For decades, there have been UFO sightings and incidents not only in America but all over the world, leaving questions of whether or not our governments are hiding anything from the people.

Recently another spark was created in this never ending argument when the United States government decided to release two decades of classified files called Project Blue Book on UFO sightings from the years of 1947 to 1969.

While many of these sightings and incidents were easily shot down by the Air Force and other government agencies, there are still over 700 of these cases that indeed remain unidentified. After combing through these files a few of these incidents were found where a conclusion was never reached.

One such incident occurred in Terre Haute, Indiana on Oct. 9, 1951 and is a well-known sighting. A Chief Aircraft Communicator (CAA) observed a silver object pass directly overhead while he was at Hulman Municipal Airport about five miles east of Terre Haute. He reported high rate of speed and no sounds or vapor trails.

To make this incident even more intriguing a pilot flying near the area on that day reported seeing the same type of object as the CAA just minutes after he had reported it shot up into the sky.

These two men were interviewed and both did indeed have very similar stories, but the man who was at the airport was considered to be hardheaded, which was a detriment to his creditability. Further investigation of the incident was marked inconclusive.

Another sighting from the files took place in Tremonton, Utah on July 2, 1952 when a man named D.C. Newhouse and his wife claimed to have spotted two “saucers.”

Newhouse filmed 1200 frames of video on his camera, which he then sent to the navy for examination. When the film was returned certain frames showing a UFO moving away from them were removed, according to Newhouse.

As a result, it cannot be known for sure if Newhouse was telling the truth or not. Either he was lying, or the government altered the film intentionally or not.

One such person, Aldo Xana, 26, nursing major said, “I think our government is still hiding files that have more info about UFOS.”

This case, along with many others in the files would receive an investigation that would lead to the same inconclusive end as the Terre Haute incident.

A third and final case with some interesting details was a UFO sighting reportedly made by a military member near an air force base. This took place on July 7, 1952 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Capt. Harry D. Black, USAF, described what he and his wife saw: a large green light, solid in the center surrounded by a nebula with a trail of isolated red lights.

Black and his wife were in their car at the time of the sighting but oddly Black did not report the incident until July 16 because even he himself was skeptical about what he had seen and did not want to sound insane to the military officers.

Black and his wife were both questioned about the incident by the military and after a deeper investigation the results were again inconclusive.

In the files are hundreds of other cases with similar details and evidence and as stated earlier over 700 are still unidentified.

Some of the evidence is more compelling than the others but these cases do once again open up the proverbial can of worms. Whether or not UFOs are real and if our government has knowledge of them remains a heated debate.

“I do not know if aliens are real or not but there have been so many sightings and it is not hard to believe there are other living beings out there,” said Tom Esser, 20, psychology major.

When asked about these still inconclusive files Alexandra Bailey, 19, nursing major said, “It is a bit scary that the government has not concluded those files and may have some hidden information still.”