UFOs and Aliens: What Makes Them so Fascinating? By: Andres Salazar UFOs are just as mysterious as they are interesting. Whether it’s an episode of the X-Files or reading about the Roswell UFO crash in the 1940s, there’s something that glues curious people to their screens or news articles. Something about those flying disks and the little green men piloting them just does not fail to drag someone into a research rabbit hole at least once in their lives. In short, UFOs are awesome. But why are they so fascinating? What makes those flying saucers such a staple of Halloween movies and UFO sightings a recurring topic on social media?…
This article was written by Edward Hsiang Seven years old, staring out your window at night. Counting the millions of stars shining bright, wondering what worlds lie beyond. 1962. The first radio broadcast from earth was sent into the cosmos towards the planet Venus. 1972. The first of two Pioneer plaques depicting the location of earth was sent out on the Pioneer 11 space probe. The second in 1973. 1974. The Arecibo message was aimed at the M13 cluster of stars 25,000 light years away, carrying the fundamentals of science uncovered by humans thus far. 1999. Cosmic Call made out to distant star systems in an attempt to convey the…
