Probably one of the most famous UFO sightings was the one that made Jimmy Carter become known as the “UFO President.” In Leary, Georgia, 1969, two years before he would become Governor, Carter was getting ready to give a speech for the Lion’s Club meeting. At about 7:15 PM EST a guest called his attention to the western sky. Visible at about 30 degrees above the horizon was a strange object. In his description, Carter said that the object was as bright as the Moon. The object appeared to move closer, but stop just beyond some pine trees where it changed colors before moving back into the distance. Carter felt that the object was not solid and contained a self-luminescent quality. The witness count with him that night was about ten or twelve people.

Later, in 1973, Carter was asked by the IUFOB (International Unidentified Flying Object Bureau) of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to file a report, which he did in 1973. The report is the topic of much heated debate and discussion, and has been discussed by mainstream media and Ufologists. Carter himself doubts that what he saw was an extraterrestrial craft.

Another famous incident is the Phoenix Lights, or lights over Phoenix. These lights also appeared over Nevada and Sonora, Mexico. The event began on March 13th, 1997 and there were repeated occurrences on February 6th, 2007 and April 21st, 2008. The April incident was a hoax; flares attached to helium balloons.

Between 7:30 PM and 11:30 PM MST, thousands of people reported seeing various lights in the sky in the space of about 300 miles. There were stationary lights seen in Phoenix as well as a triangular formation which passed over the state. The United States Air Force later identified the lights as testing flares dropped during training. The Governor at the time, Fife Symington, was a witness to the event.

On May 25th, 1995 a west-bound America West Boeing-757 passenger jet, identified as America West Flight 564, was flying over the panhandle of Texas when it encountered a UFO. This UFO had a row of white lights along its length which flashed from left to right. Their flying altitude was 39,000 feet and the lights seemed to be at about 30,000 feet. The pilot made contact with the Air Traffic Control Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico only to discover that there was supposedly nothing flying in that airspace.

As they moved past it, thunderclouds illuminated the object which seemed, by the pilots’ estimation, to be about 300-400 feet in length. It was not visible on the radar of the Air Traffic Control center but one of the controllers contacted NORAD and found that they had been investigating an incident which they determined to be a small plane with a faulty transponder. After checking the next day, they had discovered that NORAD had tracked another unknown target that was at first stationary and then made very quick movements which were clocked at about 1,000 and 1,400mph.

Here are just a few of the many documented incidents and reports of UFO sightings. Whether these reports are true or not, they are indeed mysterious.

There is a theoretical new and unique form of life now actively flying through the air in our environment. Some believe that they are all around us. So what are they? Is there any evidentiary support?

Some of the characteristics of these flying rods are quite intriguing. They are shaped like rods and can vary in size from just a few centimeters to many meters in length. They are zipping through the air at enormous speeds. They are nearly invisible to the naked eye, but can be captured via video or film. Some have appendages along the torso that resemble fins. And they do not appear to be mechanical, they seem to be alive and possibly have intelligence.

So, how have these Flying Rods caught the public attention? They brought into the public eye in 1994, thanks to filmmaker Jose Escamilla. He filmed some mysterious and unexplainable objects in Midway, New Mexico. On March 5, 1994 Escamilla filmed about 16 minutes of footage that contained UFOs. On March 19, 1994 he had the Flying Rods caught on film. This was the first recording of the phenomenon ever documented. Since then, many people have had these Flying Rods caught (or what they think are Flying Rods) on film, in pictures and videos.

Theory proponents say that there is no possibility that the Flying Rods can be known objects. All of the evidence centers around the photographs and the Flying Rods caught on tape and on film. There are also non-photographic pieces of evidence like ancient cave drawings that can be depicted as the Flying Rods. But, no one has the desire to make an active case for the evidence so it doesn’t get attended to much at all.

Since the evidence is based only upon the photographs and video, the theory of this phenomenon isn’t well supported because the evidence is flawed. With the motion-blue effect of “fins” on a Flying Rod is consistent an inset beating its wings very quickly.

After analysis of the footage, it is clear that the objects cannot possibly be as big as reported or they could easily be seen without the use of any specialized equipment. And in addition to that, it just isn’t possible for video to be able to capture something like that without being visible.

There is plenty of information to find online and in the media regarding the Flying Rods caught on tape and in photographs. In 2002 there was a television documentary called Rods! The documentary is produced and directed by John Moffet who was also responsible for such titles as Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon? (2001) and World's Scariest Ghosts: Caught on Tape (2000). The footage used in Rods!, primarily focuses on the video footage by Jose Escamilla. There are also interviews with Escamilla and various other rod researchers, along with mentions of other UFO reports.

This theory’s main problem is that these Flying Rods caught on tape and in video can easily be explained by naturally occurring phenomena; such as birds and insects. This theory, in short, just doesn’t “Fly.”

Do they really exist or is it just a spoof? There is absolutely no end in sight when it comes to the truth about aliens and UFO’s. However there is one thing which cannot be argued about, that is the fact that there are thousands of people from different parts of the world that have seen UFO’s and not only this, they have video evidences confirming their experiences.

The famous incident of Phoenix Lights in Arizona is one of the most popular and spectacular incidents in the history of UFO’s. This strange event took place on 13 Mar 1997; the most amazing thing about this incident was that it was witnessed by thousands of people in Arizona. The event was videotaped and can easily make a skeptical person a believer.

Many people prefer to keep their experiences with UFO’s a secret as they fear that they will be laughed at. Some even fear more sever reactions from the near and dear ones. Many people have also experienced UFO sightings and they have been frightened very badly that they never told anybody about it. It is very hard to say really, as many people who have witnessed such events in the sky are reluctant to report it. Either the witness believes that there are far more logical explanations or merely thinks that no other person will believe him, if he told anyone. But yet, there are many UFO sighting that are reported and become center of conspiracy theories by those who believe that our beautiful planet is visited by aliens coming from other planets.

Whether you believe in UFO’s or not, there are still a large number of unanswered questions which makes the non- believer question it themselves.

The alien theory and the UFO theory go hand in hand. There are numerous reports of alien abductions. It may seem crazy, but there are many believer of this theory.

A lot of people think that UFO’s are simple flying saucers. This is the best descriptions that they have come up with. However others suggest these as unidentified flying objects, they may be a hot air balloon, a helicopter an air plane or just a metal object or some absurd thing in sky.

The discussions and debates on UFO sightings continue, and there have been video and audio recordings, it is still uncertain to tell whether these UFO’s or unidentified flying objects are indeed from the space. Many claim that the photographs and the videos of UFO are nothing but doctored or manipulated videos and evidences.