- GEORGIA
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- PAULDING COUNTY -- Sheriff's Department
scanner reported a possible UFO over a mountain on November 17, 1998. Don
Edward's reports, " At 8:30 PM I was listening to Kim Peterson on
WGST (105.7). To my surprise the entire show was dedicated to reports of
green fireballs and UFO's in Northern Georgia and in Roswell north of Atlanta.
Around 11:00 PM, a women saw an emerald green ball moving from east to
west at low altitude. Another car was in the oncoming lane and braked hard
to avoid the object. Later, another person called the station claiming
that early Sunday morning he was driving south from North Georgia on Highway
400 and found his car surrounded by small silver cylindrical objects pacing
and dodging his car. Other cars on the road braked and slowed down to around
30 MPH. All were apparently observing the same objects. He also noticed
a large series of 'swirling' lights and an object in the sky above him
with lights shooting in and out of main object. Thanks to Jeannie Paradise
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- ALPHARETTA--A Marietta business woman
and an associate were driving down a Cherokee County Road at 10:23 PM near
Highway 140 on November 17, 1998. She noticed a brilliant green diamond
shaped object hovering over the treetops on the left side of the road.
She stated that it appeared to be about the size of a Volkswagen and the
color or surface seemed to be undulating, sometimes displaying a sort of
lime green. It seemed to sort of 'shake,' then quickly dropped down behind
the trees out of sight. She got a clear view of this object for about five
seconds, then pulled off the road, but lost sight of it. This witness was
found to have a technical and scientific background with a major oil company.
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- LITHIA SPRINGS--I received an e-mail
from GA Manor, who had an important sighting on September 15, 1998. She
wrote, "I had slowed and noticed lights through the trees and thought
to myself how odd that the lights would be on the field so early in the
morning at 5:30 AM. A break occurred in the trees. I could see a little
clearer and my first impression was that a helicopter had landed. Quickly
I realized it wasn't a hovering helicopter. This thing was huge, approximately
60+ feet in diameter and about two stories tall and brightly lit with rotating
red, green and white lights. I sat there amazed for a few seconds and became
afraid once I realized what was happening especially since my grandson
was with me. The very next second 'it' was gone. No sound, no wind, no
nothing. This park complex is in a heavily populated area only about 15
miles west of Downtown Atlanta. Several days later, I returned and the
entire grassy area of the baseball field and the dirt diamond were scorched
black. Just two days ago I went back to the field. The grass is just beginning
to grow back though it remains crunchy under foot. No soot marks remain,
since we've had several days of rain as of late, but my white tennis shoes
were covered with black soot. Thanks to GA Manor.
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- MOULTRIE--On a clear still April night
of 1998, one of the most bizarre UFO close-encounters took place. An elderly
woman living on the Moultrie-Culbertson Road in rural Colquitt County said
that at around two in the morning her dog awakened her. Opening her front
door she took her dog outside. On reaching the end of her short driveway,
at the edge of Moultrie Road, she saw at slightly above eye-level a UFO
hovered silently only twenty feet away. In a large field the bluish-gray,
'V'-shaped craft displayed no lights and wavered not in the least. Having
a tail in its back and only a front set of narrow, but thick swept-backed
wings, she said the UFO appeared similar to a giant glider. No canopy,
glass or landing gear, however, could be seen on the craft. The witness
said the craft, in her opinion, was definitely not man-made. "Transfixed,"
she watched the craft for over five minutes before flying car-like "headlights"
emerged from the UFO. Eventually six self-contained "headlight beams"
slowly floated around the dark hovering UFO and flew up to above tree level.
The beams turned and twisted as they moved quietly and shone around the
UFO. After fifteen minutes the flying lights floated back down and reentered
through an unseen opening in the UFO. Her dog was at her side but acted
"indifferent" and never barked at the craft. Upon returning inside
her home she watched through the window and saw the UFO was still there.
