UFOs are back in the cultural consciousness again. Perhaps because of the recent revelations by the US Navy and Blink 182 frontman Tom DeLonge going full “I want to believe” on us, it feels like they’re being talked about more than at any point since the ’90s, when the archetypal Grey alien face was a ubiquitous sight on posters and album covers.
Personally, I’ve always been fascinated by UFOlogy, while remaining entirely agnostic. It’s the indefinable mystery of the subject that appeals to me. If it’s ever definitively explained that, yes, they are spaceships from Zeta Reticula or whatever, I think I’ll actually be a little disappointed.