Kaku says extraterrestrials are likely friendly, but we wouldn't stand a chance against them in a battle.

Dean Haglund is an actor, a comedian, and artist, and an inventor who is probably best known for his recurring role on The X-Files. We talk with Dean about UFOs and his recent documentary The Truth is Out There. Dean mentions another documentary he is working on, and talks about the Kickstarter campaign he and filmmaker Phil Leirness launched to fund the project (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/849837200/hieroglyph-of-the-human-soul). We also discuss real-life X-files recently released by the UK, an interesting UFO crash in Russia, and other space and UFO news on this episode of Spacing Out!

AIR DATE: 7/20/12

McKinnon turned down a medical test by a court-appointed medical assessor.

The actor, artist, and comedian feels there is compelling evidence to support the notion that some UFOs are extraterrestrial.

• Where Are The Extraterrestrials? The People Speak... - Science 2.0
• The Challenges Facing Ben Stiller's The Watch - Village Voice
• Riding Along With the Mars Rover Drivers - Popular Science
• Are we E.T.? - Sun-Sentinel
• The Truth Is Still Out There - Wall Street Journal

• UFO hacker Gary McKinnon refuses new medical assessment in battle against extradition - Welwyn Hatfield Times
• Durham Police: There was a UFO Near Hamsterley Forest - Teesdale Mercury (removed by source)
• Kecksburg to host UFO festival, creature-encounters conference - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Lava red alien planet found by NASA Spitzer Space Telescope - Herald Sun
• Declassified 'UFO' Documents Don't Prove Alien Life - Space.com

• UFO 'Degree' On Alien Life Forms Is Among Free Courses Offered By Edinburgh University - Huffington Post UK
• Investigating Alaska's paranormal a serious business -- with growth potential - Alaska Dispatch
• UFOs are the star at research agency's annual event - Ct Post
• Everything’s coming up roses - Sarasota Herald-Tribune
• Aliens With Lasers: SETI Bets On Nano-second Flashes From E.T. - Forbes

A leading UK physicist asserts that intelligent extraterrestrials might be discovered this century.

• University makes space for online course on alien life - Edinburgh Evening News
• Aliens? We'll probably have a close encounter this century says leading physicist - Daily Mail
• UFOs often misidentified - astronomer - News24
• UFO sighted over village - Weston & Somerset Mercury
• UFO Files: Declassified U.K. Documents Released, Reveal Tony Blair Was Briefed On UFO Sightings - Huffington Post

A man walking along the seafront in the popular northeast Malta tourist town of Qawra photographed a UFO.

• UFO sightings and government cover-ups discussed in Farmington - Foster's Daily Democrat
• They're back: UFOs at China's Phoenix Mountain - AsiaOne
• UFO mysteries - The Voice of Russia
• It’s not a bird,it’s not a plane,it may be a UFO - Times of Malta
• Stephen Hawking, the big bang, invasion of aliens from outer space - Tucson Citizen (removed by source)

Grant Cameron is a historian who specializes in U.S. presidents and their individual connections to UFOs and extraterrestrial life. We talk with Grant specifically about President Barack Obama. We also discuss alien jellyfish, new allegations related to the Roswell UFO incident, and other space and UFO news on this episode of Spacing Out!

AIR DATE: 7/13/12

A researcher claims that recent announcements by a former CIA agent regarding the 1947 Roswell UFO incident were orchestrated.

• Nazi UFO Find - Austrian Times
• UFO sightings over Aberdeen revealed - Aberdeen Evening Express
• UFO X-Files Released By U.K. Reveal Desire To Weaponize Alien Technology - Huffington Post
• UFO footage baffles experts - Bay Post
• Fresno, Central California: Hotspot For UFOs? - KMPH Fox 26

UK's National Archives released another batch of MoD UFO files.

• Tony Blair was briefed on alien defence policy by Ministry of Defence - Metro
• UFO files outline Northern Ireland sightings - BBC
• The UFO Files: MoD documents 'absolutely fascinating' - The Telegraph
• Friends’ UFO abduction claim sparked secret military probe - Scotsman
• Are You In An Alien Invasion Hot Spot? - SFX

A new tourist route will take visitors through the Vespian forests, and will visit the site of a 1961 UFO incident.

• 'Arsenic Life' Debate Reveals Challenge of Alien Microbe Search - Space.com
• CIA smacks down former employee - Sarasota Herald-Tribune
• End in sight as UFO hacker Gary McKinnon’s case is adjourned for final medical report - Times 24
• 'UFO triangle' in California is alien hotspot, believers claim - Fox News
• Blinking Stars or UFO Seen in Chile - Prensa Latina

• Heilongjiang UFO sighting prompts investigation - China.org.cn
• UFO at 65: What really happened at Roswell? - Fox News
• Arsenic-Munching Bacteria Doubted, But Still Alien-Like - Live Science
• Scouts prepared if aliens attack - Hastings Tribune (removed by source)
• Did Ancient Aliens visit the earth and guide human evolution? - ScienceBlogs

The mysterious object that crashed near Roswell, New Mexico in July 1947 was extraterrestrial in origin.