Ten
Most Compelling UFO Sightings
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1. "Hudson Valley," or the Westchester Wing, NY 1984
Thousands of reports, mostly nocturnal, of large, silent,
hovering
object with series of rotating lights. Reports came from
many highly
credible individuals including meteorologists, news
reporters, and
police chiefs. "Planes in formation" theory
still in contention;
however, videos taken by area resident of both the object
and a
formation of planes shows distinct differences.
Intermittent sightings
to this day.
2. "Cash/Landrum", outside Houston, TX 1979
Two ladies and 5-year-old boy report diamond-shaped
object belching
fire from beneath, surrounded by CH-47-style helicopters.
Soon after
sighting, all three suffered strange maladies which were
likened to
radiation poisoning. Klass explains as hoax, saying that
the witness'
pre-sighting medical conditions were not released to him
for
examination.
3. "Roswell Incident," outside Corona, NM 1947
Object crashed in remote location on a large ranch in
early July, 1947.
Debris recovered by AAF, who issued hasty press release
saying "Flying
Disk" had been recovered. Press release retracted
the next day, and
press conference held at which it was revealed the object
was, in fact,
a Rawin sonde (a device used to calibrate radar). 30
years later, AF
intelligence officer Maj. J. Marcel claimed that the
object was "not of
this earth", that the press conference was a sham.
Interviews with over
150 witnesses reinforce anomalous nature of object.
4. "Army Helicopter", Mansfield, OH 1974
Four National Guardsman aboard Bell UH-1H chopper report
sighting
large nocturnal object on collision course.
Pilot-in-Command Capt.
Coyne puts chopper in descent mode. Object stops in front
of chopper,
then continues westward travel, after which Coyne
discovers that
chopper actually rose 2000 ft. Klass' explanation of a
bolide is not
supported by testimony, circumstances, or scientific
principles.
5. "Bentwaters," Rendlesham Forest, UK 1979
Three separate sightings of anomalous lights near a NORAD
base in the
UK. Official report filed by deputy base commander, who
also taped the
on-site investigation carried out by Air Police
detachment. Occurence
produced many witnesses, some of whom swear a craft was
sighted. Invest-
igation hampered by conflicting testimony, Britain's
Secrets Act, grand-
standing by one less than credible witness, and possibly
the "Control
Group" -- A US Senator began looking into the
affair, but abruptly halted
and would not communicate further with UFO researchers.
6. "Washington Invasion," Washington, DC 1952
Several fast-moving objects appear on radarscopes at
three separate
installations, including Andrews AFB. Interceptors
scrambled, but don't
find anything. Same thing happens the next night, this
time objects
confirmed by ground observers. Largest peace-time press
conference in
govt. history called to explain to reporters that radar
traces were
caused by thermal inversions, despite absence of proper
weather
conditions on the nights in question.
7. "Great Falls Film", Great Falls, MN 1954
Little League baseball coach films two objects streaking
across sky
near an AFB. Original explanation was that objects were
F-100s on
approach to AFB, but photo-analysis shows objects to be
travelling much
too fast.
8. "Trent Photo", McMinnville, OR 1950
Actually two photos taken by farmer with Polaroid camera,
depict
classic domed saucer. Foreground objects provide good
references for
analysis, which shows object to be around 30 ft.
diameter, and at least
1/4 mile distant. Shadows on foreground structure may be
inconsistent
with time of day provided by photographer; however, that
is immaterial
to analysis of the image's size and distance.
9. "Travis Walton," Snowflake, AZ 1974
Five woodcutters allegedly witness abduction of their
comrade aboard
UFO. Abductee reappears five days later, fails first lie
detector,
after which he and four other witnesses pass, one is
inconclusive.
Controversy surrounds suppression of first lie detector
results.
10. "My wife's sighting," Fountain Hills, AZ 1989
My wife and another witness, a friend of mine, stood in
my backyard
about 1AM and witnessed a large, silent, hovering object
with bright,
multi-colored lights that strobed in a diamond-shaped
pattern. The
object then took off to the northeast and vanished in
less than a
second. (Where was I? ASLEEP, DAMMIT!) Interviewed
separately,
witnesses gave basically the same description. Cursory
check with area
airports, AFBs yielded no clues.
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This file was originally prepared by ParaNet for use in a talk by Maj. James
McGaha of CSICOP. We bequeath it to the public domain.
*** From demiguin:
When I was around 7 years old, I was walking back towards my aunt's house.
I saw a huge disk shaped craft with round lights hovering above me and
my mom (she testifies she saw it too). I could disctinctly remember my
mom saying that it would be all over the news the next day -- it wasn't.