50 years ago, UFO sightings in the United States went bust
Excerpt from the June 26, 1971 issue of Science News
In 2020, the Pentagon declassified video of an unidentified object (shown) taken by a military plane five years prior. A surge in the number of reported UFO sightings in the U.S. coincided with news of the video as well as the start of pandemic-related lockdowns.
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What happened to UFOs? — Science