- ARTHUR CLARKE ALSO SEES LIFE ON MARS
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- Arthur Clarke is known for spinning elaborate, visionary
tales of futures that might be, none more famous than "2001: A Space
Odyssey." But according to Clarke, the real 2001 has some pretty unbelievable
things to offer. "I'm fairly convinced that we have discovered life
on Mars," Clarke told Space.com Sunday as Buzz Aldrin listened. "There
are some incredible photographs from [the Jet Propulsion Laboratory], which
to me are pretty convincing proof of the existence of large forms of life
on Mars! Have a look at them. I don't see any other interpretation."
Thanks to Space.com: http://www.space.com/peopleinterviews/clarke_believe_010227.html
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- Editor's Note: Since 1997, I have expressed my belief
that Mars images show evidence of life on our neighboring planet. I suggest
if a panel of experts were shown the evidence they would also conclude
that life once existed on Mars.
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- NEW YORK DIAMOND SHAPED OBJECT
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- FISHKILL -- The witness reports three bright white lights
crossed I-84 and headed west paralleling the highway towards Hudson River
on February 22, 2001. Where the highway crests a ridge and drops into
a valley there is a panoramic view so I scanned the sky for lights, and
saw the usual assortment of recognizable aircraft lights at 8:15 PM. However,
I saw a group of three very white bright lights in a straight line, close
enough to each other that my initial reaction was that they couldn't be
separate aircraft. They were also much lower than aircraft in the area
typically fly. As I continued west, I tried to gauge the object's motion
relative to mine. It made a banking maneuver which carried it across the
highway directly in front of me, a 1/4 mile away, and only a couple of
hundred feet up at most. Though it was night, there was more than enough
ambient lighting so I could see it's bottom, which was a black diamond
shape, with three bright white lights across it.
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- There were no discernable wings - it was as though I
was looking at a large, black kite. Two of the lights were at opposite
points of the diamond, with the third in the middle. Since the object
was banked over, the three lights were in a vertical line. The object
continued it's turn, then leveled out at treetop height and continued westbound
towards the Hudson River, paralleling the highway but on the other side
from me. I called my girlfriend who lives two miles from my position intending
to ask her to go outside and look for the object. When she answered, she
started telling me that she was watching an object from the house. We
agreed that it was the same craft, and she was able to view it for a couple
minutes. She had initially noticed it through the living room window,
due to it's bright, unusually configured lights and low altitude. Having
spent five years in the Air Force with a keen interest and familiarity
with most types of aircraft, I know that what I saw was not a conventional
aircraft nor were its flight characteristics. Even if it was a military
aircraft from Stewart AFB nearby, I can't understand why it would fly so
low over an interstate highway, then descend to treetop level and parallel
the road. Thanks to Peter Davenport Director NUFORC www.ufocenter.co
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- MARYLAND FIRE IN THE SKY
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- MOUNT AIRY -- Saturday, March 2, 2001, Erik was walking
his dog at around 12:50 AM when he thought he saw the moon, but then realized
it was a flaming light in the sky. It was about 1 to 2 miles away, not
to high in the sky. The flaming got more intense lighting up the sky in
the area. The light then formed into a horizontal light form and then
slowly (over the course of about 2 minutes) faded out. Several cars turning
down the road at this time were probably trying to get a closer look.
Eric's sister saw something similar in the past year. It was too still
to be a plane, too big and fiery to be a helicopter. It was like fireworks
hovering in the sky for 5 to 10 minutes. Thanks to Eric D. and billbean@ufoman.ne
contact@mgroove.net
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- NORTH CAROLINA HOVERING
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- LAKE JUNALUSKA --On February 26, 2001, at 5:35 PM, Jade
Moon writes, "I was headed south on Highway 209, from Crabtree when
I saw a white dot in the southwestern sky that was not moving. By the
time I reached the bridge that crossed over I-40, I noticed that the dot
in the sky at 10 o'clock was fading fast, but almost instantly another
had appeared at 4 o'clock. Several sightings of cigar shaped objects have
occurred over Lake Junaluska in the past.
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- I traveled another 50 yards south, and by the time I
had reached the Citgo truck stop, both objects had disappeared. There
was no sound and nor jet stream, as any aircraft would have left in the
sky. My 8 year old daughter did not look quick enough to see the first
object, but she also verified the sighting of the second object. You may
feel free to post this report. Thanks to: Jade Moon jademoon68@earthlink.net
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- ILLINOIS FLYING LIGHTS CONTINUE
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- ROCKFORD -- On Saturday February 10, 2001, my wife and
I were driving eastbound in Rockford when at 10:25 PM a formation of lights
in the sky caught my wife's attention. She asked me what it was? I had
no clue either, but we noticed that we were not the only ones seeing it
because most people were pulling over on the side of the street to take
a good look of the lights, which were traveling in a southwest direction.
We pulled over in a Restaurant's parking lot, and we noticed all the patrons
at that restaurant were outside watching those lights, despite the cold
temperature which must have been on the teens. The lady standing next
to me theorized that they were some kind of memorial lanterns lit up and
launched from a nearby hospital and that were being carried by the wind.
