Science fiction stories about “alien” invaders are often political allegories for anxieties around immigration. Now, a government website depicts non-citizens as extraterrestrials.

The trip had all the makings of a boring car ride—until the couple saw mysterious lights approaching from the sky.

Aliens have invaded the news again. Last month, two US presidents weighed in on the topic in rapid succession, managing to make a public that was already obsessed with extraterrestrials even more so.

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There was a time in the not-too-distant past when you’d only encounter images of the president hanging with aliens at the checkout counter, tucked between Harlequin romance novels and issues of TV ...