"Sightings", Conspiracies, & Myths
On September 13, 2023, two mummified 'alien' bodies were shown to the congress of this country, later to be debunked as fake
What is Mexico?
This social media platform has the biggest influence when spreading alien conspiracies
What is TikTok?
This classified military base is widely believed to house evidence of extraterrestrial life
What is Area 51?
This major event in New Mexico was when the U.S. government supposedly recovered debris from a UFO in 1947
What was the Roswell Incident?
This is responsible for producing and generating fake "sightings" of alien life forms
What is Ai?
This term was coined in 1947 by Kenneth Arnold after he saw nine disc-shaped objects in the sky as an aviator
What is a "Flying Saucer"?
During World War II, this program was known for testing nuclear weapons, which led to conspiracies about government coverups with potentially 'advanced technology'
What was the Manhattan Project?
This movie genre (founded in the 1950s) is used for films that focus on extraterrestrial phenomena and/or a technological depiction of the future
What is Sci-fi?
This is the study of unidentified flying objects
What is UFOlogy?
Ray Palmer and Kenneth Arnold co-wrote The Coming of the Saucers (1952) that later popularized this myth
What is the Men in Black myth?
This popular slogan came from the tv series The X-Files (1993-2002)
What is "The Truth is Out There"?
Similar to UFOs, this is the meaning to the acronym 'UAP'
What is a
Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon
or
Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon?
On June 21, 1947, pilots Harold Dahl and Fred Crisman reported that a UFO exploded during this major event (that turned out to be a hoax)
What was the Maury Island Incident?
This popular science-fiction/comedy film series about aliens is based off a 1990s Marvel Comics magazine series
What is Men in Black?
This term is used by UFO conspiracists when the U.S. government may be acknowledging the existence of aliens
What is "Disclosure"?