- UFOs have been reported in New Jersey, Maryland, Georgia,
Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, United Kingdom, Spain, Norway,
and Italy. Large areas of the Midwest and Europe report seeing slow moving
bright streaks in the sky. Satellites continue to pick up uncorrelated
targets each day that may include UFOs.
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- EXPLOSIONS ON THE MOON
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- Astronomers observed flashes and explosions on the Moon
during the 2001 Leonid meteor storm, indicating meteoroids were hitting
the lunar surface. Like Earth, the Moon plowed through comet
Tempel-Tuttle's
debris field on November 18th," says Bill Cooke of the NASA Marshall
Space Flight Center. But, unlike Earth, the Moon doesn't have an atmosphere
where meteoroids harmlessly disintegrate." Instead, lunar Leonids
hit the ground and explode. Using 8-inch telescopes equipped with video
cameras, David Dunham in Maryland and Tony Cook in Virginia independently
recorded the flash -- a double confirmation. "We estimate it was
as least as bright as a 4th magnitude star." Flashes and lights on
the Moon have been recorded for centuries. At least 6 Leonids hitting
the Moon in 1999 caused explosions bright enough to be seen from
Earth.
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- Reports of bright lunar Leonids two years ago puzzled
many scientists. Their calculations suggested that a Leonid hitting the
Moon would need to mass hundreds of kilograms to produce an explosion
visible
through backyard telescopes. Yet there was little evidence for such
massive
fragments in the Leonid debris stream. Hundred-kilogram meteoroids hitting
Earth's atmosphere would produce sensational fireballs, brighter than any
sky watchers actually saw. Jay Melosh, a planetary scientist at the
University
of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Lab teamed up with Ivan Nemtchinov, a
Russian physicist skilled in computer simulations of thermonuclear
explosions.
"Leonid impacts aren't as potent as a nuclear warhead, but they are
powerful. They hit the Moon traveling 72 km/s or 160,000 mph. The energy
per unit mass in a Leonid strike is 10,000 times greater than a blast of
TNT." Using computer programs designed to study bomb blasts, Melosh
and Nemtchinov discovered that Leonids didn't have to be so massive to
produce flashes. Impactors massing only 1 to 10 kg could do the job.
because much of the ground within a few meters of the impact point would
be vaporized, and a cloud of molten rock would billow out of a growing
crater. "At first the cloud would be opaque and very hot, between
50,000 K and 100,000 K," explains Melosh. Milliseconds after the
initial blast, the cloud would expand to a few meters in diameter and cool
to 13,000 K. That's the critical moment," he says, "when the
vapor becomes optically thin (transparent); then, all the photons rush
out and we can see a flash of light from Earth." Thanks to Space
Weather at http://www
.spaceweather.com/meteors/gallery_18nov01_page2.html
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- NEW JERSEY BOOMERANG SHAPED
OBJECT
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- NEW BRUNSWICK -- The witness
reports that, "While watching the Leonids meteor shower on November
18, 2001, I noticed a boomerang shaped object flying directly above me
at 5:05 AM." It made no sound and had no lights. The surface
appeared
smooth, with no visible engine or tailfin. I couldn't make out the color,
but it appeared flat or matte, possibly gray. The altitude of the object
is difficult to gauge but based on the size, speed, and wingspan, from
my perspective, it was larger than a 747, traveling 300 to 600 mph at under
10,000 feet. It looked like a giant boomerang, flat with a narrow
fuselage/wings.
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- MARYLAND FLYING TRIANGLES
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- ANNAPOLIS -- The witness
set his alarm for 4:30 AM on November 18, 2001, to meet some friends to
watch the Leonid meteor shower. Going out on the balcony, I saw three
meteoroids almost immediately. I excitedly phoned my friends and when
I looked outside again, I saw two large luminous Flying Triangles over
the houses and trees. Flying in formation they headed south. At first
I related the illumination to the meteor shower, but when I looked directly
at the objects an instinct kicked in that these were NOT shooting stars,
and I was witnessing something incredible. I live a block and a half away
from the Naval Academy and I am used to Navy flyovers, Blue Angels, etc.
THIS WAS DIFFERENT. The Flying Triangles did not project light to the
ground; they themselves were yellowish, white light. Their edges were
not sharp; they were slightly rounded with the glow of the light. They
appeared to be flying in formation - points facing down, close together,
on a diagonal. Together, they were about the size of a half moon. Their
movement was fluid and quick and they were SILENT. I was only able to
watch the objects for 7 seconds and soon after they disappeared, I heard
a boat horn sound twice quickly indicating they may have seen the same
thing. I met my friends and told them I was sure I had seen UFOs. They
reacted with friendly skepticism, but I saw the triangles again in the
southeast corner of the sky. I sat up, pointed, and said, "Look!!!
