Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, or UAPs Over Ukraine – Physicist Avi Loeb Weighs In

Over the past two weeks I was bombarded by a dozen requests to read a new report by astronomers on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) in Ukraine. My response to all of these messages was the same: "I am not sure what to make of the report. Ukraine is in a military conflict with a lot of human-made activity in the sky. This must introduce a lot of noise for any search for objects that are not human-made. In science we aim to maximize the signal-to-noise ratio, and so Ukraine would be the last place on Earth where I would initiate UAP studies." But last evening I received a special request from a high-level

By Avi Loeb www.salon.com 10-9-22

official in the US government to summarize my thoughts on observable signatures of UAP. And so, this morning I checked the UAP report from Ukraine and wrote a paper about it a few hours later.

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Multiple UFOs Reported Over Ukraine By Astronomical Observatory

NASA commissioned a research team to study Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP), observations of events that cannot scientifically be identified as known natural phenomena. The Main Astronomical Observatory of NAS of Ukraine conducts an independent study of UAP also. For UAP observations, we used two meteor stations installed in Kyiv and in the Vinarivka village in the south of the Kyiv region. Observations were performed with colour video cameras in the daytime sky. We have

By B.E. Zhilyaev, V. N. Petukhov, V. M. Reshetnyk Main Astronomical Observatory, NAS of Ukraine 8-23-22

developed a special observation technique, for detecting and evaluating UAP characteristics. According to our data, there are two types of UAP, which we conventionally call: (1) Cosmics, and (2) Phantoms. We note that Cosmics are luminous objects, brighter than the background of the sky. We call these ships names of birds (swift, falcon, eagle). Phantoms are dark objects, with contrast from several to about 50 per cent. We present a broad range of UAPs. We see them everywhere. We observe a significant number of objects whose nature is not clear. Flights of a single group and squadrons of the ships were detected, moving at speeds from 3 to 15 degrees per second. Some bright objects exhibit regular brightness variability in the range of 10 - 20 Hz. Two-site observations of UAPs at a base of 120 km with two synchronised cameras allowed the detection of a variable object, at an altitude of 1170 km. It flashes for one hundredth of a second at an average of 20 Hz. We use colourimetry methods to determine of distance to objects and evaluate their color characteristics. Objects RGB colors of the Adobe color system had converted to the Johnson BVR astronomical color system using the color corrections. Phantom shows the colur characteristics inherent in an object with zero albedos. It is a completely black body that does not emit and absorbs all the radiation falling on it. We see an object because it shields radiation due to Rayleigh scattering. An object contrast makes it possible to estimate the distance using colorimetric methods. Phantoms are observed in the troposphere at distances up to 10 - 12 km. We estimate their size from 3 to 12 meters and speeds up to 15 km/s.

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The Sonora UFO X-Files

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"We're going to examine the evidence of early UFOs in the Gold region, specifically Sonora and bring in other pieces as they relate and try to offer possible explanations of the phenomena," he said. "I start off very mysterious and imply UFOs, but by the end of the show I'm kind of saying there is a more rational explanation for this stuff. But I have fun with it."

By Giuseppe Ricapito The Union Democrat 6-11-21

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... according to a short article buried on page 12 of Section B of the New York Times on Dec. 12, 1983, Sonora real estate broker Marvin Taylor housed a UFO museum in three rooms above his downtown Sonora real estate office and brought in between 50 to 100 people to the museum each weekend.

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Airline Pilots Keep Reporting UFOs Over Canada

VICE World News has uncovered dozens of recent UFO reports from Air Canada, WestJet, Porter, and other airlines in a government aviation incident database.

On the morning of May 30, 2016, an Air Canada Express flight from Montreal to Toronto reported it had “crossed an unidentified flying object, round in shape, flying at an approximate speed of 300kts,” or more than 550 km/h. Over

By Daniel Otis Vice 4-21-21

8,000 feet above Lake Ontario on Nov. 14 of that year, two crew members were injured when a Porter Airlines plane dove to avoid hitting an “object” that “appeared to be solid… and shaped like an upright doughnut or inner tube.”

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UFO Video Footage Captured By Cosmonaut?

Eerie footage captured by Russian cosmonaut Ivan Vagner on board the International Space Station (ISS) appearing to show five, as-yet unidentified, objects has been sent for analysis by Russian experts.

By RT 8-20-20

The five apparent UFOs, which Vagner dubbed “space guests,” were filmed flying over the southern hemisphere with an incredible backdrop in the form of the Aurora Australis. The cosmonaut just happened to be filming a timelapse while passing over the Antarctic when he recorded the strange sightings.

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Space guests, or how I filmed the new time-lapse.

