This is part of FJN’s Topic Briefs for Journalists series.
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Here’s a quick look a significant aspects of covering space phenomena.
- Language has evolved from “flying saucers” and “UFOs” (unidentified flying objects) to UAP (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena or Unidentified Aerial Phenomena). “Aliens” and “extraterrestrials” now are called “Nonhuman Intelligence” (NHI).
- Sightings of unexplained phenomena, primarily in the sky, have been documented for thousands of years, in rock paintings as well as in religious texts.
- After World War II, unexplained phenomena in the sky began being referred to as UFOs. The acronym was later changed to UAP.
- 1947 was a pivotal year in the modern history of UAP sightings. Since then, dozens of well-documented and hitherto unexplained sightings have been made all over the world, sometimes collectively by hundreds or thousands of people.
- Other phenomena of “high strangeness”, such as crop circles and cattle mutilation, are also associated with the UAP phenomenon.
- There are many theories as to what the UAP phenomenon is. Some point to Nonhuman Intelligence, some to the human psyche, and even the possibility of time travel.
- In recent years, unprecedented disclosure has taken place in the US. The authorities admit to having documented hundreds of UAP cases they cannot explain.
- New US legislation impels the government to tell Congress what it knows and makes it possible for whistleblowers to come forward with impunity.
Written by Anders Bolling. Edited by Liza Horan.
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