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1. The most surprising fact learned about the topic of UFO's is that roughly 33% of American adults believe terrestrial life forms are visiting Earth via UFO's.

2. UFO's are relevant in day to day life because the pursuit for extra-terrestrial life continues with each UFO sighting. An example of a recent UFO sighting was March 7th 2020, in Stoney Creek Ontario when an individual reported seeing strange lights moving from the Southwest sky to the Northeast.

3. The research I found the most interesting was the government videos of UFOs. Government conspiracy theories and cover-ups are a common theory surrounding UFOs and the government involvement. Through researching UFO incidents and reviewing UFO videos, it is evident that the government has become more open with their research and findings related to UFOs. I believe as technology advances and society becomes more open to the idea of extra-terrestrial life, the public and government will collaborate to identify where these UFOs originate. Many of these videos were fascinating as they baffled both the public and government officials. These rare sightings may not provide answers, but they do leave us with more exciting world mysteries.

4. I will remember the information that was declassified in the project blue book findings. I found it astonishing that the government would put together a task force to investigate such sightings. While it was impressive they identified over 12,000 cases, they do admit to leaving many sightings "unidentified". The unidentified objects are interesting as it leaves the government vulnerable to questioning and leaves room to create mystery.

5. The pseudoscience belief that is most harmful is emotional connection because it creates a blockade between logical decisions and emotionally based decisions. Emotions may affect the nature of a decision and the speed at which one makes a choice. Anger can lead to impatience, rash decision-making, while excitement might cause someone to make quick decisions without considering other options. Emotionally based decisions may cause poor judgement,  bias and recklessness decision making. The least harmful pseudoscience belief is unexplained because although the questions have yet to be answered, critical thinking and skepticism are continually used as an attempt to provide answers. An example of unexplained would be UFO's and alien lifeforms, they are not yet confirmed or denied and therefore the search for an answer continues.

6. If you could pass on your knowledge to a family member or friend, what do you think is the most important thing to pass on?
If passing knowledge about UFO's onto a family member or friend important information that I would provide is the value of critical thinking when analyzing the information provided. It is crucial to remain skeptical when viewing video footage, websites or images claiming UFO sightings.

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The National UFO Reporting Center focuses primarily on receiving, recording, corroborating and documenting reports from individuals who have been witnessed unusual, possibly unidentified flying object related events. The Reporting Center differs from other organizations by making all data publicly available in summary. Detailed information is available to experienced investigators and monthly sighting report are summarized on the website.

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This website displays numerous reports of UFO’s or aliens, although many have been debunked and are associated with altered perception and observations some reports remain unexplained. Confusion with causation is displayed on this website as many individuals believe that strange lights, unfamiliar sounds or shapes in the sky are related to unidentified flying objects and extra-terrestrial lifeforms. The website dates back numerous years causing proof of verbosity, although the website director promises summary reports the excessive number of summaries make it difficult to locate information. This website allows individuals to share their personal experiences and encounters which promotes ideology and establishes emotional connections. A flaw in this website would be that anyone can report an unidentified flying object through the internet which deliberately creates mystery.

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National UFO Reporting Center P. O. Box 700 Davenport, WA 99122

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This photo represents a prank radio broadcast in 1938, by famous celebrity "Orson Welles" that Earth was being attacked by Mars during a Halloween broadcast.

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This photo provides a connection to appeal to authority because a famous celebrity is broadcasting on a radio station saying that Earth is being attacked by Mars, which adds some believability to the broadcast. Skepticism can also be applied because the broadcast was on Halloween to scare the listeners. Despite the broadcaster having no evidence of the Earth being attacked, he kept talking about how meteors were crashing on Earth, UFO's were bringing martians with death rays to attack, and giant serpents wiggling in the shadows made all listeners believe this was real by proof of verbosity.

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This photo humorously illustrates how easily everyday objects can be manipulated or unidentified as an unidentified flying objects.

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This photo provides a connection to patternicity as many individuals report unidentified flying objects that turn out to be patterns or shapes familiar to the human eye. Humans have a difficult time interpreting and rationalizing the unexplained which support the belief of alien life and alien technology. Critical thinking and skepticism disprove many UFO sighting claims; as evidence is gathered regarding the sighting, credibility is verified, and assessments are often completed to see if the sighting can it be reproduced. Although many UFO sightings are disproved, confirmation bias allows many individuals to continue believing in the events that coincide with their personal beliefs. A limitation shown in this photo is perspective, as the alteration of perspective can change ones interpretation of something. This limitation relates back to patternicity because perspective, lighting and altered perception may influence what humans believe is an unidentified flying object.

