EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT UFOS - SEE BELOW
UFOs constitute a widespread international cultural phenomenon of the last half-century. Gallup polls rank UFOs near the top of lists for subjects of widespread recognition. In 1973, a survey found that 95% of the public reported having heard of UFOs, whereas only 92% had heard of US President Gerald Ford in a 1977 poll taken just nine months after he left the White House. A 1996 Gallup poll reported that 71% of the US population believed that the government was covering up information regarding UFOs. A 2002 Roper poll for the Sci Fi channel found similar results, but with more people believing UFOs were extraterrestrial craft. In that latest poll, 56% thought UFOs were real craft and 48% that aliens had visited the Earth. Again, about 100% felt the government was not sharing everything it knew about UFOs or extraterrestrial life.  
The world has been studying UFOs for over half a century - the best minds and the best equipment.  Yet, after 60 years science can tell us nothing.  There are no artifacts. There is no evidence beyond the reports of individuals claiming to have seen them, been on board them, or talked to the aliens piloting them.  After 60 years we have nothing. 

At last, a reasonable explanation

Mysterious UFO sightings may go hand in hand with a puzzling natural phenomenon known as sprites —  flashes high in the atmosphere

triggered by thunderstorms.

         The dancing lights have appeared above most thunderstorms throughout history, but researchers did not start studying them until one

accidentally recorded a sighting on camera in 1989.

         "Lightning from the thunderstorm excites the electric field above, producing a flash of light called  a sprite," said Colin Price, a

geophysicist at Tel Aviv in Israel. "We now understand that only a specific type of lightning is the trigger that initiates sprites aloft."

          Researchers have detected the flashes between 35 and 80 miles from the ground, far above the seven to ten miles where usual

lightning occurs.

         Sprites can take the form of fast-paced balls of electricity, although previous footage has suggested streaks or tendrils.

        The cause or function of the flashes remains  murky, but Price suggested that they could explain some of the UFO reports which have

cropped up over the years.

       That might provide some solace for UFO enthusiasts disappointed by human-caused hoaxes in the past.  Both jetliner pilots and

astronauts have previously reported sightings of sprites, along with a different but equally mysterious phenomenon known as blue jets

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