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Wednesday, 18 July 2007, 2:27 pmPress Release: THe Commedia Company Aotearoa
A formal reporting system and specific guidelines have been developed for people who observe unidentified flying objects (UFOs) in New Zealand. The system provides people with step-by-step advice on how to document what they saw, the circumstances in which they experienced the sighting, and if it had an effect on them. Reporting system developer Mr Graeme Opie, a Hamilton air traffic controller and pilot, said the reporting program was created in line with overseas models developed by leading global UFO researchers and scientists. Mr Opie, who is a sighting report investigator for the nationwide UFO Focus New Zealand Research Network (UFOCUS NZ) states, The system is based on a scientific approach where witnesses can go to our website (www.ufocusnz.org.nz) and obtain advice on sighting documentation, and complete a comprehensive report format. Essentially, the single most important factor is for a person to write down and sketch as many details of what they observed as soon as possible after the event, he said. Mr Opie said the formal documentation of sightings will enable more efficient investigation to take place on the subject, which will lead to more comprehensive research into these intriguing phenomena. He said the system was developed following an increase in sightings and witnesses wanting to know what to do during and after a UFO sighting. In the last 12 months, UFOCUS NZ has received 48 reports of strange objects in New Zealand skies, said Mr Opie. While some of these reports were explained by natural phenomena or other conventional causes, the majority could not be similarly explained, he said. Mr Opie said his own experience with unidentified flying objects first took place in 1995 when he was on duty in the Hamilton Airport control tower. I sighted a very bright silver object with a sparkling orange tail. It was travelling extremely fast as it crossed my field of vision. The event was witnessed by people across the central North Island as it sped from seaward of Tauranga before disappearing south of Waitomo in the Waikato, said Mr Opie. Mr Opie said the sighting resulted in comprehensive investigations where witness interviews proved conclusively that the object was not a meteorite or a fireball as proposed by a spokesperson from the Carter Observatory. The ATC radar centre also confirmed that there were no aircraft in the area at that time, he said. I consider that what I saw from the control tower was a UFO definitely some form of controlled UFO-type craft of unknown origin and technology. I just happened to be looking in the right direction at the right time. I found it most interesting that it didnt appear on our radar screens. Mr Opie said New Zealand has a rich history of UFO sightings, including such renowned events as the Kaikoura lights, the Ngatea landing site mystery, and the Gisborne UFO flap that took place in the late 70s, complete with sightings of silver-suited humanoids in the Waimata Valley. He said UFOCUS NZ, the organisation which collects material on UFO sightings, is hosting a first ever International Future Perspectives Conference on UFOs and related topics, in Rotorua on September 29 and 30 this year. Leading international and New Zealand researchers will be speaking at the conference and responding to participant queries and experiences, said Mr Opie. The latest research and photos on UFO sightings in New Zealand and from around the world will also be shared.
Source & References: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0707/S00185.htm |
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Posted on Sunday, July 15 @ 14:38:50 CDT by editor-
THE possible sighting of a UFO over Didim has been the talk of the resort over the last week – and a new witness has come forward as aresult of the Voices story. The sighting of a melon-shaped object in a bright sun colour at the top and a yellowish-moonlight colour below by local residents led to the story being read by more than 14,500 people in just six days, including UFO experts in the US and Europe. The intrigue has been added further by a Voices reader who emailed us in the wake of the strange lights. Ms Gill Peck, who lives in Yesilkent, said she had first seen the strange lights two weeks ago. She said: “Three of us were sitting on the patio at about 10.30pm, when a huge bright orange light came into view. “It looked like there was a flame in the middle of the light. It passed over at great speed. It, or a second light, came over again on the same trajectory about a half an hour later. Both of these phenomena were completely silent.” She added that she then saw the strange lights whipping over Yesilkent the next night. She added: “Four of us were sitting on the patio when we saw a similar sight the other evening. This time the light was even lower in the sky. “The only way I can describe it is, that it was almost a pentagonal shape with a slightly curved top. The "flame" inside was really bright. This was also completely silent and travelling at great speed.” She said: “Logical explanation or not, it was certainly like nothing any of us have ever seen before.” So is there anything out there. If you saw the UFO or took a picture of the strange lights then give us a call on 0505 851 1943 or 0256 811 4865. Alternatively email us at info@voicesnewspaper.com with your experiences of the UFO.
