Plenty of Norwegians thought aliens had taken a
fancy to their country back in the 1950s thanks to a slew of
inexplicable UFO sightings. Inexplicable no more: It was the CIA,
reports the BBC. Actually, it was the CIA itself that fessed up in this tweet,
which reads in part, "Remember reports of unusual activity in the skies
in the '50s? That was us." It then provides a government writeup about
the sightings, which weren't caused by alien spaceships but by U2 spy
planes being tested.
The
planes flew above 60,000 feet, which wasn't thought possible at the
time, so commercial pilots who saw something so far above them couldn't
explain it. The effect was more pronounced at different times of the day
and night, and if the U2 planes caught the rays of the sun just right,
even people on the ground would see silvery glints of light. The
explanation was kept classified for decades, notes the BBC, picking up
on a report in the foreign-language Aftenposten.
Link: http://www.newser.com/story/190441/1950s-norwegian-ufo-mystery-solved.html
Link: http://www.newser.com/story/190441/1950s-norwegian-ufo-mystery-solved.html
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