Sitchin, Zecharia
Zecharia Sitchin (1920s−2010 ) : Zecharia Sitchin was one of the leading proponents of the ancient astronaut theory, an idea originally popularized by Erich von…
Category: UFO Glossary
Little Green Men
During the 1950s and 1960s, when science-fiction stories often depicted aliens as having green skin, the phrase little green men was typically used to refer…
Keyhoe, Donald E.
Keyhoe, Donald E. (1897?–ca. 1988) : During the 1950s journalist Donald E. Keyhoe became one of the leading proponents of the theory that UFOs were…
Edwards, Frank Allyn
Frank Allyn Edwards (1908−1967) was a writer, radio announcer, and radio political commentator and was one of the founders of the National Investigations Committee on…
Foo Fighters
The term foo fighters is often used to refer to UFOs that are reported by pilots flying at night as being mysterious moving lights. The…
Starchild skull
Starchild skull, the In 1999 an oddly shaped skull was displayed at conferences attended by ufologists as proof that alien-human hybrids— that is, children that…
Men in Black
The phrase Men in Black refers to mysterious men wearing black suits and sunglasses. Witnesses of UFOs and other seemingly unexplainable events say these men…
Flying Saucer
“flying saucer” An expression commonly used to describe an unexplained aerial phenomenon. The words do not always convey a just conception, since much of what…