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  • UFO Magazine Issue # 334, Issue date, 11-24-08

    CNN's "IN SEARCH OF ALIENS"
    Search for Aliens
    "IN SEARCH OF ALIENS"

    All next week on American Morning we explore the possibility of intelligent life beyond Earth separating fact from fiction in our search for aliens.

    • MONDAY: NOT JUST CRAZIES

    What do Moonwalker Edgar Mitchell, Actor Dan Aykroyd, Fmr. White House Chief of Staff John Podesta and CNN Correspondent Miles O'Brien have in common? They have all seen UFO's, believe in them or both.

    • TUESDAY: ROSWELL REVISTED

    61 years since the famous UFO incident and the place is still peddling the alien trade. We'll take you to the site where the UFO landed and let you decide.

    • WEDNESDAY: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS

    Abductions: are they a reality or a product of vivid imaginations. We'll talk with someone who says they've been for a ride with ET. Could this really be true?

    • THURSDAY: CALL 1-800-ALIEN... PLEASE!

    Listening to the heavens for a radio signal to prove there is intelligent life beyond Earth. What can be heard and could we make contact?

    • FRIDAY: THE MARS WORM

    Did the NASA Opportunity Rover snap a picture of a fossilized worm? If so, what does life on Mars mean for the theory that we're not alone?

    permanent link: http://www.ufocasebook.com/2008c/cnnsearchforaliens.html

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    http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/american.morning/

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    Abducted By Aliens-Woman Recounts Her Story of Alien Abduction
    Nelms with Reporter Courtney Lane
    Courtney Lane, Reporting clane@kltv.com

    "I was terrified. As soon as the sun went down, I knew they'd be there."

    Jane Nelms says throughout her life, she's had constant visitors not of this earth. She says it all started on night in 1973, when a brilliant white light appeared in her bedroom window.

    "As I pulled the drape aside, all of a sudden there were 5 beings all around me."

    Nelms has drawn pictures of the 5 beings she says that came in quickly that night and took her.

    "I could not move, couldn't do a thing. And I was trying to grab the railings to stop myself from being taken. They had total control."

    She says they carried her to their ship, and one of them even spoke.

    "He said in a very monotone voice, 'Jane, it is your time to come.' And I said, 'I am not going anywhere.' He said, 'Why not you come with us?' I mean, just very, very few words. I said, Because they need me here on Earth. I have family, I have friends.' 'It is your time to come now.'"

    "So, they took me. It wasn't until 1993, when I was hypnotized, that I found out what they were doing."

    Nelms says she didn't speak about what happened for years, until she met others who claimed similar experiences at a support group near Dallas. When she moved to Carrollton, Nelms says the aliens followed her and came to others.

    She remembers a frantic, frightening phone call from a neighbor. She said three different types of beings came down the hallway, and the fans started rotating in the opposite direction and the lights were flashing. And little balls of light were flying around everywhere. She said one of the beings was so tall it could hardly get through the door.

    Nelms says those beings abducted her neighbor, just like they abducted her. But why? She says for scientific research.

    "I know this is crazy, but this is what happened. They examined her. She said when she was on the ship, the mother ship, she said there were all kinds of different species of aliens. Some of them were wearing civilian clothes, she said some of them talked in other languages, she said one told her that they weren't going to harm her, they just wanted to do some examinations."

    She says she confronted those same aliens that night, and even has evidence they were here.

    Nelms Photograph of Alien Fingerprints "These are the fingerprints off of the car."

    Nelms showed us pictures of long, skinny markings of what she claims are the alien's fingerprints that she dusted. She showed us pictures of what she says are the aliens.

    "This alien was in a fetal position as it tumbled through the window, through solid material. It's hard to see... it's almost like an x-ray."

    Nelms says in order to overcome her fears, she went out and met them.

    "I went out into the backyard and I faced one of them, very tall, and in the dark he had really glowing eyes. And he was scanning. He stood there and was just scanning. And he looked up and I was about 25 feet from him and I said, 'You don't scare me'."

