Famous UFO Sightings

With the advent of the space race during the Cold War, the world became fascinated with extraterrestrial beings. While there is much speculation over the existence of aliens, there are many odd occurrences in the night sky that lend strong support to the evidence of UFOs or unidentified flying objects that are believed to be the transportation vehicles for aliens. Many people still record and report these UFO sightings, but there are many mass sightings that are well documented and an important, if not mysterious, chapter in history. Only time will tell if these reports are fact or fiction.

The Battle of Los Angeles — One of the earliest mass UFO sightings, The Battle of Los Angles was reported on February 24th and 25th in 1942. On that evening a UFO was reported over the city of Los Angeles. In the wake of Pearl Harbor it was assumed to be another attack and the military attacked. However, there is no evidence to support that it was a Japanese attack and the original object was never identified.

The Lubbock Lights — First spotted by three professors from Texas Technical College in Lubbock, Texas, what became known as the Lubbock Lights was photographed by a student at the college in 1951. The original photographs show what may be two different UFOs, one with 20 lights and one with 30 lights flying in a V-formation over the night sky. In fact, the mass sighting was reported in Life Magazine.

Roswell, New Mexico — Probably the most notorious and controversial UFO sightings ever took place in Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947. It is there that an airborne object crashed in the desert. The crash was reported in newspapers across the country, which prompted the government to claim that it was a crash of a top-secret experimental surveillance balloon. However, many believe there is enough evidence to support that the government actually recovered a UFO that contained alien life form and covered it up. The story of the cover-up was reignited in 1978 when Major Jesse Marcel was interviewed about his involvement with recovering the object that landed in Roswell.

The DC Incident — On July 19th in 1952, seven glowing orange disks were spotted near the Capitol in Washington, DC, which were verified on radar. In response to this perceived threat to secure airspace, fighter jets were scrambled. However, the lights disappeared by the time the jets arrived to fight off the threat and they reappeared after the jets returned back to base.

Honolulu, Hawaii — On January 8, 2008, a UFO appeared in Honolulu, Hawaii, in the evening. Many locals reported seeing the UFO, which was picked up by the cameras of a local news station. Both the National Weather Service and the Federal Aviation Administration said that nothing unusual appeared on their radar at the time, which leads you to question just how unusual are UFOs and when will the next one appear?