Explore the world of UFOs from all angles with these books covering the history, sociology and weirder takes on the phenomenon.

A well-known conspiracy theory (also seen in The X-Files) attests that aliens are in communication with the U.S. government, providing knowledge and advanced weaponry, or engaged in secret wars with the military.

The White House launched a website teasing new information on extraterrestrials this week, but it actually delivers immigrant arrest data.

Steven Spielberg has said during an interview on CBS Sunday Morning in New York on 6 June that he believes aliens 'have been here, and they are here', as he promoted his new film Disclosure Day. The 79-year-old director linked the remark to decades of thinking about UFOs,

It may seem like we are on the verge of discovering alien life. In 2025, a press release stated that we have the "strongest hints yet" of extraterrestrial life on the exoplanet K2-18b. And when talking about a collected sample from a rock named "Cheyava Falls" on Mars,

When ET phones, don’t pick up. Scientists have outlined a set of protocols for responding to extraterrestrial contact, including a bizarre directive to refrain from answering cosmic correspondence. Adopted by the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA),

Cardinal Robert McElroy, archbishop of Washington, said recent statements by the exorcist “undermine the Church’s very precise teaching on the devil.”

America’s favorite astrophysicist has turned that lifelong fascination into a book, “Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter,” which — like that beam of light — illuminates what we know about possible space critters and what we can anticipate if they ever come calling.

Garry Nolan, a professor of pathology at Stanford University School of Medicine and the executive director of the board for The Sol Foundation, joins CBS News 24/7 to discuss Steven Spielberg's new movie,