Monthly Archives: August 2022

Famous UFO Incidents: 1948-1954

Posted on August 31, 2022 by davidvblack

The UFO craze of 1947 wasn’t the last incident of URO sightings. It was just the beginning of what would be a long series of incidents through the 1950s and 1960s. The U.S. Air Force was concerned enough to begin … Continue reading →

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The 1947 UFO Craze

Posted on August 28, 2022 by davidvblack

During June and July of 1947 there was a wave of UFO incidents, many of which made national news and have become the sources of persistent popular beliefs regarding UFOs, flying saucers, and Little Green Men. As a final project … Continue reading →

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UFO Incidents: Battle of Los Angeles and Foo Fighters

Posted on August 19, 2022 by davidvblack

Over the next several days I will be posting a series of short articles written by my astrophysics students this summer. As our final assignment, I asked the students to investigate various famous UFO sightings and alien abduction incidents and … Continue reading →

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A Modification of the Drake Equation

Posted on August 17, 2022 by davidvblack

by David Black It has been two years since Lily wrote the article in my previous post and I am only now putting together the 4th edition of our Ad Astra Per Educare student newsletter which will include her article. … Continue reading →

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What We Know About the Drake Equation

Posted on August 16, 2022 by davidvblack

Written by Lily M. In 1961 an astronomer named Frank Drake created the Drake Equation. He created it for a way to understand the factors involved in finding life outside our Earth in our galaxy and to roughly calculate the … Continue reading →

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My UFO (or is it UAP?) Encounter

Posted on August 7, 2022 by davidvblack

It was just past sunset on a cold, clear winter evening in early December. I was driving south down I-15 past the small town of Mona, Utah and the small reservoir nearby. I was teaching at a residential treatment center … Continue reading →

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