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24 alternatives to UFOs

Generals, pilots, and government officials go on the record

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. UFOs launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1SO
   Summaries of interesting content, written by people▲131

   2012 · tldr.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Out on the Wire▲64

   Storytelling advice from This American Life, RadioLab & more

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Earth and Space▲56

   Photographs from the Archives of NASA

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Suspicious Minds▲68

   Why we believe conspiracy theories

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Spectacle▲269

   Magazine

   2017 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   We Need Diverse Books▲87

   Advocating and supporting non-majority narratives

   2014 · its alternatives →

7. 7FO
   Feed of current articles for science lovers shortened to bullet points▲94

   2019 · bullets.tech · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Sources of Power▲66

   How people make decisions

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   All the President's Men▲64

   An absolutely thrilling tale of one of the biggest "gates"

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Too Big To Know▲70

    Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Contact▲61

    A multinational team journeys out to the stars.

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Dark Matter of the Mind▲67

    The Culturally Articulated Unconscious

    2017 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Nonsense▲59

    The power of not knowing

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    New Market Wizards▲70

    Conversations with America's top traders

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Tomorrowland▲66

    Pivotal moments when science fiction became science fact

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Get in Trouble: Stories▲66

    Stories of astronauts, fairy bosses, movie stars +more

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Ender's Game▲93

    The enemy's gate is down

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    TL;DR▲85

    Interesting content, summarized by real people

    2014 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Without Their Permission▲91

    How the 21st Century Will Be Made, Not Managed

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Envisioning Information▲87

    A remarkable range of examples of visual thinkinking

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Geek Nation▲60

    How Indian science is taking over the World

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Sstories▲92

    Short-fiction stories for busy people

    2017 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    The Wandering Mind▲71

    What the brain does when you're not looking

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    The Signal and the Noise▲73

    Why so many predictions fail - but some don't

    2015 · its alternatives →

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