UFO clues emerge in decades-old images showing strange bursts over nuclear testing sites: report Julia Bonavita Wed, December 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM UTC 3 min read UFO clues emerge in decades-old images showing strange bursts over nuclear testing sites: report Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Generate Key Takeaways A set of photos taken over 70 years ago may hold the key to new revelations surrounding the existence of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) – or UFOs – popping up near nuclear testing sites. Scientists at California’s Palomar Observatory have recently discovered several instances of transient, star-like flashes in photographs from the 1950s, according to a research paper published in Nature’s Scientific Reports on Oct. 20, 2025. "We speculate that some transients could potentially be UAP in Earth orbit that, if descending into the atmosphere, might provide the stimulus for some UAP sightings," the paper states. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Researchers reportedly looked at digitized astronomical plates – pieces of glass that capture images of the night sky – from an initial survey conducted by the observatory from 1949 to 1957. Notably, the images were created prior to the launch of the first artificial satellite in October 1957, the report claims. Ufo Tracker Maps Eerie Clusters Of Unidentified Objects Lurking Beneath Us Shorelines: 'We're Being Lied To' According to a recent research paper published by scientists at California’s Palomar Observatory, several instances of transient, star-like flashes were recorded in photographs from the 1950s. Astronomer Beatriz Villarroel from the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics revealed in the study that she and her research team used automated technology to identify 107,875 transient lights within the 12-year span of the images being taken. Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ufo-clues-emerge-decades-old-215720496.html