UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) sightings in the 1950s and ’60s were likely a result of advanced U.S. spy plane testing and space technology, according to a Pentagon report. Officials clarified to Congress in their report, that the U.S. government has never encountered alien life, BBC reported. The report claimed that most of the sightings in the 1950s and 60s were ordinary objects, BBC reported. Officials believe that the media played a prominent role in shaping people’s assumptions regarding the sightings, BBC reported. “The proliferation of television programs, books, movies, and the vast …