For generations, U.F.O.s have been in the purview of late-night call-in radio shows and supermarket tabloids, not the Department of Defense. Now the government is publicly acknowledging that mysterious sightings can no longer be dismissed, and a major report is due in June. Gideon Lewis-Kraus explains what’s changed, and why. Plus, in a small town in the nineteenth century, three neighbors fought for both abolition and women’s rights, at a time when women weren’t supposed to fight for anything.

After more than seventy years, the government is publicly acknowledging that mysterious sightings cannot simply be dismissed. Gideon Lewis-Kraus explains what’s changed, and why.

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