Declassified at Last: Air Force’s Supersonic Flying Saucer Schematics
Officially, aliens have never existed but flying saucers very nearly did. The National Archives has recently published never-before-seen schematics and details of a 1950s military venture, called...
View ArticleReport: Ukraine Trains Dolphins With Friggin’ Pistols on Their Heads
Killer dolphins with knives and pistols attached to their heads. It might sound crazy, but that's reportedly one element of the Ukrainian navy's restarted marine mammal program.
View ArticleSuperman Reboot Will Be Pentagon Stealth Jet’s Silver Screen Debut
Faster than a sluggish bureaucracy. More powerful than enemy radar. Able to scale tall buildings with a single engine. Up on the screen in the forthcoming Superman reboot, it's the F-35 Joint Strike...
View ArticleDroning On: MIT Fights the Boredom of Piloting Robot Spy Planes
If you've checked Twitter or updated your Facebook status at work today then here's a reason not to feel guilty: Periodical procrastination can boost work performance, especially if you're flying a spy...
View ArticleWhat Did Google Earth Spot in the Chinese Desert? Even an Ex-CIA Analyst...
Late last month, former CIA analyst Allen Thomson went poking through Google Earth imagery -- and found something kind of weird in western China.
View ArticleWhite House Can’t Afford Its Shapeshifting Alien Reptile Guards
Prepare to enter the shadowy world of Tinfoil Tuesday. This week, an extraterrestrial bodyguard protects the president, according to conspiracy theorists. But the White House dismisses the allegations...
View ArticlePentagon’s Mad Scientists Want a Tattoo That Tracks Troops’ Vitals
How best to track combat fatigue? Darpa's interested in sensors that stick to the skin, like a temporary tattoo, to track troops' heart rates, bio-electric signals and more.
View ArticleFalse Flags, Fake Blood, and Michelle Obama: A Guide to the Boston Marathon...
Forget everything you thought you knew about the Boston bombings. The real story behind the attack involves a world-spanning conspiracy of Michelle Obama, a network of Russian oligarchs and a naked...
View ArticleHere’s Your Chance to Be an Extra on Homeland
The terrorism soap opera and nail-biter series Homeland may have ended on a cliffhanger in season two. Now the show's casting agents have put out the call for extras, and have changed it up.
View ArticleOK, He Didn’t Cause Hurricane Katrina. But He Is Guilty of Fraud.
The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program, or HAARP, has always been a combination of big science, high sleaze, and pure conspiratorial strangeness. Somehow, it just got sleazier and stranger.
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