Branchoria UFO Identifications UFO Identifications

Why ordinary objects, perception and sensors so often produce extraordinary UFO reports.

Within UFO Identifications

When Advertising Aircraft Look Nothing Like Planes

Aircraft carrying bright displays or unusual lighting can produce moving text-like or geometric lights with little visible airframe.

181 sources 3 graphics
Preview for When Advertising Aircraft Look Nothing Like Planes

On this page

  • Unusual lighting configurations
  • Why the airframe disappears after dark
  • Checking local flight operations and events

Introduction

Advertising aircraft can look remarkably unlike aircraft after dark. Some carry grids of computer-controlled lamps beneath the wings or on an external frame, producing scrolling words, symbols and animations while the aeroplane itself remains difficult to see. From the wrong angle or at sufficient distance, the readable message breaks down into changing rows, arcs or clusters of lights. A moving illuminated sign can therefore be reported as a rotating object, a luminous shape or a formation of lights with no visible airframe. The British UFO Research Association specifically identifies nocturnal advertising aircraft as a source of such reports.[BUFORA]bufora.org.ukBUFORAGUIDE TO UFOS | BUFORABUFORAGUIDE TO UFOS | BUFORA

Overview image for Advertising
Illustrative overview

This is not merely hypothetical. In Washington, DC, in 1977, reports of a strange illuminated object were traced to a Cessna carrying hundreds of flashing advertising bulbs. Yet the reverse lesson is equally important: an advertising aircraft should not be declared the answer simply because one operates in the region. The strongest identifications match the sighting against the aircraft’s actual time, route and operation.

Unusual lighting configurations

Conventional aircraft lighting is designed primarily for visibility and collision avoidance, not to make an aircraft’s shape obvious to somebody several miles away. At night, US aircraft normally show position lights and, where fitted, anti-collision lights; anti-collision systems may employ rotating beacons or strobes of differing intensities.[Federal Aviation Administration]faa.govFederal Aviation Administration AIM Amd3 datedFederal Aviation AdministrationAIM Amd3 dated July 9, 2026…Published: July 9, 2026 An advertising aircraft can superimpose a much brighter and stranger visual pattern on that familiar lighting.

Modern aerial night signs can be particularly deceptive because they need not resemble a conventional banner. One current US operator describes aircraft with roughly 300 computer-controlled lights mounted beneath the wings. The lamps can scroll text across the wingspan and display animated symbols, logos and patterns; among the animations the company explicitly advertises are representations of UFOs themselves. Its examples include words and messages apparently suspended against a dark sky with little or no readily visible aircraft structure.[Skywriters]theskywriters.comSkywriters The Skywriters Aerial Night Signs | Glow-in-the-Dark Sky MessagingSkywriters The Skywriters Aerial Night Signs | Glow-in-the-Dark Sky Messaging

The essential perceptual problem is that the lights are what the observer sees, while the aeroplane becomes merely the platform carrying them. Depending on viewing angle and the stage of a scrolling sequence, the same installation can produce several superficially different UFO descriptions:

  • A line of lamps can look like separate objects flying in formation.
  • Successive illuminated characters can resemble lights moving across a much larger object.
  • Curves, logos or animation frames can create apparent discs, rings, crosses or geometric figures.
  • Blank intervals in a programmed sequence can make lights seem to extinguish abruptly and then reappear.
  • A slowly circling aircraft can make a luminous pattern appear to hover, reverse direction or repeatedly return to the same part of the sky.

These are not speculative capabilities inferred from UFO reports: changing text, animations and computer-controlled patterns are the advertised purpose of the equipment.[Skywriters]theskywriters.comSkywriters The Skywriters Aerial Night Signs | Glow-in-the-Dark Sky MessagingSkywriters The Skywriters Aerial Night Signs | Glow-in-the-Dark Sky Messaging BUFORA likewise describes US systems using matrices of lights either beneath aircraft or on trailing structures and notes that an oblique, distant view can turn the intended message into a confusing shifting pattern. It also points to illuminated airships as a related source of reports.[BUFORA]bufora.org.ukBUFORAGUIDE TO UFOS | BUFORABUFORAGUIDE TO UFOS | BUFORA

Aerial advertising has taken several forms over time, which matters when investigating older cases. Besides familiar daylight banners and skywriting, regulators have recognised skywriting, banner towing and the display of airborne signs as aerial-advertising activities.[Federal Aviation Administration]faa.govFederal Aviation AdministrationNotice US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONSeptember 26, 2007 — 20 Sept 2007 — Aerial Advertising—Operating an…Published: September 26, 2007 Lighted airships have an even longer history: electrically illuminated signs on blimps pre-date modern LED displays, so an apparently sophisticated animated object in an older report is not automatically an anachronism.

