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In an attempt to fit various types of UFO/alien experiences into some categorized listing, the astronomer and ufologist J. Allen Hynek created a classification system. He first introduced this terminology to the world in his book, "The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry" in 1972. His determination was that UFO/alien encounters could be broken down into three basic types.

It is accepted that a close encounter must occur within a 500 foot range to avoid the misidentification of conventional terrestrial aircraft or other natural phenomena. Beyond that range objects are considered to be either "nocturnal lights", "daylight disks", or " visual and radar reports".

According to Hynek's classification system a close encounter of the first kind is the near sighting (500 foot or less away) of an unidentified flying object, odd lights or an aerial object that is maneuvering or otherwise displaying characteristics that are not possible with terrestrial technology.

A close encounter of the second kind is the sighting of a UFO that leaves some physical trace of its presence. These can take the form of either measurable heat or radiation damage on the observer or damage to the immediate terrain and its flora and fauna. Incidences of human paralysis or inexplicable frightened or agitated animals as well as interference of radio and television reception fall into this category. The phenomena of "lost time" associated with a UFO sighting is also a second kind encounter.

Due to Steven Spielberg's famous movie, close encounters of the third kind are most well known. This encounter scenario is where the witness observes "animate beings" in associated with the sighted UFO. Hynek himself did not wish to use the term "alien" as there was no was to rule out the possibility that the beings seen were actually humans as opposed to automatically assuming they were of extraterrestrial origin.

Others have added extra classifications to this list although not all ufologists universally accept them. Ted Bloecher added seven more potential categories although they are mostly subsets of the major classifications and three do not particularly pertain to UFO's or aliens at all. Of the most accepted of these additional classifications is added the close encounters of the fourth kind. In the fourth close encounter category is the actual abduction of a human by alien beings.

The close encounters of the fifth kind classification was proposed by Steven M. Greer, the founder of the Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence. These encounters are one's mutually arrived at with a conscious and deliberate purpose by both the humans and the aliens for the purposes of communication. These "contactee" encounters were considered to have begun sometime in the 1950's and supposedly continue, along with the less planned encounters, to this day.

It is for sure that as of know, the UFO theory will keep us engaged for a good period of time. They exist or they don’t. This question is not as simple as it seems. With people’s view differing all around the world, the scientists are still looking for some solid or hard proof.

As far as UFO legend and myth stories go, here is one of the most intriguing stories that come from a daughter of a well known minister in the United States. This story was shared by Lucile Andrew, daughter of Hamilton Holt.

Before sharing this so called “secret” she said “today I want to share an experience that has been by, by request kept secret in our family since 1939, during Second World War. This concerns something my father was shown by Cordell Hull, his cousin and also the Secretary of the State under the president Franklin Roosevelt”.

Lucie told that during that year her father went to Washington and was with Cordell. Their Cordell took Hull to the U.S Capitol and asked Hull to accompany him in a secret room. According to Holt, this room was in the basement of U.S Capitol. Holt was shocked what he saw their, he saw four large jars, each with an alien creature persevered within. He also saw a flying saucer in the room not kept far away from the jars.

According to Lucie, she and her two sisters were all made aware of this event. They were instructed not to leak this information until Cordell and Holt are dead. The sisters still believe that the U.S government still has possession of those UFO’s and alien bodies and they are kept at some secret locations.

Hull was a very well known statesmen have no reason to hoax such an event.

Lucile were very young at that time, to understand what her father was trying to say, but her elder sister still recalls that her father described the entities in the glass jars as some creatures who in no way looked like human beings.

The sisters also recall that their father went to the secret room in 1939 and saw an UFO; he naturally assumed that the four creatures arrived in that UFO. He described the UFO as, broken into pieces and was of silver metallic color. It was nothing he had ever seen before.

However contradictory to all these, curator of the U.S capitol denies existence of any kind of basement in the building. However she still recalls that during that time there was a basement divided into storage rooms.

The Cordell-Holt story, though enticing, will exist within the realm of folklore.

