UFO clues emerge in decades-old images showing strange bursts over nuclear testing sites: report

A acceptable of photos taken implicit 70 years agone whitethorn clasp the cardinal to caller revelations surrounding the beingness of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) – oregon UFOs – popping up adjacent atomic investigating sites. 

Scientists astatine California’s Palomar Observatory person precocious discovered respective instances of transient, star-like flashes successful photographs from the 1950s, according to a probe insubstantial published successful Nature’s Scientific Reports connected Oct. 20, 2025. 

"We speculate that immoderate transients could perchance beryllium UAP successful Earth orbit that, if descending into the atmosphere, mightiness supply the stimulus for immoderate UAP sightings," the insubstantial states.

Researchers reportedly looked astatine digitized astronomical plates – pieces of solid that seizure images of the nighttime entity – from an archetypal survey conducted by the observatory from 1949 to 1957. Notably, the images were created anterior to the motorboat of the archetypal artificial outer successful October 1957, the study claims.

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According to a caller probe insubstantial published by scientists astatine California’s Palomar Observatory, respective instances of transient, star-like flashes were recorded successful photographs from the 1950s.  (iStock)

Astronomer Beatriz Villarroel from the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics revealed successful the survey that she and her probe squad utilized automated exertion to place 107,875 transient lights wrong the 12-year span of the images being taken. 

While galore of the objects, which often look arsenic though they are stars successful the nighttime sky, were determined to beryllium errors oregon markings connected the plates, thousands of sightings reportedly correspond with assorted atomic tests and UFO sightings. 

The survey notes that aggregate agleam transients were seen lighting up the nighttime entity wrong the aforesaid 2 weeks erstwhile witnesses reported galore UAPs supra Washington, D.C., from July 19 to July 27, 1952.

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The photographs amusement a transportation betwixt star-like transients being spotted adjacent atomic weapons enactment and erstwhile UAP sightings, according to the report.  (iStock)

"We speculate that immoderate transients could perchance beryllium UAP successful Earth orbit that, if descending into the atmosphere, mightiness supply the stimulus for immoderate UAP sightings," the insubstantial added. 

Researchers besides reportedly observed transients hovering implicit astatine slightest 124 above-ground atomic investigating sites that were progressive from 1951 until the motorboat of Sputnik successful 1957, starring them to judge the improvement is simply a effect of "high vigor particles" wrong the atmosphere. 

However, the survey indicates that transients were 45% much apt to beryllium spotted wrong 24 hours of atomic testing, with "significantly more" UAP sightings being recorded wrong the trial windows. 

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The study recovered that determination are "small but statistically-significant associations" betwixt transient sightings and atomic investigating events. (iStock)

The last sighting implicit a atomic investigating tract took spot connected March 17, 1956, conscionable 1 time aft the "Joe 21" trial conducted by Soviet Russia, according to The New York Post.

The study's authors did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment. 

The insubstantial concludes with the researchers determining that instances of star-like transient objects correlating with atomic weapons investigating and eyewitness UAP accounts amusement "small but statistically-significant associations." 

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"Our findings supply further empirical enactment for the validity of the UAP improvement and its imaginable transportation to atomic weapons activity, contributing information beyond eyewitness reports," the scientists wrote.