At least 90% of UFO sightings can be identified as conventional objects, although time-consuming investigations are necessary for such identification. The objects most often mistaken for UFOs are bright planets and stars, peculiar clouds, birds, aircraft, balloons, kites, aerial flares, meteors and satellites. Between 1647 to 1969 at total of 12,618 reports have been received concerning unidentified flying objects, of which 701 of the reports, or 5.6 percent, were listed as unexplained.

There are three types of sightings. First comes the Close Encounter of the First Kind. In this setting, a UFO is seen at close range, but does not interact with its environment. This type is the most common.

UFO abductions occur only in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The signs of abductions can be unexplainable rashes, loss of memory, or a blank spot in your memory. Regression therapy, or hypnosis, can be used to determine the truth in a person who claims to have been abducted. However, the subconscious mind while under hypnosis is capable of inventing colorful details from material seen while conscious, to describe imaginary events. From this standpoint, regression therapy is not very dependable on a standalone basis. This was proven in 1977 when two UFO researchers tested several patients on falsified events. Mental health professionals can usually determine if hypnotic statements are based on dreams, planted memories, or real experience.

The government is attempting to cover up the existence of UFOs. On January 18, 1978 the CIA concluded that UFOs posed no threat to National Security. They also concluded that other nations might possibly use false UFO reports on order to cover up an attack. It was the CIA's decisions on the matter of UFOs that led Donald Keyhoe [later established the National Investigation Committee on Aerial Phenomena in Oct. of 1956] who in 1953 coined the grand plot theory.

When people have been abducted they mostly remember the tests, if anything at all. They also talk of alien communicating messages telepathically to them. The first thing that they communicate is always a soothing message of peace, telling the abductee to be calm. These aliens sometimes have messages on earth's current condition, and tell the person that something must be done. Perhaps the most famous abduction case is that of Travis Walton. Walton was a freelance lumberjack who worked with four of his friends. On the night on Nov. 5, 1975 around 6:15 PM, he and his friends were driving home after a day of work. They became aware of a glow in the sky, and drove to investigate, thinking it to be a fire. When they arrived at the source, they claim to have seen a disc floating approximately twenty feet from the ground. Walton exited the car, and stood beneath the ship. His friends testified that he was struck by a beam of

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