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This photo is an image of the "Roswell Daily Record" front page. This front page was mainly based on the results of the Roswell incident and investigation that ensued. The government reported that the "UFO crash" was actually just a USA air force balloon that had come down, and that no extraterrestrial life forms were involved.

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This image shows how our appeal to authority can sometimes be misleading. This picture is showing how the government is confirming that the UFO seen crashing near Roswell, was a weather balloon. The fact that the military was covering the incident supports its truthfulness, which later caused conspiracy theories. Using critical thinking we can gather the information this picture tells us to evaluate biases, assumptions and emotions and create alternative answers. We must use skepticism in the governments reports to see if there are alternative answers to the events. Some conspiracy theorists believe the government used simplicity for the general public, stating it would be too dangerous to inform the public of alien life. Realistically, the incident could remain unexplained as there was a military presence, meaning a possible cover up. Many individuals believe in the agenticity; seeing that the government has involvement with UFO's supports the belief of alien life coming to earth. A flaw in this picture is the content, it does not show the “crash landing” site, only a man with the supposed balloon. A limitation would be the restrictions during the incident that limited the public and press to probe deeper into the military presence and site.

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This article is about the general population misinterpreting UFO sightings due to the lack of knowledge and not understanding the fundamentals of Space. A former NASA engineer "James Oberg", breaks down popular UFO videos and explains what you are actually seeing instead of the UFO.

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The article is based around conspiracy theorist which relates to confirmation bias because the theorist have a predetermined belief in UFOs and aliens. All the videos in this article demonstrate some type of abnormal presence such as a bright white flare in the night sky. The theorist deliberately create mystery by exclaiming that the phenomenon must be a UFO. Many videos and images that seem like unexplained mysteries can be solved using critical thinking, peer support, or expert opinions such as ex NASA space engineer "James Oberg" in this article. An example of skepticism in the article would be in 2015 when people in South California saw a bright white flair in the night sky that was actually caused by a secret unarmed missile test by the US Navy. By applying skepticism, critical thinking and evaluating all possible answers before determining a conclusion, one may be able figure out the true meaning behind many skeptical unexplained UFO sightings.

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You've probably seen more than your fair share of stories about UFO sightings. An astronaut on the ISS just has to catch footage of a fireball shooting across Earth's skies, and conspiracy theorists have a field day. Whether it's clouds that look like spaceships or rogue meteors, the internet loves a good alien conspiracy.

But former NASA engineer James Oberg has taken it upon himself to trawl through all the sightings and stories out there and politely debunk them, using science.

The conclusion? Most of your "insane UFO sightings" are little more than 'space dandruff', or your brain misunderstanding of what space travel actually looks like, says Oberg.

As Cara Giaimo from Atlas Obscura reports, after working at NASA mission control in the late '90s, Oberg went on to become a space journalist and historian. It wasn't until a few years ago that he started to take UFO sightings seriously.

His goal isn't to simply crap all over true believers - he calls that " stomping on dormice" - instead he's interested in teasing out exactly what's going on in these images and videos, and trying to figure out why people are reacting so strongly to them.

His hypothesis? Our human senses are so used to focussing on relatively slow-moving objects, as well as certain light and atmosphere conditions, that when things change, our brains get confused.

"Our sensory system is functioning absolutely perfectly for Earth conditions," Oberg told Giaimo. "But we're still a local civilisation. Moving beyond our neighbourhood has been visually confusing."

Some of the most common sighting he has to debunk are to do with NASA astronauts reportedly seeing UFOS and being forced to keep silent, which Oberg says is a result of us watching too much sci-fi and not really understanding what space really looks like.

"I've had enough experience with real spaceflight to realise that what's being seen in many videos is nothing beyond the 'norm' from fully mundane phenomena occurring in unearthly settings," Oberg writes over on his site.

Here are some of the more common reports you might have seen on the interwebs, and Oberg's explanation of what's really going on:
UFO sightings at the International Space Station
The real story? Space dandruff, which are things that have shed off space vehicles during flight, like ice flakes, paint chips, or fragments of insulation. They're different to space junk, because they don't pose a real threat to spacecraft, Oberg explains on his site.

These flecks of dandruff are pretty common, but the reason they look so weird to us is that we're not used to the way these objects look when they fall while the space station is travelling through space.

It's the same reason why people see so many UFOs in the footage filmed by the cameras attached to NASA's old space shuttle missions.

