Under unidentified flying objects (UFOs) it is customary to understand the phenomena observed in the sky or above the earth's surface, the nature of "behavior" and the appearance of which do not have a generally accepted, logical explanation, that is, they cannot be compared with any astronomical known to science. meteorological phenomenon. On the other hand, there is no evidence of a hoax either.
When, nevertheless, the phenomenon finds its logical explanation, the UFO automatically goes into the category of OLO (identified flying object). This is often the case. In percentage terms, this is only 5-10% of all reports of strange flying objects that have appeared.
To date, many initiative public organizations have been created (in our country it is "Cosmopoisk"), whose task is to register and analyze UFO phenomena.
In some countries, there have been cases when UFO sightings were recorded by civil and military government agencies, including as part of secret programs (for example, the Blue Book project).
For the first time, the hypothesis of the alien origin of UFOs, publicly voiced by the current head of state, was the official address in 1979 by the President of Grenada at the session of the United Nations General Assembly. In addition, US Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter have theoretically assumed the origin of UFOs.
To date, an entire program for the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) has been created, which assumes the likelihood of detecting its activities in deep space using technical means. In our age of development of the Internet and computer technologies, there is a tendency to distribute information processing on tens of thousands of computers of ordinary users.
In the mass consciousness of ordinary people, UFOs are certainly associated with a visit to Earth by intelligent alien beings. However, most people, including scientists, question the likelihood of such visits, being confident that UFOs are nothing more than an anomalous natural phenomenon. And yet sometimes some of the former military, cosmonauts or officials, after leaving the service, publicly recognize and become adherents of the alien nature of UFOs.
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UFO eyewitnesses and its declassification
A distinctive feature of most reports of UFO sightings is the lack of precise characteristics - specific dates, locations and descriptions of objects. Often when describing eyewitnesses proceed from their own ideas and feelings of the nature of UFOs. Ufologists, who least of all trust the testimony of single eyewitnesses, not confirmed by other persons or photographs, are engaged in finding out the most detailed information about a particular incident. From this point of view, the testimony of either scientists or pilots is considered the most reliable ufology.
Sometimes UFO witnesses claim that they had direct contact with representatives of extraterrestrial intelligence, who abducted them, or simply in the form of an exchange of thoughts. In support of their words, people showed burns, complained of nausea and headache, some developed depression or increased excitability, and impaired spatial coordination.
The first human encounter with a UFO occurred on June 24, 1947. On this day, American Kenneth Arnold saw nine flying objects similar to saucers.
Access to classified materials about "contacts" of people with alien beings in the period from 1978 to 1987. was opened by the UK government only in May 2008. They consisted exclusively of eyewitness accounts, not supported by any reliable facts. In addition, the most entertaining parts of these materials were classified. Later, some of them were deciphered, in particular the episode of combat contact.
Similar materials, containing police reports, photographs and eyewitness accounts, were published on the website of the French national space agency.
The first official publication of video footage of a UFO in 1987 in China, where scientific and military structures have been collecting and processing information for a long time, took place at the end of 2008.
In 2010, UFO-themed materials were made public by Brazil and New Zealand.
In April 2011, the FBI specialists declassified and published on the official website documents, according to which, in 1947, in New Mexico, three circular objects were found, raised to the center, with a diameter of about 15, 25 m. In each so-called flying saucer there were three bodies no more than 90 cm high. Some argue that this document is a fake known in wide circles.
As for our country, information of this kind was allowed to be published only after the announcement of publicity. But even in the days of post-Soviet democracy, officials did not assess the numerous publications on the topic of UFOs, despite the fact that then the military was actively studying and collecting information on this matter.
And nowadays there is not a single scientific proof of the connection of alien life with UFOs.
Distant contacts
They mean observations when there are tens or more kilometers between the eyewitness and the UFO.
They are divided into:
- night lights - clearly visible lights of white, orange or red colors, which have clear outlines, the nature of which is unknown. This group accounts for most of the UFO sightings;
- daytime discs - objects, usually oval or disc-shaped, that can be observed during daylight hours. They look like they are made of metal. Able to develop incredible speed almost instantly. They are often seen hovering motionless near the surface of the earth or high in the sky;
- radar bursts - observed on radar screens, especially coinciding with the visual tracking of UFOs and considered extremely important evidence of the reality of the existence of these objects.
Contacts at short distances (close)
These are contacts with UFOs within a radius of no more than two hundred meters.
Distinguish:
- contacts of the first kind - when, during the observation, the UFO is in the air and, from the point of view of visual sensations, it does not interact with people, animals and the environment in general;
- contacts of the second kind - in such cases, during the interaction of extraterrestrial intelligence with the environment, interference is noted during the operation of electronic devices, the ignition system of cars is turned off, as well as the appearance of strange tracks and unusual prints on the ground. Often, such contacts are registered in the immediate vicinity of central highways;
- contacts of the third kind - messages indicating the presence of representatives of UFOs, the so-called humanoids, i.e. humanoid creatures. As a rule, there is no direct contact or negotiations between them and the earthlings, but recently more and more information appears about the detention of witnesses for a certain period in order to conduct a "medical" examination;
- contacts of the fourth kind are the abduction of eyewitnesses.
UFO variations
- solid objects are, according to Western ufologists, UFOs, which look like a solid body, consisting of matter. Sometimes they look like metal. Some scientists point out that this is a fake form of UFO, existing only in order to distract a person from the actions of the so-called "soft" objects;
- disc-shaped objects - can be of various sizes, shine brightly or shine like metal, have on the discs some kind of antenna, window or stabilizer;
- objects in the shape of a triangle - the most famous of them are “Belgian Triangles”. They mean objects that have the ability to abruptly change the speed and direction of flight. This phenomenon was observed in 1989-1990 in Brazil and over the nuclear power plant and the Hudson Valley Highways in New York State;
- spindle-shaped objects - they mean two UFO cones, which have a common base and some wires from above;
- objects in the shape of an egg - an example is the "Case in Soccoro";
- aircraft - sometimes there are reports that describe cases of observation of unidentified aircraft: ghost rockets, airplanes, black helicopters or airships that do not have identifying signs characteristic of science. So, on February 25, 1942, a case was registered when unknown aircraft were discovered in the sky of Los Angeles, which were fired upon by US anti-aircraft guns. At the same time, at least 1430 shells were fired. However, according to eyewitnesses, the shells exploded in the immediate vicinity of one of the objects, it initially hovered motionless, and then began to move at a speed of about six miles / hour along the coast in the middle of Santa Monica and Long Beach. Three people died in the process, and there were also victims of heart attacks;
- augers - objects in the form of rods, the size of which varies from several centimeters to tens of meters, often having a formation in the form of blades, similar to a brace. As a rule, they are able to move at high speed and noiselessly along the line of their axis, and therefore are inaccessible to human perception, but they can easily be recorded using photographic and video equipment;
- boomerang-shaped UFOs - an example is the well-known so-called "Phoenix Lights";
- soft objects - do not give the impression of objects that consist of matter, but only emit a mysterious glow or appear in the form of a fog that is not characteristic of its properties.
Victoria Vetrova