- DAYLIGHT DISC STALKS JETLINER
IN WEST VIRGINIA
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- On Wednesday, November 18, 1998, Jerry
F. and his daughter were leaving their home in Cross Lanes, West Virginia
(population 2,130) when he spotted a strange glimmer in the sky. "My
daughter and I were leaving our home at approximately 8 a.m.," Jerry
reported, "I leave at this time every day to take her to school, and
then I drive to work. As I entered the garage, I looked up into the sky
to see a jet--a (Boeing) 727-- fly overhead. It was high up enough that
it left a very clear contrail. Suddenly, at a very close range above the
plane, a silver/grey disc appeared. It flew directly over the top of the
plane and was making a side-to-side swaying motion, almost like a leaf
falling. As it moved, the sun glinted off it, and it shone very brightly."
"Suddenly, from the east, a jet (delta shape) came screaming toward
the UFO. At that point, it (the UFO--J.T.) had stopped, and the passenger
plane had already moved away. The UFO glowed very brightly and then shot
straight up and was out of sight in seconds. By the time my daughter arrived
to see it, the UFO was gone." "I have an Air Force Intelligence
background," he added, "and what I saw is nothing I am familiar
with." Cross Lanes is on Highway 62 approximately 15 miles (24 kilometers)
northwest of Charleston, the state capital. (Email Interview)
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- TRAPEZOIDAL UFO SEEN IN LAUREL,
MISSISSIPPI
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- On Thursday, November 19, 1998, at 7
p.m., student Derek D. "was driving home from college" on Interstate
Highway I-59 in Laurel, Mississippi when he spotted a strange light in
the sky. "A light in the sky caught my attention to my right,"
Derek reported, "and I spotted what first appeared to be an airplane.crossing
my view to the left. As I went through a slow curve, I watched the plane,
hoping to catch a glimpse of what kind it was. Strangely, after a few
minutes, it appeared to hover over the local Waffle House. It then began
reversing course. By now I had noticed a series of bright blue lights
on the underside of the craft, which partially illuminated the underside.
Instantly I pulled my car off to the side to watch." "What I
saw was best described as a trapezoid shape, with a rectangle poking out
of the left (front) side. It had red and white lights around the perimeter
at odd intervals, and the blue lights in the center of the underside.
It was enormous. I estimated the size to be comparable to a football field.
I don't believe this was a blimp, but it may have been some bomber plane
configuration that I am not familiar with. Whatever it was, it was visible
and agile but without the 'lightspeed' blinding acceleration." Laurel
(population 18,827) is on Interstate Highway I-59 approximately 77 miles
(123 kilometers) southeast of Jackson, the state capital. (Many thanks
to J. Michael of Mississippi UFO Files for this report.)
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- UFOs ACTIVE ALL AROUND COLORADO'S
BLANCA PEAK
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- On Saturday, November 14, 1998, at 9:15
a.m., June Walkley was returning home to Blanca, Colorado (population 140),
"returning from dropping off her relatives," when she spotted
something unusual over the Smith Reservoir, west of town. "While driving
south on (County) Road 106," Ms. Walkley "spotted a great big
silver V 'hovering over the Smith Reservoir.' She stopped the car and
watched for around a minute." She estimated that the UFO "was
at least 10 miles (16 kilometers) away to the east and estimated its size
as a quarter held at arm's length. After watching for a minute, the object
appeared to go straight up and out of sight." On Tuesday, November
17, 1998, a realtive of June Walkley and her husband, Virgil, whom she
described to author/investigator Christopher O'Brien as "a strong
skeptic," said he "witnessed three strange objects hovering over
the San Juan Mountains near Greenie Ridge. The objects appeared to be
reflecting the setting sun and were 'sitting still.' The the witness 'was
amazed' when the objects disappeared." On Thursday, November 19, 1998,
at 11:15 p.m., "an ex-career officer of the U.S. Air Force" telephoned
O'Brien "to report 'a multi-colored light yo-yoing up and down--like
on a string.' He summoned two other witnesses, who "observed the
strange light. One witness reported that the light stayed there for 'almost
an hour...before blinking out.'" (Many thanks to Christopher O'Brien,
author of THE MYSTERIOUS VALLEY) for these reports.)
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- TWO UFOs SEEN IN SINGAPORE
DURING LEONID METEOR STORM
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- On Wednesday, November 18, 1998, at 3:25
a.m., Simon T.C.M. and his sister, Joanna T.A.M., were standing in an open
field on Hill View Avenue in the island city-nation of Singapore, watching
the Leonid meteor shower. "I and my sister had been watching the meteor
storm since 2 a.m.," Simon reported, "and I was lucky enough
only to see three very bright and fast needle- like meteor showers. Then
my sister and I saw the strange meteor. It stayed in the sky for at least
four seconds, and it was shining brightly and seemed to be dropping slowly
downward. It was dark orange in colour and round in shape. It disappeared
before I could raise my binoculars to get a clear look." "It
is very strange because all the other meteor showers were under two seconds.