In these videos, people usually freak out because the spots seem to dance in and out of view, or suddenly appear and disappear. Which is pretty creepy if you're sitting at your computer on Earth, but isn't that weird if you're on a space shuttle travelling 28,000 km/h (17,500 mph) - nothing's going to stay in your frame of vision very long.

And if the spacecraft is in the right position in relation to the Sun, it can also cast its shadow onto these objects to make them disappear and reappear, which is known as ' twilight shadowing'.
That weird Californian flare across the night sky
At the end of 2015, people in southern California freaked out when they saw a bright white light shoot across the night sky.

But, as was cleared up pretty soon after the incident, it was actually the result of a planned, unarmed missile test by the US Navy. That strange looking trail of light was the plume of particles blasted out by the rocket thruster.

So why did it look so creepy to everyone else? Because here on Earth, we're used to seeing thin vapour trails left by planes, or billowing smoke plumes. But most of us have rarely (if ever) seen anything so big and sharp as this.

"There were thousands of people who were absolutely processing their visual stimuli correctly if [the plume] was a mile away or 10 miles away [16 km]," Oberg told Atlas Obscura. "But it was 300 miles [482 km] away, up in space and sunlit, which never occurred to them, because this is not something within the normal range of human experience."

All of this isn't to say we should give up on sharing our UFO sightings, or assuming that everything is 'normal'.

"It's good to keep scanning space video for possible anomalies and reporting them quickly," Oberg told The Huffington Post back in 2013.

"The reason is, there is always a real chance that it could be a genuine anomaly, either a spacecraft malfunction or other threat, expected or unexpected. In the past, missions have failed because a clue that should have been seen out the window was overlooked."

Head over to Atlas Obscura to read the full interview, and more debunkings, with Oberg.

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This Former NASA Engineer Has Debunked Pretty Much Every Online UFO Sighting

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This archived document is a declassified document released from the United States air force. From the years 1947 to 1969, the air force recorded, documented, investigated, and evaluated over 12,000 UFO sightings throughout the USA. Their evaluation was clear as they stated that no UFO posed a threat to national security, that there is no evidence to state the UFO had technological advancements, as well that none of the objects are extraterrestrial vehicles.

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This archived document shows that most “sightings” were false perceptions or observations. Overall, it is difficult for witnesses to describe the sightings and many eye witness accounts were faulted, lied about, or reported nonsense. Using the critical thinking process along with skepticism we can recognize assumptions, emotions and biases which help select an alternative solution to each report. An emotional connection was established as some reporters allowed their emotions to take control during the incidents, causing a blur rather than rational thoughts. While researchers proposed many alternative solutions to roughly 12,000 cases, some cases remained unexplained.  This does not necessarily mean extraterrestrial life, it does however mean that at a point in time between the 40s and 70s, multiple flying objects could not be identified. Since project blue book is a government document, it leads us to see the appeal to authority. Although the government published it, this does not prove the research is credible. There’s also evidence of proof by verbosity, as the researchers discuss 12,000+ cases incredibly in-depth to identify specific details. The amount of information and number of cases makes it difficult for the average person to sift through. It is difficult to disprove the information in the face of so much “truth”.  There are some flaws surrounding the unexplained events, which lead to a stop in progress. Another flaw surrounds the research as it was only completed because money was involved. A third flaw could be the fact that the entire document just deliberately creates mystery, while many of the 12,000 reported cases have been debunked, the government has  admitted they have no explanation for nearly 1000 cases. Limits include reliance on personal eye witness accounts, limited public participation as well as limited information sharing and access before the ease of the internet.

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General Information

The United States Air Force retired to the custody of the National Archives its records on Project BLUE BOOK relating to the investigations of unidentified flying objects. Project BLUE BOOK has been declassified and the records are available for examination in our research room. The project closed in 1969 and we have no information on sightings after that date.

The National Archives has received numerous inquiries concerning documents identified as "MJ12" and "Briefing Document: Operation Majestic 12." We have made extensive searches among the records in our custody of the U.S. Air Force and the Joint Chiefs of Staff to identify these documents. The Truman and Eisenhower Libraries have also searched their holdings for any references to, or copies of, the documents. In addition, the records of the National Security Council (NSC) for the Truman and Eisenhower Administrations are in the custody of the National Archives. Searches were made of the indexes to the NSC's Policy Paper and Meeting Minute files under the subjects MJ-12, majestic, unidentified flying objects, UFO, flying saucers,extraterrestrial biological entities and Aquarius. These searches were all negative with the exception of a "Memorandum for General Twining, from Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President, Subject: "NCS/MJ-12 Special Studies Project" dated July 14, 1954. The memorandum, one page, refers to a briefing to take place on July 16. The memorandum does not identify MJ-12 or the purpose of the briefing.