The peak of aurora borealis when passing over the Antarctic in Australia’s longitude, meaning in between them. However, in the video, you will see something else, not only the aurora. pic.twitter.com/Hdiej7IbLU

— Ivan Vagner (@ivan_mks63) August 19, 2020

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Multiple UFO Encounters Reported By Retired RAF Pilot

Brian Burdett, 83, was flying a Royal Air Force VC10 at 35,000ft when the strange 'oil drum' shaped object appeared 25 miles north of Corsica.

[...] Speaking for the first time about the sighting, he said: "Imagine a 56 gallon oil drum, the ones that come up to your hip and

By Stephen Moyes The Sun 7-12-20

have those little bulges at regular intervals; imagine Michelin Man.

"Imagine also that it was not black or dirty but shining bright with an immense glare. It was suspended in our 11 o'clock position and above us.

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Project Loon and UFOs

It’s not a bird. It’s not a plane. It’s not superman. But it is something that is almost out of this world. Something that is really unique and could help those with poor internet service.

By Matt DiNardo Mystery Wire 7-7-20

Some residents in Virginia, North Carolina and West Virginia are seeing tiny “white dots” in the sky.

These floating “white dots” are balloons from Loon, which are floating at roughly 60,000 feet about ground.

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The Filming of a UFO Shooting a Beam at an Airborne Missile As Recounted By Former Lt. Robert Jacobs | VIDEO

... Jacobs’ account has been entirely corroborated by another officer, retired Major (later Dr.) Florenze J. Mansmann, who carefully studied the Top Secret film at Vandenberg AFB, California prior to its confiscation by CIA agents. Mansmann said that his frame-by-frame analysis of the footage, using a magnifier, revealed that the UFO—which appeared to the unaided eye as small, white dot—was actually a domed, disc-shaped craft that had pivoted on is vertical axis before emitting each beam of light.

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How UFO Sightings Became an American Obsession

In 1947, a pilot spotted a fleet of “saucer-like” aircrafts speeding across the sky. It was only a matter of time until paranoia set in.

In 1947, Kenneth Arnold was flying his CallAir A-2 between Chehalis and Yakima, Washington, when he took a detour to search for a downed Marine Corps aircraft. There was a reward for anyone who could find the plane, and who couldn’t use $5,000?

By Sarah Scoles Wired.com 3-3-20

Arnold flew around searching for a while, and accidentally found something else—something much stranger than what he’d actually been looking for. As he watched, rapt, nine objects flew through the air in formation.

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NICAP's "The Year of the UFO" (October)

Pay special attention to French UFO cases of the early fifties, highlighted abundantly throughout October's calendar. While this month showcases several other incredible reports, some involving physical evidence and sounds, France's UFO wave served for many researchers to prove that the UFO mystery has international roots. No country is exempt and, taken as a whole, the global UFO phenomenon demonstrates remarkable similarities everywhere.

By Robert Barrow The UFO Chronicles 10-18-19

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More UFOs Than Ever Before

America had its head broken open during World War II, and out came the visions. Visions of global power, infinite markets, ideological struggle, and exotic flying machines. It’s not clear if the number of UFO sightings actually spiked in the years that

By Rich Cohen The Paris Review 8-26-19

followed or if it was just our imagination, but something changed. What had been a trickle of encounters dating back to the pioneering days of aviation became a torrent. Often described as saucers, these noiseless, shimmery machines were seen above highways and wheat fields and supermarkets in Forth Worth, Texas; Great Falls, Montana; Monmouth County, New Jersey; Salem, Massachusetts; Carson Sink, Nevada; Washington, D.C.; Miami, Florida; Norfolk, Virginia—the list goes on and on—in the late forties and early fifties. The timing makes it impossible to consider such phenomena without also considering the cataclysm that, more than any set of founding documents, gave birth to our colossal, unknowable, world-striding modern nation. In other words, before you can grapple with UFOs, you have to ask yourself: what the hell did that war do to America?

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Lake Michigan UFO Sightings Still Unsolved

The eerie lights filled the sky along nearly 200 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline, from Ludington south to the Indiana border. On March 8, 1994, calls flooded 911 to report strange sightings

By Dejanay Booth Detroit Free Press 3-7-19

in the night sky. The reports came in from all walks of life — from police and a meteorologist to residents of Michigan's many beach resorts. Hundreds of people witnessed what many insisted were UFOs — unidentified flying objects.

Cindy Pravda, 63, of Grand Haven remembers that night in vivid detail — four lights in the sky that looked like "full moons" over the line of trees behind her horse pasture.

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Unidentified Submerged Objects – What U.S. Submariners Actually Say

Big claims abound about mysterious objects submariners detect below the waves,
so we went straight to the source and what we found out was surprising.

