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Image courtesy of Pixabay, CCO<\/p><\/div>\n

There has been an increase lately in the news concerning UFOs \u2013 Unidentified Flying Objects. I\u2019m talking about serious journalism from respected media sources talking about something which was dismissed as tabloid junk for years. If you\u2019ve always wanted to learn the unique vocabulary and terminology of flying saucers, this is your lucky day!<\/p>\n

The U.S. military calls them unexplained aerial phenomenon<\/strong>, which is probably a better description. At least five Navy pilots reported, and some recorded, sightings of objects in the skies over the Atlantic coast in 2014 and 2015 with \u201cno visible engine or infrared exhaust plumes\u201d which reached altitudes of 30,00 feet and \u201chypersonic speeds.\u201d Until now, reporting such incidents could hurt careers. Many military and civilian pilots have consistently argued that the U.S. government needed to take sightings like these more seriously. It appears that is now the case. The U.S. Navy now has a task force to investigate every report.<\/p>\n

Since the end of World War II and the beginnings of the Cold War<\/strong>, accounts of UFOs began to capture the imaginations of Americans. For many years they were called flying saucers<\/strong>, due to their reported shape. Air Force pilots called them bogeys<\/strong>, an unexplained radar blip. The word comes from a colloquial term for a ghost. They suddenly appear and just as quickly disappear. Speculation ran high that they were experimental aircraft, but more fanciful theories suggested that they were from deep space.<\/p>\n

Whatever may be causing them, UFO sightings in the U.S. are not new. The earliest reports date back to the days of the Pilgrims. John Winthrop, first governor of what was then the Massachusetts Bay Colony recorded boaters witnessing a light over the water which \u201cran as swift as an arrow\u201d back and forth for several miles. \u201cDiverse other credible persons saw the same light, after, about the same place,\u201d Winthrop added.<\/p>\n

One of the most famous studies of UFOs was Project Blue Book<\/strong>, which was conducted by the Air Force between 1952 and 1969. It had two purposes<\/p>\n

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  1. To determine if UFOs were a threat to U.S. national security<\/li>\n
  2. To scientifically analyze the data from all sightings<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    It was concluded that no UFO could credibly be considered a threat to the U.S., and there was no evidence that any of these objects was extraterrestrial. However, a small but significant number could not be explained in spite of all scientific research and data. It is this last conclusion of the report which has continued to excite the public.<\/p>\n

    Here are some of the most important vocabulary words and phrases associated with UFOs:<\/p>\n