All the sightings, conspiracy theories and evidence on whether extra-terrestrials actually exist. From Roswell to Suffolk's Rendlesham Forest, these are the most notorious stories of 'alien encounters'.
By Josie Griffiths from The Sun
The number of UFO sightings is currently flying at an all-time high, according to data cruncher and blogger Sam Monfort.
The alien expert reckons there have been more than 100,000 recorded UFO sightings in the past 100-plus years.
And Sam is far from the only believer on our planet.
From an "alien autopsy" video dating back to 1995 to a video of fighter jets apparently chasing a UFO over the M5, there are hundreds of videos which people have claimed to be proof of alien life.
There's even a clip of a UFO supposedly attacking a Taliban compound, as well as 'sightings' in Peckham and Warminster.
Most of the videos have been debunked by experts. In the M5 clip, for example, the motorway lorries look like models.
While the Peckham UFOs were "almost certainly Chinese lanterns", former Ministry of Defence UFO investigator Nick Pope told the Sun Online.
He added that "true believers wouldn’t be dissuaded" by evidence the videos are fake.
Meanwhile, popstar Peter Andre claims to have seen "several UFOs" on a family trip to the Nevada desert.
The desert is also the site of America's famous Area 51 - a highly classified military base at the center of alien conspiracy theories due to scores of of UFO sightings in the area.
Artist Dave Huggins believes he lost his virginity to a busty alien called Crescent - and has fathered 60 'hybrid' babies.
Some people even believe this picture of Jesus' crucifixion - which hangs on the walls of the Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in Georgia - is proof that aliens visited Earth thousands of years ago.
In July 2017, new research was published that suggested "free-floating" earth sized plants could exist and that some of them may even be able to harbour life.
And at the end of August, alien hunters from the Breakthrough Listen project detected "fast radio bursts" coming from a mysterious cluster of stars – which may have been produced by "extraterrestrial civilizations".
In October 2017, an Australian woman took a picture of what she believed was a 'flying saucer' hovering over the Great Barrier Reef. Far North Queensland is considered a UFO hotspot, with several sightings of mystery aircraft in the sky over several decades.
What is the Roswell UFO incident?
The Roswell UFO incident is a world-renowned conspiracy theory about the existence of aliens.
In the summer of 1947, a farmer discovered unidentifiable debris in his sheep fields just outside Roswell, New Mexico.
A local Air Force base claimed the debris came from a crashed hot air balloon, but many people reckon it's really the remains of a flying saucer.
The debate rumbles on, with people continuing to make claims about "leaked US government documents", which supposedly prove it was a cover-up.
Now while many of the above stories have been shown to be fake, you did not mention all of the airline and military pilots that have witnessed these strange things in the skies. Many remain unexplained!
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