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