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The area became a drop zone for Soviet rockets launched from Baikonur. In the 2000s, the Tunguska Space Phenomenon, a team of Russian ufologists, explored the area to search for remnants of a supposed alien spaceship, and they may have found pieces of these discarded rocket components. [41] [42] 1909 New Zealand airship sightings
From 1947 to 1952, media and popular culture relayed stories of "flying discs", "flying saucers" and other unidentified flying objects. The reports began during the first summer of the Cold War, after the United States announced plans to re-industrialize Europe over the objections of the Soviet Union.
One of the Passaic UFO photos. On August 1, during the 1952 UFO flap, local press reported on the photos, [11] attributing them to John H. Riley, then aged 28, who was a self-described professional photographer and performed photo processing in Passaic. [11]
Flying saucer car: People find vehicle to be out of this world The mostly aluminum rig sits on the chassis of a 1991 Geo Metro. A steering wheel is cut down to resemble an airplane's yoke.
It was founded in 1991 as a 501c3 nonprofit educational organization and is located in a former movie theater from the 1930s. [2] The museum contains an extensive library and exhibits all focused on the history of UFO encounters. Additionally it has an extensive library collection of UFO material and meeting room.
An alleged flying saucer seen over Passaic, New Jersey in 1952. A flying saucer, or flying disc, is a purported disc-shaped UFO. The term was coined in 1947 by the news media for the objects pilot Kenneth Arnold claimed flew alongside his airplane above Washington State. Newspapers reported Arnold's story with speed estimates implausible for ...
The Flying Saucer was the first feature film to deal with the (then) new and hot topic of flying saucers. [2] Flying saucers or "UFOs", shaped like flying disks or saucers, were first identified and given the popular name on June 24, 1947, when private pilot Kenneth Arnold reported seeing nine silvery, crescent-shaped objects flying in tight ...