Q 01/05

Which U.S. Air Force captain coined the acronym 'UFO'?

A) Edward J. Ruppelt

B) Hector Quintanilla

C) Nathan Twining

D) Charles Halt

Answer · why

A) Edward J. Ruppelt

Edward J. Ruppelt, Project Blue Book's first chief, is credited with the term: he wrote that 'flying saucer' was misleading for objects of every conce...

Q 02/05

Which term have NASA and the Pentagon adopted in place of 'UFO'?

A) UAV

B) UAP

C) ETV

D) IFO

Answer · why

B) UAP

UAP has spread because 'UFO' became tied to alien spaceships, and the broader term avoids that cultural baggage.

Q 03/05

Near which mountain did pilot Kenneth Arnold report a chain of nine shining objects on June 24, 1947?

A) Mount Rainier

B) Mount Shasta

C) Mount Hood

D) Mount Whitney

Answer · why

A) Mount Rainier

Mount Rainier was where a Marine Corps C-46 transport had crashed, and Arnold was detouring to hunt for it because finding the wreck carried a $5,000 ...

Q 04/05

Which 1997 film grew out of a comic book inspired by UFO folklore?

A) Alien Resurrection

B) Men in Black

C) Starship Troopers

D) The Fifth Element

Answer · why

B) Men in Black

Men in Black drew on 1950s UFO lore: ufologist Albert Bender said three men in dark suits had warned him to stop investigating.

Q 05/05

The debris found near Roswell in 1947 came from a balloon train belonging to which top-secret program?

A) Project Moon Dust

B) Project Mogul

C) Project Twinkle

D) Project Magnet

Answer · why

B) Project Mogul

Project Mogul flew microphones on high-altitude balloons to listen for Soviet atomic tests, a secret that the 1947 weather-balloon story kept hidden.