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- The prolific flare-producing sunspot group #9026 unleashed
another moderately strong solar flare on June 12, 2000. The eruption was
accompanied by a partial halo coronal mass ejection (CME) that arrived
here on June 13. A coronagraph animation of the event shows a beautiful
billowing CME peppered by speckles and meteor-like streaks resulting from
energetic particles hitting the spacecraft's camera. Another CME occurred
on June 18, but it does not appear to be headed towards the Earth. Sun
flares have the potential to cause significant damage to the ionosphere
creating greater chance of getting skin cancer. I urge that readers protect
their skin if you are going out during these times. Hats, umbrellas, sunscreen,
sunglasses, and cover-ups are good sun shielding gear. The UFO pilots
seem to be aware of these sun flare problems. Overall reports have decreased
by two-thirds to 150 reports for May from 400 during the fall months.
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- NEW YORK BRIGHT CYLINDER SPOTTED MINEOLA -- On June 2,
2000, at 10:20 PM, north of the North Star, we noticed what appeared to
be a very slow moving teardrop shaped fuzzy object that glowed very dimly
and appeared to wobble back and forth as it moved southeast. We hurriedly
retrieved binoculars and my brother looked first. He exclaimed in a shaky
voice that it was a "UFO." Nevertheless, I was sure he was looking
at an airplane that was out of focus; so, I took the binoculars and zeroed
in on the object. I could not believe what I saw. It was not an airplane.
Rather, it was a tear-shaped object with a dim, fixed light at the top
and several lights at the bottom seemingly surrounded by a haze. It moved
in an irregular fashion in a wobbly circle. It appeared as though the
object were tumbling across the sky. It then turned some 30 degrees to
the right, and eventually disappeared into the haze. We looked at the
sky intently for another half hour but did not see the object again. Thanks
to Peter Davenport at NUFORC
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- STATEN ISLAND -- Larry Clark reports that on June 8,
2000, a huge cylinder UFO with an estimated 400 lights was spotted. My
friend saw a UFO high in the sky that was even more visible than the moon
at 9:00 PM. It was a bit taller than the moon and about four times wider.
He said it was bright white and he could see flashing lights on the bottom
of the cylinder shaped object. It disappeared when he turned away for a
minute. The UFO was silent. Five other people saw this UFO at various
locations throughout the night. A police car came ten minutes after the
sighting driving down Jefferson, which is practically an abandoned street
that the police never go down. The craft flew right down the street and
they followed. The other witnesses were strangers. Thanks to Larry Clark,
www.nymufon.org, and XGlitterGal@aol.com
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- VIRGINIA LIGHTS
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- BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY -- Jules reports they were driving/camping
through the southeastern region of Arkansas, Tennessee, Virginia, Pennsylvania,
and New York over the past week from June 6 to 13, 2000. Several times,
he watched as 'many' unusual moving objects streaked across the sky. They
darted from one direction to another, seemingly unconcerned with any other
'normal' aircraft. Most of these sightings were around the Blue Ridge
Parkway/Shenandoah Valley areas. And almost all of them were just during
the 'dusk' time of the evening, before it got too dark. Thanks to Jules
wildlifemin@yahoo.com
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- GEORGIA UFOs
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- DOUGLAS - MUFON Georgia's Joye Pugh has sent reports
on three recent UFO events. Mrs. Lillian H. Williams is a staff writer
for the Douglas Enterprise newspaper who wrote two articles concerning
her personal encounter on April 28, 2000, and a second article of others
who also had a sighting from a separate location. At 8:45 PM, Mrs. Williams
and her husband (a retired law enforcement officer) were driving in the
area on Highway 64. They observed a bright round orange light hovering
just over the treetops in this rural area. They turned to approach closer,
as it seemed to be moving slowly. Mr. Williams accelerated toward it and
the light suddenly separated slightly, forming upper and lower portions
with a horizontal band of six bright lights as the divider. Darkness was
observed between the individual lights in this dividing band. The lower
section was thinner and saucer like, the upper was thicker and seemed to
be supported by the horizontal band. The whole structure was a blazing
orange, almost like a huge sun. Suddenly four additional balls of light
appeared, two on either side, magenta red in color, aligned perfectly with
the large light. As they got closer, the lights turned, with the magenta
balls moving randomly about. While it turned, Mrs. Williams was able to
ascertain that the main light/object was indeed truly round. Upon passing
some trees, the larger light was gone, but the smaller magenta balls remained,
lingering in the same area. The witnesses pulled off into a field adjacent
