WOONSOCKET — Was there an out-of-this-world cause of a 1967 power failure that knocked out electricity in Woonsocket, Cumberland and North Smithfield? Harold A. Trudel of Woonsocket thought so. A day ...

British ufologist John Mooner, a staunch alien believer, captured what he believes is a "flying saucer" soaring above a Devon countryside this week. Credit: John Mooner/Pen News A British ufologist ...

Time and again, humans' interest in the unknown has given rise to theories -- while some became religion, others were termed ...

Providing an academic lens through which to view the huge interest and hysteria surrounding unidentified flying objects since pilot Kenneth A. Arnold witnessed what he called "flying disks or saucers" ...

In "After the Flying Saucers Came: A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon," Greg Eghigian explores how individuals, scientists, governments and the media responded to reports of UFO sightings and ...

Alien spacecraft are strange. If decades of popular culture, eye-witness reports, and conspiracies are to be believed, most extraterrestrial whips are flying saucers. There is a dome on top and some ...

It’s credited as the first modern UFO sighting and the origin of America’s obsession with flying saucers. But it might have all been based on what The Atlantic calls “one of the most significant ...

Asking someone if they believe in aliens might seem like an innocent enough question, but it’s actually really loaded. Believing in the possibility of extraterrestrial life existing somewhere is ...

Bizarre flying objects are usually considered a stateside phenomena. But a remarkable shot shows one brazenly flying though the hills in the north of England – and experts are baffled. The mysterious ...

Steven Spielberg's 1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind is regarded by some ufologists as part of a U.S.-government project to get the public used to the idea of friendly aliens. "Flying saucer" -- ...

What may be more surprising than RI's ranking of 15th among states reporting UFO sightings is the higher ranking of some other New England states. Harry A. Trudel of Woonsocket took "two of the most ...