UFO myths have long been on the brink of reality. Many experts spend a huge amount of time every day in telescopes in order to find the existence of alien life. It is worth talking in more detail about the very concept of "UFO" and the most famous occurrences of unidentified objects in the sky above our planet.
The term "UFO" first appeared in Daniel Keehaw's 1953 book. According to the writer, he got the idea to write a fantasy novel about alien organisms that flew to our planet in order to capture it. As a result, the book did not receive much success among readers, however, the abbreviation of the name of the flying object became frequently used.
The first UFO was spotted by pilot Christopher Arnold in 1947. He said that during a training flight, he immediately spotted nine strange objects that were chasing him, making strange sounds. As a result, the pilot was forced to land. Noticing the decline, the UFOs immediately disappeared over the horizon. The news of the appearance of objects immediately spread throughout the world. Arnold, in turn, saw objects above Mount Rainel, which is located in Washington DC.
In 1953, the US Air Force officially coined the term "UFO". He meant not only alien objects, but all devices that appeared in the air and were not identified. Then the so-called ufology began to appear in the world, which considered special cases of the appearance of UFOs in the sky above the Earth.
Many famous scientists agree that it is almost impossible to spot a UFO in real life. In addition to the fact that this type of objects is actually considered fiction, it has never been clearly identified, which is why it can be an object of absolutely any shape.
UFOs have become very popular in modern cinema. We often see aliens in our favorite adventure films. Most often they figure in the horror genre. A striking representative of this group of paintings is "Alien". The author of the first part of the legendary franchise was made by Ridley Scott, who was actively involved in ufology as a child. According to him, the image of that stranger was taken from ancient frescoes of different tribes. It is noteworthy that different peoples portrayed the alien in almost the same way. Its characteristic features were long, curved limbs and an elongated head with visual organs at the end. In addition, there is another category of UFO movies in which we rescue aliens. It begins to gain popularity in recent years due to scientific trends that bring us closer to conquering new planets.
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The most famous case of contact with aliens is the fall of a saucer in the United States in Virginia. Ufologists to this day argue about this incident. It happened back in 1956. Then, in the yellow press, reports began to appear that a spaceship had crashed in a field near the farm. Ufologists have sounded the alarm because the US authorities will try to hide this fact. As a result, several specialists arrived at the address indicated in the press, but found nothing there. In addition, all farms within a radius of several kilometers were empty. Local authorities told them that residents of a town near the crash site had been forcibly resettled. Ufologists suspected that special services could be behind this, which eliminated all the witnesses. This story is considered the main mystery associated with UFOs to this day. The famous film "Independence Day", which tells about the alien attack on Earth, was also shot based on it.
It is worth talking about the very first case of a UFO sighting in the sky over the Earth. It happened in 1896 in California. It all began with the appearance in November 1896 of a mysterious luminous object that slowly moved over the city of Sacramento. More than a hundred people saw it, according to press reports. Journalists wrote that he was moving at a speed of about 50 kilometers per hour. A few hours later, he disappeared into the firmament, leaving behind a long train. About a week later, he was again recorded by local residents. According to them, the object was flying against the wind, and therefore could not be an airship. After a two-month absence in the winter of 1896-97. a strange object - some eyewitnesses claim that it was suspended from a dark cigar-shaped aircraft, appeared in the sky again. After this incident, no one saw him again. Many ufologists believe that this object was a real flying ship that monitored the inhabitants of America.
Of the recent most striking and large-scale UFO sightings, it is worth remembering the ghost ship in London. Residents of the suburbs of the British capital in early 2016 began to sound the alarm, as a huge unidentified object, visually resembling a green-backlit ball, flew over their houses for a week every night. Then ufologists managed to capture it. In the photo, it looked like a large white spot, slightly blurred due to the fast movement. A few days after the information about the UFO appeared in the press, he disappeared and did not appear again. Ufologists associate this fact with the fact that aliens can track terrestrial media, looking for information of interest to them.
Scientists to this day cannot come to an unambiguous opinion about the existence of alien life. Despite this, some facts speak for themselves. We can only wait for the first contacts with foreign organisms and hope that their intentions will be peaceful.
Author: Makhov Artem