Hacker News with Generative AI: Extraterrestrial Life

Experts testify before lawmakers that the U.S. is running secret UAP programs (npr.org)
Is intelligent alien life darting around in space — and even in the skies above us here on Earth? Has the U.S. government been covering up unexplained phenomena, and using secret extraterrestrial discoveries to boost its own technology?

U.S. Government, UFOs, Extraterrestrial Life, National Security, Technology

5 points by nataz 7 days ago | 1 comments

Experts testify at UFO hearing in Congress (text.npr.org)
Is intelligent alien life darting around in space — and even in the skies above us here on Earth? Has the U.S. government been covering up unexplained phenomena, and using secret extraterrestrial discoveries to boost its own technology?

UFOs, Government, Extraterrestrial Life, Congress

41 points by samizdis 8 days ago | 99 comments

Aliens and the Enlightenment (historytoday.com)
In the 18th century the existence of extraterrestrial life went from debatable hypothesis to fundamental tenet of Enlightenment thought.

History, Enlightenment, Extraterrestrial Life

47 points by benbreen 66 days ago | 55 comments

'Thinking about a UFO as some kind of extraterrestrial spaceship is naive' (theguardian.com)

UFOs, Extraterrestrial Life, Science

5 points by Anon84 79 days ago | 2 comments

Thinking about a UFO as some kind of extraterrestrial spaceship is naive (theguardian.com)

UFOs, Extraterrestrial Life, Space, Science

7 points by mathgenius 81 days ago | 2 comments

Detecting Faster Than Light Travel by Extraterrestrials (hackaday.com)

Extraterrestrial Life, Physics, Science Fiction, Space Travel

15 points by rcarmo 109 days ago | 1 comments

The great silence: Just 4 in 10k galaxies may host intelligent aliens (space.com)