Project BLUE BOOK Reference Report

Textual records of Project BLUE BOOK (the documentation relating to investigations of unidentified flying objects), excluding names of people involved in the sightings, are now available for research in the National Archives Building. The records include approximately 2 cubic feet of unarranged project or administrative files, 37 cubic feet of case files in which individual sightings are arranged chronologically, and 3 cubic feet of records relating to the Office of Special Investigations (OSI), portions of which are arranged chronologically, by OSI district, and by overseas command. A cubic foot of records comprises about 2,000 pages. Finding aids for these records include a file list for the project files and an index to individual sightings, entered by date and location.

Access to BLUE BOOK textual records is by means of 94 rolls of 35mm microfilm (T-1206) in the National Archives Microfilm Reading Room. The first microfilm roll includes a list of contents for all of the rolls and the finding aids. Photographs scattered among the textual records have also been filmed separately on the last two rolls.

Motion picture film, sound recordings, and some still pictures are maintained by the Motion Picture & Sound & Video Branch (NNSM) and the Still Picture Branch (NNSP).

U.S. Air Force Fact Sheet Concerning UFO's and Project BLUE BOOK

The following is a copy of the US Air Force Fact Sheet distributed by Wright-Patterson AFB in January 1985.

United States Air Force
Public Affairs Division,
Wright-Patterson AFB,
Ohio 45433

UFOs & PROJECT BLUE BOOK

On December 17, 1969, the Secretary of the Air Force announced the termination of Project BLUE BOOK, the Air Force program for the investigation of UFOS.

From 1947 to 1969, a total of 12, 618 sightings were reported to Project BLUE BOOK. Of these 701 remain "Unidentified." The project was headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, whose personnel no longer receive, document or investigate UFO reports.

The decision to discontinue UFO investigations was based on an evaluation of a report prepared by the University of Colorado entitled, "Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects;" a review of the University of Colorado's report by the National Academy of Sciences; past UFO studies and Air Force experience investigating UFO reports during the 40s, '50s, and '60s.

As a result of these investigations and studies and experience gained from investigating UFO reports since 1948, the conclusions of Project BLUE BOOK are:(1) no UFO reported, investigated, and evaluated by the Air Force has ever given any indication of threat to our national security;(2) there has been no evidence submitted to or discovered by the Air Force that sightings categorized as "unidentified" represent technological developments or principles beyond the range of present-day scientific knowledge; and(3) there has been no evidence indicating that sightings categorized as "unidentified" are extraterrestrial vehicles.

With the termination of Project BLUE BOOK, the Air Force regulations establishing and controlling the program for investigating and analyzing UFOs were rescinded. Documentation regarding the former BLUE BOOK investigation has been permanently transferred to the Military Reference Branch, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC 20408, and is available for public review and analysis.

Since Project BLUE BOOK was closed, nothing has happened to indicate that the Air Force ought to resume investigating UFOS. Because of the considerable cost to the Air Force in the past, and the tight funding of Air Force needs today, there is no likelihood the Air Force will become involved with UFO investigation again.

There are a number of universities and professional scientific organizations, such as the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which have considered UFO phenomena during periodic meetings and seminars. In addition, a list of private organizations interested in aerial phenomena my be found in Gayle's Encyclopedia of Associations (edition 8, vol-. 1, pp. 432-433). Such timely review of the situation by private groups ensures that sound evidence will not be overlooked by the scientific community.

A person calling the base to report a UFO is advised to contact a private or professional organization (as mentioned above) or to contact a local law enforcement agency if the caller feels his or public safety is endangered.

Periodically, it is erroneously stated that the remains of extraterrestrial visitors are or have been stored at Wright-Patterson AFB. There are not now nor ever have been, any extraterrestrial visitors or equipment on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

Majestic 12 or "MJ-12" Reference Report

The National Archives has received many requests for documentation and information about "Project MJ-12." Many of the inquiries concern a memorandum from Robert Cutler to Gen. Nathan Twining, dated July 14, 1954. This particular document poses problems for the following reasons:

1. The document was located in Record Group 341, entry 267. The series is filed by a Top Secret register number. This document does not bear such a number.