And the orange light glided (east) to where the meteors came from. It
also did not shine brightly like the others and disappeared into the dark."
Elsewhere in Singapore, witnesses spotted a luminous gray sphere. Rennie
H. reported, "My wife and son and myself were at East Coast Beach
when at about 3:15 a.m. or so, we witnessed a not-too-bright dull gray
object moving from the left to the right in a straight line for a long
period. The position as we saw it was...first at the horizon (in the southwest)
toward (Palau) Batam (island) and then the object was between the top of
one's head and the horizon. This happened after two meteor showers and
about five minutes before a short meteor shower began." (Email Interviews)
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- MOTORISTS SPOT UFOs IN DEVON,
UK
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- On Monday, November 16, 1998, at 6:35
a.m., "Father and son Paul and Lee Holloway of Rose Cottage, Bradworthy
(Devon) spotted the lights while driving toward Bideford at 6:35 a.m."
"'I saw something flashing in the sky like an aeroplane,' Lee said,
'It moved from one direction to the other. We kept on driving. Then from
behind us there was a massive flash of light." Lee "compared
the flash to lightning, but said it was several times brighter, lasting
five or six seconds. From just behind the car, the light went directly
over them before disappearing." "British UFO Research Association
regional investigator Dave Cooper described the event as a UFO sighting
and added, 'Lee is basically on the classic encounter level of eyewitnesses.
It's an encounter of the second kind--an object--rather than alien beings.'"
"Pauline Smith witnessed a phenomenon while driving along the North
Devon link road between South Molton and Tiverton," about 150 miles
(240 kilometers) west of London. "'I was driving up the link road
about 6:15 a.m. and it blinked for about half an hour. I saw two objects
in the sky about 5,000 feet (1,515 meters) up,'" Ms. Smith said. "'They
were equidistant from the moon, and I think they both had reduced flashing
lights. They were both keeping up with each other. They disappeared and
came back. I think I saw one of them drop vertically, but I couldn't swear
ot it,'" said Ms. Smith, who lives at Sunnyside, Woolsery, Devon.
(See the North Devon Journal for November 20, 1998, "UFO sightings
'extraordinary,'" page 1.)
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- MORE UFO SIGHTINGS ON THE
M-1 NEAR SHEFFIELD
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- On Sunday, November 22, 1998, at 8:05
p.m., a member of UK's Phenomenon Research Association (PRA) was "motoring
in a car along the M-1 (motorway)" when he spotted "a large black
flying triangle hovering, nose down, about a quarter-mile off the motorway
just north of the M-1/M18 intersecting junction, Junction 22." "The
witness described the FT as huge with numerous lights and appeared to be
made up of a girder-like structure. He was unable to stop, but noticed
that other drivers had pulled onto the 'hard shoulder' (breakdown lane
in the USA-J.T.) to look at the FT craft." "A later report from
a driver coming off the M-1 and heading toward the Sheffield area (adjacent
to the M-1/M18 junction) reported a roaring sound in the sky at about 2005
(8:05 p.m.--J.T.), and he also noted that he does not believe it was an
aircraft noise." (Many thanks to Oscar Fowler of PRA and Steve Wilson
Sr. for this report.)
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- UFOs SEEN IN ALICE SPRINGS
AND AROUND BRISBANE
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- On Monday, November 8, 1998, at 2:30
a.m., Ms. M. Harvey arose from bed at her home in Alice Springs, Northern
Territory, Australia "and went outside where she sighted a bright
white light to the north." Ms. Harvey told Australian ufologist Keith
Douglass that "I saw what appeared to be a bright silver ball. I
watched it for around one hour. There was no noise. It was nearly over
my head at one stage. Then it went straight up and disappeared out of
sight." On Saturday, November 14, 1998, at 7:40 p.m., two witnesses
at Breakfast Creek near Hamilton Road in Brisbane saw "two bright
lights side by side, white in colour, the size of a five-cent piece at
arm's length. One light appeared to cross over the other, and then both
disappeared." On Wednesday, November 18, 1998, at 3:35 a.m., Anthony
Tinnis was driving on the Bruce Highway in Strathpine, Queensland, near
Brisbane, "going to work, when I saw an object. Colour, gun-metal
gray and flourescent blue, shaped like a round bowl with a rime around
it." Tinnis said, "I could see it very clearly, and it was very
low, about a half-mile (2,600 feet--J.T.) off the ground. It was travelling
on a straight line (west) toward Toowoomba. I saw it for 2.5 to 3 seconds.
