- Peter Davenport from the UFO Reporting
Center phoned and stated they had received UFO reports from all over the
United States on Monday and Tuesday nights, April 20 &21, 1998. Reports
were coming in from Phoenix, Arizona, Martinsburg, West Virginia, Austin
and Houston, Texas, Boise, Idaho, Portland, Oregon and the Fresno and
Palmdale, California. The reports are mixed between lights and actual craft
being sighted. A woman in Martinsburg, WV reportedly video taped a craft
and was sending it. Tower operators at Edwards Air Force Base also reported
strange craft near their base. Thanks to the UFO Reporting Center and
Peter Davenport.
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- SEARCHING FOR UFOs
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- Many investigators complain I have not
called them to put them in touch with witnesses who have had a sighting.
Frankly, we do not have enough cases to go around for the thousands of
investigators. However, we have found that a little investigation in your
area will turn up numerous reports. Also if you notify your local newspaper
about your talents they are usually willing to run a story. Then people
read the story and will tend to call you. If your like John Thompson in
LaGrange, Georgia he put a sign in the window of his insurance business
and dozens came to tell about their sightings. John was recently asked
where to find UFOs in his area. John stated, I would try any of the accesses
on the Corp of Engineer sites at West Point Lake. The extreme northern
part of Troup County and South Heard County is the hottest area. But UFOs
have been seen on other parts of the Lake south of there. Brushy Creek
access on Bevis Road between Hwy. 219 and Franklin would be good. On getting
near the Chattahoochee River that is a good spot where we have had several
sightings.
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- The fact is that lakes, rivers and bays
seem to be some of favorite places for UFOs. They are often found near
water. Frequently, they are seen leaving or entering the water or just
trolling above the water. If you have a vista or outlook where you can
see several miles your chance of spotting a UFO is much improved. Once
you have located a good view of the surrounding countryside start out by
learning the local air traffic. In most cases these aircraft will fly
by in a few seconds. However, if you notice a craft loitering in the area
flying lower and slower than is normal, itís a good chance it might
be a UFO. There is another group that flies so fast they are hard to pick
up. A good video camera helps slow down these quick ones. The new digital
cameras also show promise. Now, there are often people who live in the
area and know what is happening. I encourage you to talk to postal workers,
fisherman, police, delivery personnel, and those who live in the vicinity.
If there are no large bodies of water in your area the next most likely
place to see UFOs is around interesting geological formations like Bald
Mountain. It is probably the biggest piece of exposed granite in Alabama.
They seem to like valleys, volcanoes, continental plates, interesting mountains,
even old historic and religious sites. My own first sighting was chasing
one for the Air Force near Stonehenge in England. They also seem to like
to examine our military and nuclear facilities. They are often sighted
near our bases. If you see one hovering over a local base, donít
be surprised if they donít see it, or at least will not admit to
seeing it. I challenge those skeptical scientists to do a little scientific
research and see what they find.
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- WENONAH, NEW JERSEY
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- Lisa Carpenter, 23 was driving home at
0035 AM on April 20, about ten miles south of the Philadelphia Airport
not far from the Delaware River. It was an overcast dark sky with a low
hanging cloud cover. Suddenly she saw four very bright lights shining
down from above. Two lights were the color of green traffic signals and
two were white lights. All the lights were brighter than standard aircraft
landing lights. That in itself seemed very unusual, but as she drove along
they seemed to hover above and in the general vicinity of her car. The
UFO came and moved from a position in front of her car to a position near
her left driverís window. Lisa described the lights as being very
big and coming as close to her as a hundred yards. This didnít
seem like any normal aircraft. She could hear no sound above the softly
playing music on the car radio. She became alarmed. She drove 70 mph
to escape from the object. This craft seemed to be chasing her. She was
very frightened sped up to her house and ran inside. Her boyfriend called
the police and they came and talked to her. One reasonable explanation
was a helicopter with four brilliant lights, but she could not hear any
noise. She is emotionally shaken by the UFO and stated: "I was so
scared I could barely get her key in the door!"
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- Jeremiah Paul Steffen, also from Wenonah,
reports a similar sighting of a UFO several hours after the previous sighting
through E-mail. He wrote that on April 20, 1998, my brotherís girlfriend
was driving home at 2:30 AM this morning. She encountered an object hovering
above her car. Her home is about 1 mile from ours. She called us as soon
as she got home. She was hyperventilating and extremely upset when she
called. That is why I believe she was telling the truth. Note: It's possible
this is confirmation of the first report with a two hour time difference.
The phone number: 609-384-5931 given to us has not answered.
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- A LETTER CONCERNING SHERMAN'S HUGE NEW
JERSEY UFO.