    She says they left after that, but not for long.

    Nelms Drawing of 5 Beings Just months ago dozens of Texans reported extroadinary encounters in Erath County, like seeing lights in the sky and flying objects near Stephenville and Dublin. Of course, we're not here to say it happened or didn't happen; but for many, there is still a lot that is unexplained.

    Now we continue an East Texas woman's story of alleged alien abductions. Jane Nelms lives near Winnsboro and is also president of the UFO Society in Plano. She grew up in England and has lived in many places, claiming aliens follow her and constantly visit, even now here in East Texas. KLTV 7's Courtney Lane has more of her story, and we'll leave it up to you to decide if you believe or not.

    Jane Nelms said one of the most interesting encounters happened one night near Winnsboro. She, along with others from the UFO support group, gathered at a neighbor's home in the country.

    "We all saw this brilliant white light and, a couple seconds later, we'd see it from another window. And Wayne said, 'Oh no, they're all around the house.' So one of the guys goes out to the car to get a pack of cigarettes. He comes back the color of this [white] paper here without his cigarettes, and standing by his car is one of the greys, the small aliens," said Nelms.

    Nelms said her husband was in the backyard, so she stepped outside to check on him.

    "We hear this snapping of branches and crash! Boom! All of a sudden we hear, 'woooo'. And as that ship took off, it snapped off all these branches in the woods. And I went back into the house."

    She said the aliens never came inside the house that night, but were observing them from all around.

    Nelms said somebody else has been observing her: men in black. She believes the government agents do exist and attempted to silence her after she went on a radio station in Dallas. Nelms said one came to her while she was shopping.

    "He was all in black. Black hat, black sunglasses, black suit. He was probably 6'4", and no matter what aisle I went down, he would be right there. And then I got some phone calls," said Nelms.

    Nelms said she told them she will not be silenced. In fact, that's why she's talking to us.

    Nelms Drawing of Being "People have to experience things for themselves. It doesn't bother me if people don't believe me. All I know is what has happened," said Nelms.

    Perhaps the hardest story to believe is what she said happened to her in the 1980's.

    "My husband and I hadn't had relations for awhile and I was pregnant. Four and a half months pregnant, and everything was fine. Everything was fine. I got over the morning sickness, and the baby was doing ok. And my husband was out of town ... and things were going on, strange things. I went to bed that night and I thought, 'things aren't right now. This is not right.' I sensed something was near the house, and I didn't know what. So I went to bed pregnant, four and a half months pregnant, and I woke up that morning and I'd had a terrible night like it was a nightmare. A literal nightmare. And I knew when I woke up that morning that I was no longer pregnant," said Nelms.

    She believes the aliens took her baby.

    Nelms said she is not sure where the beings come from and what exactly they're doing, but she intends to find out. And she says the aliens have chosen her.

    Jane Nelms "People are afraid, and I'm going to be there to help them. So what exactly did they say? They said there will be a time when people will see more of us and that you will be working with us. You will help those people. And I have no fear now."

    Jane Nelms probably doesn't fit your stereotype of someone who claims close encounters with UFOs and aliens. She has lived a prosperous life all over the world, and has settled in East Texas with her husband. Her father was an intelligence officer for the British Aircraft Corporation, and was even knighted by the Queen of England for his service to the country.

    Jane is also an artist and a writer. She has kept diaries of her alleged encounters that she may one try to get published. But of course, it's up to you to decide if you believe her stories.

    Jane is so confident that she says she'll happily take a lie detector test. As for the skeptics, Jane said just stay one night with her.

    Courtney Lane, Reporting clane@kltv.com

    permanent link: http://www.ufocasebook.com/2008c/abductionjanenelms.html

    source & references:

    http://www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9381903&nav=1TjD

    What I Think the 2012 Predictions are About
    Graphic Supplied by Writer
    I know we have all been listening to and reading about the various predictions and prophecy concerning 2012. I have read about the Mayans, other ancient cultures, and modern day predictors all giving us their thoughts and warnings.