Advertising illustration 1
Explanatory illustration 1

Why the airframe disappears after dark

A witness may reasonably object that they would surely have recognised an aeroplane if one had been present. Night vision makes that less certain. The FAA notes that under low illumination the human visual system loses detail and colour discrimination and that identifying dim objects at distance becomes significantly harder. Bright illumination can also temporarily degrade dark adaptation and create glare.[Federal Aviation Administration]faa.govFederal Aviation Administration Chapter 8Medical Facts for PilotsSince any degree of dark adaptation is lost within a few seconds of viewing a bright light, a pilot should close…

That produces a strong contrast problem with advertising aircraft. The lamp array has been designed to attract attention from the ground; the fuselage, wings and external support hardware have not. Against a black sky those structures may reflect too little light to register clearly, especially when the observer is concentrating directly on the display. The result can be a set of sharp luminous points seemingly unsupported by anything physical. BUFORA’s description of illuminated advertising aircraft emphasises precisely this effect: at distance and from an awkward angle, the intended billboard becomes an unfamiliar light pattern.[BUFORA]bufora.org.ukBUFORAGUIDE TO UFOS | BUFORABUFORAGUIDE TO UFOS | BUFORA

There is a second interpretive step. People naturally try to connect lights that maintain fixed relationships. Research discussed in the University of Colorado’s UFO study showed how witnesses presented with multiple lights can progress from describing separate points to describing lights “in formation” and, in some reports, to perceiving an enclosing dark craft. The study called attention to an “airship effect” in which observers mentally infer a shape surrounding visible lights.[NCAS Files]files.ncas.orgFiles Condon Report, Sec VI, Chap 2 – Perception, Conception, ReportingFiles Condon Report, Sec VI, Chap 2 – Perception, Conception, Reporting This finding was developed from a different known stimulus, the Zond IV re-entry, but the perceptual principle is directly relevant to an illuminated aircraft: several lights moving together do not by themselves establish that the witness saw the boundaries of the object carrying them.

Distance further complicates matters because it removes scale. Without a visible fuselage, a small illuminated aeroplane relatively nearby and a much larger supposed object farther away can subtend similar angles in the sky. Apparent slowness is also ambiguous. An aircraft circling or flying partly towards or away from the observer can show little angular displacement, creating an impression of hovering even though it continues to fly normally.

NJ Mass UFO Sighting confirmed as Goodyear Blimp

Channel: THE HANNIBAL TV

Open on YouTube

The Washington ‘giant jellyfish’ was an advertising Cessna

A particularly clear historical example occurred around Washington, DC, in June 1977. Residents of Prince George’s County, including a Maryland state police officer, reported an illuminated object that was variously compared with a blimp or a large jellyfish. The reports generated calls to the police, Andrews Air Force Base and The Washington Post.[The Washington Post]washingtonpost.comOpen source on washingtonpost.com.

The source was subsequently identified by the aircraft’s owner. According to the Post, the vehicle was a Cessna 150 fitted with 315 blinking bulbs beneath its wings, used to display advertising messages. Its owner explained that the message was legible only within a relatively favourable viewing area; farther away, observers simply saw the luminous pattern. She also said the aircraft was flying the advertised route at approximately the time of the sightings.[The Washington Post]washingtonpost.comOpen source on washingtonpost.com.

That combination makes the case more useful than a superficial visual resemblance. Investigators had:

  1. an aircraft capable of generating the reported appearance;
  2. an identified operator;
  3. confirmation that it was actually flying that evening;
  4. a location consistent with the reports; and
  5. a lighting system whose unusual appearance independently explained why several people had failed to recognise an aeroplane.