the smaller lights/objects, and watched. There was no noise, but the sky
seemed to lighten and the smaller lights later disappeared. Mr. Williams
returned to the field after daylight and inspected the area twice, but
was unable to locate any trace evidence. Mrs. Williams felt the smaller
lights were about six feet in diameter. Also on 28 April, a local couple
was driving home a five miles to the east near Nicholls when they saw bright
beams of light shining down beyond a patch of trees. They clearly observed
six magenta red light balls as described by Mrs. Williams. They also pulled
off to observe, and the magenta balls were last seen flying off to the
east. On May 5, between 10:00 PM and 10:30 PM, a couple living just outside
of Douglas near the Green Acres community also saw a large orange light
in the sky. They watched for about 10 minutes, and then decided to videotape
the event. The witnesses began shooting and after one good shot, the camera
image turned into fuzzy static, and these witnesses thought that their
camera was defective. They described seeing beams of light projected to
the ground from the orange ball of light. Upon checking the tape, the
witness indicated that along with the light beams, there appears to be
a saucer shaped object in view. (The witness was apparently unaware of
the various EM interference encountered in such cases.) Thanks to Joye
Pugh and Tom Sheets, State Director-MUFONGA, ISUR Board. MISSOURI SILVER
OVAL DISK SEEN
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- ST. LOUIS -- I am a 26-year-old transportation manager
who was driving west on Highway 64/40 on June 6, 2000, when I saw a very
shinny light reflecting in the distance. I assumed it was an airplane
until I saw two other airplanes flying in the vicinity, one in front, and
one behind the strange object. I realized they were moving but this light
was not. Then it flashed like a reflecting flash, but much brighter than
any reflections off the other two planes in the area at 5:22 PM. The planes
were like a candle compared to a floodlight of the UFO. I noticed it was
somewhat like a flat oval shape and silvery and pure white when it flashed,
very clear and pure silver and white color compared to the two airplanes
in the area. It looked like it was hovering when it flashed two lights
towards me and then vanished. It could not have gone behind any clouds
because there was a crystal clear sky with a bright sun. It disappeared
at 5:23. This was my first sighting of something I cannot explain. Thanks
to NUFORC Director Peter Davenport www.ufocenter.com.
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- TEXAS FLYING SAUCER
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- DALLAS -- David Baugh writes, I listened to your interview
today on 105.3 radio, I did not see the large silver disk sighted over
Dallas' Love Field on May 26, but I saw the Chinook helicopters the Swedish
businessmen also reported. I live in Denton and they flew over our house
heading away from Dallas about 3:00 to 4:00 PM. I do not know if this
means anything, but I thought it odd they were flying over, one of them
had a long protruding boom like radar in the front of it. Thanks to Dave
Baugh at David.Baugh@softwarespectrum.com. COLORADO UPSURGE IN UFO REPORTS
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- ALAMOSA COUNTY -- Christopher O'Brien writes we have
been experiencing an upsurge in reports recently. On March 17, 2000, at
3:00 PM, "Chuck" was driving southbound on Highway 285 just north
of Antonito, when he witnessed "a metallic sphere ahead of him at
about 30 degrees up. It did not maneuver in any extraordinary ways, but
it sure didn't look like any airplane I've seen." SAN LUIS LAKES --
On March 23, 2000, of the witness stopped his van to observe "a temporary
air traffic control tower" and a Quonset hut near Road 6N east. Then
three miles further east toward the San Dunes turnoff, she observed two
low-flying triangle-shaped objects "zip by" north to south at
3:00 PM. Close behind "chasing them," were three low flying
jet fighters. She was then stopped and checked for "minute traces
of radiation" by two men in a white unmarked Expedition who produced
"NSA badges" when the witness asked who they were? MAXIVILLE
-- On May 24, 2000, near the Rio Grande two waitresses watched a brilliant
low flying light zigzag between La Garita Park and the old Del Norte Airport
at 10:40 PM. Witnesses were sure the silent light array was not a conventional
craft. The following day a dead calf was discovered in the area with an
unusual hide scrape and small cut along the backbone.
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- CHAMA, NEW MEXICO -- On May 25, 2000, campers found two
freshly mutilated cows, one with no head; and the other with the tongue
missing. Nearby were four elk legs and with no head, neck or torso. That
night the campers outside their tents heard a strange thumping sound.
GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL MONUMENT -- On June 11, 2000, the witness reports,
"We were hiking and saw several planes leaving contrails, but moving
west was a round shape leaving no contrail about 2:40 PM. It was moving
about as fast as a jet at that altitude, but even through binoculars, there
was no fuselage or wings, just a round shape with a dull metallic color.