Source & References: http://www.voicesnewspaper.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=954 |
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The following question and answer interview was recently done for The Brazilian Ufology Center by Milton Frank, President.1 - Why did you start to study and search ufology? Have you ever seen an UFO? If so, how was your experience? I was a young boy when the famous sci-fi movies of the 1950s were popular. I was raised in a household that went to the movies a lot, and I remember watching shows like "The Day the Earth Stood Still," "Earth vs. the Flying Saucers," and others like them. This really got my interest up in the possibilities of live beyond our Earth. My family was open-minded about such things, and I was able to realize my own theories about life elsewhere. I have personally never seen a UFO or been abducted, but I have some good friends who have had sightings, and they are very level headed, mature individuals, who would not make something up. I know their experiences were real. 2- How is your experience being a MUFON member? Are you a MUFON researcher? Have you ever done a field research? How was it? MUFON is a great organization, but remember it is made up of many members who are individuals with different viewpoints on the UFO phenomena. I have done field research before, but independently. I have cataloged many sightings, analyzed many photographs and videos of UFOs, and I am constantly doing research on new and old case files of UFOs. We need more independent researchers who are willing to follow up on reports. This is the area that we fall short in. 3- Nowadays people are unsure about the UFO phenomena. Some people think that UFOS are military secret projects; some people do believe that UFOS come from another planet somewhere in the space. What is your opinion about it? When I was younger, I believed that UFOs came from distant planets, but as I matured, I began to think that the possibilities of that happening are very small, yet not impossible. Our opinions are limited by what we know at the present time. Science will tell you that long distance voyages by space ships are just not feasible because of the great length of time required, the stress on the body, finding the right fuel, and other things. This is why most scientists do not believe in UFOs. There are other possibilities, however, besides inter-stellar travel. One of the most discussed in the inter-dimension possibility. Because of the photographic and videographic evidence by people like Billy Meier and Carlos Diaz, the plasma ship is a well known theory for UFOs appearing in our skies. These ships appear to our eyes as almost transparent, as if they are materializing. Somehow they are slipping into our dimension from theirs. Therefore, there is little if any distance to travel to get from where they live to where we live. Time is not a consideration. I have no doubt that a number of UFO sightings can be attributed to secret military craft. These are probably prototypes of future military combat or surveillance vehicles. Mostly, the sightings of triangle-shaped craft fall into this category. However, I believe that secret government craft can only account for a portion of UFO sightings, leaving many sightings still unexplained. 4- Do you believe in abductions? Why do you believe or not? I have no doubt that alien abductions have and are occurring. There is just too much good, reliable evidence from sane, mature individuals to think they are all lying. Many modern psychologists and researchers will tell you that alien abduction can be explained away by sleep paralysis, and other dream states and sleep disorders, and these problems may account for some of the reports of abduction, but what about the many good cases where the abduction occurred while the abductee was wide awake, and in many cases, witnessed by others. The Betty and Barney Hill case of the early 1960s occurred while they were driving their car, the Stanford, Kentucky, abduction also happened to the three women while they were traveling home. The Travis Walton abduction of 1975 was witnessed by six other men. The Allagash Waterway abduction involved four men who were fishing at the time. And the list goes on... None of these cases have ever been debunked. There are also a number of abduction cases where implants have been removed from individuals. These procedures were carried out in controlled environments, where no hoax could be involved. There are also a number of psychiatrists who will attest to the proof of alien abduction through regressive hypnosis, although this procedure is controversial, as opponents of abduction will tell you that an individual can actually "create" an abduction scenario while under the regression process. 5- I'd like to tell you that I just love your work in UFO CASE BOOK SITE. How do you do this job? Where do you receive all these informations? For how long have you been doing this job? I had worked as the UFO editor for two other web sites before I formed the UFO Casebook in late 2000. This is my eighth year to have the site. The site actually opened in June of 2001. I already had a ton of information on UFOs before I began the Casebook, as it took me six months of posting material before the site was ready to go on the Internet. I am semi-retired from my regular job, and work about 3 days a week there, but I spend about 40 hours a week working on the Casebook. We receive articles from many different sources: some of our reports are sent to us by our own readers, sightings, photographs, and videos. We also receive updates from www.google.com on anything new on online magazines, newsgroups, and online newspapers. I also use the MUFON and NUFORC sightings database to search out good reports. We have no problem with receiving ample amounts of material, but it's my job to decide what to post and what not to post, which can be very difficult at times. As you know, with today's software, it is quite easy for photographs and videos to be created on the computer, and in some cases quite difficult to determine if a photograph or video is real or a creation. 