The case demonstrates why advertising aircraft can produce sincere UFO reports. The witnesses did see an unusual airborne display; what was initially wrong was its interpretation, not necessarily the basic observation that something strange-looking was moving through the sky.

Advertising illustration 2
Explanatory illustration 2

A plausible explanation still has to match the flight

Advertising aircraft are also a useful warning against premature debunking. During investigation of the celebrated September 1965 Exeter, New Hampshire, UFO reports, a local illuminated advertising aircraft became an obvious candidate. However, investigator Raymond Fowler checked the operator’s activity and reported that the Sky-Lite Aerial Advertising aircraft had not been airborne during the relevant period. Records associated with the subsequent congressional discussion likewise document the effort to compare the suggested advertising-plane explanation with its actual operations.[GovInfo]govinfo.govCHRG 89hhrg50066OCHRG 89hhrg50066O

That does not establish what caused the Exeter reports. It establishes the narrower and methodologically important point that this particular proposed source could be tested and was not supported by its operating history. A hypothesis is stronger when it predicts details of the event; mere resemblance to a known UFO lookalike is insufficient.

The contrast with the 1977 Washington case is instructive. In Washington, the operator confirmed that the illuminated Cessna was in the relevant place at the relevant time. In Exeter, checking the candidate operator reportedly excluded its aircraft. Those are exactly the kinds of distinctions that should separate a defensible IFO identification from a convenient label.[The Washington Post]washingtonpost.comOpen source on washingtonpost.com.

Advertising illustration 3
Explanatory illustration 3

Checking local flight operations and events

Because aerial advertising is deliberately deployed where people are gathered, the surrounding social context can be as useful as the visual description. Current operators market night signs for concerts, sporting events, nightlife, political campaigns, celebrations and other occasions, with flights specifically aimed at populated areas after sunset.[Skywriters]theskywriters.comSkywriters The Skywriters Aerial Night Signs | Glow-in-the-Dark Sky MessagingSkywriters The Skywriters Aerial Night Signs | Glow-in-the-Dark Sky Messaging A cluster of reports near a stadium, beachfront, festival district or major public event should therefore prompt a targeted check for aerial advertising before more exotic explanations are considered.

A practical investigation works from the reported event backwards rather than searching for any convenient aircraft:

Fix the observation first. Record the closest possible time, viewing location, direction, duration and apparent path before consulting possible explanations. A vague report such as “sometime after nine” can make an incorrect aircraft appear to match.

Look for event-related operations. Check whether a sporting event, concert, political rally, festival or promotional campaign was operating nearby. Advertising companies often publicise unusual aerial campaigns, and event organisers, airports or local media may provide independent confirmation.

Compare the light behaviour. Scrolling, sequential flashing, periodic blank intervals and the repetition of the same pattern are especially useful clues. If witnesses occasionally glimpsed recognisable letters, numbers or a logo before the pattern became abstract again, an illuminated sign becomes a particularly strong candidate.

Check actual aircraft activity. Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast, or ADS-B, allows suitably equipped aircraft to broadcast position, altitude and movement information; the FAA describes ADS-B Out as transmitting such data approximately once per second. Commercial tracking networks can combine ADS-B with other surveillance sources and retain historical flight information.[Federal Aviation Administration]faa.govFederal Aviation Administration Automatic Dependent SurveillanceFederal Aviation Administration Automatic Dependent Surveillance A slow orbit or repeated passes over a crowd can be far more diagnostic than simply finding an aircraft somewhere in the wider region.

Treat an absent public track cautiously. Public flight-tracking data are useful evidence, not a complete census of everything airborne. ADS-B coverage can depend on altitude, terrain and receiver geometry, and the FAA also operates programmes through which qualifying aircraft operators can limit how identifying information appears in public tracking feeds.[Federal Aviation Administration]faa.govOpen source on faa.gov. Consequently, failure to find a track should lower confidence in an aircraft identification but does not automatically rule one out.

Check regulatory records where appropriate. In the United States, towing something behind a civil aircraft under the relevant rule requires operation under an FAA certificate of waiver, and FAA guidance specifically applies that system to banner-tow operators.[eCFR]ecfr.govOpen source on ecfr.gov. Such records, together with airport and operator information, can provide independent corroboration for some aerial-advertising activity. A wing-mounted electronic sign is not necessarily governed by the banner-towing provision, however, so the regulatory trail depends on the particular installation and operation.

