Seeker - issue 2
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UFO’s
A Short History
UFO sightings have been reported throughout modern culture
By: L.Bogedin
extraterrestrial spacecraft and its occupants.
but did you know that history shows unexplained aerial phenomena have been around a lot longer. The term UFO, or un-
Area 51, situated in the southern portion of Nevada has long
identified flying object, raises the question about life on other
been thought of as one of the most enigmatic and poorly
plants and whether or not extraterrestrials have very visited
kept secret for decades. An Armed Force’s establishment, it is
Earth.
rumored to have been used to store alien lifeforms and build
high-tech weaponry to fend off alien attacks. This has kindled
Pilot Kenneth Arnold is known to be the original man to de-
conspiracy theories from UFO hunters claiming a grand cov-
scribe a UFO. Arnold’s sighting on June 24, 1947, reported, he
er-up. In 2013 the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) confirmed
detected nine disc-shaped objects flying above Mt. Rainer,
its exact location in Nevada, near Groom Lake, in a series of
Washington. A reporter later designated them “flying saucers,”
documents released as part of a Freedom of Information re-
and the term stuck.
quest, but no more is known about the plot to hide alien life or
technology.
While the first photographs of a UFO were taken in 1883 by astronomer Jose Bonilla in Zacatecas, Mexico, it was Betty and
Between the years 1947 and 1969, 12,618 UFO sightings have
Barney Hill that claim to be the first alien abductees. The taking
been reported to Project Blue Book, an Air Force name for a pro-
happened they said in 1961 on New Hampshire backroad.
ject that investigated UFO reports. Project Blue Book research
On July 8, 1947, the public information office in Roswell, New
agency’s headquarters were at Wright-Patterson Air Force
Mexico, declared the recovery of a crashed “flying disc” from
Base, 701 sightings remain ‘unidentified’. UFOs have inspired
a ranch near Roswell. The government said it was an experi-
many associations and organizations, such as the Mutual UFO
mental balloon that was part of a classified program. However,
Network (MUFON), the Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS), and
critics say the government was covering up the discovery of an
the Fund for UFO Research.
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