From Roswell to AARO: A concise history of UFOs, UAPs, and government inquiry
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UFOs have long fascinated Americans from Kenneth A. Arnold’s 1947 sighting to Roswell and Area 51, driving decades of government investigations and new agencies to study unidentified aerial phenomena, while repeated reviews found no conclusive evidence of extraterrestrial contact, even as leaks, media attention, and political pressure keep the topic in the public eye.