When trained military pilots, radar operators, and air traffic controllers report something they cannot explain, it is difficult to dismiss as imagination. With the rising global interest in UFOs and Donald Trump’s order to declassify government records, these five watershed encounters still lack a universally accepted explanation.Â
UFO sightings are not limited to fringe believers. As per Robert Powell of the Scientific Coalition for UFOlogy, around 6,000 encounters are reported annually by pilots, military personnel, radar operators, and civilians.
These cases made headlines because trained, credible observers could not explain what they witnessed. When radar data, multiple testimonies, and official investigations all fail to produce answers, governments are forced to respond publicly.