Researchers are still struggling to explain a flying object filmed off the coast of Long Island. An unidentified man filmed the boomerang-shaped vessel as it zipped across the sky in April, brightly lit at around 10:30pm in Port Jefferson. He then submitted the video to the Mutual UFO Network for investigation, and has left almost everyone stumped as to what he captured on his phone.
The aircraft and its twin condensation trails were spotted just above the Great Exuma Island in the Bahamas.
Radka and Chris Chapin were on the summit of Washington's Tamanos Mountain when they saw the illusion created by the 'Brocken Spectre.'
Lockheed Martin reveals the replacement for the iconic U-2 spy plane and says the TR-X WON'T require a pilot
Lockheed Martin this week revealed its Skunk Works proposal for a next-generation U-2 spy plane (inset), a tactical reconnaissance aircraft called 'TR-X' that can be flown as a drone if needed. the new craft will also be able to use laser weapons in the future and communicate directly with fighter jets.
The spectre in the snaps: Hikers capture rare optical illusion that causes a HALO to appear around their shadows in photographs
A strange, ghostly figure has been photographed in Mount Rainier National Park. Radka and Chris Chapin were standing on the summit of Washington's Tamanos Mountain when they saw what looked like a supernatural figure. What they saw was something known as a 'Brocken Spectre', an optical illusion created when low sun shines behind someone looking down into fog from a ridge. The atmospheric conditions throw the person's shadow forward, creating a spectral apparition that can appear to rapidly grow in size.
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Westminster Abbey reveals more secrets: Skeletons of up to 50 people buried in the 11th century are found beneath drainage pipes after toilet block is knocked down to make way for new gothic tower
Experts hope the find, which included the skeleton of a three-year-old child, will shed more light on the tumultuous events of 1066 in London's Westminster Abbey (inset), when one king was buried and two crowned. Among the other bones found just outside the wall of Poets' Corner were skulls punctured with holes (bottom right) left by the pickaxes of 13th century workmen. They were stacked up into dense piles and placed under the drainage pipes (left) more than 500 years earlier during the building of the great new abbey, now an Unesco World Heritage Site, which cost Henry III the then huge sum of £45,000. It brings the number of individuals known to have been laid to rest in the abbey to 3,350, but more bones are expected to resurface as the last of the toilet block is removed to make space for a new £19million Gothic tower, which will eventually bring visitors up into the attics of the building.
Radar to search for Queen Nefertiti: Egypt gives go ahead to look behind King Tutankhamun's tomb to try and find grave of woman who may have been his mother
The Egyptian Antiquities Ministry has granted preliminary approval for the use of a non-invasive radar to prove a theory that Queen Nefertiti's crypt may be hidden behind King Tutankhamun's 3,300-year-old tomb in the famous Valley of the Kings. After analysing high-resolution scans of the walls of Tutankhamun's grave complex in the Valley of the Kings, Dr Nicholas Reeves spotted what appeared to be a secret entrance, which will now be scanned with a Japanese radar system within a month.
Can YOU spot the plane? ISS astronaut captures remarkable image of a single aircraft snapped from 250 miles above Earth
The image taken from the International Space Station Station reveals just how objects on Earth can appear from orbit. The photograph shows a single plane, flying just above the Great Exuma Island in the Bahamas. The plane wasn't the target of the image. Instead, the astronaut wanted to capture the small island cays in the Bahamas and the prominent tidal channels cutting between them. According to Nasa, this is one of the most recognisable points on the planet for astronauts on the space station. The unnamed astronaut took the image using a Nikon D4 camera. Click on the story to find the plane.
A soldier's best friend? Marines put Google's robo-dog 'Spot' through its paces, tackling tough terrain and scouting buildings
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Can you really unlock a door with a GUN? Video reveals handguns won't unlock a padlock - but a shotgun can open it in two
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An end to puddles? Bizarre 'thirsty' concrete sucks up hundreds of gallons of water in less than a minute
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Hideous knobby-faced beast was the first to stand on all fours: 260 million-year-old fossils reveal creature walked like a cow
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The hermit crab forced to live in a toothpaste cap: Heartbreaking image shows the harsh reality of Earth's plastic pollution
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