    I have a different view on this entire subject of apocalypse happenings bringing the end of the world.

    I do think we will have an earth-changing event occur. I am doubtful it will occur in 2012. I also think we are now in a cycle where other earth changing events are in a timed cycle to happen once again.

    On my list of events that are due to happen on earth are earthquakes, volcano eruptions and a magnetic pole switch or flip. I realize any or all of these events could be catastrophic for mankind however I do not think they are going to be the event that the ancient prophecies are warning us about.

    I am not a fan of Planet X or Ancient Aliens coming to drag us into slavery. I do not think we are going to have a massive rising of souls over an apocalypse day. I do think however we will face near extinction and I think it has happened before.

    I believe the earth and mankind will one day be thrown back into the dark ages with only about 10% of the population of the world surviving to continue on the species of the human race. I think during this time of world collapse a new way of thinking and culture will arise. I also think Alien interaction might be part of our survival and new development.

    I think our earth will one day be hit with a Short Gamma Ray Burst that will nearly destroy the planet.

    I believe this Short Gamma Ray Blast event will be caused by two Neutron Stars that spin around each other in obits so strong that they smash into each other causing incredible explosions that send out blasting Gamma rays into space that will one day hit us here on earth.

    Graphic Supplied by Writer We have many neutron stars in our own galaxy, which means it is only a matter of time before this event occurs. It has happened before and may be the reason life on this planet has been wiped before in our earths past.

    If a Gamma Ray Burst hits our planet the first thing we would notice would be a huge flash of light. If we were looking towards this blast directly we would become blind. The next unusual thing that would tell us we were in for big trouble would be that another sun would seem to appear in our sky.

    We would see two suns. The earth would then be hit with a huge blast of ultra violent radiation. This burst would burn off about 40% of our atmosphere, our ozone. A brown haze would cover the earth.

    Our skies would appear green in spots and of course the sunlight would be reflected back into space causing temperatures to drop. Winter would begin and be harsh.

    Winters would carry over into summers. Warm climates would now be snow-covered lands. Crops would fail. Hunger would cover the planet and many would succumb to starvation. We would quickly run out of food to feed the population. The oceans balance would change as the radiation and atmosphere kill the oceans. Fish would die; the oceans would turn reddish and all in them would die.

    The first thing we would lose would be our communications, as the Short Gamma Ray Burst hit would fry our electronics and wires. Our infrastructures would fail and we would be thrown back into the dark ages.

    I do not think this is due to happen to us in the near future. I do believe that the predictions left for us from the past are warning us of this very real, very dangerous cosmic occurrence.

    I believe that the Mayan calendar ending had more to do with what was happening to them in their time on earth rather than what will happen to us in the next few years. I think they simply were lost to disease and war mixed with climate difficulties. I find it amazing they lasted as long as they did. The Mayans lived in atrocious conditions where temples and cities were covered in blood from ritual and sacrifice all in scorching hot temperatures.

    The growth of bacteria and disease must have been incredulous. I am sure many if not most lost their lives to their dangerous life styles and conditions.

    Those left were chased away by invaders or finished off by the diseases the invaders brought with them. I think the predictions left by the Mayans were part prophecy and partly their own circumstances of the time.

    Graphic Supplied by Writer There is no denying that the same predictions for mankind's future can be found all over the world. I know our outcome has been seen as one of disaster mixed with near extinction for the human race.

    It is obvious this impending doom has filled the thoughts of many for centuries leaving us with theories, prophecy and predictions from all corners of the globe.

    I think there is a mass consciousness, awareness in mankind that something is ahead. I think we know as humans that we will need to survive something that is greater than our tribulations so far. I just think we are lost to what it may be or what we need to do to deal with it.

    If you investigate on your own the many predictions found about 2012 you will find many of the very same events listed as those I listed as a result of a Short Gamma Ray Blast. I have not mentioned a Long Gamma Ray Blast hit, as nothing would survive a Long Blast. I realized that if the earth remains with any population at all, it could only be from a Short Gamma Ray Blast.