MOFFAT -- On June 12, 2000, north of Moffat, two witnesses report finding
a mutilated cow at Rd AA and CR 60. This case is under investigation.
Thanks to Christopher O'Brien at tmv@amigo.net WASHINGTON: FOURTEEN UFOs
SIGHTED
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- TROUT LAKE - Michael Miley reports that on May 24 and
25, 2000, from 10:00 PM until midnight, James Gilliland, and I were witness
to fourteen high-flying UFOs. Part of time we accompanied by Carolyn Gray
and Marian Abbott. The objects appeared to be small, luminous spheres
flying to and fro in the upper atmosphere with two to three times the brightness
of the brightest stars. They flew at varying speeds, flaring and dimming
as they went, sometimes they changed directions and made no sound at all.
One anomalous light was a brief intense flash five times brighter than
the brightest stars. According to James, UFOs were visible during three
other nights that week. The UFOs were self-luminous spheres with no visible
fuselage or wing appendages, and no running lights. Trout Lake is visited
by UFOs on a regular basis and has been seen by many visitors. Gilliland's
ranch is an hour's drive east of Portland and serves as a spiritual retreat
and fledgling self-sustained ecological community, called the Self Mastery
Earth Institute. Gilliland has been able to videotape some of these UFOs
using his Sony CCD TR517 Night Shot 200X camcorder. Policeman from the
nearby Yakima Reservation report similar UFO sightings near Mt. Adams in
southern Washington. Gilliland encourages both ordinary folks and UFO
investigators to come to Trout Lake to see the UFOs for themselves. To
make a reservation e-mail James Gilliland at james@cazekiel.org. Thanks
to John M. Novak deuce42@uswest.net and Michael Miley miley@pacbell.net
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- HAWAII
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- KANEOHE -- On June 3, 2000, an object came up from the
horizon in the northeast traveled towards the southwest in an unorganized
group at 8:30 PM. A second witness arrived 30 seconds after the initial
observation. Some objects seemed to circle others and even back track
a bit. Without stopping, they appeared to "regroup themselves"
and with incredible precision seemed to go to their assigned positions
on "que" and stop. The remarkable formation seemed to form a
"V" with the apex pointing towards the northwest. After the
formation appeared there were less points of light then seen in the original
unorganized group, but the lights were larger. At this point clouds obscured
the whole formation, a muted amber red point of light flew to the south
with great speed, and a white light took off to the north a millisecond
later. The other witness claims to have seen a red point of light proceed
the original grouping; "I did not see that light." At approximately
the same time, our observation was taking place; NASA was to have a controlled
reentry of the 17-ton Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, launched in 1991.
The Satellite was supposed to enter the atmosphere along a 1,000-mile
strip of the Pacific about 2,500 miles southeast of Hawaii. It was said
that if it left its projected course sufficiently it would be in the southeast
sky about 8:30 p.m. and could be observed here in Hawaii. It is my opinion
what we saw was a completely separate sighting from a different direction.
Later that night an amber red ghost like form was sighted moving across
the sky. I am a trained observer. My profession is to observe even the
"smallest" morphological structures of the human cell under the
microscope. Thanks to Peter Davenport NUFORC Director www.uforeports.com.
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- UNITED KINGDOM UFO SIGHTINGS INCREASE SUFFOLK -- Philip
Mantle writes two recent UFO sightings were passed to me via the Ministry
of Defence in London. The first took place June 4 or 5th involving Mr.
C. a senior university lecture who was driving along the M11 motorway at
1:15 AM with his mother. They both observed a rectangular object ascend,
remain stationary, and then 'disappear'. This object had four beams of
light shinning down from it and lit up the night like day. Mr. C. pulled
his car over, stopped, but there was no noise from this low level object.
He informed me today that he has flown in helicopters and airplanes and
he could not identify this object as either of these. Other drivers slowed
down and had witnessed the same thing. To his surprise, he later learned
that his brother had seen the same UFO in the same area in the daylight
a few hours earlier. Mr. C's bother described the object as being rectangular
with four 'landing' legs sticking out with dark lines running along it.
The National UFO Research Association for the UK is investigating these
sightings. Thanks to: Philip Mantle pmquest@dial.pipex.com, www.beyondroswell.com
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- UFOs FILMED IN LONDON: UFO Magazine in its current issue
reports multiple sightings and filming of UFO's in April. The magazine,
which carries an online version at www.ufomag.co.uk, said, "London
resident Christopher Martin, filmed four separate UFO incidents in 90 minutes."