However it was interesting to see that the lights were shifting positions
very slowly and it was interesting to see that at the end of the sighting
one of the lights started traveling in the opposite direction as the other
lights. This event was also on Fire scanner channels and observed by fire
personnel. The sighting was also reported on local TV, station. All units
moved at various speeds and direction.
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- COLORADO UFO WITH STUBBY WINGS
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- MOFFAT -- Christopher O'Brien reports, "Tony,"
his wife and their young child were traveling east on County Rd T, on
March 2, 2001, when they observed "a small cigar-shaped UFO flying
south toward Blanca Peak. The craft was the size of a Cessna plane. At
first we thought it was a small plane but it didn't have a [vertical stabilizer]
tail," and they noted it was "traveling too slowly to be a conventional
plane." The witnesses estimated the object was less than 1/4- mile
away and was flying at an altitude of "100 feet." The craft flew
by the front of their car for about ten seconds when, to their surprise,
"it blinked out" and disappeared. "We couldn't believe
our eyes--it just vanished." The craft was "dull silver"
in color and noted it may have had "stubby little wings" extending
out from the fuselage. At the time of their sighting there was no wind
and the sky was clear over the valley floor with some broken clouds over
the Sangre de Cristo Mountains which are located 15-miles to the east of
the sighting location. They did not discern a cupola or cockpit or see
any identifying markings nor was there any sound. Seconds after the fly-by
"Tony" who is normally quiet and low -- key excitedly called
Chris on his cell-phone to file their sighting report. Thanks to Christopher
O'Brien author of The Mysterious Valley (St Martins Press)
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- OREGON DISC SIGHTING AFTER FIFTY TWO YEARS
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- ROGUE RIVER -- Dr. Bruce Macabbee writes, "Last
week in Filer's Files #9 you wrote: In one of the best reports I've received
recently a former SR-71 Air Force Crew Chief phoned to tell me he and his
family of four had a witnessed a disc shaped UFO outside their home around
8:30 PM on both February 21st, and 22nd, 2001. It started when he noticed
a bright light at the top of the mountain behind his home The mention
of Rogue River caught my attention because one of the most credible sightings
of all time occurred there in May, 1949. The story is told in Chapter
10 of THE UFO/FBI CONNECTION." Very briefly, a pancake- shaped object
with a single small vertical fin was observed by three men and two women
while they were in a fishing boat on the Rogue River near Gold Beach, Oregon.
It was late afternoon on a clear day, May 24, while they were scanning
the river looking for fish jumping that they noticed the object approaching
from the northeast. It stopped moving and hovered about east of their
location for several minutes. During this time two of the men, who were
employees of the Ames Research Laboratory near San Francisco, were able
to look through 8X binoculars each man having about a minute of viewing
time. To the naked eye it looked like a coin seen obliquely, but in the
binoculars it resolved to a thick pancake shape and the surface looked
"wrinkled and dirty." It should be obvious that under such
excellent viewing conditions any ordinary aircraft shape or balloon shape
would have been clearly obvious (if you can see an object well to see
surface details you can certainly see the overall shape). While one of
the men was watching this object rotated on its vertical axis and then
accelerated away to the southeast. They estimated that it achieved the
speed of a jet in a few seconds, all with no noise.
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- What sets this sighting apart from other "run of
the mill," multiple witness, daylight sightings under optimum viewing
conditions is what happened.... or didn't happen afterward. The witnesses
did not tell the local paper, the radio or TV. In fact there is no evidence
they told anyone EXCEPT the _security office _ at Ames Research Laboratory.
Their report began an investigation into the sighting by officers of the
Air Force Office of Special Investigation. The investigation involved
interviews with all the witnesses and interviews with acquaintances of
the Ames employees. The investigation showed that the witnesses were
credible and probably very accurate in their report. The specific description
of the shape and dynamics of the object make it clear that this is either
the "real thing".... a flying saucer/craft not made by humans
or a hoax. But I reject the hoax explanation because anyone who has a
job that requires a security clearance, as at Ames Research Laboratory,
will not (unless he is totally crazy) try to hoax the security office where
he works. (Loss of clearance = loss of job) This case is listed as one
of the 12 best unknown sightings between 1947 and 1952 by the Battelle
Memorial Institute in the so-called Special Report #14 of Project Blue
Book. There are further details and the results of my own investigation
presented in the UFO/FBI book. The book can be purchased on-line at Amazon
or Barnes and Noble and is in ookstores, published by Llewellyn in May,
2000. Thanks to Bruce Macabbee.
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- CHILE, PILOTS SPOT GIANT SILVER SAUCER
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- ANTOFAGASTA -- Two airborne jetliners spotted a giant
silver UFO hovering at an altitude of 60,000 feet near the city of Antofagasta
in Northern Chile around 11:00 AM on February 16, 2001. News reports indicate
that a high altitude silver colored balloon had been released earlier and
may have been responsible for the sightings. The object had been tracked
by radar and was identified as a small silver object west of El Loa's provincial
capital. Thanks to Scott Corrales
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- AUSTRALIA MORE SEE STRANGE OBJECTS
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- The Border Watch Newspaper, February 27, 2001, reports
of an unidentified flying objects along the southeast Coast line last week
have increased. Four people sitting in a car near Port MacDonnell lighthouse
last Tuesday night described what they believe was a UFO. Their sighting
has been verified by two more people. The object was flying in the vicinity
of Victoria and towards the ocean. Their descriptions of the "Alien
Machine are virtually identical to two sightings near Port MacDonnell light
house, the other near Mumbannar. They described, "A large white hazy
object in the sky, which moved at incredible speed when not moving slowly
or stationary." People traveling in a car at 12:40 AM last Tuesday
night saw the object near Mumbannar. Their description matches that of
the separate sightings at Port McDonnell and seems to describe an object
which-moved in a huge arc across the sea then inland. It was moving at
varying speeds, then just disappeared in a flash. The Victorian people
who phoned us said they had contacted the weather bureau but there was
no balloon activity. The motorists said the object was round, large white
and surrounded by a haze. The five people who saw the object at Port MacDonnell
are convinced they saw a UFO and were "quite freaked out" Thanks
to Trevor Raynor and Diane Harrison National Director of The Australian
UFO Research Network Australian Skywatch Director
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- UNITED KINGDOM ORANGE LIGHTS
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- Roger Kennedy writes, "I was just reading your article
about orange lights over Australia." I was visiting the site because
at about 6:50 (GMT) five orange lights flew above our home in Fleetwood,
England. The lights began as an orange color and progressed to yellow
before disappearing. They were arranged in a V formation and one light
always maintained the "wingman" position. They changed this
position into what looked like a half swastika, they then returned to form
a V shape, the lights gradually changed shape and color and finally disappeared,
wingman last. At first I thought they must be plains, but 3 interesting
things changed my mind. 1/ they made no sound, we get loads of planes
overhead and they are always loud, 2/They were flying too slow. we get
lots of helicopters too, and they are faster than these lights, 3/When
I tried to take a photo of the lights, nothing showed up on the viewfinder.
I was just wondering if you have heard of anything like this. Thanks
to: R. Kennedy rogerk@rogerk.screaming.net
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- AIRLINE PILOTS OFTEN SEE UFOs
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- Jennifer writes, "Just thought you'd like to know,
A few years ago, my neighbor, a Delta Airlines captain, said he had seen
several "things" he couldn't explain over the years but he never
reported them because it is well-known among the commercial pilots that
one would be branded a nut and "looney." He would be taken off
active duty for a period of time while he (not the incident) were investigated.
"not worth it," he stated. Thanks to Jennifer Brown-Jacobs
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- NEW MEXICO: NSA FACILITY/MANZANO WEAPONS STORAGE AREA
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- SANDIA BASE -- Robert Collins writes, "The National
Security Agency Facility located at the entrance to the Coyote Canyon area
of Sandia Base, in Albuquerque played a significant role in the Paul Bennewitz
UFO affair." The Kirtland AFB, AFOSI office began investigating in
October 1981, and ending in August 1983. Both NSA and the FBI were said
to have carried on the investigation till 1985. What reportedly got NSA
involved in the first place was Paul Bennewitz beaming radio transmissions
at the Manzano Weapons Storage area: Right away this was a security issue
since at the time Manzano was the home of 17,000 + tactical nuclear weapons.
Added comments, nuclear weapons facilities were often reportedly used
to hide UFO related artifacts and then President Reagan and Vice President
Bush made frequent trips to Manzano during Reagan's presidency to view
UFO exhibits. Please see http://home.sprintmail.com/~rigoletto/reports/nsa_facility_sandia_base.htm
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- NEW JERSEY GREAT UFO CONGRESS 2001
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- BORDENTOWN -- March 31 and April 1 at the Days Inn on
Route 206 at the NJ Turnpike Exit #7. Jan Aldrich will talk about his
Project 1947 investigations, Don Ecker will discuss the Dark Side of the
Moon, Viki Ecker's talk concerns "In Search of the Secret Keepers,"
Dolores Cannon discusses The Soul, Between Death and Life, Richard Cassaro
will speak on the truth concerning Ancient Egypt, , Bob Durant's talk is
about The Ramey Memo, and Nancy Talbot talk is on the Physical Evidence
regarding plants, soils at crop formation sites. Call Pat Marcatillio for
reservations at 609 631-8955
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- NEW NASA SHUTTLE VIDEO OF UFOs IN SPACE
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- Jeff Challender has prepared a new tape of various UFOs
that were caught on recent Shuttle video footage. Jeff has over an hour
long tape of UFOs shot in space. Jeff spends hundreds of hours watching
the shuttle broadcasts from space and is now an expert on NASA missions
and even those onboard the shuttle are unlikely to see what Jeff does.
Using Jeff's directions you will be able to learn the difference between
space junk, ice crystals and real UFOs. I feel confident we could go into
a court of law and convince any jury that there are UFOs moving at high
speed around the Earth. Send $25 to: Jeff Challender 2768 Mendel Way -
Sacramento, California 95833-2011
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