World UFO Day 2022: History,
Importance and Why the Day Is Celebrated On July 2
WORLD UFO DAY 2022: Do aliens exist? This question has been
puzzling mankind for a long time leading to various theories and speculations.
Connected to this thread, is the theory that suggests the existence of
Unidentified Flying Objects, popularly known as UFOs.
In order to
raise awareness and bring attention to these, July 2 is observed as World UFO
Day. The presence of alien life is primarily argued with by UFOs and as a
result, a considerable number of people are very interested in exploring the
depths of this concept, if not believe in it.
The World
UFO Day provides an opportunity to these explorers and enthusiasts to discuss,
decode, and deduce multiple theories related to UFOs.
World UFO Day 2022:
The most important reason behind celebrating World UFO Day is to raise
awareness of the "undoubted existence of UFOs" and about the
existence of intelligent life in outer space.
World UFO Day is
officially observed on July 2 to commemorate the sighting of a UFO in Roswell,
New Mexico, on that day in 1947.
World UFO Day is
observed every year on July 2. The day aims to bring together people who love
learning about Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO), and also to raise awareness
about these aerial objects.
Earlier, World UFO
Day was observed on two different dates — July 2 and June 24. In order to
eliminate any confusion, the World UFO Day Organization (WUFODO) declared July
2 as the official World UFO Day. Since there is just one official date for the
celebration of World UFO Day, large numbers of people are able to celebrate it
in a single day, instead of small groups observing it on two different dates.
World UFO Day is also
known as Flying Saucer Day. The day is dedicated to the existence of UFOs.
World UFO Day was celebrated for the first time in 2001 by UFO researcher
Haktan Akdogan.
Why World UFO Day Was Observed On June 24?
The reason why June
24 is sometimes observed as World UFO Day is that on the same day in 1947,
American aviator Kenneth Arnold had recognized the first widely reported modern
UFO sighting. On June 24, 1947, Kenneth Arnold reportedly saw a string of nine,
shiny UFOs flying past Mount Rainier at speeds estimated to be at least 1,932 kilometers
per hour. This is considered the first of the modern era UFO sightings.
Following the sighting of the object by Kenneth, more sightings were reported
over the next two to three weeks.
Kenneth compared the
movement of the UFO to the way a saucer would move if one skipped it over
water, according to an article published by Sky at Night magazine.
Based on Kenneth's
description of the UFO, the press coined the terms flying saucer and flying
disc which, to date, are popular descriptive terms for these objects.
Why World UFO Day Is
Observed On July 2
World UFO Day is
officially observed on July 2 to commemorate the sighting of a UFO in Roswell,
New Mexico, on that day in 1947.
July 2022 marks the
75th anniversary of the Roswell incident, when an extraterrestrial spacecraft
crashed in the New Mexico desert, with debris. The US States Army Air Forces
officers from Roswell Army Air Field had recovered the balloon debris from a
ranch near Corona, New Mexico. A local rancher named 'Mac' Brazel had contacted
the sheriff in Roswell on July 7, 1947, to state that he had discovered strange
debris spread over the ranch. Though he had found the object days earlier, he
did not think much until stories about flying saucers emerged.
Conspiracy theories
claiming that the debris involved a flying saucer and that the US government
had covered up the truth emerged.
The Roswell Army Air
Field (RAAF) issued a press release on July 8, 1947 stating that they had
recovered a "flying disc", but quickly retracted the statement,
claiming that the crashed object was a conventional weather balloon.
Following the
discovery of the debris, local newspaper Roswell Daily Record published a story
on the front page with the iconic headline: "RAAF Captures Flying Saucer
on Ranch in Roswell Region".
However, within 24
hours, the US military said a mistake had been made, and that the 'flying
saucer' was a crashed weather balloon.
In 1978, nuclear
physicist-turned-ufologist Stanton T Friedman rediscovered the story of the
Roswell UFO crash. Intelligence officer Jesse Marcel, who had gone to the crash
site with Brazel to recover debris, told Friedman that the weather balloon had
been a cover story and that the photos showing Marcel and other military
personnel holding some of the debris had been staged. He told Friedman that
weather balloon debris had been substituted for the real wreckage in the
pictures, according to the article.
Marcel claimed that
all the people involved in the retrieval were confident the object had been an
extraterrestrial spaceship.
UFO Sightings
Following Arnold and Roswell Incidents
Following the Arnold
and Roswell incidents, reported sightings of UFOs increased drastically, and
researchers started investigating these sightings. American astronomers Josef
Allen Hynek became the United States' foremost expert in UFOs. The most
important advocate of UFO research, Hynek inspired the film "Close
Encounters of the Third Kind".
Classification of UFO
Encounters
A close encounter in
ufology is an event in which a person witnesses a UFO. Hynek had first
suggested the term in his 1972 book The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry.
He created a UFO encounter classification system, which divides UFOs into three
classes of "close encounters".
A Close Encounter of
the First Kind is an event in which a person simply observes a UFO but leaves
no evidence.
A Close Encounter of the
Second Kind is an event in which a UFO leaves physical traces which prove that
it was present in the vicinity of the site claimed by the observer. These
traces could be burns on the ground or broken branches.
A Close Encounter of
the Third Kind is an event in which a person makes contact with a UFO or other
life form.
Fascination with UFOs
Before 1947
People love learning
about extraterrestrial phenomena, and become excited when they spot unusual
lights in the sky or witness strange occurrences. The world's fascination with
UFOs increased during the 20th century. English writer HG Wells published a
science fiction novel called The War of the Worlds, which mentions fictional
conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race. The book was published in
1898, and was later broadcast by CBS Radio in 1938. It was a 60-minute episode
narrated by Orson Welles. The episode, which was a part of the American radio
drama anthology series The Mercury Theatre on the Air, stirred panic among the
radio audience, who believed that Martians were truly attacking Earth.
In 1561, some
unidentified flying objects were spotted over Nuremberg. According to a
broadsheet news article printed in April 1561, a large number of people spotted
a celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg. The broadsheet stated that "many
men and women'' of Nuremberg saw an aerial battle "out of the sun",
followed by the appearance of a large black triangular object and some spheres
falling to Earth in clouds of smoke.
According to the
broadsheet, people also observed hundreds of spheres, cylinders, and other
odd-shaped objects overhead.
In 1952, US Air Force
officer Edward Ruppelt coined the term "unidentified flying object"
to replace the terms "flying saucer" and "flying disk".
The oldest recorded
instance of a UFO sighting dates back to 214 CE, according to timeanddate.com.
Why Is World UFO Day
Celebrated?
The most important
reason behind celebrating World UFO Day is to raise awareness of the
"undoubted existence of UFOs" and about the existence of intelligent
life in outer space, according to the official website for World UFO Day.
World UFO Day is used
to encourage governments to declassify their knowledge about UFO sightings
throughout history. Several governments, including the US government, are
believed to have gained exclusive information on UFOs through their military
departments.
Every year on World
UFO Day, the UFO community reaches and challenges the beliefs of millions of
potential believers worldwide. People who believe in UFOs get in touch with
those who do not believe in UFOs and try to change their thought process in an
interesting manner.
How Can One Celebrate
World UFO Day?
People who believe in
UFOs are encouraged to organize their own parties on World UFO Day. Several
persons observe the skies together and engage themselves in UFO-themed
activities on this day.
People can also watch
movies based on UFOs and extraterrestrial life to celebrate the day. Most
importantly, people are encouraged to mentally send out the message that
"UFOs are welcome to Earth".
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