The UFOs are of the 'sphere' similar to those recorded so often in Mexico."
Aircraft are visible in the same airspace as these strange objects and
the third of the four events is really quite unusual. GRIMSBY, YORKSHIRE
-- The BBC Radio Humberside carried this report of a UFO sighting. Investigator
Chris Evers interviewed the 43-year-old family man who took a video of
strange lights on May 21, 2000. Mr. Z had gone for a drive with his dog
and noticed a white orange light in the twilight sky below the cloud ceiling
at 9:20 PM. He found a vantage point on the road near Spurn Point and
started filming. On the 50-second video footage, there is a pale yellow
light moving in a southerly direction towards Lincolnshire at 50 degrees
elevation. The camera is a SANYO with a built in focus and Mr. Z states
that he struggled trying to focus the light into a sharp point because
it was moving and changing shape. Only Arcturus and Spica were in the
sky and are unlikely to have been seen through the clouds. Mr. Z. is adamant
that what he saw was not a helicopter, aircraft, or planet. He contacted
the local BBC as a way of showing his mates he was serious despite their
ridicule. Thanks to Chris Evers, Editor UFO, Faster Than Light Magazine
chrishufos@hufos1.karoo.co.uk
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- SOUTH LITTLETON -- Sky-gazing security guard Jim Brace
is convinced he saw an enormous UFO and will not change his mind. The
29-year-old was on patrol at the Unipart Depot in near Evesham, just before
midnight on Monday when he saw a huge object in the sky. He then watched
it for the best part of an hour. Mr. Brace, who said he did not believe
in UFOs until the incident, said: "It was partly cloudy and this thing
just gradually appeared. It looked like a plate, with small domes dotted
all over it." Apart from ringing the police and my firm about it,
I watched it the whole time. " It was going round in circles every
five minutes." Evesham police would look into the report that an
advertising air balloon may have been in the area at the time." Jim
said: "I've never seen anything like it and probably never will again.
" It was massive and impossible to put a size on it and it made
no noise. Thanks to SHnSASSY1 http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/scripts/edarticle-p.asp?section=Local+n
ews&ID=46066&source=E AUSTRALIA DISC
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- LAKE GLENMAGGIE IN GIPPSLAND, VICTORIA -- Around June
1, 2000, a couple driving home early evening saw a very bright light shining
down from the sky near Sandy Point Road. Stopping the car to investigate,
they saw a disc above the road, which quickly sped away. These people
are neighbors at our holiday house by the lake. I will be seeing them
next weekend and will check out their story in more detail. If it warrants
a report, you will have it immediately. I have been very interested in
this subject since the mid 1950's. I run my own business in Melbourne.
I'm really looking forward to Filer's Files. Thanks to John Hallowell
vidline@webtime.com.au
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- CONNECTICUT BOLIDE METEOR MISSES AIRPLANE
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- HARTFORD - On May 6, 2000, Robert D. Morningstar the
president and pilot of Morningstar Aerospace was flying his Piper T-Tail
Arrow # N29310 from Hanscom Field, MA. to Caldwell Airport, NJ. They were
flying 20 miles southwest of Hartford when they had an encounter with a
meteor at 9:16 PM. The meteor was also seen by the copilot, Sagar Samrat,
and William Larrea. The pilot filed the following PIREP (Pilot's Report)
with the National Transportation Safety Board: "A brilliant meteor
first appeared just aft of our 9 o'clock position." Due to its apparent
proximity, it manifested the intense luminosity of a noonday sun and first
appeared to be several thousand feet higher than our cruise altitude of
6500 feet approaching rapidly to less than 500 feet away, closing with
us and passing quickly forward of our aircraft. A deep, boiling roar accompanied
its passage throughout our crossing. The meteor sank rapidly, closing
and passing under us while leaving a scorching trail of plasma, airglow
of ionized air, and steam behind it. It changed colors quickly from a
bright acetylene torch-like neon-halogen white plasma with bursts of bright
red from a "ruby ring" around its center, into a variety of intense
emerald greens along the body as it decelerated along the port side passing
below the aircraft. It exuded plasma-like vapors and green fumes of various
hues. It was easy to distinguish luminous white ionized airglow gases trailing
comet-like along its path from emerald and jade green vapors waving wildly
within intense convection currents topside. They rose vertically, dancing
upright as sinuous standing waves. The trail of vapors and its airglow
were so bright that I could see the charred body of the meteor clearly
in stark, black contrast and changing shape from somewhat round to roughly
elliptical. I clearly observed the rippling of 2 and 3 bow waves preceding
and "preparing" its passage. As it fell it appeared to be "boring"
a ringed tunnel through the atmosphere, which I observed by banking the
plane and craning my neck forward into the windshield to see it disappearing
under the Arrow's left wing. I could see the black core within several
rings, rotating, changing diameter, glowing around the red belt with ruby
red nodes flashing like beacons on the back of jumbo jets. An innermost
vortex of molten metal with flaming rings of white airglow gases, green
plasma, vapors around it, trailed a broad, outermost plume of dense black
smoke. The scorching heat of the trail was palpable. Instinctively, I
sought to evade it by using cross-control forces of left bank, right rudder,
and down elevator to bank and sink without turning into its vortex. I
believe that the Arrow could have exploded if the meteor came to close.
