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Paranormal

Paranormal activity refers to any event or situation outside the scope of modern scientific reasoning, such as UFO sightings, the Roswell crash, the predictions of Nostradamus and other curiosities.

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A UFO variety was photographed when it hovered for fifteen minutes near Holloman Air Development Center in New Mexico. The object was photographed by a government employee and was released by the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization after careful study. There is no conventional explanation for the object.

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History of UFOs

Flying Saucers The first well-known UFO sighting occurred in 1947, when businessman Kenneth Arnold claimed to see a group of nine high-speed objects near Mount Rainier in Washington while flying his small plane. Arnold estimated the speed of the crescent-shaped objects as several thousand miles per hour and said they moved “like saucers skipping on […]

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A Marine from the 3rd Battalion, Fourth Marines scans the horizon with night vision goggles while silhouetted by the moon during midnight patrol around Camp Mercury, the former Camp Abu Ghraib, June 23, 2005 in Anbar province, Iraq.

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Early Sightings Though reports of mysterious flying objects–often attributed to spirits, angels, phantoms, ghosts or other supernatural phenomena–have existed for centuries, World War II and the accompanying development of rocket science marked a new level of interest in what would officially become known as unidentified flying objects (UFOs). The first well-known UFO sighting occurred in […]

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Roswell

The Roswell ‘UFO’ Incident One morning around Independence Day 1947, about 75 miles from the town of Roswell, New Mexico, a rancher named Mac Brazel found something unusual in his sheep pasture: a mess of metallic sticks held together with tape; chunks of plastic and foil reflectors; and scraps of a heavy, glossy, paper-like material. […]

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Nostradamus

Nostradamus

Nostradamus was a 16-century French astrologer and physician whose prophecies earned him fame both during and after his lifetime.

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What Really Happened at Roswell?

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What Really Happened at Roswell?

Get the background behind the rumors of America’s most infamous UFO incident.

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Skinwalker Ranch

How Skinwalker Ranch Became a Hotbed of Paranormal Activity

Reports persist of UFOs, crop circles, cattle mutilation—and shapeshifting creatures impervious to bullets.

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How the ‘Little Green Men’ Phenomenon Began on a Kentucky Farm

The 11 witnesses who arrived at the Hopkinsville police station were genuinely terror-struck.

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Black Triangle UFOs

Huge, Hovering and Silent: The Mystery of ‘Black Triangle’ UFOs

Some speculate they are super-secret US spy craft. Others question whether they might be from elsewhere, conducting some kind of surveillance.

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Why Is Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Significant?

Take a journey through the history of science fiction and examine the cultural influences such as the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, and space exploration, that influenced Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 visionary film “2001: A Space Odyssey.”

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UFO Sightings: White Spheres

UFO Hunters travels to Puebla, Mexico to investigate numerous pictures and videos that have been taken of UFOs. Join the cast and crew as they themselves witness first hand unidentified objects in the sky during the day. Decide for yourself if this is a hoax, or if it’s something else.

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Mystery at Roswell

The facts of what happened in Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947 continue to be disputed.

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The Lost Book of Nostradamus

The recently discovered Lost Book of Nostradamus reveals drawings that may contain coded clues and dire warnings about what will happen in 2012.

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1973

Jimmy Carter files report on UFO sighting

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