| It all happened at the beach, few months ago. My | | | | do we know that what we have just seen is a |
| uncles, my dad and myself were in a | | | | UFO? |
| conversation, which quite amazingly resulted in | | | | 'An Unidentified Flying Object is anything seen in |
| talking about Mars. Being the family's astronomy | | | | air or briefly on the ground that looks like an |
| expert, I pointed to the red dot in the sky. My | | | | unfamiliar object and still cannot be identified after |
| uncles looked up and laughed afterwards. | | | | the report has been studied by scientifically |
| "Just because we're nuts in astronomy, doesn't | | | | qualified persons.' |
| mean we are idiots!" | | | | Searching for the UFO's definition was the first |
| Well they were idiots in this particular case. Mars | | | | step in checking whether that white dot I saw |
| was truly there; up in the night sky. The second | | | | was really a UFO. The second step was to |
| time I tilted my head 75o backwards however, I | | | | actually examine the components of the definition |
| saw a faint spot of light moving from right to left. | | | | and ask myself the following questions: |
| I realised that the object must be some | | | | ·A UFO is anything seen in air or briefly on |
| gigameters away and yet it was moving | | | | the ground that looks like an unfamiliar object... |
| extremely fast. Within 15 seconds, it had passed | | | | Was that thing I saw familiar? No, so till there that |
| out of sight! I thought that I was the only one | | | | white little dot is a UFO! |
| who saw the white little dot sprinting but no! Dad | | | | ·...and still cannot be identified after the report |
| had seen it too and this was proof (to me) that I | | | | has been studied by scientifically qualified persons |
| was not 'night' dreaming (unless he was too). | | | | Well I didn't phone anybody qualified in science |
| I could've written major article about that sighting: | | | | because... I knew that that thing I saw up in the |
| UFO sighting in Mauritius. I could've phoned or | | | | sky must've been a satellite from the quasi-start. |
| emailed or faxed (or any other communication | | | | No UFO then. |
| tool you know-ed) the CIA, NASA and SETI. But | | | | But is it really important to prove whether UFOs |
| I didn't. Although I believe in extraterrestrial life, I | | | | exist or not? I don't think so. Of course if a true |
| find it tough to have faith in 'flying saucers'. | | | | UFO is discovered, this would mean that intelligent |
| Nevertheless, I connected to the internet (my bill | | | | life does exist elsewhere but do you really think |
| usually approach the $37 mark per month) and | | | | we will accept that fact? Or will the military decide |
| searched for UFO on Google.mu. I came up with | | | | to bombard the 'flying saucer'? |
| different results namely an article entitled 'The | | | | Well it's fortunate that I didn't phone the CIA, |
| UFO Phenomenon'. It is in this article that I learnt | | | | NASA or SETI . Because I would have received |
| what exactly was a UFO besides being an | | | | some severe cranial injuries due to the |
| acronym for Unidentified Flying Object. But how | | | | broomstick assaults! |