Strange … But True?Strange … But True?

E L I Z A B E T H N O L L

CHAPTER 1

What’s Thatin the Sky?. . . . . . . . . . . .4CHAPTER 2

UFOs Then and Now. . 8CHAPTER 3

UFO Stories. . . . . . . . . . 12CHAPTER 4

Searching forAnswers. . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Other Resources. . . . . . . . . . .30

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What’s That in the

CHAPTER 1

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A man and his son walked along

a river in Florida. Suddenly, they

saw a line of lights in the night sky.

The lights moved toward them. And

they heard a strange noise coming

from the lights.

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The lights were not stars. They were

not planes. They were not satellites.

What were they? The men thought

they might be seeing UFOs.

UFO stands for “unidentified flying

object.” People claim to have seen

different kinds of UFOs. Many think

UFOs are full of aliens. Could that

be true?

Is It a UFO?

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Flying Saucers

In 1947, a pilot saw nine objects in the sky. He said they moved like saucers skipping across water. Since then, people have called UFOs “flying saucers.”

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People have seen mysterious lights

in the sky for thousands of years.

Drawings from the 1560s show strange

objects in the skies over Europe.

About 100 years ago, people

described UFOs that were long and

skinny. After 1947, reports of round,

silver spaceships became common.

People report new UFO sightings

every day. They often describe lights

that travel too fast to be planes or stars.

Then and Now

CHAPTER 2

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