An unidentified flying object (UFO) is any light or objects seen in the sky whose immediate identity is not apparent. Even though UFOs can be anything, people often use the word UFO when they are talking about alien spacecraft.
The first reported unidentified flying object (UFO) sighting took place in the 15th century BC, in Ancient Egypt.
In 214BC, the Roman historian Livy reported seeing "ships in the sky."
There was a mass sighting of a large black triangular flying saucer-type object over Nuremberg, Germany on April 14, 1561. A broadsheet news article printed later in the month describes how around dawn on that day, residents of Nuremberg saw what they described as an aerial battle, followed by the appearance of a large black triangular object and then a large crash outside of the city. According to witnesses, the broadsheet claims there were also hundreds of spheres, cylinders and other odd-shaped objects that moved erratically overhead.
Many skeptics claim the phenomenon was likely to have been a sun dog, an atmospheric optical phenomenon that consists of a bright spot to one or both sides of the Sun.
The world’s earliest sighting of a UFO from an airplane occurred on January 30, 1916, when a British pilot near Rochford, Essex, reported seeing a row of lights, resembling the lighted windows on a train carriage, that rose up into the sky and disappeared.
Finnish observers reported in 1946 the first sightings of unidentified flying objects known as "ghost rockets", which have not yet been positively identified.
The term 'flying saucer' has been used since 1947. This followed a sighting of nine flying objects by pilot Kenneth Arnold in June 1947, whose motion he likened to a saucer skimmed across water.
The first significant UFO sighting was reported on July 8, 1947, when various news agencies recounted the capture of a "flying disc" by U.S. Army Air Force personnel in Roswell, New Mexico. The military later stated that what was actually recovered was debris from an experimental U.S. Air Force high-altitude surveillance weather balloon.
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| Photograph of an alleged UFO in Passaic, New Jersey, taken on July 31, 1952 |
HISTORY
The first reported unidentified flying object (UFO) sighting took place in the 15th century BC, in Ancient Egypt.
In 214BC, the Roman historian Livy reported seeing "ships in the sky."
There was a mass sighting of a large black triangular flying saucer-type object over Nuremberg, Germany on April 14, 1561. A broadsheet news article printed later in the month describes how around dawn on that day, residents of Nuremberg saw what they described as an aerial battle, followed by the appearance of a large black triangular object and then a large crash outside of the city. According to witnesses, the broadsheet claims there were also hundreds of spheres, cylinders and other odd-shaped objects that moved erratically overhead.
Many skeptics claim the phenomenon was likely to have been a sun dog, an atmospheric optical phenomenon that consists of a bright spot to one or both sides of the Sun.
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| The broadsheet |
Finnish observers reported in 1946 the first sightings of unidentified flying objects known as "ghost rockets", which have not yet been positively identified.
The term 'flying saucer' has been used since 1947. This followed a sighting of nine flying objects by pilot Kenneth Arnold in June 1947, whose motion he likened to a saucer skimmed across water.
The first significant UFO sighting was reported on July 8, 1947, when various news agencies recounted the capture of a "flying disc" by U.S. Army Air Force personnel in Roswell, New Mexico. The military later stated that what was actually recovered was debris from an experimental U.S. Air Force high-altitude surveillance weather balloon.
Over the years, the Roswell incident has become one of the most famous and controversial UFO cases, with numerous conspiracy theories and debates surrounding what exactly happened. The incident was later a feature of the hit sci-fi TV series The X-Files, starring David Duchovny.
In 1994, the U.S. Air Force released a report titled "The Roswell Report: Fact Versus Fiction in the New Mexico Desert," which concluded that the debris recovered in 1947 was indeed part of a top-secret research project to monitor Soviet nuclear testing. The report aimed to debunk the UFO claims and provide a plausible explanation for the incident. However, the Roswell UFO incident remains a subject of interest and speculation for many UFO enthusiasts and conspiracy theorists.
