Table 3 Unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) observation details voluntarily shared by faculty.
Broad discipline | Experience |
|---|---|
Social Science | I saw an unidentified flying object as a child in (state redacted) (with my sibling)—which my parents didn’t believe. The news reported that others saw it, too. |
Science | I personally know three physicists who independently report seeing UFOs. They have no explanation for the phenomenon they observed, other than they observed it. |
Communication | I saw two UFOs once near (redacted) Air Force Base in (state redacted). |
Art and Design | I have seen ufo[s] twice. I know they exist and we don’t have that level of technology. I used to tell people but they thought I was crazy or lying—so now I’m silent. |
Social Science | Several years ago in (state redacted) saw an unusual object moving in curved and rectilinear way in the sky. I told my family. The next day I read in the paper that there were UFO recorded in (city redacted) at the same time I saw this strange object moving in the sky. |
Communication | When I was in graduate school, circa (year redacted), I saw a large, round UAP with rectangular lit windows on the bottom hovering above the ground in the (mountain range redacted) east of (city redacted). I made my husband pull the car over so I could get out and take a closer look. It was quite dark, and the lights on the craft had attracted my attention. Since (state redacted) is pretty far from Area 51, I have never known what to make of this sighting. |
Social Science | My mother has experiences with UFOs including a recent sighting. I get most of my information about the topic from her and she’s a very educated woman who I trust. |
Communication | My entire family and I witnessed a UFO around 1976. It was over our house in the rural northeast (state redacted). Two of my siblings saw it, while the rest of us in the house felt it shake and heard a loud noise. We were eating dinner and the shaking was so intense that we all ran outside. It ended [SIC] abruptly. We recently spoke of the incident and remember it well. My siblings still describe the object they saw and how fast it moved away from the house. We are all still living, and I’ve always wanted to tell someone about this story. |
Art and Design | My father and his old Cold Warrior colleagues know plenty about UAPs, but they won’t say much. |
Social Science | … multiple friends and relatives, including one who was a career military pilot, have reported anomalous sightings to me. In the end, I concluded that something is definitely out there and I just hope the mystery is solved to everyone’s satisfaction during my lifetime. |
Social Science | “My dad was in the air force, he talked about seeing unexplained phenomena” |
Social Science | For me, the Marfa lights. |
