{"id":141623,"date":"2020-01-02T11:00:52","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T16:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=141623"},"modified":"2019-12-17T15:51:02","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T20:51:02","slug":"more-ufos-than-ever-before-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2020\/01\/02\/more-ufos-than-ever-before-2\/","title":{"rendered":"More UFOs Than Ever Before"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>We\u2019re away until January 6, but we\u2019re reposting some of our favorite pieces from 2019. Enjoy your holiday!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/adobestock_143826172.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-139042 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/adobestock_143826172-1024x685.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/adobestock_143826172-1024x685.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/adobestock_143826172-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/adobestock_143826172-768x513.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>America had its head broken open during World War II, and out came the visions. Visions of global power, infinite markets, ideological struggle, and exotic flying machines. It\u2019s not clear if the number of UFO sightings actually spiked in the years that followed or if it was just our imagination, but something changed. What had been a trickle of encounters dating back to the pioneering days of aviation became a torrent. Often described as saucers, these noiseless, shimmery machines were seen above highways and wheat fields and supermarkets in Forth Worth, Texas; Great Falls, Montana; Monmouth County, New Jersey; Salem, Massachusetts; Carson Sink, Nevada; Washington, D.C.; Miami, Florida; Norfolk, Virginia\u2014the list goes on and on\u2014in the late forties and early fifties. The timing makes it impossible to consider such phenomena without also considering the cataclysm that, more than any set of founding documents, gave birth to our colossal, unknowable, world-striding modern nation. In other words, before you can grapple with UFOs, you have to ask yourself: what the hell did that war do to America?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2019\/08\/26\/more-ufos-than-ever-before\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the past century, UFO sightings have spiked. 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