- The purpose of these files is to report the UFO eyewitness
and photo/video evidence that occurs on a daily basis around the world
and in space. These Files make the assumption that extraterrestrial intelligent
life exists. Are There Alien Messages In Our DNA Strands? NASA Scientist
Sees Possible Mat of Martian Microbes, Mars - Sea Shell, Perseids
May Cause Damage Tonight, Alaska - Anti Missile Interceptor
Deployed, Greenland Ice Melting Fast, New York - Strange Neon Light
UFO, New Jersey Disc, Georgia Tom Sheets Retires, Ohio
Circle UFO, Tennessee Disc, Iowa - Disappearing Lights, Nebraska
Fast Moving Light, Texas Orbs and Rectangular UFO, Arizona
Numerous Orbs, California UFO Videos, Canada -- Record Number
of UFO Sightings, Germany Oval, and Were Foo Fighters Real or Not?
"Pure logical thinking cannot yield us any knowledge of the empirical
world.
- All knowledge of reality starts from experience and ends
in it." - Albert
- Einstein
Are There Alien Messages In Our DNA Strands?
SYDNEY - Forget waiting for ET to call - the most likely place to find
an alien message is in our DNA, according to an expert in Australia. Professor
Paul Davies, from the Australian Centre for Astrobiology at Macquarie University,
believes a cosmic greeting card could have been left in every human cell.
The coded message would only be discovered once the human race had the
technology to read and understand it. Writing in New Scientist magazine,
Davies said the idea should be considered seriously. For more than 40
years astronomers have been sweeping the skies with radio telescopes hoping
to catch a signal from an alien civilization. So far the search has been
in vain. But Davies believes it is wrong to assume that extraterrestrials
who may be hundreds of millions of years ahead of us technologically will
have chosen to communicate by radio.
Leaving artifacts for humans to find once they are sufficiently evolved
- like the obelisk in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey - might be a more
attractive strategy, he explained. But ensuring the survival of such an
artifact over possibly millions of years would be difficult. A better
solution would be to incorporate information into the human genome, allowing
it to be copied and maintained over immense periods of time. One way to
do this might be to deliver alien viruses which could infect cells with
message-laden DNA, said Davies.
Scientists have recently discovered large sequences of "junk"
DNA that contain no genes and appears to be very stable. "If ET has
put a message into terrestrial organisms, this is surely where to look,"
said Davies. A computer could be used to find obvious attention-grabbing
patterns within these stretches of DNA, he said. If a sequence of junk
units of DNA were displayed as an array of pixels on a screen and produced
a simple image "the presumption of tampering would be inescapable".
The DNA code was easily big enough to contain a decent-sized novel or
a potted history of the rise and fall of an alien civilization. Davies
added: "Trying to second-guess alien communication strategies is fraught
with uncertainty, so we should try everything we can afford. The truth
may be out there somewhere - or it could be a lot closer to home."
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- NASA Scientist Sees Possible Mat of Martian Microbes
COLORADO -- By Leonard David Senior Space -- A future astronaut traipsing
across the landing sites of the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and
Opportunity might be squishing into a welcome mat of microbes, according
to one NASA scientist. While the twin robots push ahead in scouring their
real estate locations at Gusev Crater and Meridiani Planum, they leave
behind a tantalizing trail of issues that need to be sorted out. One big
unknown: Did life ever take root on Mars? And if so, is that planet home
to living organisms today? So far, the life-on-Mars card has not played
out. Rover scientists have seen nothing they regard as needing a biological
explanation. But the twin robot landers weren't built to prowl around for
life.
According to David McKay, chief scientist for astrobiology at NASA's Johnson
Space Center in Houston, Texas, visual evidence from the rovers is pretty
enticing. The chronicle of Mars being viewed as a comfy habitat for biology
is an unfolding one, and he led the research group that in August 1996
presented evidence of ancient life from Mars. The observations, they researchers
said, strongly suggested primitive life may have existed on Mars more than
3.6 billion years ago. The NASA-funded team found the first organic molecules
thought to be of Martian origin, several mineral features characteristic
of biological activity, and possible microscopic fossils of primitive,
bacteria-like organisms inside of an ancient Martian rock that fell to
Earth as a meteorite the often-called "Mars Rock" or as
scientists like to professionally label it: ALH84001."I've seen the
saga move from 20 or 30 years ago when virtually no one believed there
was life on Marsor that there was even water on Mars," McKay said
last week. "Now the whole pendulum is swinging." Microbial mat
McKay said it is now clear a lot of water flowed across Mars. Furthermore,
there may still be water spurting out onto the planet at certain times.
