
Why UAPs pose a threat to national security as well as an opportunity for progress
Luis Elizondo for Medium: A career's worth of intelligence work for the U.S. government taught me one key lesson: national security is a lot like a game of chess. You have to anticipate your opponent's every move to stay one

The haunting of Ballyheigue Castle and the tale of the lost treasure
One shadowy night a Danish ship was wrecked near Ballyheigue Castle. The ship was carrying silver, and during the raid on the castle, the treasure was lost. What was the real reason for the shipwreck and who was the ghostly

Why are astronomers looking for Earth-like life on other planets?
Why do astronomers look for signs of life on other planets based on life on Earth? Couldn't completely different kinds of life exist on other planets? Cole Mathis: Have you ever played hide and seek in a recent place? It's

Haunted episode of death
There is a road in Extremadura, Spain that has been called the Death Section because of all the accidents that are said to occur. However, there is a legend that one of the accidents resulted in a death that was

The haunting of MG Road and the mystery of the Lady of the White Saree
Along a sketchy part of MG Road in Gurugram, India, the ghost of a woman in a white sari is said to haunt the place, chasing cars after she tragically dies in an accident. Legend has it that the ghostly

One Summer Night by Ambrose Bierce
The fact that Henry Armstrong was buried did not seem to him to be proof that he was dead: he had always been hard to convince. The evidence of his senses made him admit that he was indeed buried. His

The haunting history of the Brij Raj Bhavan Palace Heritage Hotel
After he was killed many years ago in the Sepoy Mutiny at the Brij Raj Bhavan Palace Heritage Hotel in 1857, the ghost of the British Major still haunts his aged palace. Brij Raj Bhavan Heritage Hotel, a magnificent palace

Human blood on the floors and walls
In its September 9, 1987 issue, the Atlanta Journal Constitution published a bizarre story that became known as The House That Dripped Blood. Atlanta police were called just after midnight by a woman who reported what appeared to be blood

The blood-sucking cryptid of Chinese folklore
There are plenty of mysterious creatures in the world of cryptozoology, and Chinese folklore offers its own array of unverified entities. Among them is Xizi, a creature described as a immense blood-sucking mat. Xizi, often depicted as a flat, mat-like