His job was to uncover secrets from the unknown. But his curiosity opened doors that the government preferred to keep closed.

The Advanced Aerospace Weapons Systems Application Program was the largest government-funded UFO investigation in history, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image of a flying saucer outlined against a starry night sky. Riding the engulfing wave of mystery, miracles and misinformation ...

Hynek’s “Operation Moonwatch” relied on civilian volunteers all over the world to track the early satellites, like Sputnik. (Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 4, Folder: December ...

The truth may be out there, but making sense out of it isn’t easy. Discussion about unidentified flying objects has moved over the years from fodder for science fiction movies or jokes to the subject ...

In 1947, a pilot spotted a fleet of strange objects traveling in the skies over Mount Rainier at speeds between 1,200 and 1,700 miles an hour, unthinkably fast by the day’s technological standards. In ...

The best new books to read in April, from UFOs to Muriel Spark - BOOKS OF THE MONTH: Martin Chilton shares his reading ...

Unidentified flying objects (UFOs) have long inspired curiosity and speculation, but when did our fascination with UFOs really take off? A new television drama explores the origins of the UFO ...