There has been a spate of high-profile claims regarding U.S. Navy nuclear submarines detecting and even interacting with the underwater equivalent of Unidentified Flying

By Tyler Rogoway The War Zone 1-3-19

Objects, referred to in UFO circles as USOs, or Unidentified Submerged Objects. Yet when it comes to the covert world of naval warfare below the waves, it is easy for laymen to misinterpret things that may seem very much alien to them, but are actually quite commonplace. The War Zone reached out some of its submariner contacts, all of which have many years of experience aboard U.S. Navy nuclear submarines, to see if detection of unidentified objects actually happens and what their thoughts were on the topic in general.

We were surprised by what we heard.

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Rear Admiral Declares Flying Saucers Sighted | UFO CHRONICLE – 1957

A scientific organization has asked the public to be on the lookout for "unidentified Flying Objects" apparently piloted by "intelligent beings" entering earth’s atmosphere.

By USA News Report 1-17-1957

Rear Admiral Delmer Fahrney (Ret.) urged the public to send reports on Unidentified Flying Objects to a new organization known as the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon. Fahrney is chairman of the group.

He said yesterday the objects move at speeds which cannot be duplicated by the United States and Russia.

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Larry Hatch, UFO Database Creator, Remembered

In reflecting on the past year, we often think of those individuals we have lost. In the field of UFOlogy, it is no different. Indeed, in recent years, we have lost many pioneers in this field of inquiry. One such pioneer was a man named Larry

By David Marler www.openminds.tv 1-3-19

Hatch who passed away on August 3rd, 2018. Unfortunately, many were not familiar with his passing or the legacy he has left this field of study.

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Larry created from the ground level one of the most robust UFO databases up until that time – the *U* UFO Database. This was a database that the public could use on their home PCs. The *U* Database itself could do queries based on word search, geography, or UFO characteristics. There was also an impressive UFO mapping tool that visually displayed any relevant UFO cases based on your search criteria. This was amazing considering the database was written in a DOS-based environment.

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Dozens of UFO Sightings in Kokomo

More than 40 UFO sightings from across Howard County have been reported to a national research center since the mid-1990s, according to a database published late last year.

By George Myers Kokomo Tribune 1-3-19

The Associated Press released the database in December outlining sightings collected by the National UFO Research Center, an investigative organization based in a decommissioned U.S. Air Force ICBM base in eastern Washington.

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When UFOs Buzzed the White House

1952 was the year America caught flying-saucer fever. So when a rash of strange sightings was reported in the skies over Washington D.C. that summer, the press and the public

By Dave Roos www.history.com 9-6-18

demanded answers. Were these unexplained radar blips, crafts that in some cases outran jets, part of a nuclear-armed Soviet invasion—a very real threat at the height of the Red Scare? Or were they evidence of something far more mysterious?

The Washington, D.C. sightings of July 1952, also known as “the Big Flap,” hold a special place in the history of unidentified flying objects. Major American newspapers were reporting multiple credible sightings by civilian and military radar operators and pilots—so many that a special intelligence unit of the U.S. Air Force was sent in to investigate.

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Thousands See Zig-Zagging Objects Speed Across Skies

Thousands of persons across the nation's Midlands and the Southwest again Tuesday night reported seeing mysterious flashing, winking and sparking phenomena that sped and sometimes zig-zagged across the skies.

By The Syracuse Herald-Journal 8-4-1965

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It was the fourth consecutive day of UFO sightings, which have harried some police departments so much they have referred all inquiries to Air Force bases.

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South Australia's X-Files

Credit: The Daily Mirror

From flying saucers to balls of light rocketing through the sky, South Australia has had its fair share of reported UFO encounters. One avid ABC reader has asked us to delve into the history of the state's major cases, as part of our Curious Adelaide campaign.

By Nicola Gage and Daniel Keane www.abc.net.au 2-22-18

So we dusted off some of South Australia's oldest X-Files to find answers.

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St. Patrick’s Day UFOs

On St. Patrick’s Day in 2006, the police in Nanuet, New York assumed that the high volume of calls reporting UFOs was just the result of too much partying on this festive day. In all fairness to the police, with the amount of green beer and other alcohol consumed every March 17, it wasn’t an entirely unreasonable assumption.

By Linda Zimmerman OpenMinds.tv 3-16-18

However, this sighting involved numerous sober witnesses, and there is also a curious history of mass sightings on St. Patrick’s Day in the Hudson Valley of New York stretching back 35 years.

Has our government been scheduling test flights of exotic aircraft on March 17, realizing that eyewitness reports will be deemed unreliable? Perhaps there are clever ETs who are aware of the holiday—and human drinking habits—and therefore decide that it is the perfect day for some low-level reconnaissance? Or, is it merely an odd coincidence?

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