alien
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Watters wanted to compress El-Sayed into a caricature, a radical leftist Muslim candidate who could be made alien and threatening to the people watching at home.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026
The exhibition brings together original Giger artwork depicting the alien egg and an original facehugger from the 1979 film, the spidery parasite whose method of reproduction helped make “Alien” a landmark of body horror.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Dive into this short story about humans’ first contact with an alien who’s been corrupted by some very modern vices.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
An unexplained catastrophe, and the arrival of mysterious alien beings, have turned British society upside down - and a man and his elderly aunt muddle through on the Kent coast.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Finally, he asks, “What is that? It looks like an alien helmet.”
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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Instead, he thinks humanity can deliver its own salvation—albeit with a bit of inspiration from aliens.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
It was going out to find aliens that thought different.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
He was instrumental in doing the stop-motion miniature chess scene in “Star Wars: A New Hope,” bringing the Imperial Walkers to life and creating aliens like Jabba the Hutt and tauntauns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
Second, though “virtually all scientists” reject the idea that aliens have visited Earth, researchers are “increasingly confident that humanity will discover extraterrestrial life.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
“This behavior defies expectation. It’s like aliens have taken over their bodies.”
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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