UFO fun facts
- A UFO sighting occurs
somewhere on the planet every three minutes.
- Hundreds of thousands of
unexplained sightings have been reported all around the world, many
of which were documented or photographed.
- A Roper poll in 1991 said
that 4 million Americans believe they have been
abducted.
- A Gallup poll in 1996
said that 71 percent of Americans believe the government knows more
than it is telling us about UFOs.
- Millions of people have
seen UFOs, from biblical prophets to astronauts to housewives to
astronomers.
- The first documented UFO
sighting is in the Bible. The prophet Ezekiel described a "great
cloud with fire enfolding itself, a wheel in the middle of a wheel
that descended and fired lightning bolts into the
earth."
- An incident was reported
in Basel, Switzerland, on Aug. 7, 1566.
- The first photograph of a
UFO was taken in 1883 by astronomer Jose Bonilla in Zacatecas,
Mexico.
- Alexander Hamilton
reported a cow being kidnapped by an airship in Le Roy, Kan., in
April 1897.
- Winston Churchill
reported a strange airship in Kent, England, Oct. 14, 1912. It was
the first case of a UFO being "officially"
reported.
- On Feb. 25, 1942, a
large, dark object over the Los Angeles coastline was mistaken for
a Japanese attack and drew a barrage of anti-aircraft fire. Memos
to President Roosevelt confirmed the existence of unidentified
aerial objects.
- UFOs were often seen and
photographed during NASA's space missions in the
1960s.
- UFO sightings have been
claimed by former President Jimmy Carter, Clyde Tombaough (the
astronomer who discovered Pluto) and William Shatner (who claims to
have been rescued by aliens who pointed him in the right direction
when he was lost in the Mojave Desert).
(taken from
UFO fun facts)
Work
Downtown??? Need a break from Work???
Are you seeing Flying Saucers???
Well, if you see a Flying Saucer, come on in and have lunch and
talk about caching
(no work talk here)
DATE: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2009
TIME: 11:30 AM
PLACE: FLYING SAUCER
705 Main Street Houston, TX 77002