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World UFO Day 2025: 2 July

Why in news?

  • World UFO Day is celebrated every year on 2 July.
  • The purpose of this day is to spread awareness among the people about the existence of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Object), encourage open-minded scientific thinking and demand the governments of various countries to make the information related to them public.

UFO (Unidentified Flying Object)

  • From a scientific point of view, “UFO” is called any object that has been seen in the sky but could not be identified.
  • It is not necessary that it is an alien ship, it can also be a drone, satellite, meteor or any other celestial object.
  • Institutions like NASA and Pentagon have also now created separate cells to investigate UFO incidents and have also released many unclassified videos.

History

  • World UFO Day was started in 2001 by UFO researcher Haktan Akdogan.
  • The date of July 2 was chosen for a special reason; on this day in 1947, a mysterious UFO crash took place in Roswell, New Mexico, USA, which is considered one of the most talked about events in UFO history.

Roswell incident

  • On July 2, 1947, the US Air Force claimed that they had recovered a "flying saucer". But shortly after, they changed their statement and said that it was only a weather balloon.
  • This contradiction made people suspicious and from here began conspiracy theories about UFOs, aliens and secret government projects.
  • The Roswell incident is considered to be the inspiration for World UFO Day.

Q. On which date is World UFO Day celebrated every year?

(a) 1 June

(b) 2 July

(b) 10 October

(d) 15 August

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