We saw light coming through the trees ... Something hit me. Next thing I knew I was regaining consciousness but I was in a lot of pain. I saw these forms over me. And when I finally got into focus I could see this creature looking at me, and I just flipped out. I looked around. There were three of them ... Somehow got the strength to get off the table. I didn’t know how much time had gone by ... Gone five days ... There was no-one to turn to. I was on my own. Travis Walton, abductee Apache Sitgreaves Forest Arizona 5th November 1975
More UFOs are reported by people in Scotland than any other country. And some residents suggest some elaborate theories to explain it. The World’s Strangest UFO Stories s1e4: Have Aliens Invaded Scotland?
Among the UFO believers some places have emerged as firm favourites ... The dog-star Sirius ... A place called Planet X. The World’s Strangest UFO Stories s1e5: Did Aliens Build the Pyramids?
Apollo 17, December 17 1972: ‘What are those things going over? What is that, Jack? Hey something just – get here! What blew? Hey, what is that? Just came flyin’ over the top of our heads.’ UFO s1e1, dude on moon, Sky Documentaries 2021
If even a lit bit of it is true, it’s gigantic, the implications are enormous for everyone. UFO s1e2, George Knapp
The incident with the [USS] Roosevelt: there were lots of sightings of these very strange, kind of smallish objects of various types, and many of them were picked up on radar. ibid. UFO journalist
The New York Times: Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious UFO Program. UFO s1e3, December 16 2017
Kenneth Arnold’s sighting takes place at a very interesting nexus: we were coming out of World War II in this post-war moment … There is a heightened cultural tension … and then enter the UFO.’ ibid. Kate Dorsch, technology historian
‘It’s bigger than the CIA. We don’t know what it is.’ ibid. Knapp
The first psychiatrist to examine the Hills suggested their abduction story stemmed from the social pressures of being an interracial couple. After six months of session, he was convinced that the Hills were not lying about what they believed had happened to them. UFO s1e4, captions
On June 25th 2021 the US government released an unclassified report on 144 cases of UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon) between 2001 and 2021. Investigators were only able to explain one sighting. ibid.
It’s been more than 75 years since the United States’ fighter squadron observed the so-called foo-fighters high above the Franco-German border during World War II. Top Secret UFO Projects Declassified I: Project Blue Book Unknown, History 2021
A program to investigate the UFO phenomenon. The foundations were laid for the creation of the longest and most wide-spanning government UFO monitoring programme: Project Blue Book. ibid.
November 1952, Desert Centre, California: George Adamski returns home from star-gazing with friends. He is about to experience an encounter that will change his life. First, he recalled the cigar-shaped object appearing in the sky … Adamski disappeared over the horizon just as the vessel appeared to land. He returns moments later with an alarming message. ibid.
According to documents that have recently come to light was a top secret UFO monitoring group codenamed Majestic or MJ-12. Top Secret UFO Projects Declassified II: The White-House Cover-Up
One of the most debated issues of the UFO phenomenon concerns the possible existence of alien craft which have crash-landed on earth and are now kept in secret military bases. If they do exist, how far have scientists progressed in their efforts in understanding and replicating the technologies that may be tens of thousands of years ahead of ours? Top Secret UFO Projects Declassified III: Code Name Aurora
A top-secret project codenamed Aurora. The US military continues to deny the existence of this programme despite references to it in documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. ibid.
There are around 77 million documents marked as Top Secret or Classified by the United States government. Among the most sensitive are those relating to top-secret UFO programs and in particular the encounters by US air force pilots with a Tic-Tac UFO craft in 2004. Top Secret UFO Projects Declassified IV: Hacked and Leaked
One of the most remarkable cases of UFO sightings ever described: 1966 Westall, Melbourne, Australia: During the mid-morning break at Westall High School in Melbourne, there were almost 200 children and school staff outside in the school grounds. There was a sudden commotion among the children both outside and those inside looking out the windows as they gazed toward the sky. A disc-shaped UFO was seen hovering above them … And then came the cover up. ibid.
Petrozavodsk, Karelia, USSR, September 1977: 10.55 p.m.: Three oval luminous objects moving smoothly in a triangular formation; the vessels were glowing white and hovering silently. Top Secret UFO Projects Declassified V: Soviet Secrets
The second half of the 1980s witnessed extensive UFO activity over the Soviet Union. ibid.
January 1986 to November 1987: Dolnegorsk, the far east region of Russia: a low-flying glowing object headed toward the nearby mountains before colliding with one of them … The event, which would later be dubbed the Soviet Roswell was far from over … Two yellow glowing objects appeared near the crash site … 32 flyovers of UFOs … ibid.
For decades the ongoing mystery surrounding UFOs has captivated people. But perhaps even more intriguing are the rumours of a secret group of government agents who investigate them. Dubbed the Men in Black. Many believe they have evidence of alien visitation. UFOs: The Proof is Out There, Channel 5 2021
Funded by a secret multi-million-dollar programme, the Men in Black do exist. ibid.
‘When people looked at the Tic-Tac video and some of the other US Navy videos they noticed movement, sudden acceleration, which seemed so bizarre that really it’s not something that would have a pilot in it, certainly not a human pilot.’ ibid. Nick Pope
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence recently released a highly anticipated report on UFO sightings. The Proof is Out There s2e1: UFOs Caught on Camera, History 2022
The Pentagon has investigated a whopping 144 encounters between the US military and UAPs. ibid.
The sighting of a so-called Tic-Tac object by US navigators from the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier in 2004. ibid.
The UFO seen by naval aviators from the USS Roosevelt in 2015. ibid.
Two videos shot during a series of naval exercises in 2019; one from the USS Russell, the other from the USS Omaha. ibid.
Strange lights hovering in the sky. Aerial manoeuvres that defy understanding, and top-secret government installations forbidden to the public. What exactly are Unidentified Flying Objects? The UnXplained with William Shatner s1e20: The Truth About UFOs, History 2021
In the last few years there has been a historic dramatic shift in the entire debate over UFOs. It used to be that the burden of proof was on the true believers. They had to prove that they were from another planet. Now the burden has shifted. Before it was hearsay, now we have the video tapes … We’re running out of natural phenomena. ibid. Michio Kaku
When people claim to have been abducted by alien beings it becomes difficult and challenging to comprehend. These close encounters of the fourth kind, or alien abductions, are a worldwide phenomenon. Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies s1e8: Abductions, History 2022
PC Alan Godfrey, Todmorden, 1980: I was driving up the road when I could see in front of me up here this object. It looked to be completely blocking the road. It was diamond shaped, the bottom half of the object was spinning, and it was hovering about five foot off the ground; it was about twenty feet wide, fourteen feet high, I just couldn’t contact anybody … Suddenly I was on the other side of the object and it had gone … Half an hour missing. ibid.
Four years ago the world was rocked by one of the most significant and compelling UFO sightings ever recorded. A bizarre object was observed tumbling into our solar system, travelling at the blistering speed of 196,000 miles per hour. The object, named Oumuamua, came from the direction of Vega, one of the brightest stars in the northern hemisphere. Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies s1e10: Seti
The cigar-shaped object … accelerated … The Number One UFO sighting of all time. ibid.
How many of those intelligent life-forms can build spaceships? ibid.
The shape is exciting [sic]. ibid. Sarah
If they’re out there, they’ve probably found us already. ibid. Nick Pope