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The Out There section collects stories about strange events from all over the internet.
Videos and some other stories are graded:
A–Probably true, B–Likely true, C–Likely false, D–Probably false.

Stories are researched by Unknowncountry.com staff before posting and video evaluations are based on experienced observation and video analysis.

The ‘ball lighting’ explanation for UFOs is revived. First proposed in 1948. What’s old is new!

December 1, 2010
The scientific community and the media so dearly wish that there was a simple explanation for UFOs. But the ball lightning story is so old, it's truly amazing that they would try to bring it back. Graded D. continued

More strange objects in SOHO imagery

December 1, 2010
The first image on this video is not a stereo artifact, but what it is cannot be determined for certain. Some of the subsequent images are not artifacts, either, but, once again, SOHO is a complex system operating in an... continued

Update: Michigan man had no evidence. NASA news conf. will be held Thursday.

November 30, 2010
Update: NASA's press conference has been rescheduled for Thursday and the Michigan man actually had no evidence of any ET life, according to Linda Moulton Howe, who spoke to him. No members of the press appeared at his press conference. continued

Childhood close encounters–the memories just don’t fade.

November 30, 2010
This is typical of childhood close encounter descriptions. If a child was awake when a close encounter began, memories of the event tend to remain vivid throughout life. continued

Supposedly fake Roswell debris footage–but is it?

November 30, 2010
More Roswell debris footage is appearing on YouTube. This is a longer version of footage that appeared on the "Alien Autopsy" special in 1995. Supposedly a hoax, but is it?  continued

NASA to hold major astrobiology press conference tomorrow 2PM

November 30, 2010
NASA will hold a press conference tomorrow afternoon at 2PM to reveal a major astrobiology discovery that it is said will impact our understanding of life in the universe. continued

Objects over Cincinnati do not appear to be flares.

November 29, 2010
Thanks to an Unknowncountry.com reader for this Out There submission. Graded B. continued

Objects being seen in SOHO imagery are stereo artifacts

November 29, 2010
Unusual objects are often seen in the imagery from NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory satellites. But these are not actually present in space. They are artifacts of the stereo imaging process. continued

Daylight object over Tenirife could be mini-drone spy plane or genunine unknown.

November 28, 2010
Who would be flying a secret mini-drone over Tenirife and why is an open question. More probably this object is a genuine unknown. Graded B. continued

Fresno California object–plane? UFO?

November 27, 2010
Very strange lights over Fresno, Ca. Graded B. continued