WOONSOCKET — Was there an out-of-this-world cause of a 1967 power failure that knocked out electricity in Woonsocket, Cumberland and North Smithfield? Harold A. Trudel of Woonsocket thought so. A day ...
Skywatching became a national occupation 70 years ago, as “stiff necks and goggle eyes were the order of the day,” The Associated Press said at the time. By July 1947, sightings of flying saucers had ...
This column was originally published on Nov. 29, 1961. Occassionally Byrd would do a "letters from readers" column. "Dear Byrd's-Eye View: Some time back you indicated an intention to write on the ...
Providing an academic lens through which to view the huge interest and hysteria surrounding unidentified flying objects since pilot Kenneth A. Arnold witnessed what he called "flying disks or saucers" ...
In "After the Flying Saucers Came: A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon," Greg Eghigian explores how individuals, scientists, governments and the media responded to reports of UFO sightings and ...
The U.S. government finally released its much-anticipated UFO report last week, with the conclusion that it couldn’t explain all but one of 144 incidents reported by military fliers -- and that it ...
On December 28, 1949, the U.S. Air Force officially concluded what many considered one of the earliest chapters of modern UFO ...
Meet the VZ-9AV Avrocar: Is the alien spacecraft that crashed in Roswell, New Mexico, back in July 1947 now in the collection of the National Museum of the United States Air... Here’s What to Remember ...
Americans have collectively had their sights set on the sky for decades. We’ve been taken out of this world — and brought back home to Indiana — with science fiction films like "Close Encounters of ...
Flying his small, private plane near Mount Rainier on a bright June day in 1947, Kenneth Arnold couldn’t believe what he was seeing. “Nine shiny objects, like fish flipping in the sun, in formation, ...
In April of 1964, reports of unidentified flying objects were being made across the country. This April 18, 1964, Herald Post article, details a close encounter at Crosby School. Eight students ...
The end of the Second World War ushered in a new age, one dominated by novel technologies, the Cold War, the threat of nuclear destruction—and the first reported UFO sightings. Humans have witnessed ...
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