"The same pendulum may be swinging back toward life," he said.
"We'll wait and see. These are exciting times. "The Mars rovers
represent an incredibly successful mission, McKay said. Moreover, they
seemingly have "uncovered" a major find. He points to pictures
taken by the rovers that show areas of the martian surface disturbed by
the retraction of landing airbags.
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Patches of surface "acted as a cohesive blanket of some sort"
when the airbags pulled back, McKay explains. "It didn't simply crack
apart like a dried-up crust. But one possibility is that this is the fossilized
remains of a biological mat of some sort," he speculated. The mat
would be made up of bacterial parts and pieces. That claim can't be proven
at this point, McKay said. "That's one reason you have to go get samples
to be sure ."Swept under the Magic Carpet Mars has all the conditions
for life: water, energy, and organic substances, McKay pointed out. "It
is very clear that Mars was a habitable place in terms of life as we know
it. Meteorite evidence show there was microbial life on Mars," McKay
said. "And for all we know, there still could be. It's hard to kill
off life once it has started. "Early in the mission of Spirit at Gusev
Crater, scientists dubbed the region messed up by landing bags as the "Magic
Carpet." The crumpled portion of the soil appeared to have been peeled
away, as noted by rover scientists. "I think there's really something
there," McKay told SPACE.com. "There is some cohesiveness to
that material. Talk about the Magic Carpet just went away. I don't think
it should have gone away. "He pointed to work being done at Guerrero
Negro, Baja California by NASA's Ames Research Center on the evolution
of a microbial community functioning in microbial mats. "They've also
produced some in the lab. You pick that stuff up and it's kind of like
a fabric. It is fairly cohesive. A crusty material like dura crust breaks
up immediately," McKay said. Resolving power According to a NASA Ames
web site, microbial mats here on Earth are important because their 3.4-billion-year
fossil record indicates they are our planet's oldest known ecosystems.
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Note: Filer's Research Institute has been telling our readers for
many years there is life on Mars like this possible sea shell?. "We
find life the old fashion way, we look at it in the images."
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- Perseids May Cause Damage
On August 11, 2004, at about 21h UT, the Earth will pass through the dense
core of the Perseid meteoroid stream from the parent comet Swift-Tuttle.
The stream is calculated to pass within 0.0013 AU from the Earth's orbit
and should provide plenty of shooting stars. Observation should be good
throughout the night. There is a possibility that larger meteoroids will
pass through our protecting atmosphere. There is always a danger from
space, but fortunately our observation of the skies is increasing.
Alaska - Anti Missile Interceptor Deployed
FORT GREELY The United States deployed its first of six ground-based
missile interceptors that would theoretically stop a nuclear missile attack.
Deployment of the interceptor "marks the end of an era where we have
not been able to defend our country against long-range ballistic missile
attacks", said Major General John Holly, program director for the
Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system. North Korea, China, Russia and Iran
are believed to be building nuclear tipped missiles that could hit the
US. The missile interceptor could likely be programmed to hit an incoming
meteorite if needed, although, scientists argue about the effectiveness
of this procedure. Actually diverting an incoming meteorite from
hitting the Earth would be more effective.
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- Greenland Ice Melting Fast
By Hamish Macdonell, The Scotsman reports, "Greenland's cover of ice
is melting ten times quicker than previously thought, an increase that
could lead to floods across the world," scientists have found. Newly
published research shows an alarming rise in the rate of collapse of the
massive Greenland ice-sheet as a result of global warming. Scientists now
believe the ice-sheet is shrinking at the rate of ten meters a year, not
the one meter previously thought. If the entire ice-sheet melts, the resulting
flood waters would raise the level of global seas by seven meters, submerging
large areas of land, including sea-level cities such as London. Greenland
has the biggest ice-sheet in the northern hemisphere: almost 772,000 square
miles of ice which is up to 1.9 miles thick, the base of which is below
sea level. http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=891712004
New York - Strange Neon Light UFO
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- STATEN ISLAND --The witness has been going to visit a
relative's house for BBQ nearly every weekend and had seen three sightings
on three different days. The witness states, '"The latest occurred
on July 17, 2004, at 5 PM, when we saw a sphere shaped craft hovering
over my house at nearly 2500 feet." It did not move at all, and twice
it was not visible and reappeared in the same original location. It was
equipped with a self luminous white light like neon a fluorescent white.
