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People observed mysterious things in the sky since even before history was written. Strange lights, ‘falling stars’ comets, asteroids, and other inexplicable things have been observed worldwide since mankind has…
For the last few years, the internet has been bombarded and flooded by tabloids reporting on the UFO phenomenon. Suddenly, it is all right to speak out loud about the…
In the wake of all that’s going on with the Navy, the Pentagon, and pilots admitting to encountering mysterious flying crafts while on different missions, people around the globe have…
Lake Baikal in southern Siberia holds more water than any other freshwater lake in the world. Its depth of 1,642 meters and age—estimated at up to 30 million years—make it…
A report dated Nov. 26, 1668, describes a “bright starlike point” seen on the Moon’s dark side, one of the earliest entries in a NASA technical catalog of unusual lunar…
For most of the 20th century, official talk of unidentified flying objects was easy to dismiss as rumor, hoax, or tabloid fuel. That posture has weakened in recent years as…
One of the Bible’s most vivid scenes describes a storm, intense light, strange beings, and “wheels within wheels” that move without turning. Many readers treat the passage as religious symbolism.…