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The Truth About Aliens Is Still Out There

What were those three “aerial objects” downed following the Chinese spy balloon?
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The question is not whether aliens exist—I’m firmly in the “Hell yeah, they do!” camp—but rather when we’ll have enough hard evidence to end the decades-long debate over said existence.

Believers in UFOs have gotten some tantalizing clues over the past few years. Those 2019 with curious propulsion are always worth a rewatch. Likewise, the huge feature by Gideon Lewis-Kraus, “,” is pretty much required reading, even if the data don’t necessarily scream

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