Are Aliens and UFOs Real? Is The Proof In These Videos?

Channel: Inside Edition

Open on YouTube

What makes an advertising-aircraft identification convincing?

The best evidence is a convergence of appearance and operations. “It looked like an advertising plane” is weak; “an identified illuminated advertising aircraft flew this route at this time and its programmed display reproduces the reported sequence” is strong.

Several features raise the probability substantially when they occur together: a night-time sighting over or near a populated event; a slow, conventional flight path; regularly spaced lights; sequences that change in an organised rather than random fashion; repeated circuits; and independent evidence of a relevant aerial-advertising operation. Conversely, extraordinary apparent speed, a location far from the verified route or a time when the candidate aircraft was grounded can falsify the explanation.

This case family therefore illustrates a wider principle in UFO/UAP investigation without requiring a wider excursion into other causes. Illuminated advertising aircraft are unusual precisely because they are engineered to attract the eye while disguising, incidentally, the familiar visual cues by which people recognise ordinary aeroplanes. Their lights can be genuinely startling. But because they are commercial aviation operations, they also leave unusually testable traces: operators, routes, events, regulatory records and, increasingly, electronic flight data. Those records are what turn a plausible IFO explanation into an evidentially supported one.

Protective Packaging Makes the News - Military Drone Mistaken for UFO

Channel: protectivepackcorp

Open on YouTube

Amazon book picks

Further Reading

Books and field guides related to When Advertising Aircraft Look Nothing Like Planes. Use these as the next step if you want deeper reading beyond the article.

Browse more on Amazon:The Report on Unidentified Flying ObjectsThe Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the DarkThe UFO Files: The Inside Story of Real life Sightings

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

eBay marketplace picks

Marketplace Samples

Live-tested eBay searches with available results related to this page.

UsingUSA

Selected fromUFO poster oneBay.co.uk.

Browse more oneBay.co.uk

Example items shown for inspiration; availability and pricing can change. Branchoria may earn a commission if you purchase through outbound eBay links.

Endnotes

1. Source: faa.gov
Title: Federal Aviation Administration AIM Amd3 dated
Link:https://www.faa.gov/AIR_TRAFFIC/PUBLICATIONS/media/AIM_Chg_3_dtd_7-9-26.pdf

Source snippet

Federal Aviation AdministrationAIM Amd3 dated July 9, 2026...

Published: July 9, 2026

2. Source: faa.gov
Link:https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Notice/ND/N8900_20.pdf

Source snippet

Federal Aviation AdministrationNotice US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONSeptember 26, 2007 — 20 Sept 2007 — Aerial Advertising—Operating an...

Published: September 26, 2007

3. Source: ecfr.gov
Link:https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-C/part-21

Source snippet

14 CFR Part 21 -- Certification Procedures for Products and...Aerial advertising, for one or more of the following special purpose o...

4. Source: faa.gov
Title: Federal Aviation Administration Chapter 8
Link:https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/aim_html/chap8_section_1.html

Source snippet

Medical Facts for PilotsSince any degree of dark adaptation is lost within a few seconds of viewing a bright light, a pilot should close...

5. Source: faa.gov
Link:https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/airplane_handbook/12_afh_ch11.pdf

Source snippet

The eye's adaptation to darkness is another important aspect of night vision.Read more...

6. Source: files.ncas.org
Title: Files Condon Report, Sec VI, Chap 2 – Perception, Conception, Reporting
Link:https://files.ncas.org/condon/text/s6chap02.htm

7. Source: govinfo.gov
Title: CHRG 89hhrg50066O
Link:https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-89hhrg50066O/pdf/CHRG-89hhrg50066O.pdf

8. Source: faa.gov
Title: Federal Aviation Administration Automatic Dependent Surveillance
Link:https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/avs/offices/afx/afs/afs400/afs410/ads-b

9. Source: faa.gov
Link:https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/technology/adsb/faq

10. Source: faa.gov
Link:https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/technology/equipadsb/privacy

11. Source: faa.gov
Link:https://www.faa.gov/pilots/ladd

12. Source: ecfr.gov
Link:https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-F/part-91/subpart-D

13. Source: faa.gov
Title: Federal Aviation Administration Notice
Link:https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Notice/N_8900.382.pdf

