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Why We Question UFO Sighting Reports

2/7/2017

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UFO sightings have been reported throughout recorded history, by all walks of life and in all parts of the world. This, of course, raises questions about whether there is life on other planets and whether extraterrestrials have visited Earth. 

Unfortunately, the reliability of UFO sighting reports can vary greatly. Many times, witnesses just aren’t sure what they’ve seen, or they simply misinterpret many of the key details. In most cases, what the witness observed can be identified as a man-made or natural phenomena.
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As scientists, it is the job of UFO researchers and investigators to question everything. They question to seek out knowledge of the world. They question to consider the possibility that humans may not be the only self-conscious beings in this universe. They question to understand these UFO incidents and determine what can be explained and what is truly an unknown.
For more than four decades, MUFON has been actively soliciting UFO reports from the public and systematically collecting and analyzing relevant data from every case through field investigations. Our organization receives between 500 and 1,000 UFO reports a month from across the globe. These include, but are not limited to reports of structured craft, orbs of light, entities and alien encounters.

Our goal is to investigate these sightings using the Scientific Method beginning with observation, followed by data collection and analysis, and ultimately creating and testing a hypothesis. This scientific approach means asking all the right questions.
  • Investigators verify the witness to ensure credibility.
  • They gather as much supporting testimony from witnesses as possible. Legitimate photographs, videos or audio recordings are helpful in evaluating a reported UFO sighting.
  • The more witnesses an investigator talks to, the better they will be able to put together a comprehensive picture of what happened. One witness, and little or no evidence does not make a very convincing case.
  • They pay close attention to the evidence and determine whether what they are seeing is something that can be scientifically proven. They keep an open mind while investigating, but also thoroughly review and validate the information they’ve been given.
  • Our investigators cross-reference cases in the MUFON database by date, description, size, and other details. They also establish if there were similar sightings or events in the past.
The Mutual UFO Network is the world's oldest and largest UFO phenomenon investigative body with nearly 600 active field investigators reviewing and reporting on hundreds of sightings each month from around the world. Since 1969, MUFON has investigated more than 100,000 cases.
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You too can be part of MUFON by becoming an official member. As a 501(c)(3) organization, MUFON also and has several underwriting opportunities so that the nonprofit group can continue research and further its mission, The Scientific Study of UFOs for the Benefit of Humanity.
4 Comments
Toby Aichelman
9/22/2018 11:00:03 pm

I have a question about a sighting I had when I was about 12 yrs. old it was in houston tx. and there were witnesses but I'm now 60, and I would like to know if there were other sightings around the same time. I also remember vividly what I saw, it was a night at around 11:00 -1:00 when I and other kids with me saw a swarm of about 7 UFO's. I was a young astronomer at the time and we were looking for satellite and meteors , but what we saw changed my life from then on because I knew what I saw was nothing from this earth, they were way way up in the atmosphere around where the satellite were but they were grouping, changing directions, changing colors and brightness, I've seen it before on UFO videos but not quite what I saw. It was like they wanted to be seen. I would like to know what other sightings were going on around the same time in houston. I can give you an approximate year, but more importantly I remember the maneuvers they were doing, I've only seen it a couple of times in films.

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Billy
8/14/2019 05:12:14 pm

If UFO's are supposed to so advanced, then WHY do they crash?

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Jems
9/22/2020 11:39:43 am

Billy, UFOs crash just like we humans crash cars, but sometimes I do think it has to do with gravity. The Space crafts are lighter which is why they can move quicker, but when they come into our atmosphere they are not expecting the heaviness of our planet. Our atmosphere is heavy because of our choices and actions, and society on a daily basis fail to realize how much our emotions affect the atmosphere. Because we are hostile the atmosphere is hostile and visitors feel that affect, especially when dealing with telepathic or sensitive beings.

The reason we can't fly as humans is because we are so full of hostility and conflict that we prohibit ourselves...When it comes to visitors we are always on the defense, and that type of attitude becomes apart of our atmosphere right along with other negative energy. The physical litter and pollution that we can see with our physical eyes, is a manifestation and a message to us of what is in the atmosphere as well as ourselves.

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Vena
4/26/2020 12:53:38 pm

I made a report that happened on christmas eve 1992 where I saw a a great light as well as alien figure. Mufon investigator called me a few times but I have lost where I wrote down my report no. How can I recover the report no? I found it several years ago in your records.
Do I have to join MUFON to look up report?

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      • Billy Meier - 1964 to Present
      • Incident at Exeter - 1965
      • Kecksburg Crash - 1965
      • Pascagoula Mississippi Case - 1973
      • Piedmont Missouri Case - 1973
      • Travis Walton Abduction - 1975
      • Iranian Airforce UFO Intercept - 1976
      • Valentich Disappearance - 1978
      • Cash Landrum Case - 1980
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