There they are!!!" One friend was able to see them much farther
away. Just before they disappeared, one triangle broke out of formation
and darted ahead. Thanks to Peter Davenport Director of the National
Reporting
Center www.ufocenter.com.
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- GEORGIA SILENT GREEN LIGHT TRAVELING
AT AN UNBELIEVABLE SPEED
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- STATESBORO -- On November
17, 2001, three witnesses were outside to see if the reported meteor shower
had begun. While looking off into the southern horizon, I noticed a green
light at about 10:00 PM. At first it was a white light that slowly changed
to a light green color. There were no Flashing lights or red lights, as
associated with aircraft. In addition, the light stayed on a straight
path, and was seen for miles. The light also was moving at a speed, which
seemed out of the norm for local jet fighters. There was no sound with
the object which made me think it might have been an "early
meteor,"
but as the object continued into the distance, I noticed there was no dust
trail as seen with meteor's. In addition, the object did not appear to
be "Burning" or a "Fireball." The light continued
into the distance until it became to small to see.
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- AUGUSTA -- On November 19,
2001, the witness reports seeing a chevron shaped object move from the
north to south at 5:30 AM. Its movement caught my eye. It had a 'V' shaped
bank of white lights the same color as the stars. The rear lights seemed
to be offset a little. It had no aircraft type of lighting on it and made
no sound. The lights were perfectly round, like domes. Could not see
any shape but the v shape pattern of the lights. I have seen this type
of object on many of the UFO shows. Thanks to NUFORC www.ufocenter.com
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- OHIO BRIGHT ORANGE LIGHTS
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- SOUTH WEBSTER -- On November
15, 2001, the witness and a coworker saw burnt orange objects in the
northeastern
sky at 6:29 PM. Virtually the same object was also spotted on May 31.
We first saw a single burnt orange light in the northern sky. It was
there only about 20 seconds or so then went out. Then in about a minute
it was visible slightly left of its first location. After about three
minutes, we saw one, then two, and then three objects in the northwest.
They had the same shape, color, and brightness. We were shocked because
we thought we would never see this again. The sky was crystal clear and
no moon was visible. Objects were about at 45 degree's from horizon. There
were jets in the area but at a much higher altitude. Alternatively, so
they seemed. No sounds were heard. I have been watching the sky since
I was a small boy and I have never saw anything like this. Thanks to Peter
Davenport NUFORC
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- KENTUCKY BRIGHT ORANGE
LIGHTS
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- RIBOLT -- On November 15,
2001, at 5:55 PM a MUFON member reports seeing a very bright orange light
with what appeared to be four refraction lines radiating from it, similar
to the headlight of an airliner. A second, identical, light appeared to
the left and slightly up from the first. It appeared as if two planes
were in extreme proximity to each other. We stopped the truck (expecting
to see a plane crash) and I opened the truck door and looked right at the
two lights and then saw four to six more identical lights appear in
succession
to the left and below the second light, almost evenly spaced and forming
a semi circle as the last one or two lights appeared heading back to the
right. The light positions remained static, with no change or movement,
and the lights remained steady with no flickering. As I grabbed my camera,
all of the lights disappeared. The lights were much bigger and brighter
than any star and we saw several airplanes as we continued our trip and
none of the plane lights remotely resembled what we saw. A friend said
she saw similar lights at her farm in the far southeastern part of this
county about a month ago and she was relieved that we saw what we did.
There was no sound. RINGGOLD ((NUFORC Note: Please see report from
Ringgold,
OH, for same date, and same approximate time.
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- MICHIGAN LIGHTS
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- OTTER LAKE, FOSTORIA --
Heather
Power's reported to Skywatch International that she was in her living room
on December 3, 2001, when her daughter ran out of her room and said.
"Mom
its back." I went to the bay window at 6:45 PM, and I spotted it
almost immediately. It was a bright light hovering high in the sky, but
different from a star. I grabbed my binoculars and was astounded, because
it was brighter than all the stars that were out. This is the second
sighting
of this kind. My daughter and I saw something similar about a month ago,
so we decided to keep watching, hoping to see it again. Our house is on
a bare hill on 4 acres, with a large bay window facing south. There is
open field around our house, and few trees, it is ideal to view the night
sky. I viewed this object hovering for about 3 minutes. It appeared to
be cross shaped, with the center being the brightest. As I was watching
it taking mental notes, it appeared, and at that instant, other duller
(not as bright) objects began to appear and disappear all around the area
the first one had been. My daughter is 13 years old, and she is somewhat
afraid when we see these lights. Thanks to Bill Hamilton of Skywatch
International
skywatch_discussion@yahoogroups.com.
