Aliens in Pop Culture & Media
How aliens have shaped movies, TV shows, video games, religion, and popular culture throughout history.
Best Alien Movies of All Time: From Classic to Modern Sci-Fi
Explore the greatest alien movies ever made, from classic 1950s sci-fi to modern blockbusters, and how they reflect our deepest fears about the unknown.
8 min readAliens on TV: How Television Shaped Our View of Extraterrestrials
From The Twilight Zone to The X-Files to modern streaming hits, discover how television has shaped public perception of alien life for decades.
7 min readTop Alien Conspiracy Theories Ranked: From Plausible to Wild
A ranked breakdown of the most famous alien conspiracy theories, examining the evidence behind each claim from credible UFO cases to outlandish tales.
9 min readHow Science Fiction Predicted Real Alien Discoveries
Discover how science fiction writers accurately predicted real scientific breakthroughs about exoplanets, space travel, and the search for alien life.
8 min readBest Alien-Themed Video Games: From Space Invaders to Starfield
Explore the history of alien-themed video games from the arcade era through modern open-world titles, and how they shaped gaming culture worldwide.
7 min readFamous Alien Hoaxes Debunked: Separating Fact from Fiction
Examine the most infamous alien hoaxes in history, from the Alien Autopsy film to faked UFO photos, and learn how investigators debunked each one.
8 min readHow Aliens Changed Religion: UFOs and Faith Throughout History
Explore the fascinating intersection of alien belief and religious faith, from ancient celestial beings in scripture to modern UFO religions worldwide.
9 min readSkinny Bob: The "Leaked KGB Alien Footage" Explained
What the Skinny Bob clips show, the KGB and Zeta Reticuli backstory, the 2026 "new footage" resurgence, the CGI and hoax analysis, and why the frail grey alien in a cockpit still fascinates people.
7 min readBest UFO Documentaries and Series: What to Watch, and What to Watch Skeptically
The UFO documentaries worth your time, from The Phenomenon and Netflix's Encounters to the case films on Varginha and Ariel School, plus the cable series to enjoy with a grain of salt. Where each stands on evidence.
9 min readThe Nazca "Alien Mummies" of Peru: What the Evidence Shows
The three-fingered Nazca "alien mummies" shown to Mexico's Congress in 2023: where they came from, what the DNA and forensic studies found, who Jaime Maussan is, and why Peru's experts call them assembled from human and animal remains.
10 min readBest Songs About Aliens and UFOs: From Flying Saucer Rock to Starman and Beyond
Every era has sung about the saucers: the novelty records of the 1950s, Bowie's Starman, the Carpenters' anthem for World Contact Day, the Pixies at Roswell, Blink-182's Aliens Exist and a Sufjan Stevens song about a real police sighting. The songs, their stories and the lore behind them.
10 min readSongs About Mind Control and Mind Reading: Pink Floyd's Brain Damage, Master of Puppets and the Voice in Your Head
Pink Floyd's lunatic, Metallica's puppet master, Queensrÿche's hypnotised assassin, Muse's MK Ultra and the Alan Parsons Project's mind reader: the songs about being controlled, read or invaded from outside, what they are actually about, and the real CIA programme and the abduction lore behind them.
10 min readMusicians Who Saw UFOs: John Lennon, David Bowie, Sammy Hagar, Tom DeLonge, Sun Ra and More
John Lennon watched a saucer from his New York balcony in 1974 and put the date on an album sleeve; Sun Ra said he had been taken to Saturn; Sammy Hagar described a download; Tom DeLonge helped bring the Navy videos to the Pentagon's front page. The musicians' encounters, what they said, and what the record supports.
10 min readSpace Is the Place: Sun Ra, the P-Funk Mothership and Afrofuturism's Aliens
Sun Ra said he was from Saturn; George Clinton landed a spaceship on stage every night; Outkast declared themselves ATLiens and Janelle Monáe built an android from the future. How Black music made the alien its own, the term Afrofuturism, the Mothership in the Smithsonian, and the Nation of Islam's real Mother Plane.
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