2. The document is filed in the folder T4-1846. There are no other documents in the folder regarding "NSC/MJ-12."

3. Researchers on the staff of the National Archives have searched in the records of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs on Staff, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, and in other related files. No further information has been found on this subject.

4. Inquiries to the U.S. Air Force, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the National Security Council failed to produce further information.

5. The Freedom of Information Office of the National Security Council informed the National Archives that "Top Secret Restricted Information" is a marking which did not come into use at the National Security Council until the Nixon Administration. The Eisenhower Presidential Library also confirm that this particular marking was not used during the Eisenhower Administration.

6. The document in question does not bear an official government letterhead or watermark. The NARA conservation specialist examined the paper and determined it was a ribbon copy prepared on "diction onionskin." The Eisenhower Library has examined a representative sample of the documents in its collection of the Cutler papers. All documents in the sample created by Mr. Cutler while he served on the NSC staff have an eagle watermark in the bond paper. The onionskin carbon copies have either an eagle watermark or no watermark at all. Most documents sent out by the NSC were prepared on White House letterhead paper. For the brief period when Mr. Cutler left the NSC, his carbon copies were prepared on "prestige onionskin."

7. The National Archives searched the Official Meeting Minute Files of the National Security Council and found no record of a NSC meeting on July 16, 1954. A search of all NSC Meeting Minutes for July 1954 found no mention of MJ-12 nor Majestic.

8. The Judicial, Fiscal and Social Branch searched the indices of the NSC records and found no listing for: MJ-12, Majestic, unidentified flying objects, UFO, flying saucers, or flying discs.

9. NAJA found a memo in a folder titled "Special Meeting July 16, 1956" which indicated that NSC members would be called to a civil defense exercise on July 16, 1956.

10. The Eisenhower Library states, in a letter to the Military Reference Branch, dated July 16, 1987:

"president Eisenhower's Appointment Books contain no entry for a special meeting on July 16, 1954 which might have included a briefing on MJ-12. Even when the President had 'off the record' meetings, the Appointment Books contain entries indicating the time of the meeting and the participants ...

"The Declassification office of the National Security Council has informed us that it has no record of any declassification action having been taken on this memorandum or any other documents on this alleged project ..."

Robert Cutler, at the direction of President Eisenhower, was visiting overseas military installations on the day he supposedly issued this memorandum--- July 14, 1954. The Administration Series in Eisenhower's Papers as President contains Cutler's memorandum and report to the President upon his return from the trip. The memorandum is dated July 20, 1954 and refers to Cutler's visits to installations in Europe and North Africa between July 3 and 15. Also, within the NSC Staff Papers is a memorandum dated July 3, 1954, from Cutler to his two subordinates, James S. Ia and J. Patrick Cone, explaining how they should handle NSC administrative matters during his absence; one would assume that if the memorandum to Twining were genuine, Lay or Cone would have signed it."
When certifying a document under the seal of the National Archives we attest that the reproduction is a true copy of a document in our custody. We do not authenticate documents or the information contained in a document.
The "Roswell Incident"
The National Archives has been unable to locate any documentation among the Project BLUE BOOK records which discuss the 1947 incident in Roswell, New Mexico.
On September 8, 1994, the Secretary of the Air Force, Sheila E. Widnall, announced that the United States Air Force had completed its study to locate records that relate to the alleged 1947 UFO incident near Roswell, New Mexico. Pro-UFO researchers claim that an extraterrestrial spacecraft and its alien occupants were recovered near Roswell in July of 1947, and that this fact was kept from the public.

At the request of Congressman Steven H. Schiff (R-NM), the General Accounting Office (GAO) initiated an audit in February of 1994, to locate all records relating to the "Roswell Incident" and to determine if such records were properly handled. The GAO audit was completed and the results published by the Headquarters, U.S. Air Force in 1995. The publication is entitled "The Roswell Report: Fact vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desert." This publication may be obtained from most U.S. Government Depository Library. The call number is ISBN 0-16- 048023-X.

The General Accounting Office audit involved a number of government agencies but focused on the Air Force. To support this audit, the Air Force initiated a systematic search of current Air Force offices as well as numerous archives and records centers which might help explain the incident. Air Force officials also interviewed a number of persons who may have had knowledge of the events. Prior to the interviews, Secretary Widnall released those persons from any previous security obligations that may have restricted their statements.

The Air Force research did not locate or develop any information that the "Roswell Incident" was a UFO event nor was there any indication of a "cover-up" by the Government. Information obtained through exhaustive records searches and interviews indicated that the materials recovered near Roswell was consistent with a balloon devise of the type used in a then classified project. No records indicated or even hinted that the recovery of "alien" bodies or extraterrestrial materials.

