100,000 UFOs Were Spotted in 1950s Photos Over Nuclear Test Sites

100,000 mystery flashes were found in sky photos from the 1950s—and they lined up with nuclear tests.

Caltech’s Palomar Observatory photographed the night sky years before Sputnik. But decades later, researchers scanning them found thousands of star-like lights that appeared in one exposure and vanished in the next. They were not satellites or catalogued stars. What were they?

The timing is the strangest part. Those flashes were far more likely to show up within a day of above-ground nuclear tests, and even more likely the day after.

On some of the same dates, UFO reports spiked, as well, including the 1952 Washington wave.

Were the flashes just plate defects? Nuclear fallout? Sunlight bouncing off something already in orbit? Or something watching the dawn of the atomic age?

On this Edge of Wonder Live, Ben Chasteen and Rob Counts break down the Palomar plates, the nuclear test calendar, and the claim that the Cold War was more cosmic than people think.

Also on the show, hear the weekly Bending Reality and the Metaphysical Minute segments. Then exclusively on Rise.TV during the “Dig Deep” Live Q&A, ask Ben and Rob your questions directly. Finally, in the fan-favorite Top 10 Weirder News of the Week, hear hilarious and bizarre stories to end your week on a high note.

And as always, see you out… on the edge!

“Dig Deep” Live Q&A: “Have you looked at the picture from the Roswell UFO crash where people are holding some of the silvery material?” “Could it be that UFOs weren’t disguised in the past because people couldn’t see as far out into space?” “When people stick metallic things on their walls and ceilings, but they don’t fall down, is that to do with electricity and water, like Rob’s Substack post mentioned?” “Do you think we’re the only ones who have detonated a nuclear bomb in our galaxy?” “Is our planet being watched out for, saved, and protected in some kind of bubble?” “Did humanity come from Mars before Earth?”

Plus discussions on Wernher von Braun’s book mentioning “the Elon,” a book about a “Baron Trump” meeting inner earth beings, the funniest moment in The Goonies, and more!

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