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- MINNESOTA FIVE BRONZE COLORED,
ELLIPTICAL SHAPED OBJECTS
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- MAPLEWOOD -- The witness
reports he saw five figures in a formation soar on November 19, 2001.
They were bronze in color, and elliptical in shape. Their sides came to
a point, rather than just rounded. All looked to be the same size. The
formation they were flying was similar to a Less Than sign (<). They
were traveling towards the southeast at 11:45 PM and being a pilot myself,
I would guestemate around 40,000 feet. The sky was clear. I watched them
from about a 60-degree sky position from my right side, to about a
30-degree
sky position on my left side. They flew virtually overhead. I saw no
other lights, nothing flashing, just the steady bronze color. I heard
no sounds from them, but at that altitude you probably wouldn't. There
were no trailing streams of light coming from them. I know the Leonid
Meteor shower has been going on, but with meteor showers, the light goes
extremely fast, has a trail of light, and is generally really bright.
These lights could not be meteors. There is not a great amount of military
aircraft around here. The objects I saw were traveling three times as fast
as an airliner in cruise. I'm not sure how fast our military aircraft
can go, but it was impressive whatever it was. Thanks to Peter Davenport
NUFORC www.ufocenter.com
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- MIDWEST SPACE DEBRIS ENTERS
ATMOSPHERE
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- On Saturday night, December 1st, around 10:15 PM CST,
a sensational fireball glided over at least seven states in the US Midwest.
Airline pilots and passengers had a terrific view, while automobile
traffic
stopped. Emergency phone lines were jammed. There were about eight
slow-moving
fiery yellow objects moving across the night sky. Police and television
stations from Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, reported seeing the
streaks
in the sky.
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- Sam Sherman the President of Independent International
Pictures saw the CNN broadcast video of the streaks of brilliant light
moving across the sky from Nebraska to Texas. He and several people who
observed the video felt their was more than debris breaking up and there
was also a slow moving craft of some sort visible among the 30 balls of
light. NORAD announced that moving from the southwest to northeast pieces
of a Proton rocket had disintegrated in Earth's atmosphere. NORAD has
had a sudden increase in the number of uncorrelated targets reaching one
hundred a day. Correlated targets are those contained in NORAD Computer
Data Banks. Uncorrelated are essentially unknown objects in space. Video
of the objects shown on CNN seemed to move too slowly to be pieces of a
Soviet SL-12 Proton Rocket. If UFOs are entering our airspace it is
obvious
that they might try to time their entry with that of legitimate space
debris.
There have been numerous sightings of green streaking objects entering
our atmosphere since 1947. The Russian Sputnik, the first satellite in
space did not go into orbit until ten years later. Kansas and Oklahoma
witnesses reported seeing four long streaks of light moving across the
sky creating sparks as they entered the atmosphere. UFOs frequently
observed
from the Space Shuttle do not create sparks like the space debris that
creates tremendous heat and pressures.
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- EDINBURGH -- The United
Kingdom's
Astronomy Technology Centre says a Proton Rocket was launched from the
Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakstan at 18:04 UT on December 1st. An 800 kg
metal casing from the fourth stage of the rocket was on its third orbit
around Earth when it burned up in the atmosphere over southern England
and France at about 22:35 UT." The National Space Development Agency
of Japan has announced, the Fuyo No. 1, satellite could fall onto any part
of the planet. The 340 kg satellite will most likely enter the Earths
atmosphere on December 4, 2001. Thanks to Sam Sherman of Independent
International
Pictures. Look for their label on DVDs/
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- OREGON TWO OBJECTS JOINED, THEN SPLIT
APART
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- PORTLAND -- The witness was
driving home when he saw two objects just after sunset on November 19,
2001. At first, they appeared to be airplanes, although they seemed to
be joined together and form one large hovering craft. The witness estimated
they were flying at 2000 feet altitude as they passed at 5:15 PM. Then,
after about ten minutes, they split again. One advanced northward, and
the other remained in a hover mode, perhaps advancing slightly northward.
