Term Papers on UFOs And Effect On People

Term Paper Title	UFOs And Effect On People
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UFO's and effect on people

The Effects of UFO's on People
By Steve Edwards

     Almost every civilization in history that has kept a written history has recorded the sightings of strange objects and lights in the skies.  These objects have been described as glowing wheels, colored balls of light, and disk shaped objects.  Today unexplained aerial phenomena are generally referred to as unidentified flying objects (UFO's) or flying saucers.
     The effects of extra terrestrial sightings can have an adverse effect on people if influenced the wrong way.  No solid proof has shown that UFO's are real, but many sightings cannot be proven otherwise.  The media, stories, or one's own experience may often influence what one believes.  The government once stated that they had captured extra terrestrials. (60 minutes, CBS)  On the contrary, most scientists now agree that almost all sightings and stories of extra terrestrials are not authentic.
The United States government has records of thousands of UFO sightings since 1948, including photos of alleged UFOs and interviews with people who claim to have seen them.  Since UFOs were considered a potential security risk, the report on these sightings was originally classified as secret. (Craig, 917)  When the report was later declassified it showed that 90 percent of all UFO sightings could be easily explained. Most of the sightings turned out to be celestial objects, such as stars or bright planets like Venus, or atmospheric events such as auroras or meteors falling through the atmosphere.  Many other sightings turned out to be objects such as weather balloons, satellites, aircraft lights, or formations of birds.  Often these sightings were accompanied by unusual weather conditions.  Only 5.6 percent of these cases were not explained.
Testimonies by people are often very inaccurate and dramatized.  People have the tendency to explain everything they see, which is not usually completely accurate.  The unaided human eye can be tricked into hallucination and has an inaccurate depth perception.  Reflections from windows and eyeglasses can provide an optical illusion of a UFO.  Radar is much more reliable to identify objects, but it cannot detect many characteristics that separate natural phenomena and physical objects.  Radar often picks up ionized gas, rain, or thermal discontinuities.  Electronic interference is also a frequent problem.  Either way, scientists are left with many unanswered questions.
There are many mysteries about UFO's with many indefinite answers.   Many investigators have tried to solve some peculiar questions about UFO's, but many of their conclusions cannot be proven. In 1968 the United States Air Force asked Edward U. Condon, a physicist at the University of Colorado, to head a panel studying the claims of extraterrestrial crafts. (Unidentified Flying Objects, Encarta encyclopedia)  The committee's final report was reviewed by a special committee of the National Academy of Sciences and released in early 1969.  The 37 scientists who contributed to the report interviewed UFO witnesses and studied physical and photographic evidence.  The report, also known as the Condon Report, concluded that not only was there no evidence of extraterrestrial control of UFOs but also that no further UFO studies were needed.  Their advice was accepted by the United States, but for other independent laboratories it was not enough.
     Whether or not a person believes UFO's are, in fact, real or not is probably b...

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