Last year, I read many articles about UFO sightings all over the world. Halfway into this year, I’m noticing a strange trend. Most of the articles I have read center on England sightings. Is there some strange weather phenomenon that is causing these strange lights? Or have the aliens taken a liking to scones and tea?

Below is an article I found about the effect that Close Encounters of the Third Kind had on the public, when it was released in 1978. Naturally, reports of UFO sightings spiked to unprecedented levels. The Ministry of Defence has release 7,000 of these reports to the public.

Like the French archives, the majority of these reports have easy explanations. But there are a few that would leave you to wonder.

The year of the UFO: Claims of Close Encounters in the wake of 1978 hit film