UFOs, real or hoax? One of the greatest unanswered questions known to mankind. Although many people have been able to describe what UFOs look like, they almost always fail to prove it, or they just have a blurry picture or taping of one. One of the earliest sighting was seen by a pilot named Kenneth Arnold. What he said was, "Suddenly, a bright flash seemed to light up my airplane." (Arnold 6). After this he claimed to see 9 separate disk-shaped objects. Kenneth, after noticing this, tried to fix the speed at which the UFOs were going, and got an estimate of 1,350 mph, way faster than his plane. While people like Kenneth only see the flying object, Lonnie Zamora, was one of the lucky ones. He claims that not only did he see a UFO, he saw the people inside it as well. It was broad daylight and he said that he saw a "flame in the sky." (Zamora 106). After seeing this, he left the car he was in and walked to see what was really going on. On his way there he described it as, "a shiny object in the distance and alongside the object were two people in white overalls." (Zamora 106). Although Lonnie Zamora has claimed to see the UFO and the people, he does not have any proof of this, just as Kenneth Arnold doesn't have any proof. As for now, we can only take their word.
UFO hoaxing, an easy way to deceive people into thinking that UFO really exist. There are many photographs of what are claimed to be UFOs. Some of course are only an imitation of the real thing. Out of the many photographs received, only five pictures are found to be a sham. Investigation proves that it was only to be "hot-air balloons with a large garment plastic bag over it, usually built by ingenious teen-agers." (Blum 2a). That was one of the ways people try to mislead others. Another case was when three brothers, aging about 10-12, tried to make a UFO, simply to prove how easy it is to forge a UFO picture. Their plan was to "cut out a UFO shape out of Styrofoam, then hang between two trees with a very thin wire to make it look authentic.