Scared, but still intensely curious, she walked outside and watched for
an additional twenty minutes. The UFO never moved and while she saw no
occupant, she said she felt she "was being watched" from inside
the craft. Returning to her isolated farm house, where she lives alone,
she uneasily tried to sleep. The next morning the metal-skinned UFO was
gone. In the pasture across the road she found no evidence that anything
was amiss. She called her daughter, who put her mother in touch with us.
Thanks to MUFON's John Thompson
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- TENNESSEE--On November 18, 1998, a couple
enroute to work at 9:00 AM on Highway 60 near the Georgia State line observed
an elongated cigar type craft. The witnesses described it as being about
50 feet long, and more of an elongated rectangle than a classic cigar shape
traveling NW at about 55 mph. It was low at about twice tree top altitude
and only several hundred feet away. It appeared to be white or shinny colored.
There were no wings, but a brownish or dark coloration was in the area
where wings would normally be expected. There was a brown or dark 'box'
like structure at the back of the craft. The craft disappeared behind the
trees and wooded areas nearby. Thanks to Tom Sheets, MUFON State Director.
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- SOUTH CAROLINA
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- My husband was driving, I was in the
passenger seat and our friend was in the back seat. My husband spotted
a very low flying object hovering over a house. I saw it too, and asked
him what he thought it might be? He replied, "It's a UFO!" We
stopped the car and the three of us got out and walked back down the road
about 20 feet. We were staring at this thing, which by then had started
to move toward the road where we were standing. It was rather large, about
the size of the pictures I have seen of Stealth planes. It made no sound,
but it did have funny colored lights blinking or pulsating from it. I served
for 8 years in the Navy and never saw anything like it. The craft was so
low, it was right above the pine trees. It could not have been more than
100 feet in the air, as it flew slowly right above us. We stood there looking
at it for about five minutes. The object was hovering right over top of
us. Then it started to move very slowly over a field on our side of the
road. The trees had been cut from this part of the pine forest, so we could
watch as it flew away. Three months later, the same exact object flew right
over us again above the trees like before. We stopped the car, and this
time our two daughters were with us. We watched it fly slowly across the
interstate and out of sight. This happened one night in late August 1994,
at midnight.. Thanks to miranda_2@mailexcite.com
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- FLORIDA
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- TAMPA--On November 17, 1998, at about
4:30 AM a flying V, was spotted by numerous people on the night of the
meteor shower. The V, craft was described as being about 500 feet wide
and traveling very fast at an altitude of 10,000 feet. "It looked
almost as if it was translucent and made absolutely no sound" said
one witness who supposedly took photos of the craft. Sources say the V,
craft had no lights on it. Therefore, most people would not have noticed
it, if they had not been watching the meteor shower that night. If I can
find anybody with pictures of the craft, I will post them on my Website
at www.totalufo.net, that is still under construction. Thanks to Jason
Overholser jasono@totalufo.net
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- LOUISIANA
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- CANKTON--Ross and Sandra Ellender report
that on November 12, 1998, we were sleeping when a blinding light began
shinning in our bedroom window. The light awoke us at 3:00 AM. We saw a
large round light moving at rapid speeds, then suddenly the light disappeared.
We will contact you if there are any further sightings. Thanks to Ross
and Sandra Ellender, (318)984-4421, 506 Woodvale Ave. Lafayette, LA 70503,
Bonehead83@aol.com.
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- MICHIGAN
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- On November 23, 1998, a bright flashing
light heading north by north west was observed descending near US Highway
131 over central Michigan. It was traveling very rapidly and appeared to
crash at 7:12 PM. The estimated crash site is in the vicinity of US 131
and US 10. We observed numerous airplanes, jets, and helicopters that seemed
to be searching the area. Thanks to ISUR Sighting Reports and John Thompson.