6- In your opinion, what is the most interesting UFO article you've published? What does it talk about? Could you send us a copy(I'll translate it to Portuguese)? Well, at least in recent years, I believe that an article I published titled, "UFOs on the Moon" was one of my favorites. The reason being is that is spawned a couple of radio interviews, one which was on a world-side show. This brought a lot of new people to our site, and got a lot of new folks interested in the subject of UFOs. The research for the article was very invigorating, as it involved a lot of personal statements by those involved, and had a lot to do with NASA, and how the Astronauts are instructed on what they can say and not say. I am sending you a copy. 7- Can you tell us the top 10 cases of World Ufology in your opinion? This is difficult, because there are so many, but here you go. I will put them in order by their date. 1) 1942 The Battle of Los Angeles 2) 1947 The Roswell, New Mexico Crash 3) 1957 The Levelland, Texas Landings 4) 1961 Betty and Barney Hill Abduction 5) 1965 Exeter, New Hampshire Sightings 6) 1975 The Travis Walton Abduction 7) 1976 The Stanford, Kentucky Abductions 8) 1978 Alien Shot Dead-Ft. Dix-McGuire AFB 9) 1980 Bentwaters-Woodbridge (Rendlesham) 10) 1997 The Phoenix, Arizona Lights 8- Do you really believe that Ufology starts after 1947, or do you believe that before that was there any UFO cases on Earth? I would say that the "modern era" of ufology began then, but the influence of aliens on our culture goes back thousands of years. Ancient cave drawings, scrolls, murals, and stories depict a definitive mark left by visitors from other worlds. Also, there are a number of excellent more modern cases before 1947, that are extremely important. Here are a few of them: 1939 Alien Bodies Confirmed (Cordell Hull) 1940s The Foo-Fighters of WW II 1941 Missouri Crash & Retrieval 1942 The Battle of Los Angeles 9- What would you say to a young man that intends to be an Ufology searcher? To begin with, get an education, stay in school as long as you can. To be able to effectively study the UFO phenomena, you will need at least a basic knowledge of a number of subjects: mathematics, science, geology, world history, and geography, to name the most important ones. Read, and then read some more. Don't read just books on ufology, but also give the other side a chance too. We can learn many things even by listening to those who disagree with us. No one person has all the answers all the time. Many of the things I post and even write about are heavily criticized-that doesn't bother me. Don't be afraid to give your side of the story, and don't worry about those who don't believe the way you do. Form your own opinions, based on your research, and you will be successful. 10- I really would like for you to give a message to The Brazilian Ufology Center. Right now we have more than 41.000 members and they really would like to hear what you have to say to them. It is very heartening to hear that you have so many members. This is a really good sign for the future of ufology. The study of these enigmatic craft is very complex, and sometimes it is easy to get discouraged. Keep on learning, never stop learning, and don't be afraid to ask questions. Listen to others, even if you think you already know the answer. You might be surprised by what you will learn, which will only make you a better researcher, and credit to your fellow man. Thank you for allowing me to give my humble opinions here, and always feel free to contact me again, anytime. thanks, B J Booth Webmaster www.ufocasebook.com
Source & References:
Brazilian Ufology Center
http://www.cubbrasil.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=299&Itemid=35
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George Knapp-Chief Investigative Reporter
July 19, 2007-Something big is in the works at Nevada's legendary Area 51 military base. A massive new building is under construction at the top secret location. Aviation experts say there's a good chance that a new, highly classified aircraft might soon be zipping around the Nevada skies. What kind of aircraft? One possibility is a successor to the SR- 71 spy plane, the SR-72. The SR-71 Blackbird is widely regarded as the greatest airplane ever built. It sliced through the sky at Mach 3 and still reigns, officially anyway, as the fastest plane in history. Groom Lake, also known as Area 51, was home for the Blackbird during its early days. The question is -- will Area 51 also be the location of choice for the development of a successor, and maybe more than one? A photo of a new building under construction at Area 51 has raised tantalizing possibilities for the civilian researchers who dabble in such topics. No one can say for certain what the building will be used for, but aviation historian Peter Merlin says the one thing we can say is that it's one big hangar. "It probably measures 275 feet by 600 feet. It's no larger than hangars at other bases, but it certainly is the largest at Area 51," Peter Merlin said. Satellite photos confirm Area 51 already has two dozen hangars, including some less than two years old. So what's going on out there? The hangar could be a central maintenance facility, machine shop and or simulator training center. But aviation writers are thinking more exotic thoughts. For months, there's been speculation in aviation circles about a successor to the SR-71, call it the SR-72. Model airplane companies already have their version of the so called "dark bird," which theoretically could fly twice as fast as the Blackbird. Peter Merlin says he's been told by engineers at Lockheed that the SR-72 project was canceled, but new reports in aviation media note the Air Force has just awarded a new contract to Lockheed for a plane that sounds exactly like the SR-72, a Mach 6 reconnaissance plane that could also carry weapons, and unlike the SR-71, this one would be unmanned. It would make for a comfy fit inside that new hangar. But Merlin thinks there are other possibilities also in the works at Groom Lake. "There are at least seven and maybe as many as eleven manned classified air craft that have not yet been unveiled that have been flying since 1985 and countless unmanned programs as well. Most of these things have been tested there. I know some of the guys that have flown these airplanes," Merlin continued. Among the suspects is something called the Black Manta, a stealthy hypersonic craft that might explain the wispy images captured in a few photos around the world. Various black triangle-type craft have been spotted over American military bases and cities for years, some of them huge in size, big enough to require a big hangar. Aviation journalist Bill Sweetman has long argued for the existence of the Aurora, another plane rumored to have been flown at Groom Lake. Sweetman says black budget figures hint at the existence of the plane, which some have dubbed the SR-75 penetrator. Whichever of these ambitious projects ends up in full development, it's abundantly clear that the testing location of choice for top secret planes is still Area 51. The Lockheed Company, whose so-called Skunkworks plant developed the U-2, SR-71, and stealth fighter -- all of which were test flown out at Area 51 -- says it will not comment on its new Air Force contract.
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Panorama created from images taken with the Digital Rebel XT and 100-400mm L lens with Kenko 2x tele extender. This is a panorama of the entire base. This panorama may be overly noisy and over sharpened but the exposure consistency is good.
