- UPDATE
Dear Jeff
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- Please find an updated report from the Arab News. After
reading the original story on your site I got the distinct impression this
story had a strong "Roswell in the Making" feel to it. The story
caught my eye due to the fact that I'd spent 11 years working in Saudi
Arabia in the recent past. I can remember another incident that
was reported in the Arab press in the late 90s which described eye witness
reports of a strange object flying over, if I remember correctly, the capital Riyadh.
The article concluded with a comment along the lines of "Maybe this
is was one of those object the west refers to as a UFO". This left
me with the impression that the incident on that occasion had been
reported truthfully.
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- Yet again I feel the first report was sincere and truthful,
as for the second report. Hmmmmm sounds familiar to me, anyone any ideas?????
;-}
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- Lee Connolly
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- http://www.arabnews.com/?page=0§ion=1&article=27231&d=10&m=6&y=2003
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- Tuesday, 10, June, 2003 (10, Rabi` ath-Thani, 1424)
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- Jizan 'UFO' Just a Big Balloon - Governor
- Mahmoud Ahmad · Arab News Staff
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- JIZAN, 10 June 2003 - Jizan
Governor Prince Muhammad ibn Nasser has denied that an unidentified object
that reportedly fell to earth in the region was part of a spy plane.
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- In an interview with Okaz newspaper, the prince said
the object had merely been a balloon. "No unidentified object landed
in Jizan, and there was no spy plane taking pictures. It was only a big
balloon," he said.
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- The prince said elderly and uneducated people had mistaken
the balloon for a UFO.
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- Newspaper reports had stated, citing experts, that the
object observed by a number of residents in Arraith town, about 220 km
northeast of Jizan, on Monday could have been part of a spy plane that
had encroached on Saudi air space.
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- Arraith Governor Abdul Rahman Al-Osaimi said he went
to inspect the site of the reported crash and found nothing untoward. "There
was no trace of anything that landed there," he said.
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- Other eyewitnesses described seeing a child's toy balloon,
the paper added.
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- JEDDAH -- An unidentified
flying object fell to earth in the southern Jizan region last Monday and
experts believe that it could be part of a spy plane that invaded Saudi
airspace.
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- Witnesses told Al-Watan daily that the object looked
like a flying saucer and radiated light. A number of people in Arraith
town, about 220 km northeast of Jizan, watched the strange object fall
at about 9 a.m. on Monday.
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- The fall of the object sent shockwaves through the area
and frightened cattle. People ran away from the object and observed it
from a distance.
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- Abdul Rahman Al-Osaimi, governor of Arraith, told the
Arabic daily that he visited the area where the object had fallen, adding
that it had frightened the residents.
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- "The object is not big, but it scares people,"
the governor said.
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- Informed sources told Al-Watan that security officers
visited the site to inspect the object and interview witnesses.
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- If the UFO turned out to be a spy plane, it could bring
back memories of stories of flying saucers frequently found during the
Cold War period. The United States recorded some 850 flying objects crashed
on its territory in those days.
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- Salman Al-Raithy, a resident of Arraith, told the daily
that he had watched the object flying at a low altitude and then fall on
the ground.
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- Wadi Amoud in Arraith saw a number of strange incidents
over the past years.
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- It witnessed the emergence of poisonous carbon water
from a well in the area, which the superstitious used to treat diseases,
forcing authorities to cover the well. An old mass grave with the remains
of people killed in battles was also found in the area.
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- http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=2717
- 4&d=9&m=6&y=2003&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom
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