UFOs

Of all the absurd stories humanity clings to, few are more impressively self-indulgent than alien abductions. Apparently, creatures capable of interstellar travel — who have cracked faster-than-light propulsion, quantum physics, and advanced medicine — are also deeply interested in kidnapping random Americans, probing them awkwardly, wiping their memories with the finesse of a bad stage … Read more

Where Secrecy, Sci-Fi, and Stupidity Collide Area 51 is the world’s most famous military base precisely because people don’t know what actually happens there — and as usual, when humans encounter a blank space on the map, they fill it with whatever nonsense makes them feel clever. In this case: alien spacecraft, interdimensional portals, and, … Read more