
Could these mysterious flashes of light in 1950s photos be UFOs?
Oct 29, 2025 · VASCO researchers analyzed 106,000 transients that look like stars that appeared and swiftly disappeared in a single exposure between the years 1951 and 1957.
'No easy explanation': Scientists are debating a 70-year-old UFO ...
Nov 29, 2025 · "If it turns out that transients are reflective artificial objects in orbit — prior to Sputnik — who put them there, and why do they seem to show interest in nuclear testing?"
Did Astronomers Photograph UFOs Orbiting Earth in the 1950s ...
Oct 28, 2025 · In the Scientific Reports paper, Villarroel and Stephen Bruehl, a Vanderbilt University Medical Center anesthesiologist with an interest in UFOs, found that many of the …
A New Study Associates Mysterious Pre-Space Age Flashes in the …
Although the correlation wasn’t quite as strong as was with nuclear testing, the team found that there was “an 8.5% increase in the number of transients observed” for each additional UFO …
Scientists find UFO evidence in 70-year-old observatory photos …
Dec 3, 2025 · Scientists at California’s Palomar Observatory have recently discovered several instances of transient, star-like flashes in photographs from the 1950s, according to a research …
1950s Data Reveals UAP Before Satellites Existed
Dec 8, 2025 · These strange luminous phenomena were 45% more likely to appear within a day of above-ground nuclear weapons testing, and their frequency increased alongside reports of …
These mysterious flashes linked to nuclear tests are reviving an old ...
Dec 12, 2025 · Now, researchers have reanalyzed those vintage sky plates and discovered that many of the transients — brief, glowing points of light — occurred on or near the dates of …
UFOs potentially identified in 1950s images, study finds
Dec 3, 2025 · Scientists at the Palomar Observatory studying photos from the 1950s discovered unusual, starlike flashes that appeared and disappeared within an hour. The transient objects …
A new study seemingly shows alignment of UAPs in space
Jul 27, 2025 · These transients were not visible on another plate taken half an hour earlier, nor on a third plate six days later. All known astrophysical explanations were considered but deemed …
Mysterious Sky Transients Potentially Tied to Nuclear Tests and …
Jul 30, 2025 · Researchers analyzed over 100,000 such events to check for connections to above-ground nuclear weapons tests and sightings of unidentified anomalous phenomena …