Aliens (UFO)

Introduction There are many opinions on UFO's and Alien Life and in this paper I'm going to talk about some of them. There has been many instances in which people have claimed to have been abducted and experimented on by the aliens, and then of course there is all sorts of reports of UFO sightings and sometimes there are even pictures to prove their story as fact, whether or not it actually is fact or just a good job of photo editing, only that person really knows the truth. From 1947 to December 1969 the USAF actively investigated reports and sightings or unidentified flying objects - UFO's, under a program called project Blue Book. (Flynn, 23-56)

The project, which was headed at Wright-Patterson AFB, was terminated in December 1969 after 22 years. USAF Secretary Robert C. Seamens jr., terminated the project because the Air Force could no longer justify the project for national security reasons or scientific study. After closing Project Blue Book the Air Force has not publicly acknowledged any further interest in UFO sightings. The final results of Project Blue Book were: No UFO reported, investigated and evaluated by the Air Force was ever an indication of threat to our national security. There was no evidence submitted to or discovered by the Air Force that sightings categorized as "unidentified" represented technological developments or principles beyond the range of modern scientific knowledge. There was no evidence indicating that sightings categorized as "unidentified" were extra-terrestrial vehicles. (Flynn, 23-56)

Explantion

Project Blue Book stated that the sightings of UFO's were the result of: A mild form of mass hysteria, Individuals who fabricate such reports to perpetrate a hoax or to seek publicity, Psychopathological persons, and misidentification of various conventional objects. Project Blue Book investigated 12,618 UFO sightings and 701 of those sightings remain unidentified. Many UFO researchers feel that the investigations were unprofessional and unscientific. The program used poor research methods and were to eager to label and mysterious sighting as a "unidentified" phenomena. Individual researchers and UFO organizations believe that members of Project Blue Book were pressured to "identify" UFO sightings to calm the public hysteria about UFOs. This theory has been supported by the recent release of CIA documents pertaining to UFOs. They also suggest that any report that was initially thought of as unexplainable or would cause public concern was never included in Project Blue Book. They say that these reports were passed on to a higher authority that never reported the results to the public. (Flynn, 23-56)

"We know now that in the early years of the twentieth century this world was being watched closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own." (Flynn, 23-56)

With that sentence, (Flynn, 23-56)Orsen Welles launched his now famous "Martian Invasion" broadcast on Halloween Eve, October 30, 1938. Although Welles panic broadcast was designed as an elaborate hoax, Welles proves something that is just as true today as it was thirty years ago: few subjects are more intriguingly fascinating or ...