Here is another tale of an alien encounter that happened last year in Japan. The event again was witnessed by a large number of people, followed by a state of denial by the government and the hushing up of the UFO reports.

Sketchy details are emerging of an unexplained sky event that happened in Japan in city of Tokushima situated on Shikoku Island in southern part of Japan.

Many residents of the city saw a small unidentified object or UFO, on evening of 16th July 2008. They saw the UFO losing control and hurtling to earth. On colliding with earth, a loud explosion and brilliant lights were seen coming out from that area.

There were many people and pilots flying the airplanes that witnessed this event and confirmed that an UFO descended towards the ground.

Some witnesses standing on a bridge also alleged that the UFO missed the bridge by some inches prior to its crash in the nearby area. The Japanese Defense Ministry held a press conference soon after the alleged crash of the UFO and told the reporters that they could not identify the aircraft.

Soon after the crash happened the entire crash site was full of people and ground crew.

The locals also saw military planes hovering very low in the air, around the crash site. The area where the UFO hit the ground was cordoned off and sealed, with nobody being allowed to come near. After initial media reports and the panic that created among locals the local media hushed up the UFO reports and blacked them out. Obliviously the story still remains clouded.

The Japanese UFO buffs are sure that the alien and the UFO were secretly cratered away from the crash site and are being kept at some secret location. They are also giving numerous reports and evidences including the power failure that happened during the time of the crash etc. as reasons to prove this.

The question will surely be asked for long period of time that “Did a UFO crashed in Japan last year or was it just another case of media speculations”.

This event is just like any other UFO event. Same stories of UFO sightings, UFO crashing and the government cover up. There is simply no end to these. Sometime we wonder whether at all we will be able to uncover the truth behind such sightings and alien encounters or will these reports continue to haunt us for many coming years.

On the night of 12th august 1953 a woman living in the Ground Observer Corps in Black Hills, situated in South Dakota reported flashing lights hovering in the sky. The two operators posted at the radar station went to check the lights, whereas the women continued to talk over the phone. While all of them looked with amazement towards the sky the women reported that the object is beginning to move towards the Rapid City. At the same time, the two radar men observed that the object is moving; they rushed back to the radar and found that the radar got a fix on it on that spot.

At the same time, an F-84 plane was asked to reach the desired site. The pilot saw the flashing lights from a distance and started moving towards it. The object headed north direction and the jet continued its pursuit, the radar people watched the pursuit on their radar scope. The UFO gained the speed whenever the jet tried to come near it. After covering over 100 miles the jet ran out of fuel and had to discontinue the pursuit of the UFO. After the first jet returned another was asked to continue the pursuit of the UFO. The jet then reached the same position where the pursuit was discontinued and to their surprise the pilots found the UFO on the same location where the pursuit was discontinued. The pursuit again continued and the pursuit was observed on the ground radar.

In this second flight the pilot did some tricks to see that if they are really following an UFO or it was a case of misinterpretation or mistaken identity. The pilot tuned off all the lights of the aircraft to confirm that he was not chasing a canopy reflection. He was not. Then he carefully observed the object in relation to stars to confirm that he was not chasing a plant or a star. Finally when the jet came closer to the UFO he opened the radar gun sights. This gun sight enables enemy planes to be “locked on” for aiming purposes. And to his surprise the object was “locked on”.

However the second jet also ran out of fuel and pursuit had to be discontinued.

What was that object? It is now near impossible to tell. But such strange events really make us think sometimes. The absence of physical evidences supports the theory that there is nothing like UFO’s and aliens. But why these incidents happen at all and that too at different parts of the world and with different people.

The very first conclusion that an impartial observer makes about the UFO theory is that circumstance and rumors play a far too greater role in what ought to be a more exacting quest for knowledge. These observations once led Dr Carl Saggan to comment that UFO’s "are more a matter for religion and superstition than they are for science". This dismissal may be unscientific in its own but the point is well taken. Try it, attend any gathering or meeting of people talking about UFO’s and aliens and just listen. Rumors abound. And the most irritating things about these rumors are not only that they do not tell the truth but these rumors continue for years and years and nobody gives an effort to get to the bottom of it.

