Skeptoid #900: Mussolini's Aliens

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

Skeptic, Social Sciences, Skepticism, Paranormal, Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, Science, History

4.6 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

How an old Italian UFO hoax became proof of alien visitation to the US Congress

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0:00.0	Let's say you're in Congress, and you're so convinced that there's something to all
0:07.5	this recent news about UFOs and aliens that you're going to hold a televised subcommittee
0:13.1	hearing, featuring some UFOologists as the witnesses whom you personally found extremely
0:19.1	compelling.
0:20.1	Do you let them talk, or do you first want to vet them?
0:24.3	Well, today we're going to find out when a congressional subcommittee tried it the first
0:29.7	way.
0:31.5	That's coming up right now on Skeptoid.
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1:00.1	can't quite explain, resurrecting forgotten tales that defy easy explanation.
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1:12.6	and the delightfully weird.
1:14.8	Was the mysterious blob that appeared in Texas a virulent fungi, or an extraterrestrial?
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