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Some people think that UFOs are more likely to be secret, military craft being tested by the superpowers. There's a flaw in this explanation. If witnesses are to be believed, flying saucers have flown across our air space with speeds that no one here on Earth has managed to attain yet. Others suggest a mass hallucination causes people to see these things. It's much more entertaining to believe that aliens are coming over in flying saucers. Science fiction books and movies have explored this territory well. The films from the 1950s showing saucers were very often on a shoestring budget. It's easy to laugh now at the metal, dustbin lids skimming across the studio and the funny little flashing lights. This was the golden age of science fiction before sophisticated special effects and the audience were terrified.

The 1960s brought us Star Trek and stories of traveling to other galaxies. The tradition of flying saucers was continued with the design of Captain Kirk's spaceship. The Enterprise incorporated a saucer shape, and moved faster than the speed of light. To believe in these saucers is to believe in alien life forms. Star Trek took it for granted that they are out there. Are they? The jury on flying saucers is still out.

One of the most famous UFO stories is the Roswell Incident. It's alleged that an alien space craft crash landed in the New Mexico desert in 1947. Several strange bodies were found inside but the military authorities tried to hush it up, then issued a statement saying it was a weather balloon. Some army personnel claim to have seen the bodies. There was a film showing a supposed autopsy on one of the aliens. This was discredited and the people responsible for the film eventually admitted it was a hoax. This doesn't put people off believing it was a visit from aliens in flying saucers. Others say the bodies were monkeys and the military was experimenting with a secret craft.

In 1952, six Norwegian army jets on maneuvers spotted wreckage in a mountain area on some Arctic Ocean islands. A Soviet vehicle or missile was suspected. When investigators, including an expert on rocketry reached the site, they found no trace of any occupants and the object seemed to be made from an unknown metal. A high ranking officer declared that flying saucers of this sort could not have been built by any country on Earth. The materials used in its construction were completely unknown.

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