The Files

Case notes on cryptids, UFOs, and the things science hasn't closed the book on.

Cryptids That Were Debunked: The Great Hoaxes, ...

The Loch Ness "surgeon's photo." The Feejee Mermaid. Piltdown Man. The most famous cryptid evidence ever — and exactly how each one was exposed as a fake or a mistake.

Cryptids That Were Debunked: The Great Hoaxes, ...

The Loch Ness "surgeon's photo." The Feejee Mermaid. Piltdown Man. The most famous cryptid evidence ever — and exactly how each one was exposed as a fake or a mistake.

The Science of Hunting Cryptids: eDNA, Camera T...

An Oxford geneticist tested 30 "Bigfoot" and "Yeti" samples. A professor sampled every drop of Loch Ness. Here's how real science hunts cryptids — and what the results actually showed.

The Science of Hunting Cryptids: eDNA, Camera T...

An Oxford geneticist tested 30 "Bigfoot" and "Yeti" samples. A professor sampled every drop of Loch Ness. Here's how real science hunts cryptids — and what the results actually showed.

The Rendlesham Forest Incident: Britain's Roswe...

Over two nights in December 1980, US Air Force officers chased strange lights into an English forest — and a deputy base commander recorded it live. The Halt memo, the...

The Rendlesham Forest Incident: Britain's Roswe...

Over two nights in December 1980, US Air Force officers chased strange lights into an English forest — and a deputy base commander recorded it live. The Halt memo, the...

Government UFO Disclosure: The Complete Timelin...

From Roswell to sworn congressional testimony about "non-human biologics" — the full timeline of how the US government went from denying UFOs to disclosing them. What changed, and what's still...

Government UFO Disclosure: The Complete Timelin...

From Roswell to sworn congressional testimony about "non-human biologics" — the full timeline of how the US government went from denying UFOs to disclosing them. What changed, and what's still...

Why Mothman Won't Fade: From Point Pleasant to ...

Sixty years after Point Pleasant, Mothman sightings are still being logged — Chicago's rooftops, and now claims from as far as Kyoto. The map, the pattern, and why this legend...

Why Mothman Won't Fade: From Point Pleasant to ...

Sixty years after Point Pleasant, Mothman sightings are still being logged — Chicago's rooftops, and now claims from as far as Kyoto. The map, the pattern, and why this legend...

Cryptid or Paranormal? Where the Line Actually ...

Is Bigfoot an undiscovered ape or something stranger? The real difference between cryptids and the paranormal.

Cryptid or Paranormal? Where the Line Actually ...

Is Bigfoot an undiscovered ape or something stranger? The real difference between cryptids and the paranormal.