USA National Archives and Records Administration. Source: Public Domain.

Humanity’s Timeless Search for Alien Life

In the immense reaches of outer space with its billions of galaxies, stars, and planets, the question of whether we’re alone has captivated humanity for centuries. The timeless search for alien life is a pursuit of curiosity that challenges our understanding of life itself. One that pushes the boundaries of science, philosophy and technology. As

Feel free to go check whether the strange rock off Baja California is a secret underwater alien base; we fear you will be disappointed. Source: Spiritual People / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

The Non-Existent Secret Alien Base Hidden off the California Coast

At the end of 2024 there was a rash of sightings of purported UFOs in the United States. Social media filled up with blurry footage (and it is, of course, always blurry footage) or strange lights in the sky. For the main this footage is easy to pick apart. Aside from anything else a lot

The truth is we don’t know if aliens visited our planet before, because we know very little about the eons of time Earth existed before us. Source: Luke Hancock / Public Domain.

Ancient Aliens: Loads of Time, Zero Evidence

The idea of being visited by aliens is an appealing one, and it is not hard to see why. It would allow those who believe to feel that they are part of something much bigger, that there is a wider universe out there waiting, one which renders trivial all our domestic problems, from a planet

A smaller example of a vimana known as “Pushpaka” (Tej Kumar Book Depo / Public Domain)

Vimana: Ancient Hindu Flying Machines Hidden in Plain Sight?

Those who go looking for evidence of UFOs will often end up finding what they are looking for. In a world filled with recording devices anyone with an inbuild bias towards the presence of unknown flying objects will find plenty of shaky footage which cannot be easily explained, and so therefore must be aliens. In