I watched a bluish gas flame two meters (6.6 feet) long" emerge from
the object. Tinnis added that he "is a Christian and does not believe
in UFOs." (Many thanks to Diane Harrison of UFO Network Australasia
and Robert Frola of UFO Investigation Centre, Queensland for these reports.)
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- UFO SIGHTED BY A COUPLE IN
NIJMEGEN, NETHERLANDS
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- On Wednesday, November 25, 1998, at 9:45
p.m., a couple "was walking the dog" in Nijmegen, a large city
in the Netherlands when they spotted a UFO. "They were watching the
sky for a short time when they saw what looked like a star getting brighter
and brighter. The light was bluish-white in colour." The couple
described the UFO as "somewhat eye-shaped" or elliptical in structure.
"It then moved energetically up and down for a short time before it
shot off in the night once again." The object hovered over the southwest
section of Nijmegen, and the condition of the sky was "cloudy but
with a lot of clear spots." Nijmegen is on the river Rhine approximately
140 kilometers (84 miles) southeast of Amsterdam. The city was the site
of a ferocious World War II battle back in September 1944. (Many thanks
to Andy Denne of A.U.R.A. for this report.)
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- UFO SQUADRON SIGHTED NEAR
RAVENNA, ITALY
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- On Wednesday, November 18, 1998, several
residents of Conselice, a town near Ravenna, an Italian city on the Adriatic
Sea, climbed a local hill to watch the Leonid meteor shower. Ravenna is
165 kilometers (103 miles) north of Rome. Around 9:30 p.m., "three
youths who were waiting to see the Leonid meteor shower observed a group
of spheres that travelled from north to south. The spheres employed several
minutes to traverse the vault of sky." (See the Italian newspaper
Corriere di Ravenna for November 21, 1998. Grazie a Mirko Dalmonte e Edoardo
Russo di Centro Italiano di Studi Ufologici, CISU, per questo rapporto.)
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- LUMINOUS UFO SPOTTED IN SLOVENIA
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- On Thursday, October 29, 1998, at 7:30
a.m., Radio Slovenija VAL 202 (98.9 FM) reported a UFO sighting at Ljubljanska
Barje, a marshland not far from Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. According
to the commentator, a "strange glowing object" was seen hovering
over the marshes. "The commentator said the station had dispatched
a news crew to film the object. The object was reported to have been silver
and shone very brightly." On Sunday, November 1, 1998, two men in
the same area "saw a bright ball of fire disappearing behind a hill.
They say that they saw it for only a glimpse but it was almost twice the
size of the moon." Slovenia is a small nation in the Balkans, east
of Italy and south of Austria. (Many thanks to Guiliano Marinkovic for
this news story.)
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- From the UFO Files...
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- 1909: LUMINOUS RED UFO SEEN BY HUNDREDS
IN MASSACHUSETTS
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- During the next month, UFO Roundup will
be offering several of the UFO sightings reported in local New England
newspapers during the memorable "airship" flap of 1909. To briefly
recap, after UFOs were sighted hovering over the cities of Marlboro and
Worcester, Massachusetts December 16, 1909, a local businessman, Wallace
J. Tillinghast, stepped forward and claimed to have invented "a new
aeroplane" in secret and flown to New York City on several occasions.
Yet the UFOs kept up their nightly flights, appearing on evenings when
Tillinghast was seen at his Worcester home or while giving interviews to
the Boston newspapers. Here is one such incident: On December 22, 1909,
"while the Worcester UFO was making its celebrated flight to Spencer
and Marlboro and back, another 'mystery light' was active up north in the
Montachusett region, putting on a show for the inhabitants of Leominster."
"A red light was spotted over Monument Square in downtown Leominster
by several witnesses, including a reporter for the Leominster Enterprise.
This object was stationary." "Elsewhere in town, 'George Pratt,
employed by the Upham Clothing Store, says that as he alighted from a (trolley)
car at Nelson Street Wednesday night on his way to supper, he saw the 'red
light' but would not say that it was a flying ship, only that it appeared
'six times as large as a star.' He said he went to George A. Allen's to
tell him about it.'" "'Mr. Allen was not at home, but Pratt says
Mrs. Allen came out and she too saw the peculiar light. Pratt walked home
and told his father, the latter going to the top of Nelson Street Hill
where he says he was able to pick out the luminous orb from among the stars.
Mr. Pratt says the light went (south) in the direction of Princeton (Mass.)."
(See the Leominster, Mass. Enterprise for December 23, 1909. See also
The New England Airship Invasion of 1909 by Joseph Trainor, FORTEAN STUDIES,
Volume 1, John Brown Publishing Ltd., 1994, page 64.)
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