I did have my camcorder with me, but was hesitant on filming at first
because it is very difficult to find small distant objects in the view
finder and LCD. When I first pointed the camcorder into the sky and hit
record I did not realize that the craft was in the bottom left corner of
the viewfinder so I tried to zoom in thinking I did not yet find it. The
other sightings were black spheres. The other sightings were also with
my sister, and I again pointed out to look in the sky over the backyard
which she did and saw what she described as "birds" possibly
out of denial. Thanks to Peter Davenport Director
www.UFOCenter.com
New Jersey - Disc
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- EDGE WATER The witness was riding in a car with
my friend along Water Street and reports seeing a curved UFO on July 17,
2004, when he noticed four lights that consistently lighted in the sky.
Basically, it's a little curved circle with four lights, while two lights
are on each curved side. These four lights attracted me, because they constantly
had a little vibration, which is very impossible for a aircraft or a bug.
And the light vibration with those four light fly in a curved shape from
left to right. Thanks to
Peter Davenport Director
BOUND BROOK -- The two objects flew from the right to the left, stopped
for about ten seconds and then flew slowly on July 17, 2004, at 12:30 PM.
The witness was out looking at the stars through a pair of binoculars,
and saw a satellite, and then two white Disc shaped UFOs went across the
sky about half way and stopped for about ten seconds and then left. He
states, "There was a screech that sounded really weird and the two
crafts were too slow for it to be a comet, asteroid or a plane." It
was about 12:30 in the morning when it had occurred in a clear sky. Thanks
to Peter Davenport Director
www.UFOCenter.com
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- Georgia Tom Sheets Retires
John C. Thompson and I wish to commend former Police Chief Tom Sheets who
is retiring as as an outstanding Georgia MUFON Director. John
C. Thompson writes, from my perspective of a once active UFO investigator,
"Chief" Tom Sheets, with his departure, leaves mighty
large shoes to fill. His leadership as state director for MUFON in Georgia
was remarkable, attentive to detail, and always steady. During his long
tenure he turned what before had only been amateur UFO investigator training into
a professional, no-nonsense, standardized, doctrine of intense examination.
His expertise in investigating came about from an exemplary, quarter-of-a-century, career
in Georgia law-enforcement. Chief freely provided valuable hands-on
experience in investigative techniques--that many private security
and investigating firms would have eagerly paid for--to MUFON.
Despite having investigated many UFO cases before having the honor of meeting
Chief, I was immediately impressed with the quality of his first case submitted
to MUFON. The thoroughness of his work provided many ideas which aided my
own later investigations. He was clearly a man that ufology badly needed.
MUFON looses its finest state director with his leave. For active
or future investigators take what he has taught and shared with you and
remember it well. I can assure you that MUFON will never have another
"Tom Sheets." I wish Chief well in all his future endeavors.
I know whatever he does, he will excel. I also extend my
best to long-time friend Mark Ausmus, who has spent nearly three decades
in ufology, in his new leadership of MUFON of Georgia. Thanks to John
C. Thompson" gingerjohnt@dicomm.net
Note: Both Tom Sheets and John Thompson have been exceptionally excellent
investigators and Georgia State Directors. Tom was able to take over
ably from John and he will be sorely missed. I sincerely thank
him for all his great work and outstanding leadership.
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- Ohio - Circle
PORTSMOUTH -- It started with one white circular object that came out of
almost nowhere and dropped above a tree on July 17, 2004, at 10:45 PM.
The object(s) moved effortlessly and one came very close to the ground,
hovered and emitted beams. The others just seem to float by. The tree is
probably 30 feet high and the craft hovered about 20 feet above that. It
sent down four beams of light to the street and just stayed there. The
witness states, "My girlfriend and I noticed darker squares or rectangles
towards the middle of the circle, and after hovering with no noise for
about 20 seconds it lifted slowly then bolted out of sight.
