News 2008:

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DECEMBER 2008:

12.30.2008	Lights or thai lanterns in Dumfries, U-K.
12.23.2008	Light or thai lantern in Ardrossan, U-K.
12.21.2008	MUFON Sighting Report: UFOs Over Eastland County, Texas, USA.
12.19.2008	Lights or thai lanterns in Colmar, France.
12.10.2008	Change of GEIPAN head, France.
12.09.2008	Radio Hoax in Zagreb, Croatia.
12.08.2008	Lights or thai lanterns in Teignmouth, U-K.
12.07.2008	Frenchman thinks he saw and photographed a UFO armada in Tokyo, Japan.
12.07.2008	Lights or thai lanterns in New Abbot and Kingsteignton, U-K.
12.05.2008	UFOs or lanterns in Shotton, U-K.
12.02.2008	Glycolaldehyde found in star-forming region.

NOVEMBER 2008:

11.27.2008	Phoenix probe on Mars: mission accomplished.
11.25.2008	Simple nocturnal light called UFO in La Réunion.
11.24.2008	Carbon dioxide detected on exoplanet 63 light years away.
11.22.2008	Mars: short-lived bursts of methane percolating to the surface detected.
11.22.2008	Mars: vast buried glaciers detected.
11.21.2008	Daylight object seen and photographed over Filton, U-K.
11.18.2008	Sightings on the rise in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA.
11.16.2008	Nocturnal lights or Patrouille de France aerobatic team.
11.16.2008	First direct infrared image of three giant planets around same star.
11.14.2008	The Pope, again.
11.13.2008	UFOs or balloons, Mexico City airport.

OCTOBER 2008:

10.27.2008	Air crew sighting at Mexico City airport.
10.23.2008	Sighting in Hico, Texas, USA.
10.18.2008	Video taken in Brandenburg, Germany.

SEPTEMBER 2008:

09.17.2008	Clydebank man took purported UFO vides, U-K.
09.12.2008	Weird thing in La Louvière, Belgium.
09.07.2008	Nocturnal lights between Thiers and Clermont, France.
09.01.2008	Girl reports their confrontation with UFO, Briscous, France.

AUGUST 2008:

08.29.2008	Newspaper talks of UFOs seen in Wigan, U-K.
08.27.2008	Nocturnal light in Acadia, Canada.
08.26.2008	Nocturnal light in Acadia, Canada.
08.23.2008	Newspaper talks of UFO fleet in Nice, France.
08.03.2008	"Aviation Week" journalist spreads rumours of forthcoming new Mars discovery announcement.
08.01.2008	Phoenix on Mars: it is indeed water ice.

JULY 2008:

06.28.2008	Medias report statements by former astronaut Edgar Mitchell about UFOs and the Roswell incident.
04.07.2008	Nocturnal lights or Patrouille de France aerobatic team.

JUNE 2008:

06.26.2008	Mars: Phoenix returns treasure trove.
06.25.2008	U-K tabloid the Sun talks of "alien armies spinning in the sky".
06.24.2008	BBC reports on mobile phone footage of "lights" over Merseyside, U-K.
06.24.2008	Fast green light in France.
06.23.2008	UFO sighting in Tournefeuille, France.
20.06.2008	Phoenix on Mars: white patches were indeed water ice.
06.16.2008	Three super-Earths found around one star.
06.14.2008	Mars Phoenix: first samples in oven.
06.14.2008	Scientists announce discovery of extraterrestrial nucleobases in the Murchison meteorite.
06.13.2008	Image of the Martian ground by Phoenix.
06.12.2008	Fast light in Strasburg, France.
06.07.2008	Man says he also saw the UFO, Bristol, U-K.
06.07.2008	"Helicopter chasing flying saucer" story likely only another Thai lantern sighting, U-K.
06.06.2008	UPI says a MiG 21 jet fighter was "hit by UFOs" in Romania.
06.02.2008	Hard substrate, possibly ice, uncovered under the lander.

MAY 2008:

05.28.2008	In Denver, USA, man says he will show a real video of a real alien today.
05.27.2008	So-called "UFO" crash in Vietnam.
05.26.2008	News agencies say an unidentified object was reported from a Continental Airlines flight from Houston, USA.
05.27.2008	Phoenix second day on Mars.
05.26.2008	First alleged mysteries from Phoenix.
05.25.2008	Phoenix lands on Mars.
05.24.2008	Company sold 45.000 "UFO-Balloons" in 2007.
05.23.2008	Found evidence of formerly habitable niche on Mars surface is now in academic scientific journal.
05.21.2008	Glowing 40 cemtimeters little man reported in San Carlos, Argentina.
05.03.2008	Thai lanterns called UFOs in the Vendée, France.

APRIL 2008:

04.29.2008	Object seen and photographed in Switzerland.
04.25.2008	Four lights in the Var, France.
04.25.2008	Object in the sky of Tours, France.
04.25.2008	Two slow lights in Geneva, Switzerland.
04.19.2008	Triangular object in the night, Paris, France.
04.15.2008	Light in Algeria captured on cell phone.
04.09.2008	Stephen Hawking to speak on black holes at CalTech, USA.

MARCH 2008:

03.14.2008

Orange nocturnal lights in manoeuver near Avignon, France.