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- Glen Scheper writes, "I just read
the Sam Shermanís Old Bridge, NJ sighting from Filer's Files #15-1998.
I wanted to let you know that Sam's sighting is like mine." <<At
arm's length, it appeared to be about three to four inches long and tubular
in shape. The color was white, but with luminescent color overlaid greenish-blue
tinge. As the sun appeared to be behind it, the object did not appear to
be reflecting the sun's rays, but instead produced its own bright illumination.
This long tubular bright object was moving to the north and threading its
way in the clouds. It eventually was lost behind a dark cloud to the north.
..The object was canted at 100 degrees from the ground. (Correction it
was canted at 10 degrees) Glen states: "This sounds as if it is 100%
identical in appearance and as to that evening storm condition as in my
1982 sighting, which I have written up and thoroughly illustrated at the
following URL: http://www.gentech.com/~employee/glenn/sighting.htm."
Yours truly, Glenn Scheper gscheper@gentech.com.
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- NORTH CAROLINA
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- Stefan Duncan, from AUFON reports on
his continuing sightings at High Rock Lake in the Piedmount Plateau. Upon
reviewing the April 13/14th video of UFO, we can barely detect a triangular
shape with a centered red circle of light in the bottom. There are two
bright beams coming from the frontal edge. This craft continues down the
northern side of the lake heading west. Suddenly, flickers of light --
strobe staccato style, appear behind the object and above it. Slow motion
of the film shows the flicker of light coming from the triangular craft
and a second flicker coming several length sizes away. This second object
continues flight northward as the triangular craft goes west.
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- April 20, 1998, at 9:30 p.m., Stefan
Duncan states, "Soon as I position myself and look toward the eastern
end of the lake from Panterís Point -- I see my reddish UFO! It
is similar to the object I had seen on April 2nd, an object whose light
was a non-blinking reddish/white and gave a glow like the shape of Saturn
if the rings were seen edge on. The tape in video camera jams. This craft
was perhaps a mile further down the lake shore line. It was much smaller
because of distance than the April 2nd sighting. This object rose from
the treetops and hovered for about five minutes and descended. Video camera
is working again. No other electronic disturbances are apparent. Surrounding
lights appear unaffected. At 10:00 p.m. the object rises from the treetops,
but just to the top of the trees and goes no higher. It stays in this
position for about two minutes before descending again. The tape in video
camera jams. At 10:14 p.m., the object rises a third time, but just over
the treetops. It brightens, then goes back to normal glow. After two
minutes, it descends. At its nearest point to us, the craft's shape can
hardly be detected, but upon freezing the frame, it appears now to have
a faint black triangular shape. Underneath and centered is a red light.
Beyond the shoreline where I have observed the UFOs is the Uwharrie Mountains."
Thanks to Stefan Duncan and read the entire text at http://www.aufon.com.
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- DALLAS, TEXAS
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- On Sunday, April 12, 1998, at 11:00 a.m.,
a U.S. Air Force veteran, Mike H., and his family were driving north on
Interstate Highway 35 northwest of Dallas, Texas. As he drove through
the suburb of Farmers Branch, Mike reported, "I spotted a black round-shaped
UFO flying very fast and just below the clouds. The object looked quite
small to me, less than the size of a pencil held at arm's length. But
due to the height, even a large object would look small." At first
Mike said nothing to his family, wondering if the object might be a bird,
but then he realized that "it was flying much too fast" to be
a bird. The motorists kept the UFO in view as they drove past Royal Lane
and L.B. Houston Park, heading for Interstate Highway 635. "The object
was moving faster than we were," Mike reported. "Our vehicle
was moving approximately 65 miles per hour, and the object moved past us
in the same direction and within ten seconds was out of sight." (E-mail
Interview) (Editor's Comment: Ten seconds to the horizon would mean an
estimated speed of 1,440 miles per hour. Thanks to UFO Roundup#16, Joe
Trainor editor)
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- SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA
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- April 22, 1998, MUFON State Section Directors,
Jerry Glass and Cinde Costello, report they received a call on the "Hotline"
from a person who stated she works with the Job Corps. The person
reported at 8:55 PM, that over 50 people witnessed three bright lights
while looking east towards the Big Bear mountain area. When first seen
the lights were bright amber-yellow and appeared to be floating or hovering.
The witness initially thought they may be hang gliders with lights.
The three objects then began move south and changed colors from amber to
bright red. The objects were viewed for ten minutes until they were lost
from view. The witness stated that while only the lights was most prominent.
At a distance she estimated to be one mile, she could make out a wing-like
structure on the objects that she described "like a seagull's wings."
A similar UFO was reported on January 5, 1998 (during the daytime). This
description also matches a wave of sightings that took place in the same
area during 1979. Witnesses included staff, security guards and trainees.
