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Viewing The Unidentified Flying Objects Controversy: Are UFOs Real?The Unidentified Flying Objects Controversy: Are UFOs Real?
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Of all of the conspiracy theories that are floating around out there, perhaps none of them has the staying power or the potential impact to change the way every person on earth perceives reality like the controversy over UFOs. Are UFOs for real? By Pat Jackson Of all of the conspiracy theories that are floating around out there, perhaps none of them has the staying power or the potential impact to change the way every person on earth perceives reality like the controversy over UFOs. For those who don't know, UFO stands for 'Unidentified Flying Object', and it is a title that has been given to just about anything seen floating, flying, hovering, or soaring through the air that we can't readily identify as a bird or a plane (or Superman, for that matter.) All official government agencies have sworn for decades that UFOs are nothing but the product of an overactive imagination, but for millions of people who have seen unexplained things with their own eyes, UFOs are incredibly real. The fact that no one in government will comment on them officially is frustrating, to say the least. The most famous, or infamous, UFO sighting of all time within the United States was the incident at Roswell, New Mexico. A group of average citizens claim that they witnessed a downed UFO 'flying saucer' in the middle of a farmer's field, only to have the local military base which cleaned up the crash site tell them that what they saw was simply a downed weather balloon. What made the Roswell incident so remarkable was the sheer number of regular people who saw the crash site before it could be removed. It is easy to discount a conspiracy theory when you only have 1 or 2 witnesses, but when you have 50, the story tends to have much more in the way of staying power. The Roswell Incident has gone on to be one of the most popular conspiracy theories in history, and has helped to spawn countless television shows and movies. Today, the city of Roswell makes its money almost solely from tourism generated by the crash decades ago. For many skeptics, however, the incredible rise in flying saucer sightings can be tied to Cold War tensions and the launch of the first ever spacecraft, Sputnik. As people grew more and more paranoid about an attack from the sky by our Russian adversaries, it makes perfect sense that people would attach meaning to objects that they could not recognize. Combine the rising paranoia with the onset of the jet engine age, and the fact that the military was testing and experimenting with many, many new technologies at the time in an attempt to keep up with the Joneses, and the UFO conspiracy theory stops making a lot of sense. However, for those who still believe, and for those who claim to have been abducted and brought aboard UFOs, nothing will ever break the belief that there are strange craft circling our skies right at this very minute. About the Author: Pat Jackson runs one of the most informational UFO sites on the web. If you would like to learn more about UFOs, visit www.AboutUnidentifiedFlyingObjects.com. Article Source: 1st Rate Articles - http://1stRateArticles.com |
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