A triangular shape also came into focus that was a pulsing red color.
When it got closer it turned bright white. We saw about 15 of these that
came from the southeast. Five of the craft seem to flow back and forth,
and change altitudes the other ten just flew straight. They were red at
first and proceeded to change to white. I tried to put it off as a helicopter
but it just didn't seem right. All the triangles were changing from red
to white. There were also small dark squares or rectangles. We called
the local police and guess what the craft stopped coming, so the police
thought we were crazy. Thanks to Peter Davenport Director
www.UFOCenter.com
LEWISBURG Also on July 17, 2004, three friends were traveling west
on I-70 not far from Dayton at 3 AM, when they spotted an illuminated triangular
shaped object about a mile high.
FOSTORIA George Ritter video taped two UFOs over a near by farm the same
day. Many of the UFOs appear to fly east or west across Ohio and land near
Fostoria. There are vast underground caverns in the area that could be
used by the UFOs.
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Tennessee Disc
PARIS The witness was sitting on a curb, and saw an object sailing
by at a pretty fast speed on July 14, 2004, at 9:43 PM. He reports seeing
one disc shaped object in bright daylight that was moving at a fast pace
and it was silver and reflecting light. I am familiar with weather balloons
and this was not one. It was lower than an aircraft, low enough where I
could see the light reflecting and determine shape and color quite easily.
Thanks to Peter Davenport Director
www.UFOCenter.com
Iowa - Disappearing Lights
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- SIOUX CITY On July 25, 2004, At first it was on
solid bright light, coming from the north, traveling pretty fast. It was
a solid light until it got above us, and then it stopped and was flashing,
or it moved away. This was really high up. Then we saw about 6 more lights,
one of them looked like a cop car in space, circling the sky. All of the
others ended up disappearing also, but not as dramatically as the first
one. Thanks to Peter Davenport Director
www.UFOCenter.com
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- Nebraska Fast Moving Light
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- CHADRON - - The witnesses saw a small light almost straight
above them that was solid white or white/yellow in color on July 24, 2004
at 10 PM. It started out very bright and slowly dimmed as it traveled
from west to east. It lasted only a few seconds, but seemed to be traveling
too fast to be a plane. There were two commercial aircraft in the area
and both were traveling northeast to southwest. The light moved quickly
from west to east and slowly dimmed then disappeared. Thanks to Peter Davenport
Director
www.UFOCenter.com
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- Texas Orbs and Rectangular UFO
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- DALLAS -- On July 19, 2004, I took about a dozen pictures
of different areas of the sky about 8:15 PM, but there was nothing in any
of them, except for one. I'm sending it to you. I took this yesterday,
07-19-04, about 8:15 p.m. or so. Be for sure, I will be doing
this some more.
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- FORT WORTH TO DALLAS -- As I was driving eastbound, from,
almost directly in front of me, I saw just for maybe two seconds, a white,
possibly round object, disappear into a cloud on July 25, 2004. There are
a lot of military aircraft in the area, so it seems like I'm always looking
up. I watched the cloud, nothing came out.? Bear in mind, I was driving,
probably about 30 mph, so I had to keep one eye on the road. Usually military,
and some commercial aircraft, I would have heard, but I heard nothing.
I pulled over. I watched the cloud for ten minutes. Nothing came out. I
wear glasses, so I'm not above saying I could have been mistaken. It just
seemed so clear. The sky was clear with white clouds on a blue sky. What
I call a Simpson sky. I don't have the ability to judge the
distance of a cloud, but if I had to guess I would guess ten miles away.
I just came directly in and entered "UFO" on my computer to see
if maybe someone else saw it.
