UFO’S

AND WHAT THEY REALLY ARE

FLYING
OBJECTS
The first well-known UFO
sighting occurred in 1947,
when businessman
Kenneth Arnold claimed to
see a group of nine high-
speed objects near Mount
Rainier in Washington while
flying his small plane. Arnold
estimated the speed of the
crescent-shaped objects as
several thousand miles per
hour and said they moved
“like saucers skipping on
water.” In the newspaper
report that followed, it was
mistakenly stated that the
objects were saucer-shaped,
hence the term flying saucer
Possible explanations
for UFO sightings and
alien abductions
Possible explanations for
UFO sightings and alien
abductions

UFO reports have varied

widely in reliability, as
judged by the number of
witnesses, whether the
witnesses were
independent of each other,
the observing conditions
(e.g., fog, haze, type of
illumination), and the
direction of sighting.
Typically, witnesses who
take the trouble to report a
sighting consider the object
to be of extraterrestrial
origin or possibly a military
craft but certainly under
intelligent control. This
inference is usually based
on what is perceived as
formation flying by sets of
objects, unnatural—often
sudden—motions, the lack
of sound, changes in
brightness or colour, and
strange shapes.
MYSTERIO
US FLYING
OBJECTS
Some sightings during
the 1940's might also
be explained by Fu-Go
devices, or the
Japanese balloon
attack. Around 1,000
balloons with an
integrated payload
and trigger are
estimated to have
reached the United
States and Canada by
taking advantage of
the global jet stream
air path. The Japanese
claimed to have launched
more than 9,000 in
total with the first
series in 1944 from
Honshu Japan, during
the same time of FOO
reports over Germany.
The problem with this
solution, however, is
the mysterious
glowing orbs over
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