    Read the vast predictions made from all the theories out there and you find world population decrease, massive climate change, and even two suns mentioned in many of the predictions. I realized immediately that all of the ideas and predictions listed the very results a Neutron Star Gamma Ray Blast would cause. The fact that these blasts have happened before and will happen again sealed the deal for me as far as what it is this planet and mankind will one day face.

    I think that with every passing day the planets scientists are gaining in the ability to find and understand when this danger will present itself to us. I also realize we seem more occupied with killing or fighting with each other than we are with saving ourselves as a species.

    I wish we lived in a world where we prepared for disasters instead of causing them. If we would civilize enough to join the other cosmic civilizations that must populate the universe we might be able to survive.

    Graphic Supplied by Writer Then maybe we could easily defend against real catastrophes if we used our brains for things other than greed and control. Can you imagine how advanced we would be if we had been smart enough to find alterative energies long ago.

    Can you dream how well we could survive problems like natural disaster or global ones like Gamma Ray Blasts if we had kept our food supplies local and advanced enough to provide growth even in winter? Can you imagine how great we could have grown to be if we had not given way to hatred greed and power as our most powerful forces for motivation?

    What about UFOs and Aliens? I was asked that question when I brought my theory up to a friend of mine. Wouldn't they help us or stop this Gamma Ray thing from happening? My answer to this is two fold. First, I do think an event as large as a Neutron Star explosion, which is second only in size to the big bang, is something Aliens could control. I think it is too large even for advanced Aliens to deal with.

    The second part of this question- why they do not help us? Well, why should they? We have proven to be dangerous bloodthirsty and vicious so far, what about us do you feel needs to be saved in mass? I am sure aliens would or will be there to help us what ever way they can. However I think for us to survive in large would mean a entire different way of life across the entire planet.

    Hot houses that can run on whatever energy local regions can muster, small towns easily accessed by local communities instead of big cities, smaller homes and less of everything being used by absolutely everyone would be needed. We do not live that way or think that way. How can an outside Alien being readjust an entire civilization?

    Graphic Supplied by Writer This is my theory of what all the predictions have been trying to warn us about. I do not think this will happen in the next few years to come, but I could be very wrong too.

    There is a good side to this horrid event if it does happen. In about a decade the earth would begin to renew and life would have a chance once again to rebuild. The fact this has happened before is a light at the end of this very dark tunnel.

    I do not think this will happen in any of our life times. I do think it would be wise if generations ahead thought about a new way of life. I think it is obvious that our way of things is not working out for our chances of being an ongoing species.

    I do know that I have decided to treasure my days and not give in to lost time given over to anger hate or to waste my hours with things that are not worth the precious gift of time on this earth. I will enjoy those I love and step over that which is unkind, evil or hate filled. Life on all levels, for me, is just too short to waste.

    Copyright © 2008 Chris Holly, Endless Journey and the Knight Zone @ http://endlessjrny.blogspot.com/

    permanent link: http://www.ufocasebook.com/2008c/about2012.html

    source & references:

    http://endlessjrny.blogspot.com/

    MUFON Alien Hunters in Pennsylvania
    UFO Depiction
    By Walter Perez,,LANGHORNE, Pa. - November 18, 2008- (WPVI) -- A conference planned for Bucks County is truly "out of this world!" It comes in response to numerous reports of strange lights, high in the sky.

    What were those things people saw hovering over the Sesame Place Amusement Park in Langhorne?

    How about those boomerang shaped aircraft in the skies above Oxford Valley Mall?

    There've been dozens of reports of UFO sightings in Bucks County over the past few months. In fact, Action News was able to find an eyewtiness.

    "It was the most bizarre looking thing, we both said 'What is that?'" said Susan Prager of Yardley, Pa. "We couldn't figure it out. We kept looking at it and looking at it. It definitely was a UFO."

    This burst in unexplained sightings has prompted the Pennsylvania Mutual UFO Network, better known as MUFON, to hold it's next Alien Hunter Conference at Bucks County Community College.

