unidentified flying object

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Instead of crashing, the unidentified flying object had “descended slowly, gently, like an old man settling into a bath.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Mr. Fetkowitz noted that Alaska — where a U.S. fighter jet shot down the unidentified flying object on Friday — had more weather-balloon launching sites than any other state.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2023

“The public has seemingly heard about another new unidentified flying object seemingly on a daily basis,” McConnell said.

From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2023

The US has shot down another unidentified flying object, this time over Lake Huron near the Canadian border, in what is the fourth such incident this month.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2023

The photos showed only a round, indistinct blob—no details—but they were proof that some type of unidentified flying object had been in the air north of Dayton.

From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Ruppelt, Edward J.