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 Where are all the UFOs? |
UFOs: The First Encounters |
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By Mannix PorterfieldRegister-Herald reporter Sci-fi buffs flocked to a fantasy film in 1984 bearing a title prediction that 2010 would be the year earthlings make contact with aliens. Actually, contact has come, and it was less than friendly, says one UFO researcher. Three decades earlier, in fact, back in 1952, just five years after the famed Roswell incident, the American military engaged a convoy of alien aircraft with orders to destroy them in a pitched air battle right off the Atlantic Coast, says Frank Feschino, author of “The Flatwoods Monster,” a phenomenon that rocked a tiny West Virginia hamlet that year. An illustrator and writer, Feschino has produced a follow-up book, this one titled “Shoot Them Down,” an effort produced after years of painstaking research of the U.S. Air Force’s once-classified files on unidentified flying saucers and digesting countless magazine articles on the matter. His years of exhaustive study have convinced Feschino that American jet fighters did indeed make contact — at the point of their guns. “Shoot Them Down” draws its name from orders Feschino says President Truman gave military commanders while an American public was growing increasingly jittery over coast-to-coast UFO sightings. Two years earlier, Truman had remarked at a news conference, “I can assure you that flying saucers, given that they exist, are not constructed by any power on earth.” “There are tons of documents right there, intelligence reports, talking about pilots chasing these things, going after them,” Feschino said, citing the once-hidden reports on the Air Force’s so-called Project Blue Book. “That’s when it hit the fan, and the government stepped up. That is when they had to simmer the whole country down. The whole country was in an uproar. Everybody was panicking. The job of the government is to keep things under control, and they couldn’t let the country panic.” UFOs were buzzing the entire country that year, “and a good chunk of them were over military installations, and power plants, like Oak Ridge,” the author says. Feschino pulls his theory largely from the writings of Air Force Capt. Edward Ruppelt, a decorated World War II veteran, recalled to duty when hostilities erupted in Korea. Roswell might stand out as the mother of all UFO stories, but 1952 was the most prolific year by far for aircraft sightings — by one account, some 30,000 alone in the United States, many of them reported in local newspapers around the country. Craft ranged from discs to round balls to elongated, cigar-shaped ships, the Port Orange, Fla., resident said. “Capt. Ruppelt was dropping clues throughout his book,” Feschino said. “And that’s the premise of my book. During that time of 1952 we had the highest amount of sightings.” In a book he wrote, Ruppelt said “other assorted historians have pointed out that normally the UFOs are peaceful,” but he alluded to a chase in which one of two pilots engaging unidentified aircraft perished. “They just weren’t ready to be observed closely,” he wrote. “If the Air Force hadn’t slapped down the security lid, these writers might not have reached this conclusion (about peaceful aliens). There have been other and more lurid duels of death. That’s what everybody missed.” Feschino flatly says the Air Force took on alien aircraft just off the coast with orders to destroy them in a move to pacify a public growing ever restless over bizarre sightings. In the battle, apparently one craft hobbled back inland, resting on a knoll in a West Virginia community known as Flatwoods. And it was there on Sept. 12 a group of boys, accompanied by some adults, scampered up the hillside and saw a metallic, 12-foot object emitting a sulfuric odor. Locals dubbed it “the Flatwoods Monster.” “I have no idea who they were,” Feschino said. Based on his interviews with some 200 denizens of Flatwoods, however, the author believes the aliens remain interested in rural West Virginia. “There are people in West Virginia who have been seeing UFOs for the past 50 years, and there are key locations where they are being seen — Wheeling, Huntington, and quite a few south of Charleston, around Cabin Creek, even down in the Beckley area,” he said. Feschino is a headliner for a Sept. 7-8 UFO summit in Charleston, organized by promoter Larry Bailey. Joining him will be Freddie May, a witness to the Flatwoods incident, and nuclear physicist Stanton Friedman, considered the leading UFO researcher in the world. Friedman has appeared on numerous cable TV shows with his belief that extraterrestrials are frequent flyers to planet Earth. At the two-day gathering, Feschino plans to sell his new book, featuring a special, limited edition cover for West Virginia consumers. At a book-signing in Tamarack, the author was approached by an aging woman after the crowd of buyers began to disperse. “She tugged on my shirt and leaned up to my ear and said, ‘We’re still seeing those things up here all the time,’” the author said. © The Register Herald
Source & References: http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_195213738.html |
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In July 1947, when the country was aflutter over 'flying disks,' a young Fort Worth photographer wrote himself into history without realizing it.By MATT FRAZIER Star-Telegram staff writer
FORT WORTH -- J. Bond Johnson is one of this newspaper's most famous photographers. He has been portrayed in Hollywood films and documentaries and discussed at length in magazine articles and on blogs and other Web sites. His photos have been a prominent exhibit for almost two decades in a museum that draws 150,000 visitors a year. And they are "the most frequently requested images from our Fort Worth Star-Telegram collection -- really from all of our photo collections," said Brenda McClurkin of the University of Texas at Arlington Library of Special Collections. "I just sent one to Australia." That's because on a warm afternoon in July 1947, Johnson, at the age of 21, took the only known photographs of the supposed remains of the UFO crash near Roswell, N.M. -- and then forgot all about it until researchers came looking for him more than three decades later. They made Johnson, by then a Methodist minister, something of a celebrity as they argued over his photos and espoused theories of vast government conspiracies and intrigue. Thanks to modern technology, Johnson, who died last year, remains at the forefront of the ufology world, said Julie Shuster, director of Roswell's International UFO Museum and Research Center. Rumors, sightings and debris Cigars and cigarettes fed a cloud of smoke above typewriters and black rotary phones in the Star-Telegram newsroom in July 1947. There was no air conditioning. Phil Record, who later rose to associate executive editor, was a copy boy at the time. He remembers Johnson, but not much about the Roswell photos. "I don't really recall it being a big story," said Record, who retired in 1997. But he said reports of UFOs were common. "There were a lot of people who would swear, 'I saw something,' but they wouldn't tell anybody because they would come off as being nuts," Record said. From July 5 through July 8, headlines screamed the news of the day: "'Flying Disk' Sighted Shooting Over Decatur 'At Tremendous Speed'" "Disks Cavort All Over US While Mystery Deepens" "Disks Continue to Bob Up (And Away) in Ft. Worth" Readers were bombarded with at least a dozen UFO stories on those days, according to the Star-Telegram archives. "The phenomenon has been reported by hundreds of persons in at least 33 states since June 25. Descriptions vary, but generally the informants agree that the objects skimming through the skies are saucer-like disks," one article says. "As yet there has been no explanation tending to give the object a touch of earthly reality." But there were rumors of proof west of here, in New Mexico just past the Pecos River. On July 8, the Roswell Daily Record quoted a spokesman at the local air base announcing that the wreckage of a "flying disk" had been found and that its remnants were being flown to Fort Worth, according to page reproductions still sold as souvenirs in Roswell. "He said the material wasn't a weather balloon or any of the other explanations that the government put out," said Johnson's son, Jerry Johnson. A chance assignment Inside a walk-in vault in the Star-Telegram's downtown office is a file cabinet filled with musty handwritten time sheets. At the front of the top drawer is a page with the name J. Bond Johnson typed across the top. Title: Reporter. Hourly salary: $1.06. "The only reason he got to go was that all of the other photographers were out somewhere and he had a camera in the trunk of his car," said his sister, Elaine J. Carroll. Johnson, who had done some Civil Air Patrol pilot training at Fort Worth Army Air Field, roared west toward fame in his 1947 Ford club coupe, according to his sister. What looked like beams of balsa wood and sheets of tinfoil were laid out on the carpet in the office of the airfield commander, Maj. Gen. Roger M. Ramey. Boxes around the office were thought to hold more wreckage that had not been examined. Ramey and Maj. Jesse A. Marcel, who brought the debris from Roswell, posed for pictures holding the material. After filling both sides of three glass-plate negatives with his Speed Graphic camera, Johnson, on deadline, rushed back to the paper, printed his photos, handed them -- still wet -- to his editors and went home. By sunrise the next morning, his photos of the shiny material adorned newspapers around the world, accompanied by a story that the Army had explained the wreckage as a fallen weather balloon. "I asked him one time if he believed the artifacts were from alien beings," said his daughter, Janith Johnson. "Having the conservative and religious background that he did, he said, 'I don't know, but it was like nothing I have ever seen on this earth.'" Years later, worldwide fame Two of the photos were published in the 1980 book The Roswell Incident by Charles Berlitz and William Moore. Johnson soon became entrenched in the UFO world, giving interviews for books, magazines and documentaries. Intrigued by the speculation, Johnson started his own study of the photographs. He said he didn't believe any of the Army's stories about the wreckage, but he added that he had no theory about the crash, his son said. "I think he was amused by it all," Jerry Johnson said. "He had a room full of alien souvenirs and memorabilia. Every Christmas we would get little alien toys." Many UFO investigators believe that the government used the Star-Telegram photographer as a patsy to cover up the real crash. Others say he probably embellished his story a little, said Dennis Balthaser, UFO researcher and former director of Roswell's International UFO Museum and Research Center. Either way, the influence of his photos lives on, Shuster said. "Now with computer technology we are able to enhance photos, including a note held in General Ramey's hand, bringing out words like 'victims of the crash,'" she said. "It might be one of those photos that finally breaks the rest of the case." This report includes material from the Star-Telegram archives, Dennis Balthaser's www.truthseekeratroswell.com and the International UFO Museum. UFO headlines From the Star-Telegram, July 5-8, 1947 ROUND AS A WHEEL, FT. WORTH WOMAN SAYS -- 'Flying Disk' Sighted Shooting Over Decatur 'At Tremendous Speed' ALL DISTANT OBJECTS APPEAR ROUND -- Various Tricks Played by Eyesight May Explain Flying Saucer Mystery AMERICANS WHO SEE FLYING SAUCERS ADVISED BY EUROPE TO TAKE PLEDGE More 'Saucers' Reported; Air Patrol Joins Hunt PLANE FORCED TO DODGE 'EM -- Disks Cavort All Over US While Mystery Deepens REPORT OF DISCOVERING DISK IN TEXAS BEING INVESTIGATED 'FLYING SAUCER' HITS PEDESTRIAN Ball of Fire Is Latest Sky Oddity Here Disks Reported in North Mexico SAUCER MYSTERIES ROLL ON AND ON -- Theorists Say Disks May Be Flashes Of Jet Planes or Radio Missiles ONE ZIPS OVER TCU CAMPUS -- Disks Continue to Bob Up (And Away) in Ft. Worth Source: Star-Telegram archives J. Bond Johnson James Bond Johnson -- he went by J. Bond Johnson -- was born in Fort Worth on June 18, 1926, to Methodist ministers Floyd and Gladys Johnson. Skipped two school grades, graduating from high school and entering Texas Wesleyan College at 15. Was hired at 16 or 17 as a reporter and photographer at the Star-Telegram, but he went back to part-time work after enlisting in the Army Air Forces. After leaving the Star-Telegram, he earned degrees in education, theology and psychology from Southern Methodist University, the University of Southern California and Claremont College in California. Was honorably discharged from the Marines in 1962 and immediately entered the Army Reserve. Retired as a full colonel after 33 years of service. Started two aid homes in Long Beach, Calif.: one for emotionally troubled children, the other for abused children and spouses. Led the First United Methodist Church of San Pedro, Calif., as senior pastor. Died from cancer complications March 25, 2006, in Long Beach, Calif. Source: Star-Telegram archives The Roswell crash During the first week of July 1947, something crashed near Roswell, N.M. Eyewitness William Woody, who lived east of town, said he remembered being outside with his father the night of July 4 when he saw a brilliant object plunge to the ground. Rancher W.W. "Mack" Brazel rode out with his neighbor's son to check on the sheep after the previous night's thunderstorm. As they rode, Brazel noticed unusual pieces of what seemed to be metal debris scattered over a large area, and a shallow trench several hundred feet long. A day or two later, Brazel reported the incident to Sheriff George Wilcox, who reported it to an intelligence officer, Maj. Jesse Marcel of the 509th Bomb Group. The debris site was closed for days while the wreckage was cleared. Marcel has been quoted as saying that the debris wouldn't burn, break or bend and didn't look like any weather balloon or rocket he had ever seen. On July 8, Lt. Walter G. Haut, a Roswell Army Air Base spokesman, issued a news release stating that the wreckage of a disk had been recovered. The wreckage was shipped to the Fort Worth Army Air Field, now Naval Air Station Fort Worth. Star-Telegram photographer J. Bond Johnson took pictures of the wreckage. A July 9 news release stated that the 509th Bomb Group had mistakenly identified a weather balloon as the wreckage of a flying saucer. Source: International UFO Museum and Research Center mfrazier@star-telegram.com
Matt Frazier, 817-390-7957
Source & References: http://www.star-telegram.com/metro_news/story/169727.html |
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Norwegian scientists now believe they are nearing a solution to the Hessdalen UFO-mystery which has puzzled experts for more than 25 years.
The so-called Hessdalen lights have been seen ever since the 1940's and have since 1984 been monitored by volunteers. Hessdalen is a small valley in the central part of Norway. At the end of 1981 through 1984, residents of the Valley became concerned and alarmed about strange, unexplained lights that appeared at many locations throughout the Valley. Hundreds of lights were observed. At the peak of activity there were about 20 reports a week. Project Hessdalen was established in the summer of 1983. A field investigation was carried out between 21st of January and 26th of February 1984. Fifty-three light observations were made during the field investigation. An automatic measurement station was put up in Hessdalen in August 1998. According to the scientists, it is now clear that the phenomen is not UFO-related, but are luminous balls containing some form of energy. We have pictures which show the optical spectre, and can therefore determine which elements they are made of, says researcher Erling Strand of the Oestfold College. However, he says much work remains before he is ready to give the final answer. (NRK) Rolleiv Solholm
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http://www.norwaypost.no/cgi-bin/norwaypost/imaker?id=91261
Photograph © http://www.hessdalen.org/station/2000/analyze.shtml
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As a regular viewer of your web site I thought you would be interested in the following encounter. I have an interest in military UFO encounters and often keep an eye on the various UFO web sites for encounters. While recently reading a book on the Vietnam war I stumbled across an encounter (which I had not previously heard of before and I have a feeling no one in the UFO community has!). The book is called Blood on the Risers: An Airborne Soldiers 35 Months in Vietnam. The author (John Leppelan) kept a diary and from this I deduced the encounter occurred in the latter part of May, 1967. I have printed out the UFO incident directly from the book whilst including a small introduction to John Leppelman:
Latter MAY 1967 - DA CAUO - SOUTH VIETNAM The following report is from John Leppelman. During his service in the army from 1966-70, Leppelman was awarded the Bronze Star with "V" device, the Army Commendation Medal, the Air Medal, the Purple Heart, SVN Cross of Gallantry, the Combat Infantryman Badge, Combat Parachute Wings, another Vietnam Service Medal with three Bronze Stars and one Silver Star. His unit citations include the Valorous Unit Emblem. Leppelman started out as a FNG paratrooper in the 173rd Airborne, and later transferred to the army`s river boats and then again transferred to the all-volunteer Rangers. The following event took place while he was serving with the 173rd Airborne: We got the word we would be flown to a Special Forces camp in a place called Da Cauo. According to our rumor mill, the green beanies (berets) were taking a beating, and we would be patrolling the mountains around their camp to take the heat off them. We were flown from one LZ (landing zone) in the middle of nowhere to another LZ in the same location. We formed up and moved out through the jungle while the sun was trying to work its way through the foliage. Before long we stumbled out of the bushes onto what looked like a well-used trail. We moved slowly along the trail until we came to an area where fresh leaves had been spread. Booby trap, we thought, so we moved away a little while the rest of the company fanned out and settled down, waiting for us to determine what was happening. While we watched, Cat and Welch started snooping around the leaves and brush, slowly pulling them back. They had uncovered a cache of several enemy weapons, rice, and an RPG that was enclosed in a bamboo cage. The top of the cage had a swinging bamboo door that was tied to one side by wait-a-minute vines used as hinges. Several of the men wired the bamboo door with trip wires and grenades and covered the cache for the enemy and moved on along the trail. Toward evening we humped up a hill and set up a perimeter at the top. The word came down that there were dinks on the opposite ridge and that, come morning, we would move down into the valley and then up their hill and assault them. We dug our holes deep that night and put heavy overhead cover over each hole in case they decided to mortar us. Our holes were about 15-20 feet apart, with good fields of fire. The platoon sergeant moved along the line, telling us to be prepared for anything. That made us nervous, and I wondered just how good higher-higher`s intelligence was. Based on what we had seen so far, the info passed down the chain of command to our company was so bad that I figured the Intel people had heard it on the radio. Because of the possibility of attack and the enemy forces suspected to be nearby, we were put on a 50% alert during the night; half of us were awake all the time, watching to our front. At 3:00am I sat silently in my hole, watching the jungle and listening for trouble. Our IR scope had been replaced with a starlight scope some days before. The starlight scope amplified natural light from the stars and the moon. It was an improvement over the IR, but still didn't`t impress most of us. It was very dark, and visibility was about 15 feet at best when the unexplainable happened. Way below us in the valley a white light suddenly appeared. The light grew brighter and brighter very slowly. After about 30 seconds had passed, the light, which was getting brighter, gave us visibility of several hundred feet. I could see men way down the line. They, too, had their intention focused on the unknown light. The light continued to get brighter, and not knowing what was coming next, I flipped the safety of my M-16. Men down the line began to wonder what was going on. Men who had been asleep came fully awake and manned their positions. By then the light was bright enough for us to see the other hilltop across the valley. We could see the trees and bushes very clearly. During this time, the jungle had become absolutely still, but whatever the source of the light, it made no sound at all. The light suddenly moved very quickly and disappeared into the sky. It was dark in an instant. The hair on the back of my neck stood up and I felt chills. We discussed the mysterious light for a few minutes, then it got quiet while everyone thought about it. No one had a reasonable answer for what we had seen. The next couple of hours passed quickly. At daybreak we ate breakfast, saddled up, then moved down the ridge toward the valley. After what had happened just hours before, all of us felt some apprehension. Second Squad took its usual position at point. We reached the valley floor and found no signs of life or anything else. We took a ten-minute breather while the rest of the company caught up. I did a commo check with Muir and adjusted my bandolier so that extra magazines were handy in case I needed them. The word came to move out. Expecting to hear automatic weapons fire at any moment, we slowly inched our way up the steep hill. We reached the top, out of breath and excited, still feeling that we might make contact at any moment. Second Squad moved slowly across the top of the hill with 1st Squad close on our heels. We found bunkers as well as some hammocks and other items scattered around the holes. The gooks had definitely been there that night, but they had apparently flown the coop in some disorder. We found individual rice rations, some small rucks father in toward the center of their defensive perimeter. "They beat feet outta here in a hurry," Croxdale said. It was a good thing: it would have been very hard to take the hill. We would have lost more than a few men. We figured that the weird light had scared them just as it had scared us. Maybe they thought we had a new secret weapon. Whatever the reason, they had pulled out, and we would have to keep humping to locate them. [BLOOD ON THE RISERS: AN AIRBORNE SOLDIER`S 35 MONTHS IN VIETNAM - pg. 133-135]
Source & References:
UFO Casebook Submission
[BLOOD ON THE RISERS: AN AIRBORNE SOLDIER`S 35 MONTHS IN VIETNAM - pg. 133-135]
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07-11-I was sitting outside in the garage and 4 orange spheres appeared around 9:00 PM above my neighbor house at a 45 degree angle. They appeared to be glowing almost like a hazy plasma flame around each craft, all the craft were flying north in close staggered formation less than 500 feet from the ground and the size of each craft is hard to determine, but I would say about the size of a small aircraft . I was scared , I ran inside and told my mother who was a skeptic and grab my camera, I ran outside with my mother and took a few pics but I was nervous and shaking to get a good shot and they were going away by the time I can get a good shot lined up, they blink out one at a time, I snapped 4 pics in normal mode and in night framing mode only one shot came out decent, I could not believe what I just witnessed and then all 4 appeared again at 9:36 PM in the same formation and going in the same direction as before , this time I was ready with the camera, I took close up shots, and they show the plasma flame around each craft. I have 9 photos in total showing different formation flying, I am an aerospace engineering student who studies engines and different forms of propulsion and I know these were not conventional aircraft by any means. source-www.mufon.com |
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07-04-I have emailed before about things that happened long ago in the town I grew up in, and I was back home in southwest Kansas for the 4th of July. I was walking my dog before bed, and at 12:07 AM, I saw three diamond-shaped objects streaking through the air, one almost directly behind the first, and the third one a very short distance away, but all 3 were following the exact same arc. At first I thought it was fireworks. They continued from the NNE to the SSW, all the way from horizon to horizon in 2 to 3 seconds. They were absolutely silent, and left a streak all the way across the sky that didn't go away until after they were gone, and the streaks disappeared at about the same pace as the objects. I don't know what they were, but I am pretty sure it was NOT fireworks. It just lasted way too long across the sky, and as I said... totally silent, and not even fireworks could hold the grouping that I saw. Unfortunately, I couldn't get my cell phone out fast enough to take a pic. Just hoping someone else saw something similar. If not, I know what I saw, and I'm pretty open minded, but can't think of anything that could have been that bright for that long that could have been fireworks traveling that far.source: www.ufocasebook.com |
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07-06-8 Witnesses from 2 separate locations, 3.8 Miles apart It was a perfectly clear night... "every star in the universe out", type of night sky. I had been outside taking night-time photographs (10:25 PM). In the west, (approx. 1 mile away), I could easily see & hear fireworks & firecrackers... these were very easily identifiable, due to the familiarity of their flashes and sounds, not to mention I could see them plain as day in the sky. (We live in the country & can see for miles on a clear night such as this).
After approx 5-10 minutes, as I turned to take photos in the east, I noticed this very, very, widespread flashing in the eastern sky, behind my house. What made this so unusual, was the coloring and the way it flashed. If it had not been a perfectly clear night, I would have wrote it off to heat lightning...as it resembled heat lightning perfectly, almost to a tee. Patty D.-MUFON FI source-www.mufon.com |
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07-14-At approx 1:54 am tonight 7-14-07 was coming home in Coldwater and happened to see a bright orange flash to my right. I looked up and saw what looked like a hung ball on fire (or the color of flames) way up in the sky. It was flashing as though it was on fire traveling about 10 miles an hour floating to the north east direction. It never changed speed and at one point it appeared to have falling debris that as it fell, burned itself out as it floated towards earth. I am not a drinker by the way. Wondering if you got any other reports on this? I did send this email to channel 3 news. My friend that was with me as he was driving also saw this. His name is Spencer Brayton. It was coming from the direction of Bater road where over the past quite a few years has had many numerous reported sightings with one possible abduction. source-www.mufon.com |
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07-02-well it was Monday nite July 2nd , I had just returned home from dropping off my girl friend at home, as far as the time I arrived at home had to be id say from about 10:30 to about 11:00 PM to the best of my knowledge, so, then I got out of my car when in my house to open door get in side to get what I needed cigarette get soda from in house then come back out side only after about 10 min had gone by since I'd gotten back, so I walked around the front of my trailer house put the radio on in my car listened to radio got bored by it so I got out of my car. I looked up the left of the sky while I saw a bright round glowing object getting going from bright to dim off and on while the object unbelievable to my eyes it was about 12:00 clock high in the night sky moving around in a clock wise position, while slowly it was moving it then moved to 6:00 o'clock position while moving around in circles at that position,while the glow of object still intermittently glowing, then it moved to 9:00 clock position still spinning around clockwise then it spent a little time there moved next to the 3:00 clock position in the sky then continued with intermittent glowing getting bright to dim then disappeared in the sky i would say about 220 degrees south west I know the direction was right when I last saw it because my satellite dish is pointed to 220 degrees south west, also id like to point out here very important it was moving around in circles clockwise while traveling to the south west area in the night sky at same time. source-www.mufon.com |
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07-14-We were sitting on our front lawn facing southeast and saw object in sky and thought it was a plane but was moving too slowly. Off to the east of object there was a plane that went south and left the Salt Lake Valley. Object slowing moving south and turned towards the Oquirrah Mountains to the west. We watched the object with binoculars and the object looked like it was rotating on both ends. Three people watched the object that could be seen with the naked eye, watched with binoculars to try and see what it was. It left us with a wondering of what it was. Called the local news to see if anyone else had reported strange object in the sky and was referred to our local airport who referred us to this web sight. The object moved out of our sight to the west towards the Oquirrah Mountains. source-www.mufon.com |
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