Even at the dawn of the modern era, people described UFOs in much the same way as the Romans did. Our "daggers and swords" were stories about fantastic airships (1896) from the novels popular at that time by Jules Verne, and about "desperate pilots of phantom airplanes", which were spoken about at the dawn of aviation in the 1920s and 1930s. Interpretations have always occupied a prominent place in these stories. Airships were considered the creations of unknown ingenious inventors. The first planes used by the fearless aviation pioneers on their daring flights were dubbed "Phantom Airplanes". At that time, these epithets seemed entirely justified; only time has proved their failure. It is important to note that neither eyewitnesses,nor the general public almost never viewed such stories as evidence of an alien race invading our airspace. This fact is of much greater importance to us than it might seem at first glance, since the obsession with alien theory that has gripped modern society can significantly distort our perception of the observed events. The "airships" or "airships" did indeed resemble airships and airships, and the "ghost airplanes" seemed to be. Therefore, if it seems to us that we saw an alien starship in the sky - because we have already formed a certain image of how it should look - this is not a reason to believe, as many do, that we really saw it.because the obsession with the theory of aliens that has gripped modern society can significantly distort our perception of the observed events. The "airships" or "airships" did indeed resemble airships and airships, and the "ghost airplanes" seemed to be. Therefore, if it seems to us that we saw an alien starship in the sky - because we have already formed a certain image of how it should look - this is not a reason to believe, as many do, that we really saw it.because the obsession with the theory of aliens that has gripped modern society can significantly distort our perception of the observed events. The "airships" or "airships" did indeed resemble airships and airships, and the "ghost airplanes" seemed to be. Therefore, if it seems to us that we saw an alien starship in the sky - because we have already formed a certain image of how it should look - this is not a reason to believe, as many do, that we really saw it.that we saw an alien starship in the sky - for we have already formed a certain image of how it should look - this is not a reason to believe, as many do, that we actually saw it.that we saw an alien starship in the sky - for we have already formed a certain image of how it should look - this is not a reason to believe, as many do, that we actually saw it.
Thus, there is clearly an effect described by ufologists as "cultural guidance".
Throughout the history of mankind, the UFO mystery has evolved in parallel with the development of society. With technological progress, the images of flying saucers take on forms that correspond to the latest technological advances or are slightly ahead of them. To explain this fact, various hypotheses can be put forward, starting with the fact that aliens are trying to disguise themselves in this way among people, and ending with a version about the projection of images of our collective unconscious. No matter how we treat this phenomenon, it should be recognized as a fact, which cannot be ignored, and nevertheless, for some unknown reason, people prefer to keep silent about it. It would be too presumptuous to believe that the airships of the past certainly could not have been flying saucers, while the vehicles we observe today undoubtedly belong to other civilizations. We can only be completely sure that people do observe strange phenomena. Modern research methodology, by retroactively analyzing the waves of infatuation with airships and creepy airplanes, leads us to more plausible explanations. In 1896 there were still no researchers who tried to get to the bottom of the truth - there were only reporters who hunted for sensations. As in all times, the message "This woman saw a starship" is a hot commodity, while the message "This woman saw a meteor and took it for a starship" will not interest anyone. In 1896 there were still no researchers who tried to get to the bottom of the truth - there were only reporters who hunted for sensations. As in all times, the message "This woman saw a starship" is a hot commodity, while the message "This woman saw a meteor and took it for a starship" will not interest anyone. In 1896 there were still no researchers who tried to get to the bottom of the truth - there were only reporters who hunted for sensations. As in all times, the message "This woman saw a starship" is a hot commodity, while the message "This woman saw a meteor and took it for a starship" will not interest anyone.
Fireball. Mysterious fireballs have long haunted the human imagination.
Nevertheless, many reports of the era of general observation of "airships" owe their appearance to the same effect as cases that can be attributed to the category of "OLO" (identified flying objects) today. At least 90, if not 95% of all reports of flying saucers are explained by the OLO phenomenon. Often, brightly shining Venus is mistaken for UFOs out of ignorance. Most people who consider themselves eyewitnesses of UFOs actually observed such a rare phenomenon as a comet spewing out a stream of plasma, however, they were inclined to more fantastic interpretations, since they did not have the scientific training to correctly qualify their observations.
And yet, along with optical deceptions and erroneous interpretations, there are mysterious cases that have not found an explanation not only in their era, but also after centuries. This also applies to modern UFOs. Isolating a few noteworthy messages from an avalanche of errors and illusions is like looking for a needle in a haystack, but at least we have every reason to believe that such cases exist. As my astronomer friend Peter Warrington once said, studying UFOs is like "washing tons of rock looking for gold nuggets and finding only grains."
Even so, but if you have enough grains, you can already cast something worthwhile from them. This is the study of UFOs - to look for grains of truth and discover new scientific facts or hitherto unseen opportunities hidden in the mass of data.
From the book: “UFO. Sensational eyewitness accounts”. Randleese Jenny
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