Reports are currently being filed with MUFON SB and an investigation
will follow. Thanks to: Peter A. Gersten, Esq, CAUS and San Bernardino,
MUFON.
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- SOUTH AUSTRALIA
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- The April 1998, National Geographic Magazine
carries a story "Closing the Circle" by Roff Martin Smith, who
rode his bike completely around the Australia. He notes while riding along
the southern coast a large billboard reads: "BEWARE OF UFOs NEXT 111
KILOMETERS WE BORD ON THE UNBELIEVABLE." In 1988, a family driving
across the Nullarbor claimed a flying saucer picked up their car and tossed
it to the side of the road. I could use some help of some friendly aliens
this morning." Thanks to National Geographic Magazine. April 1998.
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- Two UFO sightings were reported near
Adelaide, South Australia on April 2, 1998. At 11:00 p.m., residents of
Mallala," reported sighting a flashing light in the northern sky."
The illumination flashed each time for about 21 seconds, and it was about
70 degrees above the horizon." On April 4, 1998, witnesses near Durrem,
S.A. reported seeing "a large white illumination 'in a holding pattern'
hovering above a paddock at 4 a.m. While the UFO hovered "small red
lights came out of the ground and rose up into the larger illumination."
Thanks to Ross Dowe and the Australia-New Zealand 24-Hour UFO Hotline and
UFO Roundup #15, Joe Trainor editor.)
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- FLYING SAUCER BEING BUILT IN LONG BEACH,
CALIFORNIA
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- A Flying Saucer shaped Science Fiction
Hall of Fame is being built near the Queen Mary. Science fiction fans won't
have to wait until 2001 to experience their own space odyssey. Queen's
Seaport Development, Inc. (QSDI), operators of the popular Queen Mary attraction
in Long Beach, Calif., are building a $30 million, first-of-its-kind Science
Fiction Hall of Fame (SFHF) on the 45-acre property adjacent to the Queen
Mary. Shaped to resemble a massive flying saucer, the 100,000-square foot
facility is scheduled to open in early 2000, with projected attendance
of more than one million per year. Interactive exhibits and immersive activities
will feature state-of-the-art technology and special effects to showcase
science fiction, fantasy and horror in film, television, and graphic arts.
Science fiction works have made their way into the cultural lexicon,"
said Joseph F. Prevratil, president, QSDI. "Is there anyone who wouldn't
recognize Darth Vader? Hasn't everyone, at some time, said ëBeam
me up Scottie.' Prevratil noted that while the term "hall of fame"
conjures up images of static museum exhibits, this facility will be anything
but that, using video, audio, light, computer graphics, live presentations
and special guest appearances to engage visitors in a journey befitting
the exciting world of science, married with the future. "Whether
they are conversing with a holographic science fiction hero, creating their
own comic book or `starring' in a famous sci-fi scene, visitors to the
Science Fiction Hall of Fame will be part of the action, directing their
own unique adventure each time they visit," he said. Plans for the
SFHF include opportunities to experience virtually every genre of science
fiction in the facility's imposing entry/arrival zone, pre-show theaters
and five interest areas, covering television, graphics, film, authors,
and science fiction heroes. Corporate sponsors who recognize the broad
appeal of science fiction, are also being approached for cross-promotions,
as well as partnerships. Leading filmmakers, authors, artists and aficionados
will be invited to sit on the Hall of Fame's advisory board. Prevratil
indicated that an announcement of board members might take place in conjunction
with the facility's August 1998 groundbreaking. A selection committee
will also announce the first inductees to the SFHF at a gala event in November
of this year. To be eligible for induction, nominees must have made outstanding
contributions in the arts and sciences of science fiction, based upon
cumulative contributions or achievements, or a singular and extraordinary
contribution or achievement. Furthermore, a candidate must also have a
body of work spanning a minimum of 20 years. A series of television specials
honoring the genre and its pioneers is in production and will be presented
under the auspices of SFHF. The first special will showcase women in science
fiction and is scheduled for production late this year. Prevratil noted
that fans will also be able to help preserve memorabilia and honor icons
of science fiction through tiered sponsorships ($25+). The non-profit foundation
is being formed to assist in securing artifacts from around the world and
developing appropriate educational programs. Thanks to AOL News and Chaser
910.
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- RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
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- Carlos Amazonas reports: "We saw
little black and silver points, exactly six objects at 1:00 p.m. on December
28, 1997. They made acrobatics in the sky. The UFOs flew up and down,
zigzagging very fast. We filmed it and they were so fast that we could
only see them well in slow motion on the videocassette player. Thanks
to: John C. Thompson ISUR Sighting Report Carlos Amazonas, Ewald@unikey.com.
