Example Persuasive Speech Essays - Unidentified Flying Objects

Example Persuasive Speech Essays - Unidentified Flying Objects Example Persuasive Speech Example Persuasive Speech UFOs are real!! Attention Grabber: Regardless of your personal beliefs on the likelihood of extraterrestrial life, UFOs, Unidentified Flying Objects, are just that: unidentified and flying, not necessarily extraterrestrial. In life, the better informed we are about our surroundings, the better our overall decision making process is. Credibility Statement: I have read a number of books on UFOs and have even seen one myself. General Purpose: I am here to help you understand that UFOs are realthere are flying objects that cannot be identified. Preview Statement: First I will give you the ancient accounts of UFOs; secondly, I will explain the most documented UFO sightings, and lastly, I will tell you about the more recent government reports about UFOs. I. Ancient accounts of UFOs A. Christian Bible B. Accounts considered as signs (source: Jacques Vallees Passport to Mangonia) C. Aerial Ships 1. Ezekiels Wheel 2. Unearthly glowing objects in the night sky 1. Almost beheaded priest 1. Naval accountsship Sibernian and ship Vultur Transition: This completes our information on ancient accounts of UFOs; now we can move on to the most documented UFO sightings in the past century. II. Most Documented UFO Sightings in the Past Century A. Military UFO Sightings (source: Robert E. Bartholomew and George S. Howard, UFOs and Alien Contact) 1. World War Iphantom air raids and mysterious aero-planes 2. World War IIFoo fighters B. Citizen UFO Sightings (source: David Michael Jacobs, The UFO Controversy in America) C. Personal UFO Sightings (source: Frank B. Salisbury, The UFO Display) 1. Crop Circles 2. Snow Circles 3. Land Circles 1. Betty and Barney Hill 2. French Doctor Transition: This concludes the information of UFO sightings in the past century; lets move on to the most recent government reports about UFOs III. Resent Government Reports A. UFO Report Similarities (source: Frank Edwards, Flying Saucers, Serious Business) 1. Shapesaucer 2. Behaviorhovering 3. Colorreduce in brightness as reduce in speed B. Governments position on explaining UFOs (source: Frank B. Salisbury, The UFO Display) 1. Only by the Air Force 2. Always as conventional objects and conditions C. Government Releases about UFOs (source: David Michael Jacobs, The UFO Controversy in America) 1. UFOs are a threat to national security 2. What Air Force Academy Cadets are taught Statement of three main points: Now you know about the ancient accounts of UFOs, the most documented UFO sightings in the past century, and the most recent Government reports about UFOs. Conclusion: The next time you are driving along and see something thats not quite a plane, and not quite a star, take a second look; it might be a weather balloon.