@MISC{Poher_basicpatterns, author = {Claude Poher and Jacques Vallee}, title = {BASIC PATTERNS IN UFO OBSERVATIONS}, year = {} }
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This paper presents the view that (1) a significant proportion of the thousands of UFO reports analyzed by the authors come from witnesses who have really observed an object in the sky or at ground level; (2) the objects these witnesses have seen have characteristics very different from all identifiable objects and phenomena; (3) the phenomenon is of high scientific interest; and (4) a systematic research approach can be defined. These conclusions are based on many years of research into the phenomenon, in the course of which the authors have had at their disposal the official Air Force files of the United States and of France, as well as files of several reliable private organizations. The paper presents the results of computer statistics obtained independently, and it describes some correlations between geomagnetic disturbances and UFO observations.