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- COLORADO
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- SMITH RESERVOIR -- Chris O'Brien, the
CAUS Director of Investigations, reports from the San Luis Valley, that
the vacation is over. Anomalous aerial craft sighting reports continue
into November. Strange how "UFO" sightings seem to cluster around
obvious heightened training activity by the Air Force; especially when
they are contemplating conducting aerial sorties against Iraq. On November
14, 1998, Junne Walkley saw a great big silver 'V' hovering over the Smith
Reservoir area-west of Blanca. She stopped the car at 9:15 AM and watched
for a minute. She estimated the craft was ten miles away to the east and
the size of a quarter held at arm's length. She watched the huge craft
for a minute, when the object flew straight up and out of sight in "a
couple of seconds. Junne and Virgil Walkley have had several sightings
and are observant Skywatchers
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- GREENIE MOUNTAIN--Multiple objects were
observed at sunset on November 17, 1998, in Rio Grande County. A relative
of the Walkleys, "a strong skeptic," witnessed three objects
hovering over the San Juan Mountains. The UFOs were sitting still and reflecting
the setting sun. The witness "was amazed" when the objects disappeared
instantly. Thanks to Chris O,Brien tmv@amigo.net;
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- MONTANA
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- BILLINGS--Peter Davenport reports that
the National Reporting Center has received an unusually heavy number of
UFO reports in recent months particularly in the West. These include a
semi truck that was stopped on the highway by UFO near Billings. The UFO
circled the truck before it decided to leave.
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- CALIFORNIA
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- ORANGE COUNTY--Guy Menton indicates he
saw some strange blue flashes in the sky at about 2:30 AM, early Sunday
morning on November 15, 1998. My friend, Chris Turk, and I were traveling
south on Interstate 55 near the Orange County Airport when we observed
a sudden brilliant flash of blue light along the horizon ahead of us. The
sky was almost clear with some low fog layers, so we did not think it could
be a natural occurrence such as lightning. This brilliant flash was spread
over a wide area and low along the horizon, it lasted maybe two seconds,
and there was no noise present. About two minutes later, the flash occurred
again as we continued traveling south. This time, the flash was to our
immediate left and much brighter, indicating that it must have stayed in
the same general area and that we had moved closer to it. We thought it
might be a plane crash, because we were near the airport. So we drove towards
the general direction, where we last saw the flash. We did not encounter
anything unusual or any further flashes. I am not saying this is UFO-related
but I just thought I would report it to you since you have collected so
many sightings. I was wondering if you had any similar reports of unexplained
anomalous flashes in the sky. Thanks to Guy Menton.
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- UNITED KINGDOM
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- TELFORD--Adam reports that he had a twenty
minute sighting on November 11, 1998, starting at 12:15 AM. It was a star-like
object, but bigger and brighter, that was almost motionless. It had three
colored lights that were blue, red and white. The lights did not flicker
or strobe but shimmered over the West Midlands of England. I watched this
object for 20 minutes through binoculars. A helicopter appeared to the
lower left, then climbed higher than the UFO, went across the top, then
headed towards and over me. At first, I couldn't discern if it was a plane
or helicopter which was strange, because it was very close compared to
the UFO. A few minutes later the helicopter returned. When I turned back
to look at the UFO it was gone. I found out that a friend saw the same
object, at the same time. Adam. Spookyfox@lowea.freeserve.co.uk.
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- EAST ANGLIA An amazing new video shows
anomalous of lights over East Anglia in eastern England. Both the RAF and
the Coastguard are investigating! Despite horrific winds over the sea,
the Yarmouth Coastguard was surprised that their own people reported that
the lights stayed in the same position for over seven hours in a wing shaped
formation similar to what we saw over Phoenix, AZ! Thanks to Bill Knell
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- CORNWALL--Skywatch International reports
two cigar shaped craft were observed November 19, 1998, at 5:37 PM. Tony
Watson a Madron Village resident witnessed two cylinder shaped sliver craft
pursued by a military jet in the same area of his last sighting on October
6, 1998, at 7:30. The craft kept their distance a quarter mile in front
of the military jet. The cylindrical craft were roughly twice the length
of the jet. Editors note: The average fighter is fifty to sixty feet long
making the cigars over 100 feet long. This summer, I saw a similar craft
flying west in from the Atlantic Ocean over the coast at Barnegat Light,
NJ.
