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Mount Shasta can generate lenticular clouds, which may contribute to its supernatural reputation.
volcanoes

There's Something About Mount Shasta

The California peak’s striking presence and geological complexity have inspired many believers. 
Laura Kiniry September 4, 2020
A still from a recently declassified Navy video from 2015 depicting ... well, no one is quite sure.
science

Explaining Our Obsession With the Unexplained

Fringe beliefs, conspiracy theories, and the disenchanting of the world.
Colin Dickey August 13, 2020
Entrance to the palace, with the inscription "Vox Legis Vox Populi".
Campeche, Mexico

Palacio Legislativo de Campeche (Legislative Palace of Campeche)

In the middle of this historic colonial city resides a modernist government building known as the UFO.
Permanently Closed
Munich, Germany

Pinakothek der Moderne Futuro House

One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.
Roswell, New Mexico

Roswell UFO Spacewalk

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.
"Halo."
Haslingden, England

'Halo'

At night, the enormous sculpture looks like a UFO hovering above the English hills.
Video

The Many Lives of a Single Giant Rock

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Kyiv Institute of Information.
Kyiv, Ukraine

Kyiv Institute of Information

This exquisite, alienesque piece of Soviet architecture is being threatened by modern shopping malls.
Castillo Mundo King.
Sosúa, Dominican Republic

Castillo Mundo King

An eccentric German artist built this weird and wondrous castle packed with shocking sculptures and alien art.
Capel Saint Andrew, England

Rendlesham Forest UFO Landing

The scene of the United Kingdom's most famous UFO incident, dubbed the "British Roswell."
Not what you'd expect to find on a nude beach, or any beach.
Portland, Oregon

Collins Beach UFO Boat

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.
From the air.
Cachi, Argentina

Ovnipuerto Cachi

A Swiss man built this airstrip for aliens because a UFO captain telepathically told him to.
On the Extraterrestrial Highway, Nevada.
aliens

A Photographer’s Journey Through the Heart of UFO Country

From Area 51 to Roswell, a believer's-eye view of the desert.
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek Circus

This retro, UFO-like structure is a remnant of the Soviet-era circus.
Saucers in the desert.
Ocotillo, California

Coyote's Flying Saucer Retrievals and Repairs

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.
Spodek at night.
Katowice, Poland

Spodek

While the U.S. and Soviet Union were engaged in a space race, Poland built a UFO on the ground.
A treat worthy of <em>The X-Files</em>.
holiday

Watch Two Brothers Build a UFO Gingerbread House

The truth is out there.
Paula Mejia December 26, 2017
An articulated view of a Discopter in flight, floating through the night sky above the San Francisco Bay.
tedium

The Long, Strange History of People Filing Flying Saucer Patents

From the "Discopter" of Alexander Weygers to a soaring car.
Ernie Smith October 27, 2017