Are we alone? Do aliens really exist? The existence of extraterrestrial life has captured

our collective imagination for generations. Those who claim to have had encounters believe

what they saw. But what does the evidence show? Starting with the first modern day sighting,

by Kenneth Arnold, to the crash in Roswell, to project Blue Book to the Conlon report,

Majestic 12, and Bob Lazar, the idea of aliens from another galaxy or another dimension visiting us

is intriguing. Is it real or imagined? Extraterrestrial examines these stories, analyzing possible

scientific explanations and determining what really may have happened? And whether or not we are

really alone. Extraterrestrial comes to you from the podcast network, the storytelling team behind

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On the night of September 19, 1961, Betty and Barney Hill couldn't have possibly

anticipated the cosmic, terrifying direction their road trip would take. They had been headed home

to Portsmouth, New Hampshire after visiting Niagara Falls. As they drove through the isolated

White Mountains, something impossible had happened. But at the moment, neither could remember just what

that was. They were paralyzed, frozen. There was a roadblock. At first, they thought it was the police.

But the lights were brighter than any cop car. Suddenly through a surge of orange and red light,

the couple could make out figures in the road. The figures approached both sides of the car. Barney

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