Episode 218: The history of humanity is rife with stories of unexplained things in the skies above us. Handed down first verbally and pictographically by way of depictions painted on cave walls and then in written accounts, there are scores of stories about strange lights and objects in the sky. Throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first, as human technology has improved, we have been able to better document and disseminate information about these sightings. Over the next two episodes, we have a look at unidentified flying objects, more commonly called UFOs. In this first episode we’ll take a brief look at the phenomena itself, the stigma surrounding it and recent admissions by governmental officials of the existence of these objects. As well, we will peek at some of the stories from right here in Canada that we haven’t already covered. I have had to pick and choose some of the more interesting and detailed reports, as there are more than 1000 reports per year and the database of reports in Canada alone is massive.  Sources: Chris Hadfield on exploring Mars and the growing conversation about UFOs | CBC Radio Former Arizona Governor says he saw a UFO during the 1997 Phoenix Lights - Wikinews, the free news source The Canadian UFO Report by Chris A. Rutkowski, Geoff Dittman - Ebook | Scribd ParaResearchers Of Ontario - Welcome To Our Space On The Web Simeon Perkins Records UFO sighting October 12, 1796 | Queens County Museum Canadian DND Report: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) Canada’s UFOs: The search for the unknown - Library and Archives Canada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Magnet_(UFO) Wilbert Smith on UFOs Project Magnet and his Contacts with the Boys from Topside — YouTube Pentagon UFO videos - Wikipedia Documents | NAVAIR - FOIA Civil Aviation Daily Occurrence Reporting System — CADORS: Report 2016P1783 Credible UFO Reports Are Being Ignored, Declassified Canadian Government Documents Reveal UFO sightings: Canada’s defence minister briefed | CTV News http://www.psican.org http://pararesearchers.org List of artificial objects leaving the Solar System - Wikipedia US10144532B2 — Craft using an inertial mass reduction device — Google Patents Walker ‘stunned’ to see ship hovering high above sea off Cornwall | Science | The Guardian NINA HAGEN 1985 “Gods Of Aquarius” (English) IN EKSTASY — YouTube Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.