FEBRUARY 2008:

02.24.2008	Nocturnal lights or flying triangle between Angers and Nantes, France.
02.12.2008	Woman puzzled by pink nocturnal light in London, U-K.
02.12.2008	MoD say they received 135 UFO sighting reports in 2007, 97 only in 2006, U-K.
02.11.2008	Couple sees falling orange mass, nmeteor or UFO, Bubbenhall, U-K.
02.09.2008	Family spots weird object in the sky near Southampton, U-K.

JANUARY 2008:

01.19.2008	CISU case history file project December 2007 update.
01.14.2008	Unidentified object seen by many above Rio Cuarto, Argentina.
01.08.2008	Stephensville, Texas, abuzz with UFO sightings, USA.
01.08.2008	Does Japanese governemnt say aliens don't exist or do they prepare for an alien invasion?
01.07.2008	Russia wants to joins European mission to search for life on Jupiter's moon Europa.
01.06.2008	Declassification of the DI55 UFO documents announced in the United Kingdom.
01.01.2008	First reflection called UFO of the year.
01.01.2008	Spirit Mars rover find evidence of formerly habitable niche on Mars surface.
01.01.2008	First bird of the year.

DECEMBER 2007:

12.18.2007	UFO talk in Japanese parliament makes worldwide headlines.
12.17.2007	Arthur C. Clarke "whishes" for aliens to show up.
12.14.2007	Nocturnal light maneuvers seen from Sophia Antipolis, France.
12.13.2007	Green ball twice in the night near Avignon, France.
12.13.2007	Blue cigar in the night near Beaucaire, France.

NOVEMBER 2007:

11.22.2007	Costa Rica man claims he filmed a disc-shaped UFO on his cell-phone.
11.18.2007	UFO seen and taped in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

OCTOBER 2007:

10.05.2007

Nocturnal lights split fast, Belgium.

SEPTEMBER 2007:

09.10.2007	Weird object near Lille airport, France.
09.04.2007	Nocturnal lights in Huisseau sur Mauves, France.

AUGUST 2007:

08.18.2007	Claude Poher announces experimental success of his gravitation theory.
08.11.2007	Delta shape gliding in the night above Toulouse, France.

JULY 2007:

07.30.2007	Grey Object in the sky of Miami, Florida, USA.
07.20.2007	Simple observation of nocturnal lights in Sète, France.
07.18.2007	Boomerang-shaped object at Prague airport, Czech Republic.
07.15.2007	Triangular luminous objects in the sky of Vias-Plage, France.

JUNE 2007:

06.18.2007

Potentially habitable planet was the other one.

MAY 2007:

05.20.2007	Weird circular nocturnal light in Hawaii.
05.12.2007	Pilot observes triangular craft in Minnesota, USA.
05.08.2007	Cake-pan-shaped UFO in McCracken, Kansas, USA.

APRIL 2007:

04.23.2007	Two different pilots spot huge UFO near Jersey, U-K.
04.22.2007	Planet with probable habitable conditions found at only 20 light-years.
04.21.2007	UFOs above Bury St Edmond, U-K.
04.19.2007	Possible ball lightning hitting a car, U-K.
04.16.2007	Luminous phenomenon seen from airliner above Mexico City.
04.15.2007	UFOs or chinese lanterns, Gravesend, England.
04.10.2007	Lights at an airport in Puerto Rico.

MARCH 2007:

03.29.2007	Exoplanets thrive around binaries stars.
03.27.2007	Luminous bar seen in the night, Paris, France.
03.23.2007	Declassification of the UFO documents at the CNES, France: it started!
03.12.2007	Student spots UFOs above Swindon, R-U.
03.09.2007	A search engine to find UFOs, aliens and ghosts on the web.
03.05.2007	Others say they saw UFOs in Basildon, U-K.
03.05.2007	Man says he saw a UFO in Basildon, U-K.
03.02.2007	Sighting in London, U-K.

FEBRUARY 2007:

02.01.2007

UFO seen on water, Sicily, Italy.

JANUARY 2007:

01.31.2007	Phenomena near the moon, USA.
01.26.2007	Planes contrails mistaken for UFOs, Hawaii.
01.16.2007	Talks of UFO and UFO crash in Iran.
01.12.2007	USAF F-15s possible encounter with UFO, U-K.
01.09.2007	UFO in Crosby, Texas, USA.
01.08.2007	Orange thing with trail of debris, Canada.
01.06.2007	377 grams meteorite falls on a house in New Jersey, USA.
01.03.2007	UFO seen at Chicago O'Hare airport last fall discussed on CNN.
01.03.2007	UFO seen at Chicago O'Hare airport last fall discussed on CNN.
01.03.2007	People claim to have seen UFO in Istambul, Turkey.
01.02.2007	UFO seen at Chicago O'Hare airport last fall?
01.02.2007	Huge thing seen falling from the sky from New Bothwell, Canada.
01.01.2007	GEIPAN announces publication of UFO documents this month.
01.01.2007	Orange bright thing seen in the sky from Winnipeg, Canada.
01.01.2007	UFO in Newton, Connecticut, USA.
01.01.2007	UFOs or balloons in Welwyn Garden City, U-K.

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