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Reported sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and extraterrestrial encounters have persisted for decades. These reports, from many countries, are often submitted by credible individuals, pilots, law enforcement and military personnel. Several of these UFOs have been tracked by radar stations. Common to many of these reports are detailed descriptions of the incomprehensible speed and agility exhibited by these craft. In the 50s and 60s, our government conducted official inquiries into the UFO phenomenon but eventually it either stopped investigating UFOs or stopped confirming its investigations. When a UFO sighting is reported, authorities usually explain it as a weather balloon, swamp gas, air inversion layer, or an experimental aircraft or rocket. Many believe these explanations account for only a portion of UFO sightings. For several days and nights in 1952, military jets were dispatched to unsuccessfully intercept a number UFO