World UFO Day is marked every year on July 2 to raise awareness about Unidentified Flying Objects and the existence of life beyond our planet
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UFOs are strange spaceships that don't belong to our planet and cannot be identified or explained
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Theories around strange objects have always fascinated space enthusiasts starting from the Roswell incident in New Mexico, sometime in July 1947
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The US military later said it was a balloon but since then, conspiracy theories emerged across the world
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There have been several instances reporting UFO sightings in the sky, however, none has been officially confirmed yet
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It was originally celebrated on June 24, established in 2001 by Haktan Akdogan to mark a sighting on a group of UFOs by an American pilot named Kenneth Arnold
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However, due to conflicts with other UFO-related events, the date was later changed to July 2 to coincide with the Washington, DC sightings
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World UFO Day holds significance for people who are interested in UFOs and want to learn more about them
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It serves as a forum for open and respectful debate, dispelling myths and prejudices, and supporting scientific investigation into UFO sightings