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{{first pic|Jathaa sungliders.jpg|BBC News 24 reports on UFOs, actually Jathaa sungliders, hovering over the Taj Mahal. ([[TV]]: ''[[End of Days (TV story)|End of Days]]'')}} | |||
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'''UFO''' was, during the [[20th century|20th]] and [[21st century|21st centuries]], a [[human]] designation standing for '''Unidentified Flying Object'''. Many UFOs were believed by some of the general public, such as [[Eugene Jones]] and [[Maxwell Edison]], to be [[alien]] [[spacecraft]]. Particularly in the [[1950s]] and into the [[1970s]], the public often reported UFOs as [[flying saucer]]s, crewed by "[[Martian]]s". | '''UFO''' was, during the [[20th century|20th]] and [[21st century|21st centuries]], a [[human]] designation standing for '''Unidentified Flying Object'''. Many UFOs were believed by some of the general public, such as [[Eugene Jones]] and [[Maxwell Edison]], to be [[alien]] [[spacecraft]]. Particularly in the [[1950s]] and into the [[1970s]], the public often reported UFOs as [[flying saucer]]s, crewed by "[[Martian]]s". | ||
Alien defence organisations such as [[ | Alien defence organisations such as [[UNIT]] and the [[Torchwood Institute]] and insiders like [[Henry van Statten]] knew that many UFOs did, as suspected, come from [[planet]]s other than [[Earth]]. | ||
== References and appearances == | == References and appearances == | ||
In [[1941]], [[Chris Cwej]] thought that a secret weapon the [[Nazi]]s were working on was a UFO. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'') | In [[1941]], [[Chris Cwej]] thought that a secret weapon the [[Nazi]]s were working on was a UFO. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'') | ||
In [[1957]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Melanie Bush]] investigated UFO sightings in the proximity of [[Hammerston]], [[Louisiana]] and became involved in the production of the film ''[[Swamp of Horrors]]'' after attacking an actor in a rubber alien suit whom they mistook for a genuine alien. The Doctor, who used his pseudonym "[[ | In [[August]] [[1944]], an [[United States of America|American]] [[bomber]] crew spotted a [[foo fighter]] while flying over the [[Indian Ocean]]. This was [[Earth|the world's]] first ever reported sighting of a UFO thought to be a flying saucer. The Americans documented the sighting but it remained classified information. In [[December]], another one was spotted by a fighter crew over [[Hagenau]] in [[Alsace-Lorraine]], [[Germany]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Atom Bomb Blues (novel)|Atom Bomb Blues]]'') | ||
In [[1957]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Melanie Bush]] investigated UFO sightings in the proximity of [[Hammerston]], [[Louisiana]] and became involved in the production of the film ''[[Swamp of Horrors]]'' after attacking an actor in a rubber alien suit whom they mistook for a genuine alien. The Doctor, who used his pseudonym "[[Aliases of the Doctor#John Smith|Dr. John Smith]]", and Mel were assumed to be uncredited actors playing fictional characters by film critics. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Swamp of Horrors (1957) - Viewing Notes (short story)|Swamp of Horrors (1957) - Viewing Notes]]'') | |||
In [[1965]], the [[Latter-Day Pantheon]] caused a UFO scare in [[New York City]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Salvation (novel)|Salvation]]'') | In [[1965]], the [[Latter-Day Pantheon]] caused a UFO scare in [[New York City]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Salvation (novel)|Salvation]]'') | ||
UNIT noted frequent UFO activity centred around [[Tobias Vaughn]]'s company, [[International Electromatics]], and correctly suspected [[Cyberman (Mondas)|alien]] involvement. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') | UNIT noted frequent UFO activity centred around [[Tobias Vaughn]]'s company, [[International Electromatics]], and correctly suspected [[Cyberman (Mondas)|alien]] involvement. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') | ||
In [[1978]], there were UFO sightings off the [[coast]] of [[New Zealand]]. [[Picture]]s of the [[Ninth Doctor]], who was present at the time, were taken and published in [[The Press (newspaper)|a newspaper]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Have You Seen This Man? (short story)|Have You Seen This Man?]]'') | |||
On [[6 March]] [[2006]], a UFO, actually a [[Slitheen craft (Aliens of London)|Slitheen craft]], crashed into [[Big Ben]]. The [[Slitheen family]] had staged this crash to provoke [[World War III]], only to be defeated by the [[Ninth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]''/''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'') | |||
In [[2007]], the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] went undercover at [[Deffry Vale High School]] after [[Mickey Smith]] and locals of the borough first noticed UFO activity - "lights in the sky" - around the area, later shown to be of [[Krillitane]] origin. ([[WC]]: ''[[Tardisode 4]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]'') | In [[2007]], the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] went undercover at [[Deffry Vale High School]] after [[Mickey Smith]] and locals of the borough first noticed UFO activity - "lights in the sky" - around the area, later shown to be of [[Krillitane]] origin. ([[WC]]: ''[[Tardisode 4]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]'') | ||
