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Science Café: It’s (almost) Never Aliens

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Indoor venueFormal/Black TieGeneral PublicCollege StudentsPanel DiscussionPublic
When:
June 18, 2026 · 7:00 PM
Where:
Downtown Raleigh, 11 West Jones Street, Raleigh, NC
Source:
NC Museum of Natural Sciences – Events

From mysterious lights in the sky to bizarre signals from distant stars, history is full of moments when scientists and the public alike explained phenomena by claiming “it must be extraterrestrials”, only to discover a perfectly natural explanation later. Join Dr. Brand Fortner as he takes you on a whirlwind tour of 5 fascinating cases–the Viking Lander, the Mars rock, life on Europa, Roswell, Gimbal videos–where the truth turned out to be stranger (and more satisfying) than fiction. This lectu

AdultsDaily Planet CafeDiscussionsEducatorsGeneral EventsK-12 StudentsLecturesScience CafesTeensIndoor venueFormal/Black TieGeneral PublicCollege StudentsPanel DiscussionPublic

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