Unidentified flying objects (UFOs) or flying saucers became a cultural obsession since amateur pilot Kenneth Arnold reported sightings of flashing bright lights around the skies of Mineral, Washington ...

Kenneth Arnold was piloting his private plane over Mount Rainier, in Washington, on June 24, 1947, when he suddenly saw nine silver flying discs. They were, he said, shaped “like a saucer if you skip ...

BRIDGEPORT — It’s not very often that you see people in downtown Bridgeport wearing dark suits, white shirts, sunglasses and skinny black ties. But that was the scene Thursday when an attempt was made ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A single-page FBI memo relaying a vague and unconfirmed report of flying saucers found in New Mexico in 1950 has become the most popular file in the bureau's electronic reading ...

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Tighten the strap on your tinfoil hat: Recently declassified documents show that the US Air Force was working on, and perhaps had already built, a supersonic flying saucer in 1956. The aircraft, which ...

The 1950s was an unforgettable period in the age of film. Society was growing increasingly fascinated by science fiction. Specifically, people were starting to get into UFOs and aliens. Over a decade ...

So, you want the 1950s to come back, you say? You’re tired of pandemics, politics and urban disorder? Well, then, I’ve got some good news for you. One big part of that well-remembered decade has ...

The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force has had a Avro Canada VZ-9AV Avrocar in its massive collection since late 2007. But this flying saucer-shaped vehicle is most certainly not a flying saucer — ...

In the 1950s, the United States Air Force toyed with the idea of creating a supersonic flying saucer called Project 1974. The creation, which could hypothetically "[reach speeds] between Mach 3 and ...

This mysterious saucer from the 1950s was meant to fly at speeds of up to Mach 4. Most mysteriously, it was designed by... Canadians. Crave freelancer Tim Hornyak is the author of "Loving the Machine: ...