Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Nomar Slevik, author of the new Otherworldly Encounters.
The term "unidentified flying object" (UFO) was created during the 1950s. Depending on who you ask, the term was coined either in 1953 by Donald Keyhoe or in 1956 by Edward Ruppelt. And it may be interesting to note that both gentleman served in the U.S. military (the Marines and Air Force, respectively).
Since that time, the acronym UFO and other terms, such as flying saucer, spaceship, alien craft, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), unidentified submerged object (USO), and more have all become synonymous with extraterrestrial beings. What researchers and investigators of the