Protecting archaeological sites: Alien fever dreams fuel Peruvian grave robbings

CASSANDRA GARRISON and MARCO AQUINO, of Reuters, report on the need for greater action to stop looting in the remote Nazca region…
StrangeSights: Lion recaptured after going for a stroll in Italy; an unusual Alaskan ice rink; and, more alien talk at Mexico’s Congress…

DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…
NASA names chief of UFO research while in Mexico, ‘alien bodies’ presentation panned as “stunt”

Washington DC, US Reuters NASA on Thursday said it has named a new director of research into what the government calls “unidentified anomalous phenomenon,” or UAP, while the US space agency’s chief said an expert panel that urged deeper fact-finding on the matter found no evidence of an extraterrestrial origin for these objects. Administrator Bill […]
NASA UFO panel in first public meeting says better data needed

Updated: 12:30pm (AEST) Washington DC, US Reuters The first public meeting of a NASA panel studying what the government calls “unidentified aerial phenomena,” commonly known as UFOs, kicked off on Wednesday to discuss findings since its formation last year. The 16-member body, assembling experts from fields ranging from physics to astrobiology, was formed last June […]
Ruling out aliens? Senior US general says not ruling out anything yet

Washington DC, US Reuters The US Air Force general overseeing North American airspace said on Sunday after a series of shoot-downs of unidentified objects that he would not rule out aliens or any other explanation yet, deferring to US intelligence experts. Asked whether he had ruled out an extraterrestrial origin for three airborne objects shot […]
StrangeSights: ‘Snake’, a kitten with a war story; Boris Johnson’s next job?; and, NASA looks at repurposing satellites in alien hunt…

DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…
StrangeSights: Paper plane champs; ending burrito messes; and UFOs at US Congress…

DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…
StrangeSights: UFO report; a painting octopus; and, a French masterpiece rediscovered….

DAVID ADAMS looks at the odder side of life…
Sight-Seeing: Alien life looks more and more likely. Catholics are ready

US Catholic commentator CHARLES C CAMOSY, in an article published on Religion News Service, looks at how Catholics have responded to the idea of extra-terrestrial life…
StrangeSights: Only a few dozen respond to Area 51 “storm” call; a long-lost artwork surfaces in kitchen; and, “pyramids of shame” for bill defaulters

DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…