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mean that all sightings were caused by television. It means that television became one of many influences on how people interpreted unusual events. The same process continues today. Modern witnesses may describe drones, glowing orbs or unusual aircraft because those are the objects familiar to them. People in the 1950s saw saucers. People in later decades described other forms. The mystery changes its appearance partly because the culture describing it changes. This is why the UFO phenomenon is not simply a scientific or military subject. It is also a cultural one. The stories we tell about the unknown influence how we interpret what we see. The movies of the 1950s helped create the visual language that still surrounds UFOs today. They taught generations of people to associate strange objects with extraterrestrial visitors. They also helped create the expectation that governments must know more than they admit. That expectation would become increasingly important in the decades ahead. The flying saucer had now moved from the sky into the imagination of the public. But if the UFO could be influenced by culture, another question followed. Could the human mind itself create experiences that felt completely real? That question would take UFO investigators into the fascinating and sometimes uncomfortable world of perception, memory and psychology. The next chapter would examine the person at the centre of every sighting: The witness.