alien

Elements drawn from these poems have fed Wagner’s operas and Marvel movies, but the originals are brighter and at times unsettlingly alien.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

I’m happy because if I had had even an inkling she was the Manhunter, I might have brought an alien touch to the scene.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Media coverage was extensive, with many reports framing the finding as an extraordinary advance in the search for alien life.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026

Especially not a green, alien orb that levitates him.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

Eighteenth-century English and French scientists rejected the ample testimony as to the reality of meteorites, as we reject stories of alien abduction.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

“There are these movies where the aliens are coming, and you see unprecedented levels of cooperation between China and the U.S.,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

By examining the belief in aliens, he writes, we “can help clarify some of the primary social and spiritual quandaries of our time, even—or especially—if UFOs don’t actually exist.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

A Japanese journalist coined the term cosplay -- combining costume and play -- in 1984 after seeing people dressed as monsters and aliens at a sci-fi convention in Los Angeles.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

Suggested causes include acoustic pollution from human activity, naturally occurring environmental sounds and conspiracy theories involving the CIA or even aliens.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026

For a second Frank thought one of the aliens was calling him.

From "Trouble at the Arcade (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #1)" by Franklin W. Dixon