One of the most persistent and interesting rumor is that President Eisenhower , in 1954 visited the Edward Air Force Base and either viewed the wreckage of the space ship or dead bodies of the aliens or met with the live aliens which were on some diplomatic mission to earth.

The story has many forms, the most common being that he mysteriously disappeared one evening while on a vacation to Palm Springs, and that he was spirited to Edwards to meet aliens. It is said that he returned late in the evening and shortly thereafter ordered absolute secrecy about anything having to do with aliens and UFOs. This rumor is still prevalent and one of the major reasons for it to continue for so many years is the curious facts which are associated with it.

Like for example President Eisenhower made a trip to Palm Springs on the evening of 20th February 1954, he disappeared , when the members of the local press founded out that the president is not there, the rumors rampant that he is either seriously ill or died. However in a very short time the White House Press Secretary told the media person that president is fine and has just gone for treatment to a local dentist. However in June 1979 the widow of the dentist denied any such affair involving the dentist and the president.

This story may seem like rather a cover up story, the researchers at the Eisenhower Library has also uncovered some other facts which are inconsistent with the dentist story.

The first and foremost is that the library maintains a very detailed and exhaustive health record of the president’s health, however these is no record of the dental checkup of president in February 1954. A separate file on “Dentist’s” also contains nothing. Secondly, in library there is a huge file containing copies of various sorts of acknowledgments which were sent from the White House to all the people who were part of this trip. Like for example people who had played golf, people who had sent flowers etc. However there was never a mention of the dentist who treated President Eisenhower.

One of the best cases of physical trace evidence is the infamous Falcon Lake Encounter which took place on 19th May 1967. The lone participant in this infamous incident was Stephen Michalak, who worked as a mechanic, but his hobby included prospecting for silver. He was enjoying his hobby near Falcon Lake where he encountered two flying saucers and even touched one of them.

Stephen was a resident of Canada, but had gone for a short vacation in Whiteshell Provincial Park. He had prospected that area a number of times so he was quite familiar with the area. He was told by somebody that there are veins of quartz present near Falcon Lake. He went to Lake Falcon on 19th May 1967, and after couple of hours of digging, he found the precious metal, he then took his lunch and then resumed his work.

Shortly after noon, he heard the sound of geese, when he looked towards the sky he saw two elongated disc shape objects descending towards the ground. Brilliant red lights were coming out from these objects. While he was watching in amazement, one of the UFO hovered in mid air.

He saw that the other UFO landed on rocks just 150 feet away from him. The hovering UFO changed its lights and then finally disappeared. The UFO which was on the ground too seems to change its color in the same fashion. He hid in a bush and watched the space ship, he saw gate of the space ship opening and purple lights coming out of it, he was wearing protective glass and they helped him to shield his eyes. He also heard a hissing and loud sound from the spaceship.

He stood there for about half an hour but when nothing happened, he decided to have a close look of the UFO. He slowly moved forward, when he reached at the door of the craft, he peeped in and saw control panels having different colored lights he went inside but did not find any one.

He was frightened and decided to get out of it. He then examined the exterior of the craft, the moment he touched it his gloves melted due to excessive heat. As soon as he touched the craft, it moved and a vent opened, and gave out heat, the heat coming out from the vent caught Stephen’s cloths afire. The UFO then rose to the sky and disappeared, before leaving the area Stephen made certain landmarks like piling debris, making signs etc. He eventually made his way to hospital and was treated for severe burns.

Was he telling the truth? But there is no reason to believe that he is making a story. He was known as an honest and reliable man.

UFOs have been showing up, all over the world, from time to time. Some of the latest ufo sightings 2009 took place in Europe, and also in United States. Many people, believers and skeptics alike, now believe that this maybe a sign of imminent contact or revelation about life forms outside our planet.

