Explaining Why UFOs are In the News

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🗓️ 16 May 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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The Pour Over is a Christ-first, politically neutral news podcast. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, we cover the day's biggest stories in ~10 minutes, and pair the biggest headlines with brief biblical reminders. Every Saturday, TPO Explains does a shallow dive into your most-asked questions. On today's episode: Why’s everyone talking about UFOs? Join us in praying for East Africa here. Looking to support us? You can choose to pay ⁠here⁠. Get the free newsletter at⁠ thepourover.org⁠. Thanks to our sponsors: Cru: Give Bibles all over the world | text POUR to 71326 Wild Alaskan: $35 off your first box | code: TPO HelloFresh: 10 Free meals + Free Nutribullet® Ultra Plus+ 2-in-1 Compact Kitchen System on your 3rd box | HelloFresh.com/tpo10fm Christian Real Estate Network: get connected with a Christian Realtor | www.hismove.com Quince: Free shipping | quince.com/tpo Qualia Life: additional 15% off your order | code: TPO CCCU: Apply for the Harvest Bundle | mycccu.com/pourover Upside: extra 25 cents back for every gallon on your first tank of gas | code: TPO LMNT: free 8-pack with purchase | https://links.thepourover.org/LMNT_Podcast The Missing Messiah: Learn more | missingmessiah.com Compelled Podcast: Listen now | CompelledPodcast.com Mosh: 25% off first variety pack + 20% off subscription | code: TPO25 MORE FROM TPO: ⁠Free newsletter⁠ ⁠Watch TPO on YouTube⁠ ⁠Download the TPO App⁠

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0:00.0	Today's episode is brought to you by our lead sponsor, Crew.
0:04.4	Hey there, it's Joe. Happy Saturday. On Monday, we invited our readers to join our new community,
0:12.4	TPO Doers. More than 10,750 people have joined us in praying for the ongoing drought
0:19.9	and food crisis in East Africa.
0:23.1	This problem is only growing, and there's still time to join us.
0:27.6	Sign up for our free five-day email series with the link in the show notes.
0:32.6	Let's keep being doers of the word together.
0:40.0	All right, all right.
0:41.6	Time for a shallow dive.
0:43.7	The topic for this week's explainer is aliens.
0:48.0	Oh, snap.
0:49.5	Dust off your tinfoil hats, people.
0:51.6	Let's get into it.
0:57.0	Okay. your tinfoil hats people, let's get into it. Let's first start with, why is everyone talking about UFOs right now?
1:03.0	Last Friday, the government declassified over 160 files related to UFOs.
1:09.0	Well, not UFOs. Now the Pentagon calls them UAPs.
1:14.6	UAP stands for unidentified anomalous phenomena, which is just a catch-all for unknown
1:21.6	observances typically suspected to be of the extraterrestrial variety.
1:26.6	What's in the files, you ask?
1:29.3	It's not just Roswell-era stuff, you know, the 1947 incident near Roswell, New Mexico,
1:35.1	which became the basis for UFO chatter.
1:37.7	The material does date back as far as the 1940s, but it's also as recent as 2024.
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