Skeptic Check: New UFO Evidence

Published: Jan. 29, 2018, 3:32 p.m.

It was a shocker of a story, splashed across the\xa0New York Times\xa0front page: The existence of a five-year long, hidden Pentagon investigation of UFOs.\xa0With one-third of the American public convinced that aliens are visiting Earth, could this study finally provide the proof?\nWe consider how this story came to light and what the $22 million program has produced.\xa0Does the existence of a secret study mean there\u2019s now decent proof of extraterrestrial craft in our skies?\xa0We take a look at the evidence made public so far.\nAnd why, six years after the study ended, are we learning about it now?\nGuests:\n\n\nJames Oberg\xa0-\xa0Space journalist, historian and former NASA employee\n\n\nJames McGaha\xa0-\xa0Retired Air Force pilot, astronomer and director of the Grasslands Observatory\n\n\nBen Radford\xa0-\xa0Deputy editor of\xa0Skeptical Inquirer\xa0magazine and a Research Fellow with the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry\xa0\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices