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UFO Craze of 1947 Inspires Mockumentary

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Posted in UFOs on August 5th, 2011 by Ryqn Roswell

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) July 10, 2006

On June 24, 1947, a private pilot from Boise named Kenneth Arnold reported seeing nine bright objects flying erratically at tremendous speeds near Mt. Rainier in Washington state. This sighting kicked off a nationwide UFO craze parodied heavily in “The Top Secret UFO Project,” R. J. Thomas’ mock-documentary about a UFO incident in Colorado in the summer of 1956.

“The Arnold sighting is often credited as the catalyst for UFO interest that lasts to this day,” Mr. Thomas said. “Arnold said the objects flew like a saucer you skip across the water, and the term ‘flying saucer’ was born. In the weeks that followed, there were literally thousands of reported spaceship sightings.”

Based on Thomas’ 2004 novella of the same name, “The Top Secret UFO Project” chronicles the UFO-related events experienced by Jasper, a tiny Colorado hamlet. According to the film, the town dealt with one unusual event after another in the summer of 1956. After a farmer saw a mysterious oval-shaped object fly over his house, scientists rushed into Jasper to investigate, reporters rushed in looking for stories, and government officials rush in to keep it a secret from the world.

Billed as “the movie the government does not want you to see,” “The Top Secret UFO Project” is a parody of the cheesy UFO documentaries of the 70’s like “Overlords of the UFO” and TV programs such as “In Search Of.”

Mr. Thomas plays a documentary filmmaker who, in 2003, discovered (by accident) some top secret government films pertaining to the Jasper Incident of 1956. This inspired him to make a documentary about Jasper’s UFO story, and to discover the truth behind what really happened that mysterious summer in Colorado.

Kenneth Arnold, who died in 1984, went to his grave believing his sightings were authentic. In 1950, he sat down with legendary newsman Edward R. Murrow and told him that he’d seen the saucers on three different occasions, and in 1952 Arnold published a book about his sightings called, “The Coming of the Saucers.”

“Many people try to say that Arnold’s 1947 sightings were really meteor-fireball fragments or disc-shaped experimental military planes,” Mr. Thomas said. “But some believe those explanations were just examples of the way the government covers up UFO sightings. My film does its’ best to spoof the government’s ways of covering such things up.”

“The Top Secret UFO Project” is available on DVD at BooksAndSuchMart.com.

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UFO Craze and Aliens in History

Tags: Aliens, Craze, History
Posted in UFOs on July 9th, 2011 by Ryqn Roswell

by DragonRal

Aliens have become a pretty big part of our culture.  Specifically the UFO Phenomena that has been going on, and seems to be increasing lately.  If you have been to any of the forums relating to UFOs and Aliens, you might be hearing about how these little lights in the sky are growing more frequent in appearance lately.  It’s caused quite a stir of both intrigue and wonder, with a little panic thrown in for good measure.

2012 is another hot topic, and with the increase in UFO sightings as that ominous date slowly closes in, some are wondering if there might be a connection.  Well, there might be, I can’t be sure, but what I can be sure about is, they’ve been around for a long time.  

The UFO Craze was always around, for thousands of years even, but it got a serious jolt in 1947, when Roswell, New Mexico was met with more then just a sighting.  Everyone knows the story, it’s quite famous, how ‘Something’ crashed in Roswell, which was reported to be a surveillance balloon, but people still hold some doubts about the official story.

Several eye witnesses to the crash and testimonies from officers and others who saw or handled the debris from the crash eventually came forward, stating what they saw and their beliefs on the matter, which perpetuated the idea of a cover-up all the more.  But when a door closes, doesn’t a window open?  Or something like that?  With the cover-up in place, and peoples suspicions about the official story rising further, and little room to pursue the story anymore, with all the roadblocks in place stopping any independent investigation, a new window opened.

The question led from ‘Why’ to ‘What else’.  If our military and government knows about these Unidentified Flying Objects and the little Green-Men from another world that pilot them, and are keeping it a secret from the people, ‘What else’ are they keeping secret from us.  

We had to start looking for answers elsewhere.  So, we began looking everywhere, especially in history for any clues to help with this.  History was just history for a long time, art and poetry, epic stories, religion, politics, etc. But, when we began to look at history more closely, we found there was more being told by our Ancient Ancestors then we first perceived.  A lot more.  We found Aliens and UFOs throughout history in paintings, art, stories, pretty much everywhere.  It became clear that they’ve been here for a while now, they seem to just watch over us.  Hopefully they have a benevolent reason for doing so, and not a malevolent one.

So, as it turned out, Aliens have been a big part of our culture.  The frequent increase in sightings could just be the ebb and flow of their activity, much like a wave upon a shore as they come and go.  Or maybe there is a distinct meaning in their increased appearances as of late.  But, one thing’s for sure, there will likely always be those strange lights in the sky that move in ways our current technology can’t replicate, and we will always watch and silently pray, “Please don’t probe me“.”.

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