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Revision as of 04:31, 17 December 2024 by Feoffer (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)A UFO flap is a rash of reports of unidentified airborne objects. "Flap", originally a military term for a stir or upset, has been used to describe spates of UFO reports such as:
- Mystery airship wave of 1896-1897 in the US
- Foo fighters of World War 2
- Ghost rockets of 1946 in Sweden and Finland
- 1947 flying disc craze in the US
- 1952 UFO flap in the US
- Great 1954 Greek UFO flap
- March 1966 UFO flap in the US
- 1977 Colares flap in Brazil
- 1984 Hudson Valley UFO sightings in the US
- Gulf Breeze sightings of 1987-88 in the US
- Belgian UFO wave of 1989-90
See also
- Psychosocial UFO hypothesis, which argues UFO reports are best explained by social contagion
References
- Clarke, David (2015). How UFOs Conquered the World: the History of a Modern Myth. London: Aurum Press Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78131-472-2.
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