UFO Glossary
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Aerial Phenomena Research Organization
Founded in 1952 in Tucson, Arizona, but disbanded in the late 1980s, the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (APRO) was the ...
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Alien Abduction Experiences
Beginning in 1965 hundreds of people have reported being abducted by aliens from another planet, who then subject them to ...
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Alien Autopsy Film
UFO experts who refer to the “alien autopsy film” are referring to a seventeenminute-long silent black-and-white film supposedly made in ...
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Alien Implants
Many alien abduction stories include descriptions of medical examinations during which the aliens insert a small device somewhere just beneath ...
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Alternative Explanations for Alien Abduction Experiences
Those who are skeptical of claims that aliens abduct humans contend that these recollections are hallucinations, fantasies, visions, or dreams ...
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Ancient Monuments
Over the centuries scholars have debated how certain large objects and structures, such as the pyramids of ancient Egypt, could ...
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Bullard, Thomas E.
Folklorist Thomas E. Bullard is best known for his scholarship on the place of UFO reports in popular culture. In ...
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Descriptions of Aliens
In reports given by people who claim to have seen extraterrestrial beings, there are two types of aliens. The first ...
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Edwards, Frank Allyn
Frank Allyn Edwards (1908−1967) was a writer, radio announcer, and radio political commentator and was one of the founders of ...
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EXTRATERRESTRIALS
The twentieth century’s obsession with the possibility of intelligent life on other worlds has had a massive impact on the ...
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Flying Saucer
“flying saucer” An expression commonly used to describe an unexplained aerial phenomenon. The words do not always convey a just ...
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Foo Fighters
The term foo fighters is often used to refer to UFOs that are reported by pilots flying at night as ...
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Gulf Breeze sightings
So many unidentified flying objects have been sighted over Gulf Breeze, Florida, that the town is considered by enthusiasts to ...
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Keyhoe, Donald E.
Keyhoe, Donald E. (1897?–ca. 1988) : During the 1950s journalist Donald E. Keyhoe became one of the leading proponents of ...
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Little Green Men
During the 1950s and 1960s, when science-fiction stories often depicted aliens as having green skin, the phrase little green men ...
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Men in Black
The phrase Men in Black refers to mysterious men wearing black suits and sunglasses. Witnesses of UFOs and other seemingly ...
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Missing-Time Episodes
A missing-time episode is the perception on the part of a person that he or she cannot account for a ...
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National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena
The National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) was once one of the most prominent organizations of UFO researchers and ...
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Physical Evidence of Alien Contact
Ufologists and others who believe that aliens regularly visit Earth say there has been physical evidence of these visits. The ...
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Project Blue Book
Begun in 1952, Project Blue Book was the last in a series of U.S. Air Force investigations into the nature ...
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Psychological Signs of Alien Contact
Whether they have remembered an abduction experience on their own or through hypnosis, people who claim to have been abducted ...
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Robertson Panel
Named for its leader, physicist H.P. Robertson, who worked for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Defense Department, the ...
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Roswell Incident
Among people who believe that UFOs are alien spacecraft, the Roswell incident is considered to be proof not only that ...
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Sitchin, Zecharia
Zecharia Sitchin (1920s−2010 ) : Zecharia Sitchin was one of the leading proponents of the ancient astronaut theory, an idea ...
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Starchild skull
Starchild skull, the In 1999 an oddly shaped skull was displayed at conferences attended by ufologists as proof that alien-human ...
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The Condon Committee
Headed by and named for physicist Edward U. Condon of the University of Colorado, the Condon Committee was a U.S ...
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The Watchers
The name the Watchers is sometimes used to refer to extraterrestrials whose motive for visiting Earth is said to be ...
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Unidentified Submarine Objects
As their name implies, unidentified submarine objects (USOs) are objects seen beneath the sea that defy identification. In some cases ...