Amongst the latest UFO sightings 2009, is the Mysterious craft which was spotted over a small town in the Czech Republic on 14th of February. This created quite a stir amongst the local population; many flocked to the local radio stations, newspapers and police departments with calls and enquiries regarding the strange objects which appeared in the sky. Though the flashes of strange light lasted for about a minute, it caught the attention of many locals. Many people who were witness to the incident said that there was no earth-like feeling about the light and the speed at which it vanished. Many of the residents, who were previously skeptical about UFOs, after this incident, believe that there is a possibility of extra terrestrial activity.

In Florida, USA, on 02-28-09 there was report of one of the latest UFO sighting 2009. The witnesses saw a huge cigar-shaped craft, followed by four triangular-shaped ones. The sightings lasted for 1-2 minutes. After this they also saw a series of balls of light in different formations. All the objects and lights seen by the witnesses allegedly were moving south to north, at the same speed, over the Atlantic Ocean for more than an hour. Many airplanes and helicopters which were in the area, seemed undisturbed by the flying objects. Conspicuously there was no report of this incident in the local papers.

Another one of the latest UFO sightings in 2009 was in Kentucky on 02-29-09. According to some of the witnesses, they saw a disc like flying object fling over the horizon. Surprisingly this object was flying at a low altitude, and looked like it was grazing over the rooftops, according to some observers. As it was raining that very day, not many people got a glimpse of it, but those who did, claim that the disc like object looked more like a giant Frisbee in the sky but made no noise and for such a large object, it was eerily silent.
Another report of the sighting was made in New Jersey, USA, on 02-27-09. It is one of the latest UFO sightings in 2009. The observers supposedly saw three star-shaped blinking lights, which appeared and disappeared constantly. Some even say that the lights on the street and the porches went off as soon as those blinking lights were seen. Following this, a brighter neon blue light appeared in the sky, and seemed to cast a dark shade all around the people. This looked like a regular thunderstorm to most people, but they were soon aware that there was no noise, no clouds and no sign of rain. It was also noticed by many who happened to drive by Ocean City, that there was a presence of five red star-like objects in the sky. Like before, the lights kept changing formation, going from a straight line to a triangle, from time to time. The lights seemingly appeared and disappeared, to the on lookers.

This is a never ending debate. Do aliens really exist? Does any one have proof that aliens exist? If they do, why can’t we spot them with the help of our space instruments? Why don’t they fly down to our planet as we do to theirs? The questions keep boggling minds of kids and adults alike. But the truth remains that aliens do really exist. There are simply established facts and reported incidents, some even with videos, with proof that aliens really exist.

It is fascinating to watch human behavior that continues to be egocentric. Why else would they keep on debating the issue of proof that aliens exist, when they have hard core proof in their hands? Extra-terrestrials or aliens have been given a kind of artistic figure by Hollywood movies and we believe that if aliens exist, they would look like that. But question remains, what if aliens exist in any other form than the physical entity like ours? How do we then find proof that aliens exist?

The Universe is huge and to give proof that aliens exist would be no small a matter. Yet we have proof that aliens exist in real. A flying disc was seen once by pilots, crew members and many other people standing at Chicago O’Hare Airport in November 2006. This story was brought out on CNN and this is one undeniable proof that aliens exist.

There has been now official confirmation from the Government and NASA that they have proof that aliens exist. Their proof that aliens exist is not only based on historical events but the recent day findings as well. Take a look at the overwhelming evidence of UFO’s from past civilization on Earth. The Great Pyramid, NASCA lines and even Stone Hedges could be contributed to influences from the Aliens that might have visited our planet then.

There are still more proof that aliens exist. One such undeniable proof that aliens exist is the ancient elongated skulls that have been found amongst ancient monuments and also the prehistoric paintings and sculptures found in Egypt that portray people with unusually elongated heads and strange abdomens. Even the skull of Nefertiti the Goddess is strangely very elongated which means that her brains would be rather large than what we possess now.

The final and biggest proof that aliens exist is the collection of alien pictures from NASA’s own system and also footages of sound and movement that have recorded such unusual happenings. How long can we now deny the truth of proof that aliens exist?