14. Source: faa.gov
Title: AC 150 5300 13B Airport Design Chg1 w errata
Link:https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC-150-5300-13B-Airport-Design-Chg1-w-errata.pdf

15. Source: faa.gov
Title: TAEas wcal 04232002
Link:https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/rulemaking/committees/documents/media/TAEas-wcal-04232002.pdf

16. Source: faa.gov
Link:https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/aim_html/chap5_section_6.html

17. Source: faa.gov
Title: draft 150 5300 13B industry
Link:https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/draft-150-5300-13B-industry.pdf

18. Source: faa.gov
Link:https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC_90-48E.pdf

19. Source: faa.gov
Link:https://www.faa.gov/media/108586

20. Source: faa.gov
Title: AIP Basic dtd 1 22 26 FINAL
Link:https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/media/AIP_Basic_dtd_1-22-26_FINAL.pdf

21. Source: faa.gov
Link:https://www.faa.gov/documentlibrary/media/advisory_circular/ac25.812-2.pdf

22. Source: faa.gov
Link:https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Notice/N_8900.526.pdf

23. Source: airporttech.tc.faa.gov
Title: Document Download.ashx
Link:https://www.airporttech.tc.faa.gov/DesktopModules/EasyDNNNews/DocumentDownload.ashx?articleid=3045&documentid=3173&moduleid=3682&portalid=0

24. Source: faa.gov
Title: all safos
Link:https://www.faa.gov/other_visit/aviation_industry/airline_operators/airline_safety/safo/all_safos

25. Source: faa.gov
Link:https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/air_traffic/technology/adsb/quicklinks/ADS-B_In_Strategy.pdf

26. Source: faa.gov
Title: 7210.3Z Change 1
Link:https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Order/7210.3Z_-_Change_1.pdf

27. Source: faa.gov
Link:https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/aip_html/part3_ad_1.1.html

28. Source: faa.gov
Title: 7210.3BB Chg 2 dtd 7 16 20 Signed for POST
Link:https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Order/7210.3BB_Chg_2_dtd_7-16-20_Signed_for_POST.pdf

29. Source: faa.gov
Title: AIM Chg 1 dtd 8 7 25
Link:https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/media/AIM_Chg_1_dtd_8-7-25.pdf

30. Source: faa.gov
Title: FA A Safety Briefing
Link:https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/JanFeb2023.pdf

31. Source: faa.gov
Link:https://www.faa.gov/airports/aip/aip_handbook/appendix

32. Source: drs.faa.gov
Link:https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/DRSDOCID124291834520221206202738.0001%3FmodalOpened%3Dtrue?modalOpened=true

33. Source: faa.gov
Link:https://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/iasa/mcar/11_mcar_and_IS_v2.11_Nov2022

34. Source: faa.gov
Title: ins outs
Link:https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/technology/equipadsb/capabilities/ins_outs

35. Source: faa.gov
Title: Order 1800.56U
Link:https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Order/Order_1800.56U.pdf

36. Source: faa.gov
Title: Order 1800.56T
Link:https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Order/Order_1800.56T.pdf

37. Source: faa.gov
Title: FAA Order 1800 56R
Link:https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Order/FAA_Order_1800_56R.pdf

38. Source: faa.gov
Link:https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/technology/equipadsb/resources/faq

39. Source: adsbperformance.faa.gov
Link:https://adsbperformance.faa.gov/PAPRRequest.aspx

40. Source: faa.gov
Link:https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/technology/equipadsb/capabilities/benefits

41. Source: faa.gov
Link:https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC_90-114C.pdf

42. Source: faa.gov
Title: A C 20-165
Link:https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC%2020-165.pdf

43. Source: faa.gov
Link:https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/avs/II.2.1_Vision.doc

44. Source: faa.gov
Title: pilot vision
Link:https://www.faa.gov/pilots/safety/pilotsafetybrochures/media/pilot_vision.pdf

45. Source: faa.gov
Link:https://www.faa.gov/data_research/research/med_humanfacs/oamtechreports/2000s/2006/200628

46. Source: faa.gov
Link:https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/data_research/research/med_humanfacs/oamtechreports/200623.pdf

