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Unidentified flying object (commonly abbreviated as UFO or U.F.O.) is the popular term for any aerial phenomenon whose cause cannot be easily or immediately identified by the observer. The United States Air Force, which coined the term in 1952, initially defined UFOs as those objects that remain unidentified after scrutiny by expert investigators, though the term UFO is often used more generally to describe any sighting unidentifiable to the reporting observer(s). Popular culture frequently takes the term UFO as a synonym for alien spacecraft. Cults have become associated with UFOs, and mythology and folklore have evolved around the phenomenon. Some investigators now prefer to use the broader term unidentified aerial phenomenon (or UAP), to avoid the confusion and speculative associations that have become attached to UFO. Another widely known acronym for UFO in Spanish, French, Portuguese and Italian is OVNI. Studies have established that the majority of UFOs are observations of some real but conventional object—most commonly aircraft, balloons, or astronomical objects such as meteors or bright planets—that have been misidentified by the observer as anomalies while a small percentage of reported UFOs are hoaxes. Only a small percentage of reported sightings (usually 5 to 20%) can be classified as unidentified flying objects in the strictest sense (see below for some studies). Some scientists have argued that all UFO sightings are misidentifications of natural phenomena and historically, there was debate among some scientists about whether scientific investigation was warranted given available empirical data. Very little peer-reviewed literature has been published in which scientists have proposed, studied or supported non-prosaic explanations for UFOs. Allen Hynek was a trained astronomer who participated in Project Bluebook after doing research as a federal government employee. He formed the opinion that some UFO reports could not be scientifically explained. Through his founding of the Center for UFO Studies and participation at CUFOs he spent the rest of his life researching and documenting UFOs. The movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind had a character loosely based on Hynek. Another group studying UFOs is Mutual UFO Network. MUFON is a grass roots based organization known for publishing one of the first UFO investigators handbooks. This handbook went into great detail on how to document alleged UFO sightings. UFO reports became frequent after the first widely publicized U.S. sighting, reported by private pilot Kenneth Arnold in 1947, that gave rise to the popular terms "flying saucer" and "flying disc." Since then, millions of people have reported that they have seen UFOs. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Why do we chase UFOs with military jets when we invite UFOs with deep space probes to visit Earth? Q. It seems "odd" that we're interested in contacting "intelligent alien life" but we react militarily with each UFO sighting. I wonder if we're sending a contradictory message. What's the best way to communicate with alien life if we only welcome other worldly beings with our military? Maybe we are expecting a "Close Encounters of the third kind" experience, like in the movies. Asked by pic_exec - Mon Jan 21 20:29:02 2008 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments A. To build on an earlier comment: If you think you see an alien spaceship, then you are seeing an IFO (identified flying object), since you have identified it as a spaceship. The term UFO is an old term used by radar operators long before it became popularized as a code word for alien ships. If the military detects something in our airspace and doesn't know what it is, they will check it out. Officially, they are investigating UNidentified flying objects. I am sure that beings from other worlds are the last things on their minds. Answered by Michael M - Mon Jan 21 21:08:12 2008 Can 99% of UFOs be explained as being experimental military aircraft? Q. I think the majority of them can be aside from that very tiny 1% that can be a whole host of different things and not necessarily aliens. besgwine: I do have an open mind, read my other question about aliens. Thanks. Asked by Cleverfella - Fri Dec 19 14:22:05 2008 - - 10 Answers - 0 Comments A. Most sightings are not secret aircraft, but just normal aircraft. They had something on the history channel about this and someone was showing a video of a UFO and I could plainly see the red and green navigation lights that all aircraft have on the wingtips. It was hilarious to me. I have seen some things that I know some people would say are a UFO. I was flying along in a Cessna 172 one night, and there was an aircraft about 25 miles ahead with its landing light on. It appeared to be maybe two miles away, but I knew otherwise because I could here him on the radio frequency I was on. Well after a few minutes, he called out "turning base" and as he turned, I was no longer able to see his landing light, but the light beam intersected a… [cont.] Answered by Doggzilla - Sat Dec 20 02:57:47 2008 Why does the government or area 51 try to make ufos, usos, or in other words aliens secret?
Q. I can understand having some things secret, but why on earth aliens. It's not like the early 1900s where everyone runs around in circles yelling "oh dear, oh dear" and then running into each other. Asked by What If Boy! - Wed Dec 3 16:52:31 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. There is an incredible book written by Dr. Steven Greer called "Hidden Truth - Forbidden Knowledge" that answers your question exactly. You are right, it isn't 1900 and we can handle the truth, but what are they going to say? "ok-ok...we've been lying for the past 60 years and they do exist after all...?" well... thats what they are beginning to say... Go to www.disclosureproject.org and have access to over 400 top level (government, CIA, FBI, & military witnesses (and documents) who are willing to testify before congress about what they know about aliens, and why and how they are being kept secret. You can also find the above mentioned book on this website, enjoy. Answered by jennifer m - Thu Dec 4 00:44:33 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "UFOs"
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