FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.—The truth about unidentified flying objects (UFOs) is still out there.
Yet every so often, the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, gets a phone call about an unusual sighting in the night sky.
Is it a UFO—or something else?
Lowell Observatory historian Kevin Schindler says mostly it is a natural occurrence, like the planet Venus shining bright after sunset.
The Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz., as it appeared on Dec. 20, 2022. The late astronomer Percival Lowell founded the observatory with its 24-inch refractor telescope in 1894, hoping to discover intelligently made canals on Mars. (Allan Stein/The Epoch Times)
And then those are tongue-in-cheek moments such as the letters that suggested there were extraterrestrials from Cassiopeia….