Ufological situation
Germany remains the most mysterious zone in Europe: almost nothing is known about the ufological situation in this country outside its borders, at least, ufological life in Germany is far from being as rich as in neighboring countries with the same population - for example, in France and Great Britain. One of the difficulties is the language barrier, since not all UFO literature and periodicals are translated into German. However, the roots of the problem lie deeper. In Germany, there are fewer observations - their number does not exceed a hundred per year, and there are no cases of abductions at all.
Nevertheless, ufology is developing in Germany. The University of Freiburg collects a library of UFO literature in English. It should be noted that it was in the German-language literature that the theory of "ancient astronauts" became widespread. According to this hypothesis, aliens visited Earth many thousands of years ago and influenced the formation of human society through skillfully built contacts with ancient people. We find evidence of this among the monuments of ancient civilizations, where images were discovered that can be interpreted as high-tech devices, although skeptics usually argue that the works of ancient art do not depict aliens, but people in ritual robes, but objects that remind us of the fruits of modern technology. - nothing more than cult accessories.
Contacts
Despite the apparent lull in which Germany is currently staying, this country, paradoxically, was one of the first to inform the world about UFOs. In April 1561, multi-colored light tubes were seen in the sky over Nuremberg, which was captured in an engraving. Another interesting incident that preceded the general interest in UFOs occurred on March 22, 1880, when a cluster of lights was seen over the mountains of Quettanau.
Germany was more often regarded as the source of the origin of flying objects than as a source of reports about them. During a wave of airship sightings over Great Britain in 1912, the British Parliament debated whether the lights were from Kaiser's reconnaissance balloons launched before the invasion. History has not confirmed this assumption.
During World War II, pilots first saw "fu-fighters" in 1943, during the raids on Germany, and above all - on the secret factories in Peenemünde, where missile technology was being developed. For obvious reasons, the balls of light chasing Allied aircraft were considered a new Nazi weapon - again, wrongly. German pilots saw them too and mistook them for American missiles!
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When, after the war, German specialists who surrendered to the Allies were attracted to participate in American rocket and space programs, it turned out that Germany was testing an aircraft that looked like a flying disc. As a result, when UFOs were regularly seen over American research bases such as Los Alamos in New Mexico, it was again suggested that someone was improving German weapons. This version is confirmed by a number of serious ufological publications, which hypothesize that the Nazi regime continues to exist underground in the polar regions and still launches aircraft, now improved, that appear in various parts of the world, giving rise to the UFO mystery.
It was in Germany that the first photographs of aliens appeared; These April Fools' jokes were popular with American soldiers stationed in Germany in the early 1950s. The retouched images show small creatures allegedly captured by patrol services. Of course, none of these photographs was genuine.
Waves and special zones
There are reports of special zones in Bavaria and the Herz Mountains, but little is known about the extent of activity in these areas. In March 1982, a wave of sightings swept across Darmstadt: lights resembling the searchlights of dive bombers terrified local residents and caused, according to eyewitnesses, electrical interference, including distortion of television signals.
An avalanche of calls fell on local police stations, but the authorities were unable to establish the cause of the phenomenon.
Author: Randles Jenny. "UFO. Sensational eyewitness accounts"