HOUSTON The witnesses state, "We were driving east down memorial
drive at 6:30 PM, between Kirkwood and Dairy Ashford when my daughter and
I saw a huge object in the sky on July 25, 2004." It had to have been
larger then a football field. It was white on top and light gray on the
bottom. It was rectangular shaped but the top was kind of rounded. Not
like anything I have ever seen before. It was pretty far away but it was
huge. Probably 5 times bigger then any plane I have seen in the sky. It
was also completely motionless. We turned back around to look again because
some trees got in the way but it was gone. Thanks to Peter Davenport
www.UFOCenter.com
Arizona Numerous Orbs
PHOENIX The witness reports, "I have noticed for the last
month or so that around 1 PM, I have been seeing the same orbs at or around
the same exact area in downtown Phoenix on Saturdays. Well July 24, 2004,
today was no exception...It is a clear day today and the winds are coming
in at a constant 10-15mph from the south. I went to the roof of my
parking garage six floors up and spotted a white orb that was heading
northeast about 10 mph at 1,500 feet high. I called a friend and described
to him what I saw when out of nowhere the object came back and headed
in my direction. I video-taped this and noticed it was going southwest
against the wind and descending at a slow rate. I saw two strings of orbs
float down near the other object. There were eight to ten objects in each
bunch. They were multicolored with reds, white, orange, blue and there
was a distortion around the objects like they were under water in the sky.
At first it was really hard to focus then I finally got in on them and
they were changing shapes and colors and barely moving, kind of meandering
in the general area. They were starting to go through a thin haze and
I couldn't focus in on them anymore. The sighting started about 1:15 and
I couldn't see them anymore by 1:50 AM. These are the weirdest objects
I have ever seen. They were side by side the whole time as if shadowing
each other. To view the clips: http://www.hbccufo.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1625
California UFO Videos
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- LOS ANGELES -- It was around 11 PM, on July 23, 2004,
and there was a red and white blinking light in the sky that flew from
one place to another at the blink of an eye. It was circling around the
night sky until it flew higher and vanished. It was very small and very
high up and continued to circle around and around very slowly. I kept on
looking at it until it just went higher and higher into the sky until I
could no longer see it. Thanks to Peter Davenport Director
www.UFOCenter.com
SAN BERNARDINO The witnesses report seeing these objects several
times in the last two years. On July 25, 2004, the witness reports seeing
strange lights in the sky while driving east at 12:15 AM. He states, "I
saw one of them, they fly about 1000 feet up and glow orange or red, they
just appear out of nowhere for about two minutes and just float there,
and then disappear. There are some strange things going on here. Thanks
to Peter Davenport Director
www.UFOCenter.com
AUBURN -- On August 6, 2004, at 6:55 PM, p.m. local time I witnessed three
orbs of light coming out of the setting sun. I was going for my evening
walk in Auburn, CA when, I saw the first of the three orbs coming out of
the setting sun. I quickly got out my binoculars which I carry with me
and was able to track and view the last of the three orbs. It was translucent
yet very white and bright. It was constantly changing shape, going from
circular to a dodecahedron shape with star or pointed like protrusions
coming out of the circumference and then back to circular. All three orbs
passed over me at great speed. They looked like about 15,000 feet in altitude
and after passing over me they disappeared. One made a 90 degree turn
to it's left in an instant then traveled for approximately an
inch at my arm's length and disappeared rapidly.) Mark A. Olson, D.M. www.sonorasightings.com
drmarkolson@sonorasightings.com "
SONORA -- A new sighting of a flying triangle was videotaped on August
8,2004! This object was videotaped on separate Sony Camcorders, one
on Hi-8 using a tripod, the other on a hand-held Digital. (The digital
video clip will be added to the later today.) Video clips of the object
have been posted at: http://www.sonorasightings.com on the "JULY &
AUGUST CLIPS" page.
Washington - Triangles and Helicopters
TROUT LAKE -- James Gilliland reports, "We have had almost a
week of constant activity with as many as 13 eye witnesses at a time."
Several ships came in very low and expanded into a brilliant light. Some
side slipped back and forth changing speeds exhibiting behavior unlike
any conventional craft. There was a triangle on August 6th around 10:30
PM which swooped down banked and turned upward like a ghost ship.
It was a bit larger than my hand. Two out of thirteen saw it. It happened
very quickly. On August 8th at 9:50 PM, a ship came in low from the
southeast. It bust into a brilliant golden light dimming to orange then
white. It continued northwest and repeated the signal yet this time it
was brilliant white like a welding ark. Three witnesses were present. The
skies are getting busier. www.eceti.org
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- Canada -- Record Number Of UFO Sightings
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- OTTAWA - Jim Bronskill in the Canadian Press reports,
"From a translucent, saucer-shaped object in British Columbia to mysterious
lights buzzