UFO Newsclipping Service 2007 11 no 460

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November 2007
Number 460
EDITOR/PUBLISHER: Lucius Fartsh · #2 Caney Valley Drive • Plumervll1e, AR 72127-8725 USA
FREE TIMES, Cleveland, OH - Sept. 26, 2007
THAT'S NO MOON
Many unaazy ClevelandeJS have seen stranye liyhts in the sky. Who-or what-is bminy Northeast Ohio?
IY JOHN WIIEI
TO SUGGEST THAT NORTHEAST OHIO could be witness to the next
mass UFO sighting does not officially make you a member of the tin-foil
hat crowd. If you believe even just a few of the witnesses, Cleveland and
its surrounding communities might already be a hotspot.
During the previous two years, the "I've had contact my whole life," he
Cleveland UFOiogy Project, considered says. "I remember asking my mother,
the oldest of its kind on this side of the 'Why do Santa's elves keep visiting me?"'
globe, has documented 20 credible sight The recent visitations started in earnest
ings. The 2005 documentary Dan Akroyd: five years ago, not far from the coal-burning
Unplugged on UFOs highlighted the pecu power plant, he says. While walking on the
liar lights over Lake Erie near Eastlake, beach, not far from his home, Hill said he
where witnesses reported their latest sight witnessed a top hat-shaped craft hovering
ing just this past June. Earlier this year, an and pulsating over the shoreline. This same
"orb" was videotaped over the Key Bank area is also famous in UFO lore for a 1988
Tower during a peace rally, and the inci encounter documented by the Coast Guard.
dent made it on the CBS nightly news. Hill started taking a video camera to the
The hype continues: Literally hundreds lakefront. Since then he's captured scores of
of thousands have downloaded Internet bright lights that appear to hover over Lake
videos of Northeast Ohio UFOs. The Erie. He's uploaded many of his videos to
Cleveland Office of Homeland Security has YouTube, and those caught the attention of
investigated. And one of the Eastlake UFO David Sereda, who directed the Akroyd doc
witnesses says he's signed a contract with a umentary. Hill created the music for
History Channel for a documentary. Sereda's latest project, From Here To restrial. He guesses they're the result of gov the government says two are in orbit, and
"If you take aU of the people in Ohio who Andromeda. Hill also says he recently signed ernment or aerospace industry experiments both are roughly the size of a basketball.
are interested in this subject, I bet half of a contract for a History Channel project, but with new technology. "They're bouncing They are made of brass and partially cov
them are from that part of the state," says the channel did not return Free Times' calls. radar off some type of object," he speculates. ered with a retr<rreflection material that
Central Ohi<rbased William E. Jones, state "I really do consider myself a spiritual mes "Some form of radar reflection technology. returns light ·in the direction it comes
director for Ohio MUFON, or Mutual senger; I know it sounds freaky," says Hill, I'm just making an educated guess." from, similar to a road sign.
UFO Network. "A lot of folks up there have adding that the UFO filmed over the Key Nevertheless, he's intrigued. There's also NASA's Glenn Research
seen things over the years. More people are Bank Tower is one of the same orbs he cap "I look outside a lot more. I want to see it Center at the Plum Brook site in Sandusky.
interested up there. I don't know why." tured over Lake Erie. "There's a huge story again," says Strauss. "This time, I'm going The site is home to the world's largest
unfolding here. I think they're absolutely to have my camera." But he rejects the sug space environment simulation chamber.
SAM PIDLLIPS has long been a fixture of sending us a message. I believe they are here gestion that it's anything more than curiosi That chamber will test NASA's new space
Oeveland's music scene. He's an accom to help us become a galactic society." ty: "No. I'm not obsessive. Absolutely not." craft, Orion, which will take the US back
plished drununer and "hand snapper," and to the moon. Recent upgrades to the Plum
appeared on 1M Arsenio Hall Show. When AT THE OTHER END of the spectrum THE EASTLAKE POLICE actually had Brook site will also allow it to test "next
interviewed for this story, however, he was is Eastlake resident Gary Strauss, who says two witnesses that night. A detective, who generation lunar landers, robotic systems,
homeless and sleeping at the homes of friends adamantly, "I'm not one of those UFO asked not to be named, told the Free Times and military and commercial aircraft,"
and family. Phillips taped a strange light spin people." He's a chemist and a supervisor at that he too saw the lights, but from a dif according to NASA's Web site.
ning and hovering over the Key Bank Tower a local laboratory. He's lived in his home ferent vantage point.
on March I 0, during a peace rally. on the lake since 1984, in the same neigh The Eastlake police asked the Oeveland "SO HERE I COME walking out of the
"This is not about me," says Phillips, borhood as Hill, though they've never met. office of Homeland Security to look into the TV station one night in November maybe
who admits he has become obsessed with Early on the morning ofJ une 21, Strauss sighting, and the detective says he was told a decade ago after our early evening news
what he saw that night. "There's a pattern and his son saw four bright lights, shaped later that on the night of the sighting, the cast," says Ted Henry of New Channel 5.
here. There's a riddle here. And I want like the tip of a Sharpie marker, high above Canadian Coast Guard was near the opposite "In perfect formation there were five large
answers. I want an explanation." the water. The lights were in a line parallel side of the lake searching for a man who had objects flying smoothly in my direction. It
He believes it wasn't coincidence the with the shoreline, positioned at II o'clock been reported missing. A Canadian Coast was stunning.
sighting took place over a peace rally. During and 30 degrees above the horizon. Guard helicopter dropped flares, connected "What I saw was the undersides of five
the sighting, he recalls saying that our Then one vanished. Then another. Soon to miniature parachutes, over the water. Later flat objects flying in exact formation. The
"brothers and sisters are going to come down all four were gone. Suddenly, they reap it was discovered the man had drowned. front two were enormous, maybe the size
from the universe and humble our ass." peared in the shape of a diamond. Then Strauss finds this implausible, believes of several football fields, and the three
Phillips' story, however, is but.a sidebar they went flat again. This went on for more the lights appeared in a straight line, then trailing were smaller, flying in a slightly
in the current wave of Northeast Ohio than an hour. vanished, then reappeared in a diamond irregular pattern."
UFO mania. Taking center stage is Ll!-ke He called the Eastlake police and they formation. "What do I think they were? AU I can
Erie, and Michael Lee Hill of Eastlake. dispatched an officer. Strauss remembers The Bush administration reportedly has really tell you is what I saw."
Hill, like Phillips, is a musician. In 2001, the officer saying, "What is that?" funneled billions to the aerospace industry Henry has talked about his sighting many
Grarnmy-award winner and guitar legend The following day, his son checked the to develop space-based weapons under the times on the air. He puts the experience
Steve Vai picked Hill as the winner of a Internet for lights over Lake Erie and found guise of missile defense. Secret military this way: "One thing is certain, for people
nationaJ guitar contest. Hill is gregarious, one of Hill's videos. He recalls his son space-plane programs are believed to have who see something in the sky, as I did over
upbeat and likeable. He's unconventional shouting, "That's it! That's what we saw!" been revived as well. Oeveland years ago, it can be a life chang
and complex. He's certain that the UFOs But t1l1l.i2 other Lake Erie witnesses, Another possibility are LAGEOS, or ing experience."
he has seen are targeting him. Stnltl8s doesn't be~ the lights are extrater- Laser Geodynamics Satellites. Publicly, I'HfJN@fretltlme•.et~m
NEWS, Cadillac, Ml - Sept. 18, 2007
UFOs in Cadillac: Real or sci-fi?
. . COURIISY PHOTO Of DAVE DUNfORD'S Al\ONYMOU~ R£1ATM
A possible UFO took flight.near Mitchell Street in downtown Cadillac in July 2006. •1 don't see how that can be a bird, • said Dave Dunford said about this photo ..· Th~re.are shadoWf
on the sides, there's a bright spot that shows a curve and light reflects off the top and bottom: ·
Cadillac man claims to have These three dark objects were not
visible to Dunford when he was out
seen strange objects in sky side, but his 4.0 megapixel camera
picked up the images and he was able
to see them.i n an enlarged photo.
nKAYUKILEY
"The three dark objects do not ap
CADILLAC NEWS Pear in any of the other pictures, even
CADIUAC-Is it a bird? Is it a plane? though the shots were,all withirt about
Or, is it from another world . . . . a minute of one another," he said, not
Whether or not the "disk-shape" and ing that the objects must have been in
"slender rectangular'' objects in Dave motion.
Dunford's photos are UFOs, they sure After sharing his photos with some
are strange. relatives, Dunford's anonymous rela
'1 can't say they're being piloted by tive decided to zoom-in on some of her
little green men, but they're UFOs," own pictures, which were taken near
said Dunford of Cadillac.." l saw what Mitchell Street in July 2006. Dunford
I saw - they're unidentified, they're calls the dark, disk-shaped object in
flying and they're objects." his relative's photos, "one of the best
pictures of a UFO that I've ever seen
THE SIGHTING -it's just amazing."
Dunford was photographing the According to Dunford, he considers
Cadillac sky on Aug. 27 at about 8:30 all other rational options before decid . PHOTO COURIISY DAVE DUNFORD
p.m. near his residence in Pheasant ing that the objects are UFOs. Dave Du.nford said this shiny, silver flying object did not make a sound as it flew over
Ridge. The self-proclaimed amateur "I try to debunk my own beliefs be Cadillac Aug. 27 at about 8:30 p.m. He believes it's not a plane because It didn't have a
photographer was taking pictures of fore I say anything about it," he said. vapor trail, and it's not a blimp because it didn't have a platform for people to stand on.
planes and the clear blue sky for his "Before I say anything, I'll do anything
self described "deviant art" Web site to make sure it's something to look THE EXPERTS OPINION Noting that photos of genuine -l;i'Iien
- and that's when he had his ftrst into." Cadillac News submitted four: of craft are "extremely rare," Davenport
sighting. Dunford said he's taken numerous what Dunford thmi~t were the·best estimated that one out of every 1;000
"When I brought my camera down, I photosofplanesandbirds,soheknows photos to National: UFO Reparling photos sent to lils center is a genWne
noticed something strange and silvery what to look for in a picture when try Center's Web site in order to get anOth UFOphoto. ·
in the sky," he said. "There had been ing to identify an object in a photo. He's er opinion on whether the objects in "I have seen probably not more.1hat
several planes in .the air, and all had also said he's taken pictures with dust Dunford's pictures are UFOs. TWO .of half a dozen (photos of genuine UF.Os)
vapor trails. This one had no vapor on his camera, so he knows what dust the four photos that were the least blur in the 13 years that I have.s ei."Ved aS·d i
trail and, unlike the planes, it made looks like com_pa.rOO...to_liFO~And in ry were published with this article rector of the National uFo Report,fug
no sound ... It also wasn't a blimp be t.he ioomEid-iii photos, he looks for :MJ.: Peter Davenport, director of . Na Center,"hesaid ·
cause there was no platform for people mensional objects, light reflecting off tional.UFO Reporting center said. he While there is no one test fo~.: d~id­
to stand on." the surface, shadows being cast, a dif ~ the four photos, and said, ing Whether an object is a UFO, Daven
. Dunford quickly shot a few frames ferentiation in color and a "halo" glow "none of them, in my opinion, is a pho port holds strong to his belief that the
of the silver object and ran inside his in order to deem the images possible to of a genuine UFO." Dunford's photographs are not genu
home to tell his family to come outside. tJFOs. "Despite the photographer's appar ineUFOs.
He was in-and-out of his house in less If you wonder why you've never seen ent belief that he has-'l)FO's' on film, "There's no test that is definitive,"
than 10 seconds, but when he returned a UFO, Dunford would simply tell you, I don't think the datil provided 3llow a he said '1 cannot certify that they are
outdoors, the object was out of sight, "You probably have." serious-rilinded investigator to make not UFOs ... but in the final analysis I
hesaid . . "I see (UFOs) because I look," he that conclusion," said Davenport, who assume they are not"
A lillie disappointed, Dunford down said, noting that .most people don't no is more focused on UFOs in terms of
loaded the pictures to his computer to tice the world around them. "Most Peo alien aircraft. AIRPORT AND POUCE REPORT
see what his digital photos would re ples' minds want to make associations Davenport said the photo taken near In some of Dunford's photographs
veal with things that they already know Mitchell Street "clearly is a bird ... with -whether they were UFOs or not
"I didn't get as clear of shots as I about The subconscious doesn't like its wings extended." In the photo of a there were clearly objects in the sky.
wanted to, but you could definitely see to think outside the box and will try silver,·s hiny object, Dawnport said it's If the objects were planes, John
the object and tell it wasn't a plane or and put it (objects) into something ra not a genuine UFO craft from another Jenkins, airport attendant at Wexford
blimp," he said of his zoomed-in pho tional-like it could be a plane, blimp world and noted "it's blurry, it's too far County Airport, said it could simply
tos. or bird. ... I had to look at it (objects) away in distance, and it's indistinct." be the case that planes were in the air,
Dunford's finger the~ slipped on the and think, 'Wait a minute.' It took a He also stated that Dunford's photo of but weren't logged on Aug. 27; he also
touchpad of his laptop, and he was conscious effort to say, 'That's nOt what "three dark objects" is too blurry to noted that no UFOs were reported on 2
"shocked" to discover "three dark ob I think it is."' ga~~nou~ int'on;natipn to deter that date.
jects" in the sky above the silver UFO. mine that they are alien aircraft. ' (continued on page-3)
(continued from psge 2 - NEWS, Csdlllsc, Ml - Sept. 18, 2007)
The only thing Cadillac's airport YOUR LOCAL CONNEOION
would've tracked is if a plane had ra YOUR LOCAl CONNECTION
dioed the airport or if a plane landed o-----------------------
at the airport and checked-in, Jenkins PHOTOGRAPHING UFOS
said. Pilots are not required to check • Take all the pictures you have of the sky ABOUT THE SIGHTINGS
in at the Cadillac airport, and if it was •t Sriepto ydo. uTr hcisa mwearya aonry v aidpepoa rceanmt emrao toionn a ::, :· yaonud'H p ubte t habelme toon z ao ocmom-ipnu otenr .y Touhirs pwhaost o.s • What UFOs he saw: Dunford saw a
after 5 p.m., there are no employees evident in subsequent photos is a result· and look for UFOs. strange and silvery object in the sky;
there to witness whether a pilot had of the motion of the UFO, and not the.· • Follow the scientific method. Look fur then three dark objects in a zoomed-in
~ded and checked-in their plane, camera. .dust and scratches, among others. And photo; a relative's picture revealed a
Jenkins added. •It's fundamental that people take g~ .. try.todi5prove yourself as much as pes::.: dark, disk-shaped object. ·
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anything about planes or UFOs being you do this, you'll better be able to tell if lo" glow inorder to deem the photOs. · 4.0 megapixel digital camera
logged on that day; normally pilots the object in Cjuestion is in motion. UFOs possible UFos, according to Dunford. • Dunford's message: If aliens are out
won't log anything "because it's pape~ are typically ·in motion, which is some-. • Log .all dates, times, places and witrl~ there, Dunford said, "Come closer, 1
and he's not required to," he said. thing Dunford typically looks foF. es of sightings. · - want a ~tter shot of you I"
Elizabeth Cory, spokeswoman for • Photograph planes, birds, insects while • Don't get scared. Dunford said, "lflwrs~ • Report your findings: www.ufocen
Federal Aviation Administration, said they're in flight. because these objects is true alien technology and they phin to ter.com
there haven't been any recent unusUal are often confused for UFOs. This way . invade, they would have." • Reportedfindings in Michigan: www.
sightings near the Cadillac area. But you'll be better able to distinguish a Source: Peter Davenport and Dave Dun•. nuforc.~reportslndxiMI.html ..
with 6,000 planes flying over the U.S. genuine UFO from a regular object. ford · · · • Michigan's standings: Wrth a total of
at a given time, she said the sky, gets 1,080 reported UFO sightings, Michi
pretty congested. gan is currently ranked No. 10 out of
"There's going to be aircraft at any 69 states in.N orth America. California
given time flying over your (Cadillac's) zooms into first place with 5,405 re
area, and they're not always logged," ported sightings,while Virgin Islands
said Cory, referring to the·n otion that OUTLOOK, Gresham, OR - July 25, 2007 zaps·in the.l owest number with only
the objects may simply be planes that Right Tom Bowden, of two reported sightings. Currently,
haven't been logged. Gresham, says the best there are nine reported sightings in
~d according to Jenkins, the silve~ way to learn about the greater Cadillac area.
shiny rectangular object Dunford saw UFO. Is to read books.
could've been a low-flying plane. Here he displays some
Planes that fly at very high altitudes of his extensive library
will leave vapor trails because the air on the subject. One of That's what people saw.
is colder at higher elevations and the the best books, he But there are other cases he can't
exhaust from the plane is hot, which says, Is "The UFO
creates the vapor trail, Jenkins said. Experience, A Scientific make sense of, like the one in August
Howeve~ if a plane is flying closer to Inquiry" by J. Allen 2003. A Portland man was driving down
the earth, the plane may not have a va Hynek. Division Street and saw lights.
por trail. because tne air temperature . He turned onto Angeline Avenue and
is .warmer. Jenkins also added, "it's saw that it was a dark shadowy triangle,
not unusual for a plane not to make a about 70 to 90 feet in length with lights
lot of noise."
on the comers, hovering about 500 feet
Wexford County Shertff Gary Fi.rne~. above ground. He blinked, tried to
strom said there were no reports
garding UFO sightings in Cadillac's 1'2tionalize it. Maybe it was a plane, a
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said he didn't receive any reports r& When: 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month. the triangular object swiveled in place
garding sightings on Aug. 27; Salaskf For m~re lnfonnation: Go to www.mufon.com or e-mail tomr.bow and sped away.
also has no knowledge of reporteg [email protected]. The man knew then that it wasn't a
UFO sightlngs while.h e's been in otliQ; plane. A plane would have had to bank as
for the past 2D years. · · Bevond beliet it turned. This thing turned, as if on an
If there are aliens manning sau~ axis.
in Cadillac's sky, it seems they're j~ Hone person saw it, Bowden thought,
like their buddy E. T. and want to ~ most likely others did too.
home, because police and traffic CO)l;
trol centers in our area have not t$ He created an ambiguous flier, with a
cently logged any UFO sightlngs. crude drawing of a triangle with lights on
But while there may not be any 'f IDt BtBSIIIlm's Tom Some think he's bUytng into propaganda. it and put his phone number on the bot
ficial documents of UFOs in our ar9!L Some offer up an alien joke. Some think tom. He posted them all over the neigh
National UFO Reporting Center's Web BIWIIBR, UFOS lltB he's drunk. Or nuts. Or both. borhood. Three weeks later, a woman
site shows there has been 1,<Bl repc1oarPt5: But Tom Bowden, in his words, is just called to say she'd seen it.
ed sightings in Michigan to this SltiDIIS IIIISIRBSS a "fairly average person." The woman's story mirrored the man's
iWngitsh, aM tiocthailg oanf 1is,0 8c0u rrreepnotrltye dr asnk~el He Uve5 in a quiet suburban neighbor almost exactly. The report is on me with
No. 10 out of a total of 69 states ada BY KARl HASTINGS hood in Southwest Gresham, at the end of the MUFON datlb2se.
provinces in North America. Acco$ staffwrltn a cul-de-sac, with his wife, Sue, and their . ~-M;lv..a nother woman reported see-
ing to the Web site there have ~ T cat. . ing a bright light just below the moon.
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pond surrounded by tall, mature trees. the east. It couldn't have been landing
area was in Evart on approximate~ UFOs. But who could blame him?
Aug. 27, 2006 at 1 am. two miles fi:'Qih It's taken him a lifetime to learn what he On a recent summer night, the sky seems lights from an airplane - the bright light
M-115 on M~ northeast of Evart.~ knows. His passion for science fiction to stretch endlessly toward the horizon. in was still and then disappeared. It wasn't
report detailed a person witnessirfg deep shades of midnight blue. the right place for Jupiter or Venus.
and space travel began when he was a
an object that looked like a satellite, The computer programmer and out It too, will be logged as an unidentified
child in the 1950s, when all the country
which turned very bright then we~t doorsman scans the night sky and sighs. flying object.
out of sight.· ·.. . was abuzz with talk of astronauts, space "I don't see them," he says. ''I'd like It's easy to be skeptical, Bowden says.
If any aliens are reading this, Dun- ships and ... yes, flying saucers and to. I want to. But I'm just not lucky. Some It's easy to be a naysayer. But when
for"dC homase a c ~lesfe~ Io wrant y ao bu.e tter shot f.1 aliTenhse, Gtoroe.s ham resident has read count people see them all the time. Some peo you've read and studied the mountains of
you!" he said less books, studies and reports on ple attr.lct them. We don't know why." awilable evidence and reports, it changes
WeD, there was that one lime. A little you.
, unidentified flying objects and their
k~~com I(2]1)77S.NFN5(639n implications for the human race. It is silver object. There, then gone. No · "For me, it's beyond belief," he says. "I
1'2tional explanation. know intelligently controUed UFOs are
ridiculous to expect him to sit down with
But it most cerciinly was not "notewor real .... There's something going on that
a visitor and explain the UFO phenome
non over the last 6o years in a mere two thy," he says. can't be denied."
That's another thing about Bowden. Bowden believes there are several
hours.
He's not always forthcoming about the He's not an alarmist. Nor is he reac races of extraterrestrials. And they are
tionary or prone to exaggeration. not, he says, necessarily nice.
fact that be's the state director for
MUFON (Mutual UFO Network). He does In fact, much of his fieldwork is spent "I would not want to assume that
explaining away "sightings." they're benevolent," he .says. "I don't
n' t readily talk about his work as a field
For example, several reports came in think that would be safe."
investigator who conducts lengthy inter
views of "experiencers" (people who to the Oregon MUFON Web site between . It is very possible, Bowden says, that
have seen a UFO or been abducted) or Jun~ 18:2Q :-:-sightings of two bright aliens are working on some sort of
about his painstaking documentation of lights, one chasing the other. Bowden human/alien hybrid that would eventually
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Colo. shuttle~~ W'd!~ to depart. He some, but Bowden believes that's because
To be too open about this subject is to knew Russia had two service mOdules in of an effort to keep the ·people in the
invite ridicule, raised eyebrows, laugh(er. die air. dark.
(continued on page 4)
CLAY CO. COURIER, Corning, AR - June 14, 2007
years ago, today Todd Young .12 feet wide, wheat was flat
says he still doesn't know any 'tened in a clockwise direction.
more about it than when it hap , Standing wheat encircled that
pen. He still contends "someone · which was on the ground and
wasted a lot of time." the width of standing wheat was
Young remembers how his approximately 10 feet wide. An
telephone rang "off the wall" im other circle of downed wheat
mediately following the report of was approximately 25 to 30 feet
a crop circle. "Since· then, there wide. Seven spokes with slight
hasn't been much said about it," angles to the left extended more
he adds. than 100 feet joining an outer
This year, Young did not wor circle containing downed wheat
ried about crop circles in wheat approximately 10 feet wide.
because he didn't plant any. "It
was so wet in the fall I couldn't 2007
get in the field, so there was no Today, three years after the
wheat planted this time," he ex Schimming's crop circle expe
plains. rience, not much more is know
than when it happened.
May25,2004 Judy Schimming expresses
Less than one year later, a her feelings that perhaps it was a
second crop circle in the Knobel man-made design, but then adds,
area was reported on the Schim "You never know what magnetic
Crop circles in Todd Young's wheat field June 10, 2003 shows 10 circles, the largest of which is more ming Farm. forces of the earth may cause."
than 40-feet in diameter. At that time, The Courier's She recalls relatives speaking of
account honored a request from strange lights (gas balls) rising
Recalling those crop circles Rodney and Judy Schimming to from sloughs and moving about.
refrain from using their names 'This was many years ago. They
for fear large numbers of persons didn't talk about it much be
by Fred Martin nied several persons to the scene diameter, as Young stepped off would · converge on the wheat cause people would think they
. June 8, 2003 began as any oth for pictures. While many thought 14 steps and multiplied by three. crop that was two to three weeks lost their minds, but they saw
er Sunday morning in the Knobel the crop circles were of an un Three circles approximately 28 from maturity and harvest. the lights mracn y times and knew
area including Bruce Catt flying known nature, Young remained feet in diameter were adjacent Tuesday of that week while for"ceiuun was not cause<rby
his ultralight aircraft over rich skeptical. He was hesitant in to the larger one, as if they were standing in the midst of the de people. They never did know the
farmland covered with maturing expressing his feelings concern spinning away. Six other circles, sign in his wheat, Schinuning exact cause and we aren't exact
wheat and rice levees directing ing how the circles got there, but three measuring 15 feet and the said he had heard from a pilot ly sure what caused these crop
water as they are designed. spoke of a "lot of wasted time by other three eight feet in diameter, that the circle had been there for circles."
Catt spotted one excep whoever may be responsible." · fanned out in a clockwise tum. a couple days. "I've never seen When that "wagon wheel"
tion. Todd Young's crop on On the other hand, the clock They were all in a symmetrical anything like this," Schinuning appeared in 2003 Schimming's
the Gibb's Farm was different. wise direction that each plant pattern that appeared to be to an added. "There are no tracks crop consisted of over 200 acres
Right in the middle of Young's had fallen raised a doubt as to exact measurement. coming in and no evidence that of wheat compared to 130 acres
82-acre wheat plot, just 100 yard how this could have been ac While in the wheat field, anyone has yet been in this field. this year.
east of Bond Cemetery was a complished. Young related that Bruce Catt There's not much difference in
symmetrical design consisting "If anything odd has to hap-. had told him that it would have the color of that (wheat) stand Analysis
of 10 circles, each perfectly po pen, it always happens to me," taken someone with. a GPS ing and that on the ground, so it JoAnn Scarpellini, High Ridge,
sitioned in relation to the other. Young stated. "I really don't (guidance) system to do the job must not have happened too long MO, an agent for Burke, Leven
Clay County had its first re know what did it. Why was that had been done. ago." good, and Talbott (BLT), arrived
ported "crop circle." this place chosen? It's hard to "It is definitely unexplain Several persons were pres- · on the scene less than one week
By mid morning, Catt's tele tell if there are trails through able," Young added. "I don't · ent for the first close-look look after Shimming reported a design
phone call to Young broke the the wheat. Animals make trails know what happened, but by at tlie w'tieat. Their examrnation in his wheat field. She explained
news of this unusual occurrence or paths, but none look like the sundown today (Monday), this found the downed-crop layered she has spent years researching
of which no one knew the exact path we just made coming into field will be cut." and individual stalks interwoven "crop circles" and expressed
origin of its cause. the aiea." in at least three different direc delight in an opportunity to in
Early the next day, Monday, The largest crop circle mea 2007 tions, thus squashing a theory vestlglitlf: the oc.~~ while
June 9, 2003 Young accompa- . sured. approximately 42 feet in Recalling happenings of four of persons with long boards or the; ~idenee was:'~1ll~vailable
planks crushing the wheat. (before harvest).
As in the crop circle of 2003~ at ·Her report was ftled on BLT ' s
least two bird nests were found, online website, www .bltresearch.
still intact and uncrushed. com.
Until this day Young, Schim
Circular design ming and several reporters who
Persons who have examined went with them to the scene re
many crop circles described main amazed by an unknown
Schimming's wheat design as a cause, perhaps a phenomenon, that
"moving wagon wheel." Inside leaves circles, lines and other con
the inner circle, approximately figurations in the midst of a crop.
"For the generitl public, there is very
little information," he says. "Someone
doesn't want us to know what's reilly
going on."
Hollywood's version of spaceships and
g)t{ aliens is frustrating to Bowden.
"Steven Spielberg has made millions of
~ ~ dollars off aliens, but do you think he's
:;:, g ever even admitted that they might exist?
0 <'~ Or donated some of that money for
' lti' research?" he says.
CCOD) <~'I The movie "Contact" bothered him too.
~ .; The movie romanticized the Seti Institute,
Q. he says, which used to receive govem-
E a: ment funding and now exists on private
,g
0 funding.
1 :E ' "So they're sending radio transmis-
sions out into space, and they're getting
'§c: 0 funding for that," Bowden says. "Do they
.~ ever think about the fact that UFOs have
This wagon wheel design was spotted in Rodney Schimming's wheat field in May, 2004, The center of the ~ already been here?"
Meanwhile, Bowden lives his life. Takes
wheel is about 12-feet in diameter.
reports. Goes to the national MUFON
symposium every year. Puts in a fair
4
amount of time sky watching. And his
passion for UFOs never fades.
"Belief is like religion," he says. "It's a
leap of faith.
NEWS, Parkersburg, WV-Sept. 18,2007
Pleasant. The figure said to be ing is looked at and we try to
a Mothman was a winged crea- find the answer for what it may
Within a few minutes, a ture with large glowing red .have been."
hatch opened and a human eyes reportedly seen around Vike admits many people
looking individual exited the the state during the mid-1960s, are sincere in reporting their
craft. Derenberger later causing havoc where ever it sightings to him, but there
described the individual as went. are many who fabricate
"like any man you would see This weekend the sixth reports.
on the street," and added, annual Mothman Festival is "Sometimes this can be an
"there was really nothing being held in Point Pleas- extremely hard part of UFOlo
exceptional about his appear ant. gy, trying to figure out what is
ance." Vike said UFO sightings are true or a simple hoax," he said.
· The individual, who intro happening every day across the "I believe that most folks are
duced himself as "Cold," told United States, Canada and the telling the truth over what they
Derenberger not to be afraid, world. He handles around saw. They are willing to be
that he meant no hann and he 1,200 reports a year, including contacted by way of phone to
only wanted to ask a few ques UFO reports from West Vir- discuss what they saw, plus
tions. ginia. they have other people with
"But the Marietta business "It appears that UFO sight- them at the time.''
man was alarmed because ings ·are an ongoing issue," Usually filing reports from
while the man talked, his lips Vike said. "Folks are seeing a . multiple sources and having
did not move at all," Sheppard great number of UFOs, some other witnesses to collaborate
said. · explainable and· others are just the story can help witness erect-
Cold apparently pointed unknowns. ibility.
toward the city lights of Park "I· believe if more people The theories about what
ersburg that glowed in the dis were to take some time and people see vary, from secret
tance and asked what that was. watch the night sky they would military aircraft to the extrater
Derenberger .a nswered it was certainly see a lot of moving restrial, Vike said.
Parkersburg, a city. Cold objects, most are either satel- "Some folks believe the
replied, "Where I come from, lites, aircraft, etc. However, alien visitors are here to save
we call it 'a gathering."' they just might actually see · mankind and that is going to
Cold held a 10 to 15 minute something that is really unusu- happen ~oon," he said. "Some
conversation with Derenberg al." · believe they are here to repop-
er, discussing topics such as Vike said most UFO sight- ulate their dying world or t.he
cities and towns, the climate, ings are not reported, either to beings are here carrying out
population and the farming of UFOlogists, media or the experiments on us, like we may
livestock in the area. authorities. In many reports he do with animals.
Once the conversation ended receives, the names are kept "The list goes on. Some are
and Cold gave his farewell, he confidential unless told other- excited about their belief in
got back into his craft and flew wise by the witness. Vike does this helping hand from the vis
off. Derenberger went holl}e, a regular radio show involving itors, and others are scared to
and his wife convinced him to the topic of UFOs and has . death due to what they are
call the authorities. He recount interviewed hundreds of peo- going tlfrough being treated
ed the story to a number of pie who said they have seen like a lab experiment. I guess
authorities. something. there is good and bad from
He also said Cold, who "We are lucky to receive both sides of the fence on this
later revealed the first name maybe 2 percent of what is topic."
of "Indrid," remained in con actually witnessed," he said: Vike said he likes to stick to
tact with him for awhile. He "People still are afraid to come facts and not go into a lot of
also claimed mysterious forward to report what they speculation.
"men in black" visited him have seen, ·mostly worried "For me, trying to come up
and threatened him if he did about what others will say with a reasonable answer for
n't stop, talking about the about them." what people see is the goal,"
encounter. Vike said any reported sight- he said.
"What really happened to ings in West Virginia are "There are a lot of reports
Derenberger after Cold's visi always taken seriously. that come in, folks claiming
tations is open to specula "I am sure the Mothman they watched an alien space
tion," Sheppard said. "Some incident will never go away, craft, this has turned out to be
say that Woodrow Derenberg and there are researchers who a lot of explainable, everyday
er went about his· life as nor are still looking for any clue things we see flying overhead,
mally as possible, ignoring from folks who may hold some such as military aircraft, jet
both public sympathies and knowledge·o f what took place airliners, planets, stars, satel
insults." there," he said. "A case is lites and meteors, and so on.
Derenberger's sighting never forgotten. We just are ' ="I do, however, believe in
occurred a couple weeks waiting for a possible break to my heart that· there are just so
before the appearance of the carry on with a case. many excellent cases in which
Mothman, the insect-like being "I must admit that it is a there -are no answers for, hence
believed responsible for or tough job trying _ to find they truly are UFOs."
which foretold the collapse of answers for the really unusual Contact Brett Dunlap at bdun
the Silver Bridge in Point things seen above. Each sight- lap®newsandsentinel.com
POST-JOURNAL, Jam~town, NY -Sept. 28,2007 CR: D. Munson
Information Center
IN
YEARS PAST
-· --m-
t·9:t7, Mrs~ C.A Welter of Pi-ather Avenue, JamcstQwn, called The Post
Journal shortly atter 9 a.m. to report that she had just
spotted an object flying west over the city. The
object appeared to be white in color, flat and round
in shape, heading slowly toward Lakewood. Mrs.
Welter, who reported that seven years ago she spot-
ted what appeared to be a "flying saucer" over ago
&
Elmira, said she called her h11sband who also saw the
object. She said she spotted .the object from the north
window of her home and that it was high in the sky. She stated that it bore no
resemblance to a plane or 'possible weather balloon. ·
REGISTER, Wilbur, WA - July 19, 2007
••crop Circle'' visitors, theories
grovv as national interest rises
The formation of crop circles that the site that ii now looks like "bed caught the attention of the Spokane vided a continued topic of conversa ing at all.
mysteriously appeared three weeks ding in a barn" noted Jitn Llewellyn. media, so now reports have been made tion locally. Rumors abound, and Earlier this week, Jim Llewellyn
ago in a wheat field north of Wilbur Llewellyn farms the field, which ac covering a wider area. However, fol nobody seems to know for sure which spoke to pe6ple at the site wearing
continues to draw a steady stream of tually belongs to his sister, Mary Alice lowers of crop circles learned about are authentic. We've heard that people clothing of a different culture (possi
visitors, each with his or her own Llewellyn ~d their mother, Alice ~m through access to the internet or have arrived at the scene of the crop bly from India) and speaking with a
unique theory about how.they got Llewellyn. (Two weeks ago the Reg- through some network of their own, circles wearing foil on their motor strong foreign accent. They were
there. · . ister received incorrect information arid were here long before the city cycle helmets to prevent aliens from pleasant and visited with him before
By now, the downed wheat in the and mistakenly reported that the land m·edia arrived on the scene. being able to read their thoughts. telling him that they had just scat
circles has been so trampled by the belonged to the Engelson family.) ·Not only the crop circles, but the People are describing visitors wear tered the ashes of their mother on the
hundreds of people who have visited · Just recently, the crop circles colorful visitors themselves have pro- ing strange clothing, or even no cloth- circles. They said she liked this area
so much (and something about the original formation. According to Pe
. circles seemed to fit some belief sys ter Davenpon of the National UFO
tem of theirs), so they felt it was Reporting Center in Davenport, "To
appropriate to scatter her ashes on the the observer, il (this new circle) ap
spot. pears to be substantially different in
Nancy Talbott of BLT Research nature than the original formation.'' It
COMMUNITY NEWS, Browns Mills, NJ - June 7, 2007 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, called seems the extra circle was most likely
Sgt. gives alien account Llewellyn to ask for permission to added as a joke.
bring a team of crop circle experts to Llewellyn feels the initial rush of
the field to investigate. With his per interest may be slowing down a bit.
mission, she sent in a team from Brit For example, he noted, earlier there
By RICK MURRAY joke. They nonetheless got "It was about four feet ish Columbia, wbo spent part of two were airplanes circling overhead
Staff Writer out of the car to look up tall, grayish brown in .col
days conducting a systematic study daily, or even several times a day, but
and see what all the fuss or, with a proportio~tely and taking samples of wheat from the these haves lowed down to every other
Air Force Sgt. Jeff was about. large head, long arms, and
site oft he circles, as well as from sites day or so.
tMheo r4s1e8 twh aPso lai cme eSmqubaedrr oonf tio"nHs igho inf theo dskdy-,l ofoorkminag wa risteles.n d"eBra dbloyd yf,ri'g~h teHnuend,t outside the circles for purposes of In any case, he expects itwillall be
on the cold, clear and bluish-green lights were the. MP had panicked and comparison. Talbott has indicated that over within the next few weeks when
windy night of Jan. 18, cavorting over the base," fired five rounds from his she will provide Llewellyn with a he harvests the field.
1978, when a little known Hunt writes. "At first 45 caliber pistol into the report once the testing is completed. Oh, just one more thing .. . It
but still lingering story of a Morse and Larimer were creature, and one upwards Her website can be reached by going seems that early in the morning on
UFO incident began to · shocked ... They were sin into the object hovering to www.BLT Research.com. Sunday, June 24, a few days before
unfold on and around gle lights, not the familiar above him." A group from some sort of mu the crop circles were first spotted,
McGuire Air Force Base. running lights of aircraft. Security patrols on both seum in Seattle visited, as did people Pete Carstensen was driving east on
That is a version of And they wer:e performing bases converged on their from various locations around the Douglas Road when he stopped to
events offered by Richard some pretty amazing aero- adjoining fence lines, country. Llewellyn said that every pick up what appeared to be two high
H. Hunt, an author on batics." · when suddenly the head one he ft8s talked to has been friendly school age boys.
UFO and other topics, who They counted 12 of the lights of Morse's vehicle and polite, and they seem to represent The boys, who were strangers to
as a veteran Ufologist says lights in all. Sometimes "revealed a motionless every conceivable thought pattern. Carstensen, were walking toward
be has extensively investi the lights flew in straight figure lying prone on the Some firmly believe the crop circles Wilbur and when he asked them where
gated the case. formations. Sometimes cold concrete in the mid were created by man, while o~ers are they had come from, they said they
"What started out as a they gathered into a giant dle of the inactive nptway just as convinced they were created had been on Bagdad Road and Birchill
routine - almost boring - arrowhead. They seemed about 50 feet in front of by aliens, or even by some mysteri Road.ln addition, they indicated they
11 p.m. to 7 a.m. shift to course back and forth them." ous force of nature we don't yet un had been "left" and had been out all
assignment gradually took across the sky. As Morse approached derstand. night. Carstensen took them to Wilbur
on nightmarish qualities as It was now about 3 a.m., the body, he noticed "a The formation has changed con and dropped them off in Dane Town.
time passed," writes Hunt, and the two men could in pungent, ammonia-like siderably since it was first discovered The crop circles are located near
whose work on the case is the distance make out two stench in the air." by Mitch Sorensen and Steve Reed Birchill Road, 3/4 of a mile frc.m
now featured on Ufo1ogy .. .police type vehicles flash Morse was soon ordered on June 27. Obviously, it dried out in Bagdad Road.
web sites. ing their array of roof to escort the state poiice the heat and the standing wheat around Were the boys abducted by aliens
Hunt's report offers the lights. along Wrightstown officer off the base, as it has begun to ripen. In addition. the in a UFO and left near the site of the ·
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The moon hung high to be headed their way. scene, armed with M-16s. and there are trails from people walk left by a group of friends with the
and full as Morse and his They soon heard over Amid the confusion, it ing through and all around the forma- know-how and expertise to create the
partner, Sgt. Mark the radio from the com was clear that these new tion. · crop circles? Or is there some other
Larimer, endured the cold mand post that one of the troops, who bore rank on explanation? The mystery deepens ..
In addition, the perfect design has
- a fact owing to a faulty vehicles was a state police their sleeves but no unit And, iri any case, just who arc these
heater in their patrol car. cruiser, the other a Fort insignia, would take been impacted by a small circle, which boys?
someone "stomped down" near the
Shortly after I a.m., Dix Military Police vehi charge of tightening secu
Morse radioed into the cle. The sergeant on duty rity immediately around
command post, offering to in the McGuire Command the body.
relieve guards at various post had a frequ·ency Meanwhile, Morse and
base gates, so they could enabling him to communi hispartnerwerereduced~--------------------------------------------------------------------------
go to the bathroom or grab cate with the state police to guarding the far
a quick bite to eat. Marse .vehicle, which now want perimeter of the area. But
was directed to gate num ed access to gate five. even from a distance,
ber five. (McGuire Histo Morse and Larimer were Morse could see "the body
rian Gary Boyd says the dispatched there, where did not appear human" Q.9UR!ER --~PRESS, Evansville, IN - Oct. 18, 2007
base does not now have, upon they encountered the and that "it appeared UFO network meeting Saturday
nor has it ever had. a gate trooper, who said he and slimy, almost snakelike in
number five.) · the MP had been in pursuit texture."
The two security offi of a low-flying object. · He saw the base "clinic 1J .IACOB BENNEn a Central Indiana woman who dent near paranormal hot spot
cers proceeded to this gate Communications, mean personnel" spray the body Courier & Prass staff writer says she has been abducted nu Lucky Point, Ind.
five, located just off Texas while, had abnq>tly cut out with an unknown sub merous times since she was 5. "The first witness said it
Avenue (Route 545), between the MP and the stance, then watched as a Strange· lights are still She doesn't want to be came down like an airplane on
which runs between McGuire command post recovery team placed it in flashing above the Midwest, so identified, but she told Sievers fire from eight miles away from
McGuire and Fort Dix, the but only after the MP had a crate. He says the crate Jerry Sievers and his friend.S that she has been abducted her," Sievers said.
adjacent Arri:J.y base. fadioed the Fort Dix com was soon brought aboard a with the Mutual UFO Network from her bedroom window and "Within about half an hour
"As they were en route mand post that he had cargo plane for a flight to of Indiana are getting together examined by little gray be we had 10 different witnesses
to the gate, the radio sud encountered an "oval Wright Patterson Air again to try to figure out why. ings. from all over the area calling
denly crackled alive," object giving off a bluish Force Base, just outside Sievers is the state director "She's had quite a history of in, said it was playing around
writes Hunt. "Morse and green glow." Dayton Ohio. of the network, which gets to stuffhappening to her," Sievers the tree line, then went down
Larimer heard a tense Once radio contact was Morse was soon trans gether twice a year to discuss said. "I asked her to give me a below the tree line and dis
voice admonish them that resumed, the MP stuttered ferred from McGuire, as recent cases and, sometimes, to rundown. She filled up three appeared. TheJ said it must
sightings of unusual lights through an effusive narra were many other airmen hear witness accounts. audio tapes." have been 100 feet along, disc
in the sky flying in forma tive of how the object had who bore witness to the They're meeting from 12:30 Attendees at this year's shaped with three orange tri
tion had started coming in hovered above his vehicle. events of January 18. p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the meeting could also hear from angle lights underneath.
from scattered locations; The MP then reported Morse wound up in Guam, Blue Jeans Community Center, Roger Sugdon, a Fort Wayne, "It lasted about 10 minutes.
that they should be on the ''that out of nowhere this where he first heard a 1242 Main St., in Monroe City, Ind., man who investigates It just disappeared. Nobody
alert for anything out of 'thing' (his words), a radio show by Ufologist Ind. crop circles, and from wit could find any wreckage or evi
the ordinary." being of some sort, bad Leonard H. Stringfield, , The guests this time include nesses of a February UFO inci- dence of a crash."
Morse and his partner suddenly appeared direct which· ultimately inspired 6
took the radio report as a ly in front of his vehicle. him to tell his story.
FOREIGN NEWS
[All British clippings courtesy of Tb::noth,y Good, unless otherwise credited.]
STAR & _MERSEYMART, AnfJeld & Walton, England - Aug. 16, 2007
Throwing light on
a moving mystery
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trance. These balls of what seem to be super the lane, flying about 6ft from the
1 thought it was a flare at frrst,' says heated plasma have drifted into ground, and flew upwards over Muir
the witness, 'but could plainly see no houses through open windows and head Avenue East.
parachute. I took two pictures of the exploded, and in one local case in the A 16-year-i>ld girl named Chloe saw
light with my phone camera, but it 1970s, a housewife tried to swat a this mini-UFO heading straight to
only came out on one. I didn't see it globe of ball lightning away with her wards her as she walked onto Meadow
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My first thought was that the glow chen floor, yet abe never sustained a ing in her direction.
ing orb had been 'ball lightning' -a burn. An identical ball of light was seen on
ADVERTISE~, f?ld~am,_ England - Aug. 9, 2007
JOHN Tupman believes A baffied John told by Ruhubio Akbor The mysterious sighting before launching preliminary
the eyes of fellow borough the Advertiser: "It wasn't took place back in November, enquiries into the sighting.
residents should be turned even moving and it changed · but it's taken this long for A usually sceptical John
to the sky after a mysteri· colours to green and purple John to get his claims taken said: "I believe more now that
and you coUld see patterns John's dad Harold also wit seriously. I have seen this. I've always
ous sighting has even and lines within it. nessed the phenomenon and However, the video footage been interested in this type of
peaked the interest of UFO "It just hovered for ages is just as confused. has now gone to the British thing but never thought I'd
experts. and it was much bigger than a He said: "At frrst I thought UFO Research Association catch something like this on
Like something straight plane - it lit up the clouds it was the moon but I looked at (BUFORA) and John has also camera.
out of an 'X-File', 30-year-i>ld around it. it again and could see parti been invited to visit the "I haven't got a clue what it
John spotted an unusually "I haven't got a clue what it cles and patterns in it. It was a Government's former top is so we'll just have to wait
bright light from the window was. I've seen planes and bit too low for the moon and investigator - a real life 'Fox and see what the organisa
of his flat on Abbey Hills blimps, but never anything too bright as well. Mulder' ....: at a conference in tions say.
Road. like this before. "I thought it was a spot Glastonbury. "It's all pretty scary-there
The round, torch-like light "If you were stood on the light of a police heliCQpter but John spoke to Nick Pope, are no man-made structures
remained static on the hori hill it would be gigantic com it wouldn't have stayed up who used to head the Ministry in that area and my friends
zon between Hartshead Pike pared to the electricity mast there that long. It was in the of Defence's UFO Project, and went up in the car the next
and Tameside for almost two next to it. The brightness same position for two hours at he has now suggested that the day and found nothing.
hours - giving John and his caught my attention first as I least. images should be sent to the "I'm just glad I caught it on
friend, Martin Hynes, plenty have a telescope and it was so "1 thought it'd be all over MoD. tape. I came out and it just dis
of time to grab their cam bright it nearly blinded me. I the TV the day after, but noth BUFORA will also analyse appeared. It's left me a bit gob
corder. just can't explain it." ing was said." and evaluate the footage smacked."
'Strange light'
>:
.c HAVE you seen anything
ECHO, Lincolnshire, England - Aug. 3, 2007 rEo g,..... sGtrriamngsbey o?v er the skies of
29 sightings of UFOs in county since 1998 ~ t\1 If so, you are not alone.
f1i Katie Jarvis (14) said she had
% spotted a silver dish with a bright
Q. light on the front hovering over
TunHiEdRenEt ihfaievdt ~flnyi n2g9 soigbhjetlcntsg s ionf sseelevne s. "bIetf woraes, likiet notwhains g I choard bsoumt ethtihnegr eu niqwuaes a boduet ftihniiste."l y mDemetbaielrss o of fth the eU FpOub siijgch btlentwgse beny aCC: QCl). BFriindbaryo.o k at around 3.15am on
Lincolnshire over the last dec net-shaped with bright orange Officially, the Ministry of De-. 1998 and 2006 were released in 0 CJ) She said: "It was hovering for
ade, the Government has re lights, so there was no chance of fence's policy is to examine re response to a series of Free.dom ~ • about five seconds then it just
vealed. lt being an aircraft," said Beth ports solely to establish wheth of Information requests. w -,:, suddenly spun off and I never
UFO sightlngs in the county Clarkson (59) from Skel er UK airspace may have been It comes as the MoD prepares .,_ c: saw it again."
yhpearoavfrees b.s esieonn aa ltsa lkainndg peoxipnet ratms ofnogr wli"naTgs hthheoo tvrrpeiaerin,n gngue laoarvr eL-sri hntachpoeel ndr.o oofb!j' eoctf cauoUtmhnpolerrsoissm l!tidhs eemdrei lb iiytsa rheyov saidtcietlinev cioteyr .o ufn a tboaT cphkue t bdolo i1sc9hu6 m7it.es n UtsF dOu et lfloers rdealetainsge 0-z ..fQ!!i! mo• uaHty at hvheea rvyeeo? us I efs eeyneo nau aUthnF1Oyntskh iinyno gu 7
And some county people are our houses. After contacting our potential threat, there is no at are witness reports of apparent Z the Lincolnshire skies let us
convinced they have seen .local RAF air base at Scampton, tempt to Identify the nature of UFO sightings, many by civil pi ~ know at newsdeskO
strange aerial goings-on them- they dented any sort of activity, each sighting reported. lots and military personnel. w grimsbytelegraph.co.uk or
call [phone].
HERALD, Tamworth, England - Aug. 9, 2007
FREE PRESS, London, Ontario, Canada - Oct. 2, 2007 Strange sights
Close encounter recounted
in the skies
BY KELLY SHIERS "And the first thing the cop said was,
The Canadian Press 'What hav.e you been drinking?' "
By all accounts, his was the first call to
HALIFAX - One night four decades ago, police that night-but not the last.
Laurie Wickens followed a familiar coastal "The people who saw it coming down all over Tamworth
road to Shag Harbour in southwestern thought an aircraft was crashing and
Nova Scotia and landed in the middle of that's what they reported," said Don
one of the world's best-known UFO cases. Ledger, co-author of Dark Object: The
He was just a couple of weeks shy of his World's Only Government-Documented
18th birthday back then, a young man from UFO Crash.
nearby Bear Point who had quit school the As a result, local fishennen raced to the
year before to fish with his father and water with their boats, hoping to rescue By Laura Vickers
uncle. survivors. NEWS REPORTER
Now, 57, with that career mostly behind Within hours, a half-dozen boats, includ
him, he recalls the drive with friends on a ing one carrying Wickens, were searching
cold and clear autumn night as if it hap the area under the direction of the RCMP SOME spooky goings on
pened yesterday. and the military. whaovret hb'se nenig hspt oskttieeds. in Tarn
"What was happening, it's still vivid in But the only thing found was a patch of Reports of UFO activity
my mind," he said recently, as ·shag Har bubbling water and strange yellow foam have been·followed by sight
bour prepared to celebrate the 40th some 25 metres wide. ings of a supposed meteorite
anniversary of its very own close In the following days, navy divers landing close to No Man's
encounter. scoured the ocean floor. Navy ships were Heath.
On Oct. 4, 1967, Wickens and his friends anchored nearby. There were reports that Civic Society ·president
thought the flashing row of orange-yellow American officials were in the area and Joyce Smith Was witness to
lights in the sky must be a plane, even speculation that the mysterious object the UFO sighting in the early ·
though they had never seen anything quite might have been an experimental war hours of Thursday morning
like it before. machine. (August 2).
"One light would come on, then two, "They spent a lot of money looking for pitSahl eS wtraese dt ohzoinmge i nw hheern H sohse
then three, then four, then they'd all go out what people said they seen going in the became aware of a loud hum
for a second. then they'd repeat," he said. water ... It's not like anybody was trying ming noise at around 3arn.
"It seemed to be going along with us for, to hide it. Everybody was just trying to Believing it to be a heli Une~pl•lned lllfrt.• • .foJce Smith was woken from her sleep by •
I don't know, three or four minutes, while figure out what it was," said Ledger. copter she opened the cur ltnlnge obJect In the sky. (511
we were driving up to Middle Shag Har tains but · described being pital Street Mrs Smith be He said: "It went behind
bour. ... As we started FRONT PAGE: The Chronicle Herald of b-linded by a huge sau carne more concerned. some trees in my garden and
to make the corner. the cer-shaped light hovering to "l shut the curtains I lost sight of it.
lights, instead of flying _ October 7,1967 wards the house. quickly. It was quite scary," "It appeared to go towards
level, they started :::-:- ·:: ,., ,.. "I couldn't work out what she said. Tamworth so I assume it
flying maybe a 45- n-:--fl_' ':D -ll-J1-1-r,.s C.H.. .R.. .O 'll1l./. C..L..B, -.. 1 1· ". Sthme itdhe.v il it ·was," said Mrs so"mTehtheirneg swtraasn gcee rhtaapipnelny mwhuesrte ihna tvhee tloawnnd.e d some
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we made the top of Bla. .Y /t>rl --. _ . The light travelled from enjoying a rare balmy_e ven stargazers as meteorite sea
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couple of kilome- t:.:.~":: • Oda y
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skeptical off1- '"'''rtut :: :..:.:_~
cer at the Bar- 1 c~
rington Passage RCMP 0
detachment. ~
C g,.... REPORTS ol UFO Bightinp like it ill my Hfe."
~ have coae ft~ iD to the Anton Raetl, of Sydenham,
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which is required to investigate each one. 1 tion above Eaut ~h on "' would norm.alty lauch at
OFFICIAL figures have confirmed A spokesman said: "We examine reports z-,;, Aui(Uft4. thinp like that.
Keighley's standing as a UFO hotspot. solely to establish whether UK airspace 0 c Mike Hall, u, of Therapia Boad, "' could clearly - it wu not a
Information just released by the may have been compromised by hosti4: or -' ~ .Eut Dulwicll, wu in hia back plane or a star.
Ministry of Defence reveals it has record unauthorised military activity. :C ~ prden when the UFOa p..-1 "You could - planea tlyiq
ed six UFO sightings across the district "If required, sighting reports are exam t- UJ directly overh-cl. put and m.tantl;y notice the
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In June 200 I there was a report of "three the area has long been considered a "' have never aeen anything is a perceived threat.
lights, triangle-shaped There was a static
hotspot by leading UFO investigators.
=Nothing spatial in
UFO sightings
~Mace
-g
WE .Atffi not alone-if mysterious by laura This~ethwaite
.! information held by the Ministry
g' of Defence about 'other worldly'
defence officials keep an eye open for
UJ activity in Macclesfield is any- sightings because of the possible
thing to go by. implications for national security.
1,... MoD witness reports of UFO sight- Most of the UFOs reported either
ings revealed that a strange sight on have a rational explanation or none at
- the Macclesfield skyline was one of all, but the Ministry do keep the
en the 97 incidents over the past year records of all reports and analyse
~ .where unidentified flying objects were many of them in detail.
reported throughout the UK. Dr Tim O'Brien, senior lecturer in
~ The information, made available astrophysics at Jodrell Bailk, said it
2 breyv ethaele dF rseteudnonmed o of nIlnofookremrsa tlioodng eAdc ta, awlalys cuonnlinkeecltye dth toe esixgthrati tnegrsr ewsetrriea la clitfue . A sighting of a UFO In Macclesfield was juJt one of 97 nationally last year
uf report of a spinning object hovering He said: "Most astronomers believe However, there has been a flurry of Authority said: "Sometimes UFOs are
CJ) over Macclesfield, on June 18, 2006. there is life out there somewhere, UFO sightings in the Macclesfield weather balloons, sometimes they are
cIAt.:I theA ut nareoxupnladi n6.a4b5lpem ;f loybisnegr vderesv incoet ed- lhiofewfeovrrenr,s Ih daovne 'tv biseiltieedv eE athrtaht .a ny other orevpeor rtreedc esnetv eyreaalr ss. trRanegsied esnitgsb thinavges dmoinli'tta krnyo jwe.t"s ,T ahned M sooDm reetipmoertss wfeea tjuurset 8
>4<. gwrheiyc hm ewtaalsl icsa ciodl otuor , hwaviteh ab eterina nag udlualrl whe"Wre,e fdoor aecxtaivmeplyle s oeanr cMha frosr, lbifuet e·tlhsae t cinoduursdei,n lgas werhsi rinri nthge l isgkhyt so ovvere rR tuhseh gtoolnf oanth eirn ncoidrethn tw einst sCigrehwtine gsw, hinecnl uvdeinryg
UJ part on both sides - as it crossed the is not likely to be intelligent life. We SJ?!:ncer and even council leisure boss bright lights were seen for over hall
Cheshire skyline. also search for extra terrestrials using Bill North spotted a UFO hovering an bour, hovering quite slowly from
Although it may seem more akin to radio signals - but we've never found over South Park. side to side and a giant orange baU
the X-Files, the MoD state their anything." A spokesman for the Civil Aviation seen over the skies of Manchester.
NATIONAL POST, Toronto, Ontario, Cana_da - Oct. 2, 2007 CR: G. Ouplantter
Saskatchewan farmer admits prank is to blame for crop circles in field
If you want to stay on calvin Michel's good side, do _not ask WHEAT WONDER Michel said on Sunday he -.
him about that circular patch of flattened wheat in one of has learned that crop circles
his fields. After the crop circle was discovered on his fann on the same field back in 2005 made the latest discovery all were a prank, pulled on him
on Aug. 26 near St Gregor, Sask., Mr. Michel and his family the more ta,ntalizing. The circles, similiar to the ones piC by an unnamed friend who
were bombarded with media requests for interviews and tured, l:eceived national press coverage. A field researcher admitted to making the cir
calls from paranormal bilifs wanting to visit the scene of the with the canadian Crop Circle Research Network inspected cles over the past three years.
"phenomenon." The fact a circle showed up in a barley crop the latest circle and declared it "authentic." Not quite, Mr. Can We$t News Service
g
UFOs giving
town a miss
c-.
a) IT is 50 years ago that/ a
.;. 19-year-old woman
ECHO, Sunderland, England - July 14, 2007 ::s sparked the biggest UFO
< search that Rochdale h8s
ever known.
CROWDED When Gwynneth Fitton
, re~rted seeing a circular
C obJect with a light suspeQd
.!! ed underneath hovering
.Ofi above moors in Wardle, the
story became the centre of
a national controversy.
fi But despite Rochdale's
iii alleged close encounters
, with unidentified flying
.sg:. objects, there have been no
SKIES recent sightings in the bor-
a: ough'Fieedom of
ffi- Information Act powers
have revealed that there
> were two sightings in
a: Manchester in the past
w year. Three· silver UFOs
en were reportedly hovering
CD above Charlton and an
0 orange ball was spotted
hJgh above Irlam. .
Government's X-files Others were reparted in
ftle North West - hovering
bright lights in Crewe and
reveal a spate of u-Fos a spinning object in
Macclesfield ~ and there
were more -sildltings
nationally incluc.ifug an
over-Wearside -oblong shape that looked 'a
bit like a scooter' over
· Stevenage in Bedfords~.
But the ministry of
But are defence uro sectlo~l
which keeps records of au
Bright lights were reports an«J analyses many
reported in separate of them iil detail. has
sightings over Seaburn recorded none in Rochdale.
Defence offlcials kee{l a
they aamnda zeSdo uotnhlwooickke.r eOvnene cinlogsse eoyfe UoFnO resp obretceadu ssieg hot f
captured the event on the implications for nation·
video camera. al security.
The mystery deep FoDowing the Wardle
ened after experts incident of 1957 local MP
aliens? at RAF Boulmer in Tony Leavey demanded to
Northumberland con kAnior wM inim ~sltirya mehnatd ifb ethene
firmed there was no 'releasing objects which
aircraft activity in the are normally described as
area. flying saucers.'
A spate of-sight A ministry of defence
By JANE O'NEILL ings in April 1996 led investigator quizzed five
[email protected] to a flood of caUs to witnesses in the village,
including Mrs Fitton, ana
Newcastle-based UFO warned them to keep quiet
IS there anybody out there? experts. . about his visit
The Probare In- _ Inquiries into the
New Government files reveal an array of stitute, which logs strange occurrence came to
unexplained objects has been-spotted hover flying saucer sight an abrupt halt_w hen a top
ing in our skies. ings, reported strange man from the ministry of
defence read the Official
Records held by the Ministry of Defence craft over Thornhill, Secrets Act to Observer
(MoD) show seven UFO (unidentified flying Hendon, and a pub in staff.
object) reports have been logged across Wear Ashbrooke.
MYSTERY U8111'S:
sidAen adn dth Ee aEstc Dhou'rsh aarmch siivnecse. s1h9o9w9 .t he area may UFOs or balloons? couBludt htahvee ain csiidmepnltes g Are Unnston
beM a ohDot rseppoot rftosr ceoxntrfiar-mte rroensetr iUalF fOli erins.c ident at SImcaregeen f rgormab a ovo exIpnla nMataioy n.t hat year, : aliens still
Sunderland, when a lone silver pyramid-shaped film captured on The Echo received
object was reported during October last year. camera by Jan scores of caUs from ; watching us?
1\vo incidents of UFO activity were reported Craggs. Top, ET readers reporting mys
at Seaham, and a further two at Hetton. One the lovebable terious circling lights .; IT'S 60 yean since an allen
incident was recorded in Durham, and one in extraterrestrial over the city. spacecraft crashed near the .
ePneBcteourulte nEetce. hrso srienacdee trhs eh a1v9e5 0bse.e n involved in close fSrpoimel bSetergv'esn f ilm. · bs·h eiB pugst"i a nwt tehrseee afroc"uhsnlpidga chtetos ,ac •s UtMoFweOIxnnis c o Aosft,p iRalrlnio lrds otw heaevmislel .nyo Ne utoaerrdw ,sa k Yi es.
Most dramatic was. the tale of former Sun- · hired for the opening 0, Aurlgny Airlines captain Ray
derland soldier Gordon Brown, who claimed · of Sunderland's then c Bower, 50, reported two
to have seen a flying saucer above the pitch at new nightspot - the UJ cigar-shaped objects, -each up
Raker Park on September 22, 1951. Nite KJub in Newcas to-a mile wide, in the sky
terH hee scplaoikme intog thhee h Eacdh boe ienn Dswecoermn btoe rs e1c9re9c3y," abfy tleV Risoiatdor. s from an -~CD; nweearBre o Gatlhuse owr nseesreeeQy y; eblylo aw s eacnodn d .
MoD experts, who linked his sighting with the In the same year, cigar-shaped objects were other world could have made a return trip to .r: pilot. He said: "lean't
famous Roswell incident. spotted silently circling the former Sunderland the area in October 2000. u explain it. It was visible for
The then 64-year-old appealed foi witnesses Airport. A five-foot pear-shaped piece of silver metal c nine minutes. I've never seen
and said the episode had dominated his life. A bright "star-like" object terrified three was spotted hurtling towards the ground by a ~ anything like it in all my
A large, bright object was spotted streaking friends after it shot in front of their car in the trainee teacher in Hendon. rn ~~-;ot behind
across the skies over Sunderland on New Year's early hours of August 27, 1988. Ron Atwill saw the same object narrowly :::.. the door when it comes to
EvSe c1o9re7s8 .o f Wearsiders contacted the Echo to ShCiniveiyl Rsoewrv, asnits teSrt eJivlle, aBnadr kfsribeyn,d tThearna 2P2at, teor f wmaisrsd sa l'peawssceansgtleer .\jiertp aosr ti.t wmhaildee w iatsl kdinegsc heinst dtoog W~ alieInn atchteiv liattye. 1970s, a Jocal
report the mysterious fireball. But military ex son, saw the mystery light as they drove from near the old Herrington Colliery site. Z couple had a close encounter
rpee-retns tcelraiinmg etdh eit Ewaarst hp'as ratt omf oas Rphuessriea.n spacecraft GrJeuastt Lau fmewle yw teoe kSsh ilnateeyr ,R poewn. sioner Lily Bluett. ingT huep raest irae dp apsrsiesnogne wr ojertk ewra ssa ifdly:i n··gJ wquaist el olookw 0a: oofn tUherm thsitrodn kmiieladd_wo witsh. a UFO
..., The police who attended
In September 1980, a silver flying saucer was of Nookside, Sunderland, was woken by an un in the distance on a flight path between the UJ the scene were also witness
seen hovering above houses on Deptford Road explained bright light. colliery and Penshaw Monument and I saw this :::! es to this allen phenomemon.
in Millfield, Sunderland. The skies were silent around Wearside until thing almost hit it." Late~ a television docu-
Iris Thrner, who spotted the mysterious silver August 1993 when there was another lJFO A spokesperson for Newcastle Airport said . mentary was made reRI!rding
craft, said it moved "like a frisbee". flap. the pilot on board had reported no sightings to the actual events that bap- -
pened that day.
