Author name: Howe Weird

Lake Natron’s red waters and extreme chemistry can preserve dead animals in eerie detail, making the Tanzanian lake look like a place from a curse.

In the South Australian outback, Coober Pedy’s heat pushed people below the surface, creating underground homes, churches, hotels, and shops.

Howdy, neighbors, Howe Weird here. If ET Week has a front porch, Roswell is probably sitting in the rocking chair. Pip showed up wearing a foil hat, which I told him was unnecessary. He said it was not protection; it was formalwear. The Roswell story began in 1947 after debris was found on a ranch

Good evening, sky-watchers, Howe Weird here, and today’s ET Week story comes with the shortest review in scientific history: “Wow!” Pip says if he ever discovers alien life, he plans to write “YIKES” in tiny spider script and hide under the printer. On August 15, 1977, Ohio State University’s Big Ear radio telescope picked up

Howdy, good folks, Howe Weird here. Today’s ET Week visitor did not knock, did not stay long, and did not explain itself before leaving the neighborhood. Pip says that is rude, but also exactly how he exits family gatherings. In 2017, astronomers discovered ʻOumuamua, the first confirmed object from another star system to pass through

Howdy, neighbors, Howe Weird here, and today’s ET Week story is about the time humanity sent a postcard to space and did not include a return envelope. Pip says that is poor correspondence etiquette, but he also admits postage to a star cluster is probably steep. In 1974, scientists used the Arecibo radio telescope in

Howdy, good folks, Howe Weird here. Today’s ET Week tale is about three videos that did something rare in UFO history: they went from internet argument to official government file. Pip says that is like watching a rumor put on a necktie. In 2020, the Pentagon officially released three videos showing what it described as

Howdy, friends, Howe Weird here. Some ET Week stories come from scientists, satellites, and official reports. This one comes from a schoolyard, a group of children, and a claim so strange that journalists were still talking about it decades later. Pip says school already had enough surprises without adding visitors from the sky. In September

Howdy, good folks, Howe Weird here, and welcome to ET Week, where we keep one boot on the porch and the other somewhere near the telescope. Pip has already made himself a tiny badge that says “Deputy Assistant to the Assistant UAP Assistant.” I have no idea what that means, but he looks important. According

Howdy, friends, Howe Weird here, and today’s Comedy Week lesson comes from Vermont, where several sheep apparently decided they needed to inspect the new school facilities before homeroom. Pip says he admires their commitment to education, though he suspects they were only auditing grass maintenance. According to UPI, a flock of sheep escaped from their