The witness state, "I then saw a very small light leave the remaining
craft, and it fluttered downward erratically, kind of like a spark. As
I arrived home, this second craft advanced forward again, and I noticed
it was shaped somewhat like a plane, but all the lighting was white and
steady. There were no blinking red and greens that are normally seen on
the wing and tail sections of a plane." As I watched it slowly move
northward, it appeared not to have a body or shape. It was as if lights
were arrayed on an invisible craft. Thanks to Peter Davenport NUFORC www.ufocenter.com
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- ENGLAND UFOs VIDEO TAPED
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- BEDHAMPTON -- Hello Jeff,
Saturday, November 24, 2001, was a special day when the residents received
a daylight visit from a UFO and the event was fortunately videotaped by
Anthony Woods, local resident and sky watcher. Mr. Woods has been involved
in UFO sightings for a long time, experiencing what seems to be an
exciting,
personal interaction with these unknown objects. On November 24, 2001,
the sun suddenly broke through the clouds, and local resident Anthony Woods
was waiting for after several days of rain and bad weather. But he was
not preparing himself to work in his garden. Instead, he grabbed his video
camera and went outside to await the possible appearance of a UFO...like
so many times before, when he had followed his unique ability to sense
the coming presence of an enigmatic visitor. I met Anthony Woods some
weeks before as a result of several fortunate circumstances. He contacted
me, interested in the UFO from the Mexican UFO Wave. He wanted to make
some comparisons between two strange-shaped UFOs videotaped by himself
on August 9 and September 22, 2001, in Bedhampton. He showed me the videos
and asked if I knew of similar UFOs from Mexico. When I saw both videos
I was quite impressed at the strange shapes, especially the one from August
9 - something truly unprecedented, which I have never seen before. This
unknown object exhibited amazing polymorphic shape changes during its
behavior...
which permits one to instantly discard the possibility of misidentifying
this craft as any known aircraft, bird, or balloon.
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- Anthony recorded superb daylight footage with his video
camera, clearly capturing the structural details of the UFO's body. The
footage is almost 6 minutes long and during this period the UFO remained
almost static in the sky, rotating on its axis in a vertical manner, at
low altitude. Definitely, the most intriguing feature of this craft is
its polymorphism - changing its shape - continuously while doing maneuvers
that defy the known physics laws. Anthony videotaped this UFO above his
parents' home. After several minutes the object flew away at a steady
speed. The September 22 footage presents a barrel-shaped UFO, also
rotating
and reflecting the sunlight on its left side. That morning, Anthony was
in his home when he "felt" that sensation and went outside and
encountered the visitor directly above his garden. An interesting feature
of the footage is the presence of a large bird (possibly a crow) that
appeared
to circle the hovering object to take a closer look before retreating.
Reviewing the video, Anthony pointed out to me another interesting detail
on both videos (August 9 and September 22). He noticed that both objects
appear to show, in some of the frames, 'spikes', or 'hairs' sticking out.
He thought that maybe it was just some type of distortion but I replied
that maybe those were the so-called "Angel Hair" filaments of
thin, spider web-like transparent fibers discovered after some UFO
sightings
- a phenomenon well-known in Ufology. Thanks to Santiago Yturria Photos
and complete story at http://www.rense.com/general1
7/EXBEDUFO.HTM
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- SPAIN OVAL-SHAPED OBJECT FLYING
LIPSTICK
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- CANTILLANA, SEVILLE PROVINCE
-- On December 4, 2001, Jose B.S. was driving his vehicle on Highway 116,
past kilometer 12 heading toward Mairena del Alcor at 10:58 AM, when he
noticed of an oval-shaped object. He says, it was similar to a lipstick,
and white in color. The object followed a westerly trajectory and
plummeted
in mid-flight before flying horizontally again, stopping, ascending and
disappearing toward the West at high speed. The distance was about ten
kilometers away. The witness places the object over a town called
Cantillana
and was almost able to cover it with his thumb. We can therefore estimate
a relative size similar to that of the full moon or larger.
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- As an anecdotal note, the witness points out that toward
10:30 a.m., jet airplanes flew low over Seville Airport. Logically, all
this data is being analyzed, but given the urgency of the subject, the
SIB calls upon the international UFO community to aid in determining any
concomittant sighting. On the other hand, we welcome any information from
friends in the province of Seville. Thanks to Scott Corrales, Institute
of Hispanic Ufology. Translation (C) 2001. Special thanks to Antonio
Salinas,
Director, Dept. of Ufology/Exobiology, S.I.B.
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- ITALY UFO NEWS FLASH ISSUE NO.
324
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- The Italian Center for UFO Studies (CISU) reports that
there were numerous UFO sightings this summer in Italy. Giuseppe Stilo
has disseminated a preliminary list of reports of the Italian wave of
sightings.