    MUFON's Pennsylvania Branch Director, John Ventre, says having the meeting here is a no-brainer.

    He sent us a release from his home near Pittsburgh saying, in part,"Over the Summer of 2008, we had 138 UFO sightings from Pittsburgh to Philly. Normally we would have 36 over a four month period. The Philly-Bucks County area had 77 of the 138.

    Even Derrick Pitts, Chief Astronomer at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia admits... He wants to believe.

    But... "In the case of alien spacecraft, we have no hard evidence whatsoever about the existence of either alien spacecraft of aliens themselves," Pitts said.

    That MUFON meeting will be held January 24th. Topics will include alien abductions, eyewitness accounts and the, quote, "alien hybrid program."

    (Copyright ©2008 WPVI-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.)

    permanent link: http://www.ufocasebook.com/2008c/mufonpennsylvania.html

    source & references:

    http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=6513117

    My UFO Experience As a Child in the Early 1960’s
    UFO Depiction
    November 15th 2008

    This UFO experience occurred in Hopewell, New Jersey, in the early 1960’s. I was a young child 4-6 years old, so it was between 1961-1964.

    My father and I were driving back from the Flemington fair in Flemington, NJ. It was late in the evening and we were cutting through the Hopewell, NJ, area to get home to Ewing township, which is near Trenton, the state capital.

    The Hopewell area had lots of farms and tree-filled areas. The UFO was hovering about 100 feet over a barn, just about 500 linear feet off of the road. It was large, about 500 square feet in size. The UFO was cube-shaped with a few portholes that looked like windows in the middle around the object. The object had different colored lights around it. Some were steady, and some were pulsing dimmer and then brighter.

    Please note: I am now 51 years old, and in sound mind. But as I am writing this letter with tears streaming from my eyes, I have huge chills flying up my spine. I also feel scared and very uneasy. This happens every time I think about this. I will continue.

    As my father and I drove past this object, I lost my ability to move and talk. I was sitting in the back seat at the time and I was almost totally paralyzed. My father just kept on driving. He did not talk to me at all until we arrived back at our home about 30 minutes later. I had no idea what a UFO was at the time of this sighting, and I could not move or talk until my father and I arrived at home.

    After we arrived home I could then move and talk again. I was hysterical and I cried, and cried. I told both of my parents about not being able to move and talk, which was mainly why I was freaking out. I also told them about the large object hovering over the barn, and I explained that was when the paralysis started.

    My father never saw a thing, and he thought that I was crazy to be acting this way. I can remember my mother yelling at my father telling him that I would not be hysterical for no reason at all, and drilling him about what really happened. He just said that he never saw a thing.

    This is my UFO experience! I often wonder if there was more to this then I can remember because it still affects me so strongly to this day. I am weirdly still afraid that this could recur. Please share this with others.

    Barry

    permanent link: http://www.ufocasebook.com/2008c/asachild.html

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    Houston, Texas Reader Recounts 1997 Sighting of Three UFOs
    Depiction: Houston, TX-1997 I read the “UFO sighting in Katy” article on the UFO Casebook web site with genuine interest. Eleven years ago my next door neighbor at the time, Kevin Drounette (not sure of the spelling) and I saw what he thought were three helicopters with search lights pointing to the ground and searching an area about two miles north of our homes just past FM 1960 off Jones Road in Northwest Houston.

    It was an early fall evening, it was growing dark and I had just pulled up to my driveway when I noticed Kevin looking at something in the distance. I walked up to him and asked what he was staring at. He stated that he'd been watching three helicopters searching for someone or something out towards 1960. He pointed them out and I quickly realized and stated that they weren’t helicopters. He said that he was sure that they were because they'd been circling each other and kept their searchlights trained to the ground.

    We watched them for a few moments and I pointed out that helicopters shake quite a bit and that causes searchlights to shake and quiver and these three weren’t shaking at all plus, the beams were blue and straight as a pencil which I found very odd. I’ve flown in choppers while in the service and am familiar with their gyrations. He asked me what I thought they were and I jokingly blurted “UFOs!”

