'Project Blue Book': How WWII and Cold War contributed to the phenomenon of alien sightings and UFOs

The first alien sightings that brought about the investigation were reported in the US, sometime around 1947 - just a couple of years after the Second World War ended

The History channel are preparing its viewers for yet another thrilling blast from the past, this time a story revolving around aliens, UFOs, and several conspiracy theories behind the 12,000 alleged sightings reported back in the U.S. in the '50s. As the title 'Project Blue Book' denotes, the show, created by David O'Leary, will follow astrophysicist Dr. J. Allen Hynek and his tumultuous encounter with the titular initiative by the United States Air Force, carried out to investigate said sightings.

A closer look at the phenomenon that caused widespread panic and shock, reveals the sudden influx of alien and UFO sightings, could have been a result of the preceding World War II, and the subsequent impact of the development of nuclear weapons and rocket science that occurred at the time.

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