What scientists will be looking for when government UFO files are released
Documents might help scientists shed light on unexplained phenomena and government secrets, experts said.
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Documents might help scientists shed light on unexplained phenomena and government secrets, experts said.
President Trump directed his administration to release files on UFOs and any "alien and extraterrestrial life," an issue that has drawn decades of fascination — and spawned more than a few wild theories.
The video, shared at a House Oversight hearing on what the military calls "Unidentified Aerial Phenomena," better known as UFOs, shows a missile striking an unidentified object and bouncing off of it off the coast of Yemen.
Republican Rep. Tim Burchett said that an admiral told him of an unidentified craft moving at incredible speeds in the sea.
Director of Pentagon office probing UFOs showed Congress three cases it's resolved, but also discussed three — out of nearly two dozen — still under active investigation.
Among the 757 reports received, 4% had unusual descriptions, like "green fireball" or "a jelly fish with [multicolored] flashing lights."
If UFOs turn out to be "cutting-edge secret weapons or spying drones in disguise, they can pose a significant threat," one lawmaker said.
Many came across the "tall and strange" object for the first time on Tuesday morning.
The Pentagon's latest report on UFOs, now referred to as UAPs, finds no evidence that any of the reported sightings were caused by extra-terrestrial beings.
A self-describe "UFOlogist" brought the desiccated figures in front of the Mexican congress last September, claiming they had been recovered near Peru's ancient Nazca Lines and dated over 700 years old.
Police say a brawl among teenagers was the cause of the chaos; however, social media users say it was something much more... extraterrestrial.
NASA officials stressed that the group found no evidence that UAPs are "extraterrestrial" in nature, but said some of the objects cannot be explained.
A former military intelligence officer-turned-whistleblower told House lawmakers that Congress is being kept in the dark about unidentified anomalous phenomena.
Three men with extensive military backgrounds testified about UFOs saying the United States has been hiding information from the public.
A Harvard professor believes he may have found fragments of alien technology from a meteor that landed in the waters off of Papua New Guinea in 2014.
A Harvard professor believes he may have found fragments of alien technology from a meteor that landed in the waters off of Papua, New Guinea in 2014.
The sightings are concentrated off the East Coast and West Coast of the U.S., in the Middle East and in the area of the South China Sea.
Social media has been showcasing bizarre lights around South Florid
Rubio told "CBS Mornings" the president should address why the three objects were shot down and what we know at this point.
But there's no evidence so far of alien life, the Defense Department said Friday.
This month, Roswell will mark the 75th anniversary of the alleged 1947 UFO crash with the debate over what occurred far from settled.
An unidentified flying object was caught on camera in the home of the Daytona Beach Police Department chaplain and now this man of God is asking a lot of questions.
Newly-released video captured by U.S. Navy pilots' offers an inside look at a secretive government program that investigated unidentified flying objects, or UFOs.
UFO spotters may have caught a UFO entering the Earth's atmosphere before the NASA live feed from the International Space Station was cut and conspiracy theorists are having a ball, claiming it's all part of a NASA cover-up.
South Floridians who were outside early Wednesday morning may have seen a strange light streaking across the sky and wondered "what the heck is that?"
Disease and cold temperatures killed nearly 30 sloths at a Florida import warehouse in 2024 and 2025, according to a state report.
The defendant admitted firing at Officer Erica Socarras and was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the life-threatening encounter.
Gov. DeSantis unveiled a new congressional map that could flip Democratic districts to Republican control, sparking backlash and likely legal challenges.
The day after a gunman attempted to storm the White House Correspondents' Dinner, President Trump sat down with CBS News' Norah O'Donnell for a "60 Minutes" interview to talk about his experience.
A Port St. Lucie mother was sentenced after being convicted of recording and selling videos of sexual abuse involving her young children.
Disease and cold temperatures killed nearly 30 sloths at a Florida import warehouse in 2024 and 2025, according to a state report.
The defendant admitted firing at Officer Erica Socarras and was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the life-threatening encounter.
Gov. DeSantis unveiled a new congressional map that could flip Democratic districts to Republican control, sparking backlash and likely legal challenges.
The day after a gunman attempted to storm the White House Correspondents' Dinner, President Trump sat down with CBS News' Norah O'Donnell for a "60 Minutes" interview to talk about his experience.
A Port St. Lucie mother was sentenced after being convicted of recording and selling videos of sexual abuse involving her young children.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
Gov. DeSantis unveiled a new congressional map that could flip Democratic districts to Republican control, sparking backlash and likely legal challenges.
The day after a gunman attempted to storm the White House Correspondents' Dinner, President Trump sat down with CBS News' Norah O'Donnell for a "60 Minutes" interview to talk about his experience.
The Supreme Court turned away an appeal from a Florida couple who alleged their parental rights were violated by a now-revised school board policy on students' gender identity.
Cole Allen was charged Monday in federal court with three counts including attempt to assassinate the president.
CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang was sitting next to President Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner when the chaos unfolded.
In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
Several commissioners have raised questions about how the center would be funded in future years.
The center – which was promised to voters back in 2004 – would take mentally ill individuals out of the jail and move them into a place where they can receive comprehensive treatment and support.
Luna said she expects Florida Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick to be the next member who either resigns or gets expelled.
Uthmeier was asked several times during a press conference in Miami this week if he had formally requested the judge overseeing the grand jury to keep the findings secret.
Seventy-three percent of Americans say delays and denials of medical treatment by healthcare insurers are a major problem. Now, a company called Sheer Health says they will fight insurance battles on behalf of their clients.
An unlicensed cosmetologist from Florida has been found guilty in a California court for providing an injection that killed a model who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Tests of dozens of baby formulas by Consumer Reports found that nearly half contained potentially dangerous chemicals.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Jake was at the funeral for one of his closest friends when he learned of his parents' deaths, he said.
Michael Tilson Thomas, the 12-time Grammy Award winning composer and famed conductor who led the San Francisco Symphony for a quarter century, has died.
Afrika Bambaataa, a rapper and producer, was best known for breakthrough tracks like 1982's "Planet Rock" and for founding the Universal Zulu Nation art collective.
The moon music tradition started more than 50 years ago, NASA said as it shared the Artemis II crew's playlist this week.
The rapper formerly known as Kanye West being denied entry into the U.K. has raised questions over the star's upcoming performance in Italy.