1 Emergency Unit of the Heart Institute, Hospital das Clinicas, School of Medicine, Sao Paulo University, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
2 Director & Founder of the Latin American Academy of Scientific Ufology (LAASU), São Paulo, Brazil.
3 Experiencer Support Team, Organization for Paranormal Understanding and Support (OPUS-EST), Sacramento, California, United States of America.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 19(03), 850-868
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2023.19.3.1895
Received on 08 August 2023; revised on 17 September 2023; accepted on 19 September 2023
In February 2023, the airspace of two countries in North America and China was the scene of a series of UFO sightings, resulting in the proven shooting down of one of these objects by the United States Air Force. Reportedly, one of the object was identified as a balloon of Chinese origin, while the others remain unknown. With respect to this, the Latin American Academy of Scientific Ufology (LAASU) organized an international meeting to discuss this subject on March 18, 2023 and five professionals from different academic fields were invited to give their points of view. With over 40 years dedicated to Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO) research, Dr. Acosta Navarro, LAASU’s Director, supported the that hypothesis of extraterrestrial manifestation would be the best explanation for the observed UFO phenomena shot down, which could represent a charade or puzzle to be interpreted. The development of this article within LAASU was prioritized by the transcendence and contemporaneity of the phenomenon and was named the "Operation Ray of Zeus". Ten points of argumentation are presented to support this hypothesis. We propose that the downed UFOs could be a consequence of direct or indirect actions by Extraterrestrial Intelligences, which can be interpreted as a charade, intending to raise awareness and reflection about the current critical moment of risk of self-destruction, highlighting our technological limitations and showing our vulnerability.
Extraterrestrial Intelligence; Political science; Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP); Unidentified Flying Object (UFO)
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Julio C. Acosta-Navarro and John Budrys. UFOs shot down: An Extraterrestrial Charade? The last chance before the nuclear Apocalypse. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 19(3), 850-868. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.19.3.1895