{
  "id": 3592281,
  "title": "U of C researcher compares groups who claim to contact UFOs with modern-day shamanism",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/u-of-c-researcher-compares-groups-who-claim-to-contact-ufos-with",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-26T20:57:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Calgary Herald",
    "slug": "calgary-herald",
    "url": "https://calgaryherald.com/news/u-of-c-prof-makes-religious-parallel-between-groups-who-claim-to-contact-ufos"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Dahl said he coined the term \"techno-shamans\" to refer to those who try to contact alien lifeforms with the use of modern technologies",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}