Air Force to send fighter jets into the sky to intercept what was assumed to be enemy aircraft and possibly a Soviet-led invasion. It began July 19: Repeated radar blips and sightings of lights moving at irregular speeds and trajectories (unusual enough to rule out shooting stars or aircraft) inspired the U.S. Throughout the month of July 1952, a series of sightings known as the “Big Flap” put Washington D.C. Keep reading to see which states have had the most UFO sightings. Food for thought next time you’re out scoping for alien life. and midnight, and tend to peak between 9 and 10 p.m. Of note is that almost three-quarters of all UFO sighting reports in the United States occur between 4 p.m. NUFORC’s dataset includes reports dating back to 1400.įor each state, we’ve also included details of famous UFO sightings in that state. Using data from NUFORC’s 24/7 hotline, which has been around since 1974, Stacker compiled a ranking of the states with the most reported UFO sightings. Since its founding in 1974, the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) has documented around 90,000 UFO sightings, with almost 95% of those sightings supposedly easily explained away as military tests, weather balloons, or other terrestrial activity. intelligence report on UFOs, due to Congress on June 25, is unlikely to change that position: Leaks ahead of its release suggest the official ruling will be that no evidence of alien life has been found-but conveniently can’t be ruled out. government has been that claims of alien life stem from hoaxes or mistaking other objects like weather balloons for UFOs or alien life. The longstanding, official position of the U.S. One Roper Poll in 1991 suggests that around 4 million Americans believe they’ve been abducted by aliens. More than 40,000 Americans bought into alien protection insurance, which offers customers monetary relief should a loved one get carted away by little green men. Since then, countless numbers of unusual shapes in the sky-and their supposed inhabitants-have been exhaustively reported without sufficient explanations beyond the possible existence of extraterrestrial life.Ī surge in eyewitness accounts begot even more sightings along with attempts to protect against invasions and abductions. More sightings were reported at Mount Rainier in Washington in 1947, and of course several in Roswell, New Mexico. The first documented image of a UFO was captured in 1870 on the summit of Mount Washington in New Hampshire. By the time he and the other men on his boat got their wits about them, their vessel was a mile from where it had been when they first spotted the light. The first recorded UFO sighting dates to 1639 when, long before the era of planes and satellites, John Winthrop wrote in his diary about a large, strange light in the sky that shot back and forth. Stateside sightings were hardly restricted to military flyover zones, however. The term “UFO,” short for “unidentified flying object,” was coined in 1953 by the United States Air Force as a bucket term for unexplained sightings like these. A smattering of other, unfamiliar objects in the sky were noted in Germany in 1561, Hull, England, in 1801, and multiple times during World War II when Allied pilots used the term “foo fighters” to describe the odd circles of light pilots noticed flanking their planes during combat. A wave of mysterious apparitions showed up in fourth-century China when a “moon boat” was documented floating over the country once every 12 years. Strange sightings were recorded around Rome in 218 B.C. With this expected to be a big travel weekend for summer travelers, The National Weather Service advises people to be aware of rapidly changing weather conditions on Sunday afternoon.PHOENIX (Stacker) - In the Bible’s Book of Ezekiel, a mysterious ship is described as appearing from the sky in Chaldea (modern-day Kuwait). This could be the first widespread severe weather outbreak of the spring/summer for the state of North Dakota. Cooler weather in the 70s will greet us for the early part of next week before warm weather moves in again for next weekend. That could all be changing this weekend in Bismarck Mandan and the rest of North Dakota.Īhead of these storms temperatures are expected to warm into the mid-80s over the Bismarck Mandan area for the weekend adding to the instability in the atmosphere that will lead to severe weather. The drought pretty much-made thunderstorms the last couple of summers a rare occurrence. I myself love a good thunderstorm and it seems like we haven't had many of them since the summer of 2019. The main threat will damaging hail, strong winds, and heavy rain. Scattered to isolated severe weather is expected for a broad portion of the area. An upper trough will advance eastward across the state of North Dakota on Sunday setting us up for some fireworks in the sky.
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