What is the true history of ufos on earth? Facts only please.

1. THE THUNDEROUS WASHBASIN Among the great treasures of academic literature are the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty. These annual records chronicled Korean life for centuries - an immense achievement by any measure. And among its pages is a startling account o tid:3177 (1) (hivelink)
   
2. We can turn to another account by an eminent, ancient scholar: Titus Flavius Josephus, who gave a now-famous description of a "miraculous phenomenon, defying belief" in the first century AD. Almost apologetically, he wrote that "what I am about to relate tid:3173 (1) (hivelink)
   
3. The celebrated Roman historian and essayist Plutarch also chronicled some very strange, UFO-related goings-on. On the subject of a battle in 74 BC between a Roman army and the forces of King Mithridates VI of Pontus, he wrote how "with no apparent change tid:3172 (0) (hivelink)
   
4. The first well-known UFO sighting occurred in 1947, when businessman Kenneth Arnold claimed to see a group of nine high-speed objects near Mount Rainier in Washington while flying his small plane. tid:3171 (0) (hivelink)