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The object was also witnessed by pilots, airline management and mechanics. [1] No air traffic controllers saw the object, and it did not show up on radar. [2] Witnesses described the object as completely silent, 6 to 24 feet (1.8 to 7.3 m) in diameter and dark gray in color. [1] Several independent witnesses outside of the airport also saw the ...
From 1947 to 1969, the Air Force ran a secret—though since declassified—program dubbed Project Blue Book, which investigated 12,618 sightings of flying objects. Of these, 701 remain ...
An unidentified flying object (UFO), or unidentified anomalous phenomenon (UAP), [a] is any perceived airborne, submerged or transmedium phenomenon that cannot be immediately identified or explained. [2] Upon investigation, most UFOs are identified as known objects or atmospheric phenomena, while a small number remain unexplained.
Captain Thomas F. Mantell, a Kentucky Air National Guard pilot, died in the crash of his P-51 Mustang fighter plane near Franklin, Kentucky, United States, after being sent in pursuit of an unidentified flying object. While following the object, he climbed beyond 25,000 feet (7,600 m) and blacked out from a lack of oxygen.
Mysterious flying objects overhead. Concern and confusion. And calls for military intervention. This isn’t the plot of “War of the Worlds,” but rather the result of numerous possible drone ...
Commonly reported types of unidentified flying objects (UFOs). Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. A.
The interdimensional hypothesis is a proposal that unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings are the result of experiencing other "dimensions" that coexist separately alongside our own [1] in contrast with either the extraterrestrial hypothesis that suggests UFO sightings are caused by visitations from outside the Earth or the psychosocial hypothesis that argues UFO sightings are best ...
On June 26, 1947, the Chicago Sun coverage of the story may have been the first use ever of the term "flying saucer".. On June 24, 1947, private pilot Kenneth Arnold claimed that he saw a string of nine, shiny unidentified flying objects flying past Mount Rainier at speeds that he estimated to be at least 1,200 miles per hour (1,900 km/h).