small white light and then experiences several whooping sounds and other frightening noises. He later compares it to the Sierra Sounds recording. I found the following recent encounter account: “I have experienced something this week truly phenomenal that I cannot

As if 2020 couldn’t get any weirder, airline pilots landing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Sunday, August 30th, reported seeing “a guy in a jetpack” flying about 300 yards off their wing while on final approach to the bustling airport. What makes the reports even stranger is that, like a scene out of

Despite the newfound attention the topic of unexplained incursions into airspace over sensitive locales across the United States is receiving, these types of bizarre incidents are not necessarily new. One of the most puzzling accounts of such an event, or series of events, occurred during the depths of the Cold War.  Over a series of

By John Greenewald, Jr. – The Black Vault – Originally Published August 24, 2020 Official DOD / Navy press release of three Unidentified Aerial Phenomena videos on April 27, 2020. In April of 2020, the Department of Defense (DOD) shocked the world by releasing three videos they considered Unidentified Aerial Phenomena or UAPs. Although the

By Tim Binnall An intriguing new study looking at the remains of Tasmanian Tigers indicates that the now-extinct creature was likely considerably smaller than scientists previously believed. The thought-provoking work was reportedly conducted by American PhD student Douglass Rovinsky, who was so fascinated by the mysterious thylacine that he actually moved to Australia to research

It was December 8, 1990, and NASA’s Galileo spacecraft was hurtling toward Earth after more than a year in space. Galileo could not stay long; the mission was on its way to Jupiter and was only stopping by to use the gravity of its home world as a boost to speed it up on its

Where do dreams come from? It’s an age-old question, something people have been wondering and theorising about for millennia. Whereas ancient civilisations may have interpreted dreams as having supernatural or spiritual origins, in modern society, we’re more likely to analyse our dreams in terms of our waking life, looking for meaningful connections linking the content

By Tim Binnall Acknowledging the difficulties that prospective customers may have in selling their house should ghostly activity have occurred inside, a realty company has announced a new service in which a ‘home exorcist’ will eradicate any unwanted spirits from the residence. The concept reportedly comes courtesy of ISoldMyHouse.com, who says that the idea came

Analysis & Commentary One hot August night in 1974, John Lennon and May Pang claimed they saw a UFO in New York City. What say you? Bryce Zabel Aug 21 · 27 min read Lennon 6 days after UFO sighting | Image: Bob Gruen, Graphic: Stellar Productions It Was 46 Years Ago Today In the

Yes, I know “ghost lifespan” is an oxymoron. Let’s move on. On 29 July, 1825, Tsuruya Nanboku IV wrote a kabuki play titled Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan which has gone on to become one of the most famous ghost stories in Japan. That, combined with the Japanese custom of indulging in the paranormal during the long,

Aliens are calling me, but first I have to buy Lunchables. Soon, I’ll be heading into the Nevada desert. I will not be alone. It is pre-pandemic September, and tens of thousands of seekers are reported to be descending on Hiko and Rachel, two no-stoplight towns 150 miles north of Las Vegas. The two map

Now and again, people ask me for my views on the Crop Circle phenomenon. Well, I’m sure the vast majority of them are made by people, although calling the creators “hoaxers” is way off the mark. To understand my views on the phenomenon, check out this link which will take you to one of my

There are plenty of unusual theories over the origin of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19. From claims that the virus is a bioweapon, to the idea that 5G transmissions are behind the pandemic, there’s been no shortage of hard-to-believe ideas. But there’s one COVID-19 theory so remarkable that it makes the others look boring

The US Defence Department’s decision to set up a new UFO task force is less about aliens and more about superpower rivalry on Earth, according to a security expert. Last week, the Pentagon announced it was creating the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF) to “detect, analyse and catalog UAPs that could potentially pose a