Hundreds of films have been made on the subject of UFOs and more books have been written, but interest in it does not fade away. There is still debate over whether there were guests from other planets on Earth, and there is no end in sight. You can tell a lot about this, but we will limit ourselves to the 10 most interesting new facts about UFOs 2019-2020.
10. The Bermuda Triangle is credited with a connection with aliens
Given the many stories of disappeared ships and planes in this place, possible connection of the Bermuda Triangle with aliens seems quite realaccording to those who believe in aliens.
For example, Darrell Miklos, a treasure hunter and host of the Discovery Channel Treasure television show, believes that an extraterrestrial ship rests at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. The giant alien spaceship is believed to be located off the Florida east coast in an unknown location near the Bahamas in the Bermuda Triangle.
Miklos was informed about the possible flooding of spaceships beneath the Earth’s ocean by NASA former astronaut Gordon Cooper. He was one of the pioneers in the field of space exploration by man and carried out missions in the space programs “Mercury” and “Gemini” in the 1960s. Cooper was the first person to sleep in space.
Cooper believes he saw a saucer-shaped metal disk flying over Germany in 1951, as well as over the U.S. secret air base. Unfortunately, Cooper died in 2004 at the age of 77, but before he passed away, he provided Miklos with “treasure maps,” or rather, unusual objects that he saw from space, as well as during flights for the US Air Force. The TV show of Miklos is dedicated to the search for sunken ships and treasures, including UFOs, but the latter has not yet been found.
9. UFO invasion will definitely be noticed
The lion's share of films about the invasion of aliens on Earth tells of a sudden invasion from space. If we discard cinema conventions and face the truth, such a scenario is impossible.
An alien ship will certainly be seen by air defense systems and sky-monitoring radars. Now so many telescopes and other equipment are directed at the stars that the unexpected appearance of UFOs in the Earth’s atmosphere is fantastic.
8. The UFO myth brings millions to the entertainment industry
Aliens, flying saucers, extraterrestrial technology and everything connected with it penetrated into all areas of the entertainment industry and brings not even millions, but billions of dollars annually.
Theme parks, films (we'll talk about them later), computer games, toys, souvenirs - all this would not be so interesting for people, if not for the myths about unidentified flying objects and green humanoids in them.
7. For communication with an alien, you can get a deadline
No matter how incredible it sounds, but in the United States there is actually a law prohibiting American citizens from contacting representatives of extraterrestrial civilizations or with their vehicles, that is, with flying saucers.
If a hypothetical John comes up to say hello to an alien whom he met on the way to the store, they can fine him for that, but if he still asks for a ride on a flying saucer, he’ll go to jail altogether.
6. The term "UFO" was first used by D. E. Kihou
UFOs were originally called “flying saucers,” but the more neutral phrase “unidentified flying objects,” or UFOs, was later coined by the US Air Force in 1953 to designate forms other than “saucers” or “disks.”
Writer, and formerly a pilot Donald Kihou was the first to use a new term in his book Flying Saucers from Space (1953). Because of this, he is often mistakenly considered the author of the wording.
In the 1950s, he became a well-known ufologist, arguing that the US government should conduct relevant research on UFO issues and release all of its files in the public domain.
5. Alien films
In Hollywood, back in the 50s, they realized that people's interest in the subject of UFOs can be converted into good profits, therefore movies about green and not so little people began to be mass-produced.
Especially popular were the tapes "The day the Earth stopped ” 1951, and the film released in 1953War of the Worlds". It is these paintings that created the visual appearance of aliens and alien technology, which will be used for decades.
It is noteworthy that at that time there was a peak in the popularity of UFOs and the question was not so studied, so people believed much more than now, and films only strengthened the effect. Because of this, the US Congress had to issue a decree on the beginning of active educational activities among the population: people were told that UFOs did not exist at the official level.
The second wave of topic popularity came in the 90s, when the film "independence Day". Now interest in UFOs can be called moderate, so there have been almost no high-profile premieres about aliens in recent years.
4. The first to be abducted by aliens spouses Hill
Barney and Betty Hill were an American couple who claimed to have been abducted by aliens in rural New Hampshire from September 19 to 20, 1961. This was the first widespread alien abduction case in the United States that received much attention.
The incident came to be called “kidnapping on the hill” and “zeta reticule incident” because the couple claimed to have been abducted by aliens who claimed to be from the zeta reticule system.
Their story was adapted in the 1966 best-selling book, Interrupted Journey, and the 1975 television movie The UFO Incident. In September 2016, plans were announced to shoot a film on the events, but since then nothing has been heard about the project.
3. In the 50s and 60s in the United States, many saw UFOs, but it was a secret reconnaissance aircraft
This is one of the most common explanations of strange objects that people have seen, because the US government is very reluctant to talk about secret trials.
The 50-60s were not the first cases: in Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947, a local farmer found a bunch of strange garbage that he mistook for UFO debris. The military from a nearby air force base responded to worried citizens that the wreckage was just pieces of a crashed weather balloon. That's what everyone thought, until in the 1990s a government report showed that the crashed object was a surveillance device that was part of the top-secret project Mogul Project.
How many such top-secret developments have been mistaken for UFOs are known only to the authorities.
2. People confuse UFOs with lightning charges
Of course, it’s impossible to mix these things up close, but in the sky somewhere far away, and even in not very clear night weather, it’s easy. A strange flash, an unusual glow - all this can be an ordinary lightning charge, but few people know about their nature, but everyone knows about UFOs. Therefore, the first hunch about what he sees is precisely a plate of aliens, and not a natural phenomenon.
1. People who claimed to have seen UFOs and aliens later abandoned their words
This happened, is happening and will happen, and there are several explanations for this. Some refuse their words under the pressure that falls on them, although in fact they continue to believe that they saw a UFO. It is simply easier to say that this was not and will be left behind from you than to prove to everyone that you are right.
Another reason is the desire to “hype”. It was especially popular 50-70 years ago: I saw a UFO - hit the front pages of the yellow press - became famous - received attention. This scheme works approximately like this, and when interest in your person dies away, you can say that you were mistaken.