50 years ago, UFO sightings in the United States went bust
Excerpt from the June 26, 1971 issue of Science News
![a screen capture from a declassified video of an unidentified object](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/050621_LH_50ya_UFO_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
In 2020, the Pentagon declassified video of an unidentified object (shown) taken by a military plane five years prior. A surge in the number of reported UFO sightings in the U.S. coincided with news of the video as well as the start of pandemic-related lockdowns.
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