Did the modern UFO story really begin at Roswell?

Stu and Neil start their journey through the early history of the modern UFO phenomenon with the strange “Foo Fighter” reports of the Second World War, before moving into Kenneth Arnold’s famous 1947 sighting, the arrival of the term “flying saucer”, Roswell and the US Air Force investigations that became Project Sign, Project Grudge and Project Blue Book.

Along the way, they discuss how language and popular culture may have affected the way UFOs were reported, why the Roswell story changed dramatically over time, the recurring role of balloon explanations, and what we should — and shouldn’t — infer from Project Blue Book’s thousands of investigated cases.

The timeline continues next time with the remarkable events over Washington DC in 1952.

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August brought more government UAP material — and some of David Grusch’s most specific claims yet.

Stu and Neil examine Grusch’s claim that he has seen photographs and video relating to an alleged crash-retrieval programme, alongside his new estimate of more than 25 but fewer than 100 supposedly recovered vehicles.

But August also brought an almost perfect counterpoint: researchers examining all 112 publicly released PURSUE sensor videos found that none contains the complete information needed to calculate an object’s physical speed reliably.

Also discussed are new UAP NDA-reporting guidance, PURSUE Release Five, Robert Bigelow’s claimed Oval Office briefing, European UAP monitoring, the latest Gallup polling, competing interpretations of PR043 and new Air Force material entering the National Archives.

More claims. More files. But how much can we actually test?

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Two researchers have systematically analysed all 112 sensor videos released through the US government's PURSUE UAP programme — and their work raises a fundamental question about what those videos can actually establish.

In this solo Aliens Explored episode, Stu examines the new scientific preprint from Jacob Haqq-Misra and Ravi Kopparapu, including PR113, where the available information permits physical scenarios ranging from a small nearby object to something much larger travelling at extraordinary speed.

We also look at PR149, the importance of distance and camera geometry, and why the additional telemetry contained in the famous GOFAST footage makes such a difference to scientific analysis.

The original video version contains the sensor footage and diagrams discussed, but the central argument is equally important in audio: when we watch something moving rapidly across a screen, how much do we really know about how fast it was moving in the real world?

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