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Looking For a Link Between Sci-Fi UFOs and UFO Reports

Posted by timothy on from the it's-spooky-how-the-aliens-manipulate-hollywood dept.

NewsWatcher writes "The BBC has an interesting story about the link between sightings of UFOs and sci-fi films. From the article: 'Documents from the Ministry of Defence released by the National Archives show the department recorded 117 sightings in 1995 and 609 in 1996.' Those years correlate with the screening of the film Independence Day (1996) and when The X-Files was at the height of its popularity in the UK (1995). 'The more that alien life is covered in films or television documentaries, the more people look up at the sky and don't look down at their feet,' said an expert on UFO sightings based at Sheffield Hallam University."

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  1. Just my imagination? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Tell that to my ass.

  2. A slip? by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 4, Funny

    The more that alien life is covered in films or television documentaries, the more people look up at the sky and don't look down at their feet,' said an expert on UFO sightings based at Sheffield Hallam University.

    Which means that they are seeing something.

    UFOs have been observed since ancient times. The apostle John saw one. The Egyptians inscribed a UFO in their hieroglyphics. And the ancient Hebrews recorded the interactions of aliens and humans as the Nephilim.

    I think there's more than the authorities are willing to divulge. It's interesting to see leaks like the quote above confirm what some of us have believed for a long time.

  3. Don't look down at their own feet? by DragonWriter · · Score: 4, Funny

    'The more that alien life is covered in films or television documentaries, the more people look up at the sky and don't look down at their feet,' said an expert on UFO sightings based at Sheffield Hallam University.

    I'll start to believe this might be credible when there is a proven, positive correlation between the prominence of UFOs in film and on TV and the incidence of trip-and-fall accidents.

  4. Re:i wonder ... by mwvdlee · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why? You suspect a conspiracy that government pushes TV shows about conspiracy theories to cover up real conspiracies?

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  5. Re:i wonder ... by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 4, Funny

    Of course! Don't you realize that Wormhole X-treme! is just a coverup for the secret government Stargate project?

  6. Re:Alien Web Profit by maxume · · Score: 5, Funny

    Really, the show ended after the Dinosaur Wars, they just didn't bother to tear down the studio.

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