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- NORWAY
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- HESSDALEN--Erling P. Strand reports they
are obtaining a steady stream of unidentified lights from their automatic
field station. Photographic and video equipment has been set up in a field
station overlooking Finnsåhøgda Mountain looking towards the
west and southwest. There is very little if any aircraft traffic over this
area. Yet unidentified lights are photographed virtually weekly. A series
of interesting photographs of anomalous lights are located on the web site
at: http://indy.hiof.no/~hessdalen/pictures/index.html. Thanks to Erling.P.Strand@hiof.no.
Editor's Note: To help solve the UFO phenomenon, I suggest automatic field
stations be established near known UFO sites.
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- NEW EVIDENCE THAT SOMETHING
CRASHED IN NEW MEXICO 1947
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- Some fifty people claim to have observed
alien material not of this world, or at the least very strange in 1947.
Lets face it people's memories can be faulty after fifty years. But the
evidence found in photographs and documents remains fresh. Fifty-one years
ago flying discs or saucers were being reported in 44 of the 48 states.
This was front page news, and there was a growing hysteria that the Russians,
aliens, perhaps even the Nazis were over flying the country with these
strange saucers. Often a dozen or more were reported by pilots and high
quality witnesses. On July 8, 1947, Colonel Blanchard, commander of the
509 Bomb Group announced that the Army Air Force had captured a "Flying
Saucer On a Ranch Near Roswell." The article went on to say that Major
Marcel and a detail from his department had gone to the ranch and recovered
the disk. After the intelligence office had inspected the instrument it
was being flown to higher headquarters. The intelligence office stated
that no details of the construction or its appearance were revealed. While
this material was flown to 8th Air Force Headquarters, newspapers all over
the country published the story.
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- I recently interviewed Fort Worth Star
Newspaper reporter J. Bond Johnson, who was asked to report to the Commander
8th Air Force, General Ramey,s office on Carswell Air Force Base on July
8, 1947. Upon arrival around 4:00 PM, Johnson was ushered into the office
by Colonel Dubose, the General's Chief of Staff. Laying on the floor were
packages that had just been flown in from Roswell. J. Bond Johnson remembers
that he and Colonel Dubose unwrapped the debris and displayed it on the
floor to prepare for photographs. Fifteen minutes later, the General came
into the room and kneeled in front of the debris holding a folded message
in his hand. After taking his picture J. Bond Johnson suggested Colonel
Dubose also get into the photo. The General apparently then read the message,
and hurriedly folded it, so the writing now became visible to the camera.
According to Colonel DuBose General Ramey was ordered by higher headquarters
to squash the story. The message apparently contains the his orders to
identify the debris as a weather balloon and a Rawin Radar Reflector. It
also seems to contain the words victims,, 2nd site near Magdalena.,
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- Later in the day, weather officer Warrent
Officer Irving Newton was photographed with a much smaller amount of debris
in the General's office. Apparently, some of the critical debris was removed
for the second series of photographs. The Roswell Photo Interpreter Team
made up of Ron Regehr, Niel Morris, Ben Field and Marilyn Ruben using powerful
computer enhancement claim they are able to see various strange symbols
in the debris. One appears to be a lion head. It is unlikely that the Rawin
Reflectors were designed with what appear to be strange symbols. In his
July 21, 1994, sworn testimony to the Air Force, Newton identified the
material as a balloon and a Rawin target used for reflecting radar returns.
Newton states, "While I was examining the debris, Major Marcel was
picking up pieces of the target sticks and trying to convince me that some
notations on the sticks were alien writing!" There were figures on
the sticks lavender or pink in color, appeared to be weather faded markings,
with no rhyme or reason. He did not convince me these were alien writings."
Editor's Note: Perhaps intelligence officer Major Marcel was correct that
these are alien writings?
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