“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying” (ClarkeFoundation.org); however, supportive evidence proves the former. Despite numerous eyewitness accounts and evidence to “support” these claims, the evidence disproving them is far greater. Among the reports of abduction and unidentified flying object sightings, there is only a small possibility that what witnesses are actually seeing is something extraterrestrial. Some of these reports have been disproved by the Air Force as being experimental aircraft, while others have been downed weather balloons. Further evidence proves that several sightings have been in the same localized areas, which is explained with natural earthlights. On the other hand, delusion and the effects …show more content…
With occurrences such as cow mutilations and crop circles, there are various explanations that surely aren’t as mysterious as little green men in flying saucers. While much of the general public believes this is extraterrestrial, their evidence proves to be insufficient for these explainable events.
One of the most solid explanations for an “unidentified flying object” is actually one of the most simple. Various researchers believe that, “when people see the mysterious lights they believe are UFOs, what they are really seeing are unusual but natural lights emitted by the Earth itself” (O’Neill 95). Studies have shown that an astonishing percent of low-level UFO sightings have been reported close to geological faults. In 1970, an American ufologist, John Keel, discovered that sightings occurred in “window areas” where these objects appeared over several years