[[Torchwood 3]] briefly went on alert after UFO sightings in [[Cardiff]] airspace. They discovered it was only an excursion by | [[Torchwood 3]] briefly went on alert after UFO sightings in [[Cardiff]] airspace. They discovered it was only an excursion by a non-threatening [[Arcan leisure crawler]], with [[Captain Jack Harkness]] instructing [[Toshiko Sato]] to send a request for the [[Arcan]]s to leave. ([[TV]]: ''[[Cyberwoman (TV story)|Cyberwoman]]'') | ||
When the [[Cardiff rift]] fractured, mixing space and time periods, [[Jathaa sunglider]]s appeared and hovered over the [[Taj Mahal]], being reported by [[BBC News 24]] as UFOs. ([[TV]]: ''[[End of Days (TV story)|End of Days]]'') | |||
In her attempts to find the Tenth Doctor after meeting him on Christmas of 2007, [[Donna Noble]] investigated, among other things, UFO sightings. ([[TV]]: ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]'') | In her attempts to find the Tenth Doctor after meeting him on Christmas of 2007, [[Donna Noble]] investigated, among other things, UFO sightings. ([[TV]]: ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]'') | ||
In [[2009]] | In the [[2000s]],{{note|No on screen date is given for the first two series of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', outside of ''[[The Day of the Clown (TV story)|The Day of the Clown]]'' from the [[Series 2 (SJA)|second series]] being set shortly after [[9 October]] in an undisclosed year. While [[Donna Noble]]'s present from the [[Series 4 (Doctor Who 2005)|fourth series]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' is set around the same time as the [[Series 1 (SJA)|first series]] of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'', and ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'' from the second series of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' is explicitly described as being set a year after ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'' from the first series, ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s fourth series is [[Aliens of London dating controversy|not consistently dated]], with [[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'', and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[SOS (audio story)|SOS]]'' setting the present of the 13 regular episodes in [[2008]] (heavily implied by [[TV]]: ''[[The Star Beast (TV story)|The Star Beast]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[The Giggle (TV story)|The Giggle]]'' as well), and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]'' setting them in about [[April]] to [[June]] [[2009]].}} [[Sarah Jane Smith]] investigated some UFO activity which later turned out to be caused by a [[Sontaran]] known as [[Kaagh]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Last Sontaran (TV story)|The Last Sontaran]]'') | ||
In his video case file on [[23 April]] [[2018]], [[P.R.O.B.E. director]] [[Giles]] noted that [[P.R.O.B.E.|his organisation]] had encountered a number of UFOs as well as other types of mysterious entities such as [[ghoul]]s and [[demon]]s. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Peckham Poltergeist (webcast)}}) | |||
In [[2020]], [[BBC News 24|BBC News]] reported on a [[Transit Station]] appearing around the [[moon]], describing it as a UFO. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[At Childhood's End (novel)|At Childhood's End]]'') | |||
[[File:Brainwave TV21 189.jpg|left|thumb|[[U.F.O. (Brainwave)|A U.F.O.]] flies over [[Building (Brainwave)|a building]] in [[New Jersey]], [[2068]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Brainwave (short story)|Brainwave]]'')]] | |||
In [[2068]], several U.F.O.s were sighted over [[New Jersey]] for little over [[half]] a [[minute]]. [[Spectrum Shade]] [[William Schaible]] [[photographed]] them with his [[camera]], and sent the pictures into ''[[TV 21]]'', including a photo featuring [[U.F.O. (Brainwave)|one U.F.O.]] in particular. [[Charles Grey|Colonel White]] of [[Spectrum (organisation)|Spectrum]] looked over these photographs and decided to take one with him to [[Unity City]] for analysis by the [[World President]] and [[government]] [[scientist]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Brainwave (short story)|Brainwave]]'') | |||
In [[2400]], a crewman on an observation satellite orbiting Earth reported seeing hundreds of flying saucers (actually [[Dalek]]s on [[Hoverbout|transolar disks]]) on his scanner. A physician told him that flying saucers were a myth of the 20th century and advised sick leave. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Invasion of the Daleks (comic story)|Invasion of the Daleks]]'') | In [[2400]], a crewman on an observation satellite orbiting Earth reported seeing hundreds of flying saucers (actually [[Dalek]]s on [[Hoverbout|transolar disks]]) on his scanner. A physician told him that flying saucers were a myth of the 20th century and advised sick leave. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Invasion of the Daleks (comic story)|Invasion of the Daleks]]'') | ||
== Footnotes == | |||
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[[Category:Spacecraft from the real world]] | [[Category:Spacecraft from the real world]] | ||
[[Category:Conspiracy theory]] | [[Category:Conspiracy theory]] | ||