Science fiction stories about “alien” invaders are often political allegories for anxieties around immigration. Now, a ...

Tennessee Republican Representative Tim Burchett has claimed he has seen government alien reports that, if made public, could shock the nation. Speaking on Newsmax on Wednesday, 1 April, Burchett said ...

If they hadn’t finally shown themselves at the end of the movie—in a sky-filling, strobe-lit mother ship too awe-inspiring to conceal—there’s no doubt the U.S. government would have gone on hiding the ...

This story first appeared in Trying!, a thoughtful, funny, wide-ranging daily newsletter featuring essays from the mind of Matt Gross. You can sign up for them here. Those were simple aliens for ...