Party lanterns mistaken for flying saucers over Seaham Wherever do these myste-
gg~~=c~~~e
1'1\RTY pranksters were behind after witnessing bright, orange They had celebrated movtng second that people would think for?
a mass of UFO slghtlngs over coloured orbs floating over East Into their new home by holding that they were aliens. I wasn't ansIwt'es ra t ose oanrec ho ffo trh teh me ost 9
Sunderland and Seaham In July Durham and parts of Sunderland. a party for friends and setting going to say anything, but then fundamental questions we
last year. An MoD probe was But Seaham couple Paul coloured lanterns Into the air. my cousin saw something In the can.ask-are we elone?
launched after more than 20 McKinney, 28, and Emma The systems analyst told the Echo about the MoD Investigating -.=-..J-., .........
readers contacted the Echo Henfrey, 30, revealed the truth. Echo: "We never thought for a so 1 thought I'd better tell." ........
UFOS in the skYS'·over AGIOucestershire
DEFENCE chiefs are convinced if the truth is Residents reported three close . encounters · Gloucester feature in the MoD's records. reported moving in a straight line across
out there -it could be in Gloucestershire. in 2005 - one of the county's busiest years for Strange lights were spotted in the sky "at a the skies over Cirencester.
Sta#" at the Ministry of Defence have recor UFO sightings. very high altitude" in Nailswortb, while mys In 2000, there were a further three reports
ded nlne UFO sightings in county skies since These extra-terrestrial revelations co~e terious objects were reported just days apart made including one in illey where an
1998. before the MoD publishes its UFO flies dating in Cheltenham. · object, with no vapour trail, was spotted fol
Details of the MoD's X-Files released under back to 1967. A series of pink lights moving in an a:rc lowing an airliner.
the Freedom of · Information Act reveal Stories of strange lights, circular objects were seen in Lecblade in 2002, while earlier In the same year, in Dursley, in the early.
Glouce:;tershire as an intergalactic hotspot. and flashes in the sky from Cheltenham to the same year, a bright semi-circle object was hours of the morning, a .blue and white
flash was seen from within the woods, and
the sky "took on a red glow".
A round slow-moving intense white light
was reported in Lydney in 1998.
It's thought most reports were simply col·
WESTERN MOAN~G N_EWS, Plymouth, England_- Aug. 14, 2007 lected and flied by a small, secret unit
Was UFOs report within defence intelligence, but a few were
investigated by the military.
Although the MoD does not have any
expertise in respect of UFOs, it is required
to investigate every sighting to establish
an MoD whitewasht '. wisehde.t her UK airspace has been co. mprom-
An MoD spokesman said: "The .. MoD
examines reports solely to. establish
whether UK airspace-may have been. com
promised by hostile or unauthorised
WITH due respect, ffound your recent Consider this typical extract from it: study of reports of "Strange Aerial Craft" military activity.
front page headline ·and feature in on "No attempt has been made here to apply (SAC) began during an outbreak of "If required, sighting reports are
UFOs rathet a,musiDg and irritating. the popular solutions which the public · activity in the Greater Manchester area examined with the assistance of the depart
We were told that MoD has at last reach, following a set of UAP (UFO) throughout the summer and autumn of ment's air defence experts.
cpounbtlaisihnes din iftso rsmecarteiot nU a.fbOo udta 8ta0b saisgeh; twinhgisc hin b'uenhaauvtihoourri"s.e Td haactti sveiteym' ferde qtou eenxtclylu rdeep aolrl ttehde r1e9p6o7r.t sW, Ii tchoinn cal uydeaerd othf aant aNlyWsi nEgn tghlea nd had thr"eUant,l etshse trhee irse niso eavttiedmenpcte too fi da epntoitfeyn ttihael
the SW area in the past eight years. by members of the public. · been surveyed by technologically-advanced nature of each sightin~ reported."
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defence experts". events". years of processing that data collection, I
The article then referred to a top secret It could be argued that single, was able to identify a programmed
report into Unidentified Aerial significant, events deserved special astronautical exploration activity stemming
Phenomena in the UK Air Defence · attention, but, as they were not isolated from favoured areas of the sky. These
Region, which allegedly dealt with the from the general mass of lights-in-the-sky · discoveries fonned the basis of a testable
MoD's attempts "to establish if the UK reports, they were simply lost during the Astronautical Theory. It's true ... :;;
airspace has been compromised by hostile processing of the database. . I am sure that the MoD and-the u;
and unauthorised activity". How amusing! The writer of the report seemed to be intelligence services all over the world have :::z:
That MoD. report was publicly released detennined to explain all UAP (UFO) drawn similar conclusions, though they UFOs z
during May, 2006. With the assistance of reports as being evidence of balls of may not have derived the same theory. The
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out to be another MoD "whitewash". In contrast, my private professional Torquay z
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UFO enlightenment mz
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spot for UFOs". Stratford-on-Avon and other affected which many have found most inspiring and g;
Since 1. 94 7, I have been actively engaged localities. enlightening. :::s
in researching the UFO ·phenomena. This During my public lecture at TreiJ;~ore Free copies are available upon request. A TOP UK government official :_
has resulted in a natioilal and worldwide Manor I gave a Biblical outline of the Please communicate with Ann Whitaker, admitted the existence of UFOs ;
investigation linked with numerous UFO saga, having arranged the first Tremore Manor, Lanivet, Bodmin, in a secret document about a iiii
interviews and encounten. international convention of Ufologists way Cornwall, PL30 5fT. All we ask is help dramatic sighting. :::s
More recently there have been reported back in the 1950s at Woburn Abbey (Dulte with postage stamps. The Ministry of Defence boss Q.
media sightings over Jersey by pilots of of Bedford). · The Rev Peter Scothern made the astonishing claim •
commercial aircraft, accompanied by An estimated 2,000 attended that Mansfield, Nons after dozens of eyewitnesses 0
reported a "hovering" flying CD
saucer in the skies in'S
Shropshire. ·
His confidential report ~
features in a new book by N
Timothy Good, who is regarded o
The trUAZEh•ckiS'·"dOUi there, as a world expert on alien ~
phenomena.
Good's book, Need To Know,
features previously secret gov
ernment papers about UFO
sightings which have taken
place around the world.
A whole section is devoted to
a mystery craft which "shot
but is it all fireballs? beams of light" near RAF
Shawbury, Shropshire, in the
early hours of March 31,1993. It
had earlier been spotted in the
skies above Devon, Cornwall
and South Wales.
Up to 70 credible eyewitness
Stamford Hill skies Sightings by eths ela steigr hctaimnge, f oinrwclaurddi ntog r esopmoret
military personnel and police
bomber pilots officers.
lit up after big bang The newly obtained
document shows that a Head of
FIREBALL sigbtings b~·e Secretariat for the Ministry of
RANDOM flrebalb light by SAMANTHA happened as far back as 1944 Defence wrote to the Assistant
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unexplained mysteries They reported seeiDg fire and was convinced it was a
that occurred i<n the UK They disintegrate and just burn Hh mbaolvlsiD, lgu tOalWonDg assid feo tohlfeiigrh atiern , geTnuhien ree lUeaFsOe .o f the book comes
last year. out." h craft. as the MoD prepares to pub
The sightings were reported He said the bang could have Japanese pUotJ al10._aaw lish other UFO reports dating
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There was a massive bang_i n another fast-moving fireball he said. to their home in Thistlewaite Second World War, an· eaigma from civilian pilots and mili·
Stamford Hill at 9pm on · was seen in Manchester. It is not the fust time Hack Road, Lower Clapton. · that defies aU explanation"• . tary personnel.
September 9 last year before · Nick Pope, who used to run ney has been touched by the Paul Scott, vice-chairman of Hundreda of green fireballs
two large fireballs were se.en the government's UFO project paranormal. the British Earth and Aerial were seen ill New Mexico
moving east to west across the at the MoD and is one of the A black, odd-shaped object Mysteries Society, told the between 1948 aod 1949.
sky. . world's leading. UFO experts, was seen moving faster than· a Gazette during the summer of On M.anb 24,1955, thou-·
Denis Plunkett, 76, a believes there is an astronomi plane in Finsbury Park on 1999 how the group had logged sands of people witnessed a
founder of the British Flying cal. explanation to the two February 26, 2000. reports of sightings of unusual firebaU blaze moving from the
Saucer Bureau and a former sightings, such as a meteor. 1Wo weeks later, on March ly-shaped aircraft and s~ge north to south of England.
lecturer for the London UFO entering the Earth's atmos 12, again in Stamford Hill, a lights in the night skies above It was seen from places up
studies gr.oup, said: '1 don't phere and burning up. . . . bright white star was seen mov Hackney. . to 500 mllei apart. It went 10
think I have ever heard of that "After investigation, most ing steadily along before van A MoD spokesman said it from Lancaabire to the West
sort of description. UFO sightings turn out to ·be ishing into the night skies. only examinesd witness reports Country and waa famously
"Fireballs don't travel hori misidentifications of ordinary The Gazette reported how a · if UK airspace was under threat seen by crowds watching a
zontally because of the force of objects or phenomena, couple awoke on February IS, from hostile or unauthorised Bristol City footbaU match.
gravity pulling them down. although a small percentage 2001, to see a strange white military activity: