The idea that humans may have company in the universe was given a boost this week after two U.S. presidents commented on the possibility of extraterrestrial…
"It's a scientific mystery of the deepest sense," said longtime UFO researcher Mark Rodeghier, who works with Chicago's Center for UFO Studies to catalogue sightings and UFO reports.You’re watching the NBC 5 Chicago News streaming channel, which plays local Chicago news 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
You can find the “NBC 5 Chicago News” streaming channel on your phone or computer, and on Peacock, Samsung, Roku, Xumo or on our app, so you can watch our local news on your schedule. The idea that humans may have company in the universe was given a boost this week after two U.S. presidents commented on the possibility of extraterrestrial life., alleging Obama revealed classified information. On Thursday, Trump directed the government to"begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life." The topic of aliens and UFOs is everywhere lately, including a new Steven Spielberg film called"Disclosure Day," set for a summer blockbuster release, and the ongoing Congressional investigations into unidentified aerial phenomena."It's a scientific mystery of the deepest sense," said longtime UFO researcher Mark Rodeghier, who works with Chicago's Center for UFO Studies to catalogue sightings and UFO reports. The once obscure field was given more legitimacy after revelations the U.S. government was also documenting unexplained sightings by military pilots, who described Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena objects flying with strange physics and unknown origin. “There's way more press attention, and also political attention," said Rodeghier."Not that UFOs are necessarily alien or something, but that they deserve to be studied." While science has not found smoking-gun proof, new tools like NASA's James Webb Telescope offer the best glimpse yet into planetary atmospheric conditions. "We're searching in our own solar system. We're looking at the surface of Mars, icy moons that orbit the gas giants and planets orbiting other stars. We're really widening our search for where life could be," said University of Chicago astrophysicist Jacob Bean. Bean and his team of UChicago researchers were the first to use the new telescope to discover carbon dioxide on an exoplanet. The search for oxygen remains elusive. "If we could see oxygen in the atmosphere of another planet, we would have pretty good evidence that there's life there," said Bean.
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