- Sign, Project - The first official USAF investigation which started in January, 1948. Also known as Project Saucer. Probably the only honest Air Force effort to find out what UFOs were. The project ended in February 1949 when the goals of the Air Force regarding UFO investigations changed.
- Simonton, Joe - Wisconsin farmer who claimed to have been given pancakes by UFO occupants in 1961.
- Skeptibunker - A term sometimes used by UFO aficionados to lump both skeptics and debunkers together.
- Skeptic - Someone who doesn't believe that UFOs are alien spacecraft because there is not enough evidence. Skeptics are generally more open-minded than debunkers.
- Strieber, Whitley - Fiction writer and abductee. Author of several books about his abduction experiences, beginning with Communion.
- Sleep Paralysis - A sleep disorder in which an individual awakens to sense a presence in his bedroom, even on the bed or on top of him. The victim is unable to move, hence the name.
- Snippy - an appaloosa pony whose real name was Lady. She became famous in 1967 as the first "official" animal mutilation case.
- Socorro, New Mexico - Lonnie Zamora, a sergeant for the Socorro Police Department, witnessed a UFO landing on Friday, April 24,1964 in Socorro. His sighting has never been adequately explained.
- South haven Park, Long Island - Site of an alleged UFO crash in 1992.
- Spitzbegen - Norwegian Island inside the arctic circle where a purported UFO crash occurred.
- Stanford, Kentucky - Site of a purported alien abduction in 1976.
- Sturrock Panel - a panel of scientists, headed by Stanford's Peter Sturrock, who studied the available UFO evidence and deemed the study of UFOs to be worthy of formal scientific investigation.
- Spooklights - Lights which appear in the skies regularly in the same area. Examples are Texas' Marfa Lights, Joplin, Missouri's Hornet Light, and North Carolina's Brown Mountain Light.
- Sundog - A "false sun" formed by the sun shining through a cloud of ice crystals.
- Superior Image - A type of mirage that causes an image to appear above the horizon.
- Tectonic Strain Theory - The theory that UFOs are electromagnetic phenomena that are generated by tectonic stresses in the earth's crust.
- Tehran, Iran - Site of a well-documented UFO sighting on 19 September, 1976.
- Trindade Island - a Brazilian island where, in 1958, a photographer on board a Brazilian Navy scientific research ship snapped several photos of an alleged UFO.
- Tujunga Canyon, California - Site of multiple alien abductions from 1953 to 1975.
- Tully, Queensland, Australia - The first "crop circle" appeared in Horseshoe Lagoon near here in 1966.
- Twinkle, Project - A project to study the green fireballs seen in New Mexico in 1948 & 1949. The project was not adequately funded and never produced any results.
- UFO - UFO stands for Unidentified Flying Object. It doesn't necessarily mean an alien craft, although it is often used that way. It just means some object in the sky that is unknown.
- UFOlogist - A UFO investigator or researcher.
- UFOlogy - The study of UFO phenomena.
- University of Colorado UFO Project - See Condon Report
- USO - An Unidentified Submegred Object also a UUO - an Unidentified Underwater Object.
- Valentich, Frederick - He and his Cessna 182 disappeared over the Bass Strait between Australia and Tasmania. Just before radio contact was lost, he reported that his plane was being followed by an unidentified aircraft.
- Vallee, Jacques - Author of several UFO books including Challenge to Science, Passport to Magonia, and Revelations
- Varginha, Brazil - City in Brazil where, in 1996, aliens were supposedly captured or alien bodies recovered.
- Villas-Boas, Antonio - Brazilian farmer who claimed to have been taken on board a UFO, where he was seduced by a female alien.
- Vimanas - Ancient Hindu writings describe flying craft called vimanas.
- Walk-in - An extraterrestrial soul that has been invited to take over a human body by the body's current inhabitant.
- Walton, Travis - supposedly abducted by a UFO from Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in 1975. A movie of the event was called Fire in the Sky
- Wanderer - An extraterrestrial soul that has chosen to be born into a human body.
- Washington Nationals - In July, 1952, many pilots and radar operators reported UFOs in the Washington D.C. area. Some were attributed to false radar blips caused by a temperature inversion. However, some of the radar sightings were corroborated by visual sightings. These were never explained.
- Wurtsmith AFB, Michigan - U.S. Air Force base in Michigan. Site of unusual UFO events in October 1975.
- Zamora, Lonnie - Zamora, a sergeant for the Socorro Police Department, witnessed a UFO landing on Friday, April 24,1964 in Socorro. His sighting has never been adequately explained.
- Zona del Silencio or Zone of Silence An area in Mexico where strange events have been reported.
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