The Dechmont Woods incident is unusual among reported UFO sightings in that it was investigated by the police.
In his testimony to the police, the 61-year-old described how he saw a 30ft-high "dome-shaped" object in a clearing in the forest near the West Lothian new town on 9 November 1979.
He told how two-spiked spheres then rolled out towards him and, as he passed out, he was aware of being grabbed on either side of his legs. Mr Taylor woke up in a dishevelled state 20 minutes later.
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Why pilots are seeing UFOs - CNN
Back to Area 51: Revisiting the "Alien" Invasion | Harvard Political Review
On September 20, meme enthusiasts and herds of alien enthusiasts donning tin-foil hats gathered outside the rural town of Rachel, Nevada in preparation for an event with nearly three million Facebook fans: the Area 51 Raid.
Over the summer, the event gained massive traction, both from memers and concerned government officials alike, starting from a maxim of solidarity: "They can't stop us all." Although the event didn't remotely culminate in the exciting military-bust many had hoped for, it certainly led to an interesting cultural display of parties, music, and quirky enthusiasm.
How Area 51 memes enticed a generation to storm a military base | The Independent
For some, the otherworldly event was a fun, revelatory coming together of alien-believers, but for others, writes Jessica Klein , it wreaked havoc on their small town
The event spawned countless alien rescue memes, whose levity, Lazar thought, sent the wrong message. "The meme absolutely cheapens a serious matter," he wrote. "I liken it to the Weather Service giving local residents a warning about a dangerous hurricane approaching, and the residents responding with a 'Woo-hoo hurricane party!' There are secrets in the Nevada desert, and it's a crime to keep the truth from the public."
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Navy admits UFO videos are real, but would like to stop using 'UFO' - The Washington Post
In December 2017, two videos emerged that showed Navy pilots encountering mysterious spherical objects that appeared, at first glance, to move through the air in ways that baffled experts. A third, released in March 2018, depicted a similar encounter.
Everyone who watched — including the pilots who filmed them — had the same question: What, exactly, are these things?
Last week, a Navy official publicly called these mysterious objects "Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP)," giving name to the inscrutable little dots and reigniting scrutiny around the unidentified flying objects (a term the Navy does not want to use even though the objects that are flying cannot be identified.)
UFOs exist and everyone needs to adjust to that fact - The Washington Post
In recent years, however, there has been a subtle shift that poses some interesting questions for their argument. For one thing, discussion of actual UFOs has been the topic of some serious mainstream media coverage. There was the December 2017 New York Times story by Helene Cooper, Ralph Blumenthal and Leslie Kean about the Defense Department's Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, which was tasked with cataloguing UFOs recorded by military pilots.
Then, there were the reports last November about Oumuamua, "a mysterious, cigar-shaped interstellar object [that] fell through our solar system at an extraordinary speed," according to New York's Eric Levits . Oumuamua's shape and trajectory were unusual enough for some genuine astrophysicists to publish a paper suggesting the possibility that it was an artificial construction relying on a solar sail.
Aliens, ahoy! Navy developing guidelines on reporting UFO sightings
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Encounters with unidentified aircraft by pilots have once again prompted Department of Defense officials to take action.
More specifically, the Navy confirmed that the service is drafting guidelines to establish a formal process for pilots and military personnel to report UFO sightings, Politico first reported .
The move comes following a surge in what the Navy called a series of intrusions by advanced aircraft on Navy carrier strike groups.
The Area 51 Raid Was the Worst Way to Spot an Alien or UFO | WIRED
Normally, when you turn onto Highway 375 from Crystal Springs, in Nevada, a big green road sign sits near picnic tables and shade trees baking under the relentless desert sun. EXTRATERRESTRIAL HIGHWAY, the sign reads, in a retro-futuristic font suggestive of a space computer. This road was so named—around the time Independence Day came out—because it's the stretch of asphalt closest to Area 51.
This week, though, the sign disappeared, removed in advance of the Storm Area 51 events taking place in the towns of Rachel and Hiko, Nevada. Officials were afraid that too many people would stop to pose for selfies, snarling the intersection. If the festivities so far, including Friday's early-morning "attempt" to "breach" the base, are any indication, that is exactly the kind of trouble officials should have been worried about.
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