Originally Posted by jayvinton

It seems strange to me that as humans advance scientifically, the description of the UFO's advance in terms of appearance. The connection I am trying to make is that we appear to relate UFO's appearance, technology and abilities to our own advancement and what we see in science fiction.

100 years ago, the Electra, Texas UFO was supposed to be a Rocket with a flame tail. Now they are advanced triangles. While we didn't have rocket propulsion 100 years ago, we did have fireworks etc...

Myths have a way of fitting nicely into any timeframe.