CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS
World UFO Day- 2nd July
- Every year, World UFO Day is observed on July 2nd to create an awareness of Unidentified Flying Objects.
- These objects are somehow related to alien life forms.
- The World UFO Day organization decided in the year 2001 to celebrate this day for all UFO enthusiasts.
History:
- The first observation of a UFO was reported by aviator Kenneth Arnold in the US.
- He described the UFO as a saucer-like object or a big flat disk design.
- Now this observation has been described as the design of a UFO for decades.
- On July 2, 1947, an incident was reported as a crash in the desert near Roswell, New Mexico.
- Since then, this incident has been a conspiracy theory.
- It was believed the US Air Force was carrying out some top-secret projects.
- William Brazel was the only witness to this incident who explained that the wreckage of the UFO was made of rubber strips and tinfoil.