    Needless to say he was quite skeptical and shook his head grinning at me as though I were crazy just for thinking it. I could tell he wouldn't allow himself to believe what we were seeing so I said, “Let’s call them over here.” He laughed at me and shook his head once more. I told him to help me call out to them, that I was curious and wanted to see them up close so we both started to ask them to come to us. I started to call out, “Come over here! I want to see you! Come on!”

    We were both shocked to see that one of the objects actually turned towards us and for a moment we grew silent. Then after a few seconds we started asking them to come over once again, I also gestured with my arms beckoning them to come. We were instantly shocked when two shut off their searchlights and disappeared.

    The one which had turned towards us started heading our way. Kevin and I stared at each other in surprise not believing what we were seeing. We didn't speak as the object came towards us. About half a mile from us it shut off its searchlight but we could still see it. We could hear the sound of rotors spinning as it came closer. Kevin called out, “I told you they were helicopters!” But the closer it came the more defined the object was and we could see that it had no rotor above it and no windows to speak of.

    We stood there drop-jawed and eyes wide open as it flew not more than twenty feet over us sounding like a copter but looking like an elongated dull silver teardrop with no seams on its body but heavily dented and pockmarked with wear. It was fifteen to eighteen feet long and approximately six feet wide up front and slimming down to about three feet at its final point, it dully reflected the street lamps and surrounding lights.

    I yelled at Kevin, “Did you see that? That was no helicopter!" They were tricking us with the sound of copters! Did you see that? You didn't see a search light did you? It didn't have windows or lights!"

    It was hard for Kevin to fathom what we'd just witnessed, so much so that he stared at me with a look of shock and horror.

    He didn't say a word as he spun around and ran into his house. I stood out there on the driveway for about twenty minutes more just to see if I'd see one or more of them return but they did not. I only saw Kevin once or twice after this incident but we didn't talk about it again, I believe his mind fought against what we'd witnessed. I divorced a few months later and left the neighborhood.

    I know that what we saw were UFOs, there is no doubt in my mind. The thing that gets me the most is that it appeared as though they heard and understood us and complied. Somehow they heard us asking them to come to us even thought we were miles apart. I know it sounds insane but one did come over to us!

    On another note, my family and I are originally from Harlingen in the Lower Rio Grande Valley and as children we saw many strange things in the skies. Even here in Houston my sisters and I have seen some oddities. Two years ago my girlfriend shot some pictures of three round UFOs flying over downtown Houston on Veterans Day in a typical “V” pattern and I submitted the photos to Billy Booth for posting on the UFO CASEBOOK web site.

    It’s unfortunate that the lady who reported the incident in Katy believes it a wild goose chase to keep her eyes and ears open. Mind you, our sighting took place years ago and it is still happening! I wonder what it is they are searching for and how long they've been at it. I don’t know why it’s taken so long to even bring this up, I should have posted this for Billy Booth's UFO Casebook, I didn't think anyone would believe me/us. Now that I know others have seen them I feel a sense of relief.

    Manuel N. L.

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    Arkansas-Texas Border-Red Object
    11-17-08-I normally wouldn't have thought anything about it, but something about what I saw last night bothered me. I was in my backyard around 10:00 PM hoping to catch a few glimpses of the Leo meteor shower.

    Something caught my attention towards the North. Coming west to east was a faint, red object with a light, orangish trail behind it. At first I thought it was a meteor. Then I noticed that the object was shaped kind of like a stingray is.

    It turned North, then suddenly turned southeast, at which time it increased speed and was gone. Like I said it was just something eerie about it. The faint redness or the shape in general was strange.This happened on the Arkansas/Texas border. Thanks for reading my account of what I saw. source: www.ufocasebook.com

    Florida-Flash Between Stars
    11-17-08-Just checking in with an observation, and a question for your readers. Tonight (Nov 17th), my 11 year old daughter and I were out hoping to see some meteors here in Palm Bay, Florida. It was very clear and cold out. I only saw one meteor, however later I noticed a small flash between some stars. I waited to see if it would reoccur, and it did.