47. Source: hf.tc.faa.gov
Link:https://hf.tc.faa.gov/people/nelson-brown/2008-all-strobe-approach-lighting-system/pb2008109781a.pdf

48. Source: faa.gov
Link:https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/uas/resources/policy_library/section_352_responses/107_29_for_section_352.pdf

49. Source: faa.gov
Link:https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/data_research/research/med_humanfacs/oamtechreports/0312.pdf

50. Source: faa.gov
Link:https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/data_research/research/med_humanfacs/oamtechreports/0409.pdf

51. Source: faa.gov
Title: Intro Aviation Physiology
Link:https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/2022-11/Intro_Aviation_Physiology.pdf

52. Source: faa.gov
Link:https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/faa-h-8083-21.pdf

53. Source: ecfr.gov
Link:https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-F/part-91

54. Source: ecfr.gov
Link:https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-119/subpart-A/section-119.1

55. Source: ecfr.gov
Link:https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-119

56. Source: ecfr.gov
Link:https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-II/subchapter-D/part-375

57. Source: ecfr.gov
Link:https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-119/subpart-A

58. Source: ecfr.gov
Link:https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-135

59. Source: ecfr.gov
Link:https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-61/subpart-F

60. Source: ecfr.gov
Link:https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-36/chapter-I/part-7

61. Source: ecfr.gov
Link:https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-36/chapter-I/part-7/section-7.96

62. Source: ecfr.gov
Link:https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-F/part-91/subpart-D?toc=1

63. Source: ecfr.gov
Link:https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-F/part-91?toc=1

64. Source: files.ncas.org
Title: sec ii
Link:https://files.ncas.org/condon/text/sec-ii.htm

65. Source: files.ncas.org
Link:https://files.ncas.org/condon/text/s5chap02.htm

66. Source: files.ncas.org
Title: appndx u
Link:https://files.ncas.org/condon/text/appndx-u.htm

67. Source: files.ncas.org
Link:https://files.ncas.org/condon/text/s6chap04.htm

68. Source: history.com
Title: of UFOs
Link:https://www.history.com/articles/history-of-ufos

69. Source: bufora.org.uk
Title: BUFORAGUIDE TO UFOS | BUFORA
Link:https://www.bufora.org.uk/guide-to-ufos

70. Source: theskywriters.com
Title: Skywriters The Skywriters Aerial Night Signs | Glow-in-the-Dark Sky Messaging
Link:https://www.theskywriters.com/aerial-night-signs

71. Source: washingtonpost.com
Link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1977/06/11/pr-georges-ufo-turns-out-to-be-airplane-flashing-an-advertisement/661b735d-4bdf-4956-8c22-6650cffe7bb4/

72. Source: es.scribd.com
Link:https://es.scribd.com/document/271285270/Ufo

73. Source: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
Title: ufo report 1997
Link:https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a758d2fe5274a6faebebd11/ufo_report_1997.pdf

Additional References

74. Source: youtube.com
Title: Are Aliens and UFOs Real? Is The Proof In These Videos?
Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DRoFShTguk

Source snippet

Protective Packaging Makes the News - Military Drone Mistaken for UFO...

75. Source: cia.gov
Link:https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/DOC_0005516658.pdf

76. Source: cia.gov
Link:https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp81r00560r000100010001-0

77. Source: matthewsnc.gov
Link:https://www.matthewsnc.gov/docview.aspx?docid=28324

78. Source: youtube.com
Title: NJ Mass UFO Sighting confirmed as Goodyear Blimp
Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vaJzENgSPo

Source snippet

Are Aliens and UFOs Real? Is The Proof In These Videos?...

79. Source: reddit.com
Link:https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1htxlhm/26_year_pilot_just_witnessed_something_i_cannot/

80. Source: pegasusarchive.org
Link:https://www.pegasusarchive.org/normandy/war_9thBatt.htm

81. Source: aerialadvertising.org
Link:https://www.aerialadvertising.org/

82. Source: etsy.com
Link:https://www.etsy.com/no-en/market/airborne_metal_sign

83. Source: uapedia.ai
Link:https://uapedia.ai/wiki/allan-hendry-the-investigator-who-tested-uap/