UFOs: Waves
It is perhaps easy to dismiss a sighting with a single witness as mistaken or even fabrication. Likewise, it is to dismiss an incident witnessed by many if even only a loose-fitting explanation can be found. However, when reports and sightings of these strange aerial crafts come one after the other, in waves, often prolonged over many months, such automatic dismissals are not so easy to go to.
There have been several significant UFO waves since the start of the modern UFO era in the summer of 1947. Some of these have been felt across the entire planet for months at a time, while others have seemingly focused on a particular region or location for several weeks before ceasing to appear as quickly as they began.
Are these waves of sightings the result of purposely planned government experiments? If so, for what purpose would such a public, yet secretive display serve? If they are extraterrestrial in nature, what is the reason for the specific times and, in some cases, locations chosen?
Might some kind of unknown cosmic interference even be the cause of such rapid increases in sightings, perhaps opening some kind of wormhole in space and time allowing for a temporary crossover of these strange vehicles, and their occupants, from their realm of existence into ours?
Like UFOs themselves, there are seemingly multiple possibilities for why UFO waves happen…?
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The alleged Gulf Breeze UFO sightings over Florida in the late 1980s not only produced some of the most debated UFO photographs of all-time, but it divided opinion of those in the UFO community, and continues to do so today. For some, the pictures are nothing more than a hoax and the witness who took them a fraud. To others, the cries of hoax and fraud are nothing more than attempts to discredit the sightings, as well as the witness…
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Marcus Lowth
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- 13 min read
The 1978 UFO And Humanoid Encounter Wave Of Italy – A Link To Folklore Of The Past?
A wave of UFO and alien encounters that unfolded throughout late 1978 and into the opening weeks of 1979 throughout Italy is one of the most intriguing UFO waves in history. Not only were there multiple reports in only a few months, but many of these accounts came from police officers, so making the wave slightly more credible, at least to some. The sightings remain a mystery to this day, as does who, or what, might have been behind them…
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- August 14, 2023
- 20 min read
The Fisherville UFO Landing And The Shenandoah Valley UFO Wave
The 1964 UFO landing incident in Fisherville, Virginia is not only one of the most detailed UFO encounters on record, but it appeared to come at the start of an intense wave of UFO activity throughout the entire state. Furthermore, not only would Project Blue Book investigate the landing and the sightings that followed, but they would send one of their most senior investigators to do so…
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- August 9, 2023
- 17 min read
The Little-Known 1949 Norwood UFO Searchlight Encounters
Although they are little-known, even in UFO circles, the 1949 UFO Searchlight sightings are potentially some of the most important on record. Not only were they witnessed by multiple people over the course of several months, they happened in the run-up to a wave of UFO sightings the following year. Furthermore, there are hints of a possible cover-up, with two key photographs still mysteriously missing three quarters of a century later…
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- March 15, 2022
- 14 min read
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The Sudden And Explosive French UFO Wave Of 1954
There were many UFO sightings reported around the world throughout 1954. However, During the fall of the year, particularly in October, an explosion of reports came out of France. In some cases, multiple sightings occurred on the same day. And even more amazing, many witnesses said these strange objects even landed and that they saw strange occupants emerge from them…
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- March 1, 2022
- 37 min read
One Bizarre Night In 1993: The Flash UFO Wave Of Indiana
What made the UFO wave of July 13th 1993 over northeastern Indiana was that it was over almost as soon as it had begun, lasting around 90 minutes. However, during that time there was a surge of reports from multiple people who claimed to have seen bizarre lights on an oval-shaped object. From the reports it is possible to establish a timeline of sorts that shows whatever the strange lights were they were taking a very definite and purposeful course…
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- January 24, 2022
- 20 min read
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The Beverly Incident And The Wave Of UFO Encounters In Massachusetts, April 1966
A UFO sighting in Beverly, Massachusetts in April 1966 not only had multiple witnesses, but it was also just one of many very similar sightings that unfolded throughout the month in this part of the United States. In fact, many of the details of the incidents were also found in a similar wave of sightings the previous month in Michigan, as well as in many other sightings around the world…
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- January 10, 2022
- 20 min read
The “Other” UFO Waves
We have looked at pretty much all of the UFO waves to have hit the world’s population, but some waves, as relevant as they are, are much lesser known although no less important in the big scheme of the UFO and alien question. We will examine some of these “other” UFO waves here, and ask as we go along, what the details might mean to the overall UFO picture…
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- December 29, 2019
- November 10, 2021
- 36 min read
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The 1973 Humanoid UFO Wave
Not only was the United States, and to a lesser degree the rest of the world, experiencing a wave of UFO sightings during 1973, but a great many of them would specifically feature “humanoid occupants”. Many of these were extremely similar in detail. Just what was unfolding throughout the United States in 1973? Who were these “humanoids” and why did sightings of them suddenly cease seemingly as quickly as they began…?
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- December 14, 2019
- November 10, 2021
- 27 min read
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The 1967 UFO Wave
The 1967 UFO Wave is called by some “The Mother Of All UFO Waves” and was without a doubt one of the busiest years in UFO history. It is perhaps strange, then, that is possibly one of the least well remembered. Just what was hovering and screaming through the skies of our planet over half a century ago? And what was the purpose of this absolute abundance of UFO sightings and alien encounters…?
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- November 30, 2019
- November 12, 2021
- 31 min read
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The 1964 UFO Wave
The 1964 UFO Wave was perhaps different to other waves that had unrolled across the United States and around the world in that many of the incidents resulted in landings and basic interaction with the apparent occupants of the crafts. Indeed, as with other waves the 1964 UFO wave appeared to have its own uniqueness…
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- November 17, 2019
- November 12, 2021
- 25 min read
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The November 1957 UFO Wave
Several things made the November 1957 UFO wave stand up from other similar waves of the 1950s. Note least that a great many of the sightings were almost identical in both the descriptions of the crafts and the timeline of each sighting. That the same intelligence was at work would seem particularly obvious. Although UFO sightings were up in general in 1957, the month of November was one of the most active four weeks in UFO history…
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- November 3, 2019
- November 14, 2021
- 19 min read
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The 1954 UFO Wave
The 1954 UFO Wave is perhaps one of, if not the busiest and most active UFO wave in history. And what’s more, it presents to researchers – still today in our contemporary era – a complete plethora of possibilities and accounts still to be deciphered and explained. Of all the UFO waves since the start of the modern UFO era, the wave of 1954 is arguably the most important…
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- October 20, 2019
- November 14, 2021
- 28 min read
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The 1952 UFO Wave
Beginning almost immediately in January 1952, but reaching a peak of sorts in the summer, the UFO wave of 1952 was, at the time, the most active year for UFO sightings in history. Not only were sightings being reported daily, but almost hourly. Just what, or who, was behind the UFO wave of 1952 remains a mystery still to this day…
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- September 28, 2019
- November 14, 2021
- 28 min read
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The 1950 UFO Wave
Beginning almost immediately as 1950 began, UFO sightings would explode for the majority of the year, across both the United States and the world. What’s more, most of these sightings were of silver, disc-shaped objects – ones that appeared to be on a widespread and secret reconnaissance mission…
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- September 15, 2019
- November 14, 2021
- 28 min read
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