I later discovered that the meteor was an "eta Aquarid" meteor
formed by debris left by Halley's Comet. A few nights later, we met with
a visiting member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor Tatiana
Vassilieva and by taxiing and positioning another Piper Aircraft, I was
able use high floodlights in a hanger and other light sources to reassess
my previous estimates of the meteor's distance. In retrospect, I recall
that the exact sequence of the metamorphosis of the meteor's shape and
silhouette was from a still and brilliant round object (Solar Stage), to
a smaller diameter just smaller than a full moon (in Supernova Phase),
dissolving to oval (in the Cometary Phase), disintegrating in diameter
to a tapering egg shape. Finally, the meteor transformed into a somewhat
eccentric oval form rotating in its final plunge (during the Terminal Phase
to landfall). As I was closing on the meteor at 140 knots, the distance
shrank radically during convergence. So one might say that the encounter
was "marginally tangential." Fully tangential would have meant
complete annihilation (but what a way to go!). When I first sighted the
meteor, I thought it was the sun! As it approached, growing smaller, I
thought it was a star exploding. When it was just over a mile away and
still high above our 9 o'clock position, I realized it was a meteor. I
recall another brief impression that a new star had appeared suddenly in
the night sky, perhaps one going "Supernova." It appeared to
be still for a few seconds (meaning that we were momentarily "head-on"
before aerodynamic forces induced a course change). However, the boiling
roar of the clouds and of the atmosphere itself eliminated that possibility.
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- Then, its true and final trajectory became distinctly
defined by the extension of a comet-like, acetylene torch-bright tail (by
the 5th second of observation). It was clear to me that our paths, though
very close, would not intersect. The meteor descended past our altitude
100 feet away at our 10 o'clock position and 75 feet below us at our 11
o'clock when I banked the plane to extend the observation of the "atmospheric
tunneling effect." We probably descended another 150-200 feet after
it in evading the vapors; convection and smoking trail, prolonging the
chase for 3 or 4 more seconds. When I leveled after it had passed below
us, I recall that my altitude was just above 6300 feet whereas at the outset
we had been straight and level at 6500. To my knowledge, this is the first
time anyone has made a Head-on, Side-view, and Tail-on in-flight scientific
observation of a bolide meteor entering the atmosphere to landfall. In
the aftermath of this encounter, I felt it incumbent upon myself to bring
this to public attention. I feel this way especially in view of unsatisfactory
explanations given for recent aviation tragedies, which have occurred in
this area. These are the destruction of TWA 800 on July 17, 1996, and
the crash of a Piper Saratoga on July 16, 1999 piloted by the late John
F. Kennedy Jr. Thanks to Robert D. Morningstar. The Egyptian 990 tragedy
craft may also qualify. Photos and a more detailed version of this report
can be seen on Bruce Cornet's web site at: http://www.monmouth.com/~bcornet/near_miss.htm
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- INTELLIGENCE FAILURES
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- Tim Cooper writes...This article is devoted to the subject
of intelligence failures to recognize and articulate the meaning of surprising
material that often confronts the U.S. intelligence community while assessing
intentions and capabilities of potential hostile enemies. The intelligence
subject of unidentified flying objects (U.F.O.) first investigated by
the Air Force and the Army in the summer of 1947 is an excellent example
of how reliable and credible intelligence was either ignored or held in
denial by upper echelons of the United States military and civilian defense
intelligence agencies. Other examples of intelligence failures are examined
for defining the consistent problems analysts incur when presenting surprising
material to policy decision makers in Pentagon and White House senior
staff positions of the government and why indecisiveness at high levels
often results in failed opportunities to inform and prepare military leadership
for appropriate actions in the defense of the United States. Please see
below for further information, http://home.earthlink.net/~rcollins637/reports/tim_cooper_intel_failures.html
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