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- UNITED KINGDOM
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- Richard Porter from Mansfield, Woodhouse
reports a sighting at 23:30 on April 15, 1998. He saw a low flying UFO
with 3 very bright lights at the front moving very slow. It made no sound
until after it past when we heard a very deep rumbling sound, unlike any
plane he had ever heard. When overhead the 3 lights turned off and we could
see 4 red lights in a diamond shape. Richard said, "I saw the same
object again last Wednesday. If there is a reasonable explanation for this
sighting, please e-mail me because I know a bit about planes. I know of
nothing that would have looked, moved, or sounded like what I saw. He
had a similar sighting about 1.5 years ago. Thanks to John Thompson and
ISUR.
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- MAJIC MJ-12
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- Reference your article on MJ-12 in Filerís
Files #14. We were informed back in '87 that the Air Force and others used
Nuclear Weapons programs to hide this UFO stuff. MJ-12 used programs such
as this plus the "Office of Disaster Preparedness" now FEMA as
covers for itself. Back in the eighties then President Reagan and Vice
President Bush reportedly made regular trips to the Manzano Weapons Storage
Facility for briefings on this "Alien" subject. I saw a few
of those small 737 size shuttle airplanes parked on the back ramp at Kirtland
AFB many a time. bob c
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- Joel Carpenter writes: "I strongly
doubt this explanation of the MAJIC name. I think it was simply a term
that was invented when the MJ-12 documents were faked, a play on the famous
"MAGIC" codeword for WWII decrypts of the Japanese codes. The
REAL Manhattan Project "Project Y" was the Oak Ridge gaseous
diffusion isotope separation plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. It had nothing
to do with the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project (AFSPW) in New Mexico
or the Avro saucer project. Project Y was so named by John Frost, the
Canadian saucer designer, because it was a step beyond "X," more
impressive than the other X-planes. (See Richard Rhodes' book on the development
of the A-bomb for details of the nuclear Project Y.) As for the alleged
meaning of MAJIC -- the Manhattan Engineering District was a component
of the Army Corps of Engineers, and the term was dropped after WWII. So
it seems not too believable that it would be used in connection with the
AFSWP, which was Air Force-managed. And why would the term "JCS"
have anything to do with AFSWP? I think he just needed a word that began
with "J" to put in there. The other factor is that MAJIC as
used in the MJ-12 documents is clearly a codeword for a security compartment,
not the name of an organization. This is silly -- it's like classifying
a document "Top Secret-NORAD." Secrecy compartment codes are
always five-letter words, i.e., UMBRA, THUMB, CANOE, MAGIC, FROTH, etc.
MAJIC was obviously supposed to be the same thing.
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- From "US Nuclear Weapons: The Secret
History," by Chuck Hansen: "Formal engineering development of
the Mk 4 [nuclear weapon] started on August 2, 1945, with the establishment
of Z Division, or the Ordnance Engineering Division, at Los Alamos. Z
Division was an offshoot of the wartime E Division at Los Alamos. E Division
had been formed to study and develop bomb fuses, the uranium gun for Little
Boy, and implosion systems. Z Division was to conduct bomb engineering
and production, chiefly concerned with airplane and ballistic problems,
and replace a wartime group known as project W-47 at Wendover Field, near
Salt Lake City, Utah. By this time, the Manhattan Project had acquired
a small airfield (formerly an Army Air Forces Base called Sandia Base)
near Albuquerque, New Mexico; Z Division was to be assigned its own airplanes
and use of a large Army Base at Kirtland Field near Albuquerque. The new
division was barely organized before the war ended.... One of the first
tasks of Z Division was to redesign the Fat Man from a sound engineering
point of view....In the fall of 1945, Z Division transferred W-47 activities
to Oxnard Field (Sandia Base) near Albuquerque. Several buildings were
available, along with explosives magazines and assembly areas. Nearby
Kirtland Field was used to base the B-29 squadron required for aircraft
compatibility and drop test programs. Z Division was consolidated at Sandia
Base in Feb. 1947. On April 1, 1948, Z Division of LASL [Los Alamos Scientific
Laboratories] became the Sandia Branch of LASL. During 1946-1947, Z Division
at Los Alamos studied the possibility of creating a penetrating weapon
to pierce armored ship decks, underground bunkers, and heavily- reinforced
submarine pens ." Histories of Z Division are available: "Z-
Division Progress Report, 18 July 1947 -- 18 Aug. 1947," LAMS-607,
26 Aug.1947, Los Alamos Scientific Labs, Los Alamos, NM From the "US
Nuclear Weapons Databook, Vol. III: US Nuclear Warhead Facility Profiles"
the history of Sandia. Labs: Thanks to: Joel Carpenter.
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- Send your letters and reports to George
Filer at Majorstar@aol.com.
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