XPost: alt.paranet.ufo, sci.skeptic, alt.astronomy   
   XPost: alt.sci.astro   
   From: dds@sdsu.edu   
      
   The truth is out there: The CIA has released hundreds of   
   declassified documents detailing investigations into possible   
   alien life.   
      
   The Central Intelligence Agency posted documents of reported   
   Unidentified Flying Objects that range in date from the late   
   1940s to the 1950s. While playing off the hype of the TV show   
   reboot “The X-Files,” the CIA broke down the cases into two   
   categories, whether you side with Agent Mulder or Agent Scully.   
      
   For believers in alien life, and those who want to channel your   
   inner Mulder, one case you can choose to investigate is the case   
   of a flying saucer in Germany in 1952.   
      
   According to CIA reports, an eyewitness told investigators that   
   an object “resembling a huge flying pan” landed in a forest   
   clearing in the Soviet zone of Germany in 1952. The eyewitness   
   said once he was closer to the area where it landed, he saw two   
   men dressed in shiny metallic clothing. The men were stooped   
   over looking at a large object but were spooked by the   
   eyewitness. The mysterious men jumped into the large flying pan   
   object and it spun out into the sky.   
      
   “The whole object then began to rise slowly from the ground and   
   rotate like a top,” the eyewitness told the CIA.   
      
   The man told a judge he thought he was dreaming but said there   
   was a circular imprint on the ground where the object had landed.   
      
   If that case intrigues you, there are four more listed on the   
   CIA blog post.   
      
   But if you are more of a skeptic like Scully, and believe there   
   is a simple explanation for flying saucer sightings, then the   
   documents from the scientific advisory panel on UFOs in 1953   
   will help you prove your case.   
      
   According to the documents, panel members met to discuss the   
   lack of sound data and reasonable explanations in a handful of   
   sightings from 1952. The panel concluded unanimously that there   
   was no evidence of direct threat to national security by the   
   object sightings. Some of the explanations for the “flying   
   saucers” and “balls of light” were determined to be from   
   military aircraft, light reflected from ice crystals, birds and   
   bright sunlight rays.   
      
   To investigate the other cases or to learn how to investigate   
   your own, visit the CIA blog.   
      
   https://www.cia.gov/news-information/blog/2016/take-a-peek-into-   
   our-x-files.html   
      
   http://wtvr.com/2016/01/29/cia-releases-actual-x-files-documents-   
   detail-investigations-into-possible-alien-life/   
       
      
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