    I pointed it out to my daughter who also observed it. The odd thing is, it flashed at mostly regular intervals (about 10 seconds) and stayed in exactly the same place for several minutes. Now, had it been moving, I would have declared it to be a tumbling satellite which I have seen many times. This did not move though. Its flashes were predictable, but interestingly it would occasionally miss its flash. Could this be a geosynchronous satellite?

    (A geostationary (GEO=geosynchronous) orbit is one in which the satellite is always in the same position with respect to the rotating Earth. The satellite orbits at an elevation of approximately 35,790 km because that produces an orbital period (time for one orbit) equal to the period of rotation of the Earth (23 hrs, 56 mins, 4.09 secs). By orbiting at the same rate, in the same direction as Earth, the satellite appears stationary (synchronous with respect to the rotation of the Earth).

    It's the only explanation for this that I can come up with. However, I was under the impression that they typically orbit along the same plane as our equator. However, I was looking directly up, which would seem to preclude that theory.

    I have seen these before and have never really come up with an explanation that was satisfactory to me. I would like to know if anyone else has seen the strange "sparkles", and any theories you might have. Feel free to write to me. source: Greg, Palm Bay, Florida, www.ufocasebook.com

    West Virginia-Multi-Colored Orb
    11-19-08-I was visiting my sister in W VA. I took my dog outside before going to bed. Over from her house, above the tree line in the sky, there was a bright light. I asked my sister what it was and she said she didn't know.

    We started watching it get bigger and brighter. I ran inside to get my video camera. I have it all on video. To see it with the naked eye, it doesn't seem to move, but on the video it dances around, goes out, then comes back on brighter. It is like a sphere with multi-colors.

    Spencer, W VA. is in the middle of nowhere. There are no industries or military bases there where we saw it, in fact there was nothing except trees. I would love to know what it is. I have tried and tried to get someone to listen, but they won't. This was filmed about a year ago and I have been trying to get someone to explain it all this time.I know we saw something strange and unusual those nights. Every time I watch the video it gives me an uneasy feeling. source: www.mufon.com

    Texas-Object with Tail
    11-07-08-It was about 9:50 PM November 07, 2008, Arlington TX. HWY 360 southbound on I-30. It was like a shooting star. It just appeared in the sky as faint then disappeared. This lasted 1 second.

    The trail was yellow, and at the beginning was greenish with some red dot on the left. Hope someone else writes about this to verify this was seen. source: www.ufocasebook.com

    United Kingdom-Orange Colored Object
    11-17-08-Monday 10.20 pm-Hounslow, London-Bright fire orange coloured light that was orb-shaped roughly around the size of a plane. (There's a flight path over Hounslow for Heathrow Airport. About two minutes after the object passed a plane flew about the same height in the sky and looked in proportion to the objects size).

    It also seemed to be traveling at the same speed as the plane, maybe even slightly faster. It came from a corner of a road (Bell Road), and at first I thought it was a firework that was going to land.

    This was because it seemed to curve round the road, but it didn't land and actually curved around to follow another road (the High Street). It then followed the path of the High street at a constant speed. I didn't see it pass over the High street as a big shopping centre blocks the view, but I waited at the end of the shopping centre and around thirty seconds later it came back into view and carried on at the same speed towards the bus garage at the end of the high street.

    I watched it until it had gone too far into the distance and disappeared. It seemed to be more or less on a steady course towards Isleworth at a steady speed. I have never seen anything like it. However, I suppose it could have been something on fire due to the colour it was very bright with the lines of light coming out like a star, but was definitely orb-shaped.

    There are no other witnesses as far as I know as I was on my own waiting for a bus. No planes were around at the same time I saw the object, and it didn't seem to make any noise. The sky was extremely clear-there was a slight breeze and it was cold. There are no pictures, cars were on the road, and they were all traveling as normal. Emma, source: www.ufocasebook.com


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