All documentation related to this case are now declassified and the information in the public domain. Documentation has been turned over to the office of the Air Force Historian.

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Project BLUE BOOK - Unidentified Flying Objects

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General Information Reference Report relating to Project BLUE BOOK U.S. Air Force Fact Sheet on UFO'S and Project BLUE BOOK Reference Report relating to Majestic 12 {MJ-12} Information of the "Roswell Incident" General Information The United States Air Force retired to the custody of the National Archives its records on Project BLUE BOOK relating to the investigations of unidentified flying objects.

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This video depicts a UFO in 2014 that was flying in the Chilean navy airspace. It was caught on camera by an army helicopter, who tried to make contact with the object but got no response. Their base radar couldn't detect any objects in the area where it was seen, and the object also emitted some gas which hung in the air. The object stayed in the area for 10 minutes before disappearing. Analyst confirmed the three dimensional object was real, and the video was not tampered with.

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This video is evident of appeal to authority as the recording was taken from an army helicopter. Coming directly from the army means it is important, and must be real if the government has agreed to release the footage to the public. Using the critical thinking process along with skepticism we can evaluate the evidence and determine bias’, which may help determine alternative answers. While it is difficult to draw a conclusion, alternative answers suggest possibilities such as another navy aircraft. Using critical thinking we can evaluate the evidence to be an army video, which leads to proof by verbosity. The army provides excessive footage, detail, and analyst work on the video to prove it is true. The video claims there has been no tampering, and they thermal track gas emissions which causes the public to become overwhelmed with proof. Agenticity is prevalent in this video as they assigned it to be a UFO, although it could have been a helicopter, blimp or other aircraft. The link to a UFO implies it could have been an extraterrestrial technology, since the two words or synonymous nowadays. This video also contains the unexplained as analysts and researchers break down the video, but nobody could explain the objects true identity. A few flaws include that these results cannot be verified, meaning its progress has stopped, and the video has deliberately caused mystery. A limitation within this video is the distance, if the aircraft was able to get closer and obtain a more thorough image of the UFO, additional information would be available.

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UFO? Chilean Navy releases video of mysterious flying object

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This video shows two people launching balloons with attached flares into the sky during the night. The balloons were launched in groups of 5 during its first few occurrences, starting January 4, 2009,  the finale had 9 flares attached to the balloons on February 17, 2009.

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Various news outlets reported on the "strange lights" in the sky because the two individuals that created the UFO Morristown hoax called a new station to report the lights.  The UFO hoax can be related to unexplained events and skepticism because the people of Morristown also became skeptical of the lights and called 911 to report the mysterious red lights. The hoax gained lots of attention through social media and the perception for the general public was just another UFO mystery, until a video was released showing  the balloons  attached with flares getting released into the sky. This gave the public a true observation on how the Morristown UFO hoax was created.  The hoax was claimed as a "social experiment" to expose how ideology may be used to fool the world.

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How We Staged the Morristown UFO Hoax, Part 2: The Launches

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This video demonstrates FLIR1 (Forward Looking Infrared System), the second of three U.S Military videos of an unidentified flying object, or what they refer to as a UAP (unidentified aerial phenomenon). As the video begins a brief explanation allows individuals to understand the technology, the sensor on the U.S Navy’s F/A-18 Super Hornet is in infrared mode. The unidentified object appears as a white shape on the weapon sensor operator, but after changing to TV mode, it appears as a dark, ovular object against the bright sky. After a brief moment, the object suddenly accelerates to the left, out of the sensors view at an unexpected velocity.

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The footage captured by the FLIR1 has been through the official declassification process of the United States government and was therefore approved for public viewing. By using critical thinking we can analyze the video, inspect the credibility and recognize assumptions based on the information presented. Appeal to authority surrounds the government as they are typically viewed as a reliable source of information. Many individuals recognize an unidentified flying object as a synonym for "alien spaceship”, which only celebrates the unexplained. Thousands of reports regarding unidentified flying object remain unanswered, therefore many establish an emotional connection between UFO's and extra-terrestrial life. The vivid experiences of bright lights, disorientation and strange sounds/experiences alter perception and observations, along with ideology and personal belief support that a UFO was caught on camera by the U.S Navy.

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FLIR1: Official UAP Footage from the USG for Public Release

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Danika Poirier,  Jack Mason & Tristan Rosales