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close encounter

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  • noun ufology A supposed observation, or observation of evidence, of extraterrestrial beings or their craft.

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  1. UFO
  2. alien abduction
  3. flying saucer
  4. unidentified flying object

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  • treeseed commented on the word close encounter

    A close encounter in ufology is an event where a person witnesses an unidentified flying object. This terminology and the system of classification behind it was started by astronomer and UFO researcher J. Allen Hynek, and was first suggested in his 1972 book The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry. He introduced the first three kinds of encounters; two more sub-types of close encounters were later added by others, but these additional categories are not universally accepted by UFO researchers.

    _Wikipedia

    February 24, 2008