The trip had all the makings of a boring car ride—until the couple saw mysterious lights approaching from the sky.

Before Hollywood made the gray alien famous, one alleged encounter helped define what people thought aliens looked like. Betty and Barney Hill claimed they were stopped on a rural New Hampshire road,

The White House launched a website teasing new information on aliens, but it actually delivers immigration arrest data, including hundreds in Kansas.

People who believe they've been abducted by aliens have always resided at the farthest fringes of science, and the recent claim by a UFO cult known as the Raelians that they had cloned a human being does little to endear abductees to the mainstream.