12 Unsolved Mysteries

12 Unsolved Mysteries — page 1 — Whole Colony of Settlers Disappears In the spring of 1587 a ship containing a group of English men His granddaughter Virginia Dare was the first English child born in women and children set sail across America But times grew hard for the Atlantic Ocean The ship was the settlement White sailed back to under the command of James White England for supplies and food It was bound for Chesapeake Bay With hurricane season approaching the ship instead made land on a A naval war between England and Spain delayed White's return to the colony Three years passed before small island off the coast of what is he could return When he arrived now North Carolina The island was at Roanoke in August 1590 he named Roanoke found the settlement abandoned The colony was the first There was no trace of the English settlement colonists Only one possible clue to their in the New World The Roanoke White became the fate was discovered settlement s governor A word carved into a colonists gather together for Virginia Dare s baptism AT

12 Unsolved Mysteries — page 2 — 116 I rea CROATOAnd Approximate number of English settlers to arrive at Roanoke Island The only clue left behind from James White was the settlement s governor White traveled bac England for additional supplies and spent three years there before returning to America One mysterious clue to the missing colonists remained the word CROATOAN Remains have been found suggesting the colonists may have joined an American Indian tribe the settlers was a single word their own attempt to sail back to England Recently archeological teams may have found remains that suggest the colonists survived and joined American Indian tribes Metal bars wooden post CROATOAN But what did it mean And where were the settlers and blocks believed to be European were found at a Croatoan forest Numerous theories about the fate of the Roanoke settlers have been site Pottery and tools were found at a site 50 miles 80 km from the suggested over the years Croatoan settlement was the name of an island south of Roanoke It was also the name of the American Indian tribe who lived there Some believe that this tribe These findings offer clues to the mystery of the vanished Roanoke colony However the truth may never be known making the lost settlers attacked the settlement Another of Roanoke one of America's theory suggests that the struggling colonists abandoned their camp in oldest unsolved mysteries O

12 Unsolved Mysteries — page 3 — Glowing UFOs surround WWII Aircraft During World War II 1939 1945 Despite these sightings there the skies were a battleground are very few quality photos of the Enemy planes often flew through the mysterious objects Many theories dark skies firing shots But soldiers attempt to explain the lights also reported seeing a series of Some say the lights were electrical unidentified flying objects UFOs in discharges from an airplane's the air throughout the war wings or possibly ball lightning But the truth behind the lights is still Reports started in September 1941 unknown from British pilots Glowing objects were following or flying next to aircraft One soldier described them 51 as disc like The objects became known as Foo Fighters The spheres appeared as small metallic globes Number of the US Air Force facility where UFOs are allegedly stored and studied during the day But at night they glowed in various colors British German Japanese and US Glowing objects were first reported flying near WWII aircraft in 1941 pilots and aircrews all claimed to have seen Foo Fighters The objects never made contact with any planes And despite being fired upon none of the Foo Fighters were ever The objects became known as Foo Fighters The glowing orbs never made contact with any planes There are few quality photos of the glowing lights and no explanation for them

12 Unsolved Mysteries — page 4 — With no images of the lights it is unclear exactly what the mysterious objects looked like THINK ABOUT IT Thirty six percent of Americans believe in UFOs Do you Conduct research online to support your opinion O

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