Panelists discussed what they knew about unidentified aerial phenomena (the new preferred term for unidentified flying objects, or UFOs) and discussed the possible disclosure of any remaining classified government information.
Astronomers Adam Frank and Woodruff Sullivan, at the University of Rochester and the University of Washington respectively, published a paper in the May issue of the journal Astrobiology exploring what they call the “cosmic archaeological question.”
For almost 40 years, astronomers have wondered whether an anomalous 72-second signal from space may have been a communication attempt by extraterrestrials.
On April 8, 1665, around 2 p.m., fishermen anchored near Barhöfft (then in Sweden, now in Germany) reported seeing ships in the sky battling each other. After the battle, a dark object hovered in the sky.