In Brief:
Historical figures, scientists, reporters, musicians, US Senators and even a mountain climber in the Himalayas have joined the ranks of those who have reported UFO sightings.. " In the 1950's he was one of several news reporters working on a small South Pacific island to record the test launch of an Air Force missile.. The Air Force allowed no video or audio recordings of the event. Finally an Air Force officer addressed the crowd and told them that it was all part of the test which was staged to gauge their reaction to UFOs.. One of the world's most accomplished mountaineers, Italian born Reinhold Messner, reported observing a UFO in 1981. He compared it in size to that of a full moon and observed it for nearly three hours while he was climbing Mount Chamlang in the Himalayas.