More than 67 sightings were recorded by August 1st and many others had
been observed. Meanwhile, the number of incidents reported by the mass
media has been diminishing (55 newspaper clippings gathered by Eco della
Stampa during the month of July, compared with 86 in June). The sightings
were widespread throughout the Italian Peninsula; with a slight lead in
the northern regions. Nocturnal lights prevail; but in July, there occurred
11 daylight objects, 8 close encounters, and 3 cases captured on videotape.
There were 62 sightings in June.
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- PADUA -- The Monselice Case
occurred on the evening of August 3, 2001, at about 11:15 PM, two women
sitting on a bench in a square observed an enormous four-sided object
descend
from the sky. It made no noise and stopped a few meters above the ground
directly over the witnesses. The object, measuring side-on approximately
10 meters in length, had rounded edges and many lights. At the structure's
center, there was a ring of intense light, with a little red light in the
middle. One of the women fled in terror, hid behind a small statue of
the Madonna, while the other remained paralyzed on the bench. Suddenly,
she rose and took a few steps forward, until she was directly beneath the
object: She gestured strangely with her arms and made some noises. Her
friend continued to call to her screaming and finally convinced her friend
to join her behind the statue. After a few seconds, the strange metallic
platform, with a kind of "muffled noise," eventually split up
into three parts which then shot away at an incredible speed. Two luminous
discs in one direction, one multicolored one in the other. Their screams
caught the attention of another woman who caught sight only of the two
frightened witnesses. A third witness, who was 500 meters away, saw a
"stupendous and intensely colored" square-shaped object, which
she stopped to watch for its "extremely beautiful colors: white, red,
yellow and green." The two protagonists of the story remained greatly
unsettled from their experience: one of them didn't manage to sleep at
night for a week or more, remained in a state of shock and speechless.
An inquest was conducted by the Carabinieri, and the case was picked up
by various Ufologists who issued varied and contrasting statements. The
Pordenonese Antonio Chiumiento affirmed that it had to do with an
extraterrestrial
object which was going to attempt to abduct one of the two women. Instead,
The International UFO Center maintained that the cause likely was a
top-secret
American airplane. The Venice contingent of the National UFO Center
finally
reported its detection of a slight trace of radioactivity at the spot,
leading to alarm among the population and the intervention of the Regional
Environmental Protection Agency, which alternately refuted the presence
of any radioactivity. Il Gazzettino, Padua edition and Il Mattino di
Padova, 17-30 August; UfoItalia, 23-30 August; collaboration by Roberto
Labanti, Matteo Leone, Alessandro Luè, Dario Paganini and Gildo
Personè.]
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- NORWAY STRANGE LIGHTS
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- HESSDALEN -- The Italian
Mission Returns Home After four weeks, the Italian mission came to an end
on 22 August in the Hessdalen Valley of Norway, where sightings of strange
lights in the sky have occurred repeatedly for twenty years. The
expedition,
conducted in collaboration with the National Council of Research
Activities,
had the goal of acquiring optical and electromagnetic data on the
phenomenon.
CNR was led by the astrophysicist Massimo Teodorani; and was organized
and financed (for the second consecutive year) by the Italian Committee
for Project Hessdalen, a group created in Bologna last year for this
specific
aim and coordinated by Renzo Cabassi. The unfavorable atmospheric
conditions
notwithstanding, various video and photographic captures of the phenomenon
were acquired this year. Photometric and spectroscopic techniques were
put to the test. The data gathered will be analyzed and interpreted and
finally summarized in a preliminary technical article to be published in
the future on the CIPH Website (http://www.itacomm.net/PH/).
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- FRANCE "UFOS: THE AMERICAN
SECRET"
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- The UFO world has been reverberating for weeks after
the September airing on National TV Channel 2 documentary, "OVNIs,
le secret American,", the work of the French journalist French Vincent
Gielly, who during two years of investigating has interviewed numerous
experts, viewed archives and consulted documents around the globe. The
clamor also derives from the fact that the documentary was
preview-broadcast
exclusively to the French Senate last 24 April, arousing a certain interest
in the objective and historic piece. The documentary is actually modeled
after the life of the astronomer/Ufologist Dr. Joseph Allen Hynek. Among
the Ufologists interviewed (Americans, overall), there are some of the
most notable names on the American scene. Already arousing particular
interest
is news of the inclusion of a French counter-espionage official who is
actively involved with the subject of UFOs. The program has already
garnered
positive reviews from numerous newspapers on the other side of the Alps,
and followers hope that this signals a turnabout in the way that television
handles the subject in their country. Thanks to Edoardo Russo and the
Italian
Center for UFO Studies at http://www.arpnet.it/ufo/ultime.htm
10121 Turin, Italy and ufoupdates@home.com
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