‘The look at the evidence and what they find is that now the UFOs turn out to be natural phenomena.’ Riddle of the Skies s1e1: Is There Anybody Out There? Josh Shostak, Discovery 1999
Unidentified flying objects have been seen in the skies since the beginning of time. ibid.
In Germany more than 30 years later strange balls of light were again seen in this sky but this time they were stationary and both witnessed and photographed by hundreds of people: it happened at Greifswald on the Baltic sea. ibid.
Mexico: There have been more UFO sightings in the last five years than anywhere else in the world. ibid.
There are unidentified flying objects in space … Is there something going on in space we’re not being told? ibid.
Unidentified flying objects are not always seen from the ground. Increasingly, pilots are reporting sightings from the air and they are prepared to talk about them. Riddle of the Skies s1e2: The Evidence on Earth
There is evidence in this recently declassified Air Force document that saucer-shaped aircraft were on the drawing boards of America’s Technical Intelligence Center. ibid.
It’s not inconceivable that at the height of the Cold War the American military found in the UFO phenomenon a ready-made cover story for the many secret activities that they were involved in. ibid.
The world of Black Projects is shrouded in mystery. ibid.
Are UFOs really extraterrestrial or are there rational explanations for the phenomenon closer to home? Riddle of the Skies III: Is ET Here?
There’s an acute shortage of tangible evidence. ibid.
Blurred images: their provenance is often unknown. ibid.
The scientific world at large is in for a shock when it becomes aware of the astonishing nature of the UFO phenomenon and its bewildering complexity. I make that terse comment well aware that it invites easy ridicule; but intellectual honesty demands that I make clear that my two years’ study convinces me that in the UFO problem lie scientific and technological questions that will challenge the ability of the world’s outstanding scientists to explain – as soon as they start examining the facts. James McDonald, statement to House Committee
James McDonald became fascinated with the controversy of UFO studies. And the more his fascination grew the more he realised that these cases had to be investigated. Bill Birnes, publisher UFO Magazine