On January 7, 1948 Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell fatally crashed his P-51 Mustang after being sent in pursuit of an UFO near Fort Knox, Kentucky. Mantell's aircraft crashed under circumstances that remain unclear. Some accounts suggest that he may have blacked out due to lack of oxygen at high altitudes, while others speculate about the possibility of Mantell pursuing a large, metallic balloon. The incident remains one of the more famous early UFO-related events in the United States, and it is often discussed in UFO folklore and investigations. The official conclusion by the U.S. Air Force was that Mantell's encounter was likely with a skyhook balloon,.
The term 'UFO' for Unidentified Flying Object was coined by US Air Force officer Edward Ruppelt in 1952.
In 1954, the mayor of Châteauneuf-du-Pape in France banned flying saucers from his territory.
In 1969 The United States Air Force closed its study of UFOs, Project Blue Book, stating that sightings are generated as a result of "A mild form of mass hysteria, Individuals who fabricate such reports to perpetrate a hoax or seek publicity, psychopathological persons, and misidentification of various conventional objects."
A local farmer Renato Nicolaï reported a UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence, France on January 8, 1981, which was claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time".
He saw a saucer-shaped object about eight feet in diameter land about 50 yards (46 m) away at a lower elevation. Nicolaï claimed the object took off almost immediately, rising above the treeline and departing to the north east. It left burn marks on the ground where it had supposedly sat.
On May 7, 1988, the U.S. city of Boston held the world's first convention for people who said they had been abducted by aliens.
The countries of France, Italy and Chile have all formally recognized the existence of UFOs.
The first country to depict flying saucers on its postage stamps was Equatorial Guinea in 1975.
More than 40,000 Americans have taken out insurance against being abducted by aliens.
Studies have established that the majority of UFO observations are misidentified conventional objects or natural phenomena—most commonly aircraft, balloons, clouds, or astronomical objects such as meteors or bright planets.
Over the past 40 years there has been a daily average of about six reported UFO sightings. These occur most often on Fridays, in the West, during drinking hours.
Source Daily Express
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| Roswell Daily Record, July 8, 1947, announcing the "capture" of a "flying saucer" |
On January 7, 1948 Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell fatally crashed his P-51 Mustang after being sent in pursuit of an UFO near Fort Knox, Kentucky. Mantell's aircraft crashed under circumstances that remain unclear. Some accounts suggest that he may have blacked out due to lack of oxygen at high altitudes, while others speculate about the possibility of Mantell pursuing a large, metallic balloon. The incident remains one of the more famous early UFO-related events in the United States, and it is often discussed in UFO folklore and investigations. The official conclusion by the U.S. Air Force was that Mantell's encounter was likely with a skyhook balloon,.
The term 'UFO' for Unidentified Flying Object was coined by US Air Force officer Edward Ruppelt in 1952.
In 1954, the mayor of Châteauneuf-du-Pape in France banned flying saucers from his territory.
In 1969 The United States Air Force closed its study of UFOs, Project Blue Book, stating that sightings are generated as a result of "A mild form of mass hysteria, Individuals who fabricate such reports to perpetrate a hoax or seek publicity, psychopathological persons, and misidentification of various conventional objects."
A local farmer Renato Nicolaï reported a UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence, France on January 8, 1981, which was claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time".
He saw a saucer-shaped object about eight feet in diameter land about 50 yards (46 m) away at a lower elevation. Nicolaï claimed the object took off almost immediately, rising above the treeline and departing to the north east. It left burn marks on the ground where it had supposedly sat.
On May 7, 1988, the U.S. city of Boston held the world's first convention for people who said they had been abducted by aliens.
FUN UFO FACTS
The countries of France, Italy and Chile have all formally recognized the existence of UFOs.
The first country to depict flying saucers on its postage stamps was Equatorial Guinea in 1975.
More than 40,000 Americans have taken out insurance against being abducted by aliens.
Studies have established that the majority of UFO observations are misidentified conventional objects or natural phenomena—most commonly aircraft, balloons, clouds, or astronomical objects such as meteors or bright planets.
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Over the past 40 years there has been a daily average of about six reported UFO sightings. These occur most often on Fridays, in the West, during drinking hours.
Source Daily Express
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