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UFOs and Alien Invasions in Film

The Day the Earth Stood Still One of the first notable examples of Hollywood’s depiction of the UFO phenomenon is The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), adapted from Harry Bates’ 1940 short story “Farewell to the Master.” In the film, a flying saucer causes utter chaos when it appears in the skies over Washington, […]

Project Blue Book

Early Sightings Though reports of mysterious flying objects–often attributed to spirits, angels, phantoms, ghosts or other supernatural phenomena–have existed for centuries, World War II and the accompanying development of rocket science marked a new level of interest in what would officially become known as unidentified flying objects (UFOs). The first well‑known UFO sighting occurred in […]

Kenneth Arnold

UFOs: A Background Flying objects, not easily identifiable by the human eye, have been spotted all around the world for centuries. Those who reported seeing such mysterious objects often attributed them to spirits, angels, phantoms, ghosts or other supernatural phenomena. In 1938, with the specter of war looming in Europe, Orson Welles caused mass hysteria […]

Roswell

The Roswell ‘UFO’ Incident One morning around Independence Day 1947, about 75 miles from the town of Roswell, New Mexico, a rancher named Mac Brazel found something unusual in his sheep pasture: a mess of metallic sticks held together with tape; chunks of plastic and foil reflectors; and scraps of a heavy, glossy, paper‑like material. […]

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Why Is Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Significant?

Take a journey through the history of science fiction and examine the cultural influences such as the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, and space exploration, that influenced Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 visionary film “2001: A Space Odyssey.”

UFO Sightings: White Spheres

UFO Hunters travels to Puebla, Mexico to investigate numerous pictures and videos that have been taken of UFOs. Join the cast and crew as they themselves witness first hand unidentified objects in the sky during the day. Decide for yourself if this is a hoax, or if it’s something else.

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China’s Roswell: NASA UFOs

UFO Researcher David Serada believes that rotating objects in the sky are connected to mysterious ancient disks purportedly found in a Chinese cave. Others insist this footage shows a NASA experiment gone awry.

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