{"id":337627,"date":"2026-04-24T18:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-are-ufo-hunters-really-searching-for-the-global-story\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T18:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:00:18","slug":"what-are-ufo-hunters-really-searching-for-the-global-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-are-ufo-hunters-really-searching-for-the-global-story\/","title":{"rendered":"What are UFO hunters really searching for? | The Global Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/hwTtPYvefBE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"What are UFO hunters really searching for? | The Global Story\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hwTtPYvefBE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump has promised to release government files on UFOs and Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, telling a crowd at Turning Point USA this month, \u201c\u200awe found many very interesting documents\u201d.   <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Vice President JD Vance has said he is \u201cobsessed\u201d with the search for aliens, which he believes are demons, rather than innocuous little green men. <\/p>\n<p>Their comments follow a slew of congressional hearings about the subject in recent years, as well as pronouncements from other political figures, such as Barack Obama.   <\/p>\n<p>Why has the search for extra-terrestrial life \u2013 a fascination that began in the 1940s in the US \u2013 become mainstream again? What deeper meaning are people seeking when they look to the skies?   <\/p>\n<p>Daniel Lavelle, an award-winning British journalist, set out on a road trip across the States to answer these questions for his forthcoming book, Chasing Aliens: Conspiracy in the UFO Heartlands, and he joins Tristan on today\u2019s episode.<\/p>\n<p>New episodes of The Global Story are released daily. If you\u2019re in the UK, listen on BBC Sounds. If you live outside the UK, listen on BBC.com or wherever you get your podcasts. <\/p>\n<p>Listen to the podcast here: https:\/\/app.magellan.ai\/listen_links\/the-global-story-ytl<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#aliens #trump #BBCNews <\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n00:00 Introduction<br \/>\n01:30 &#8216;Why I set off searching for UFO hunters&#8217;<br \/>\n04:00 The US obsession over UFOs and aliens<br \/>\n06:51 The history of UFOs in America<br \/>\n11:20 Meeting UFO hunters<br \/>\n18:00 UFOs and QAnon conspiracy theories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump has promised to release government files on UFOs and Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, telling a crowd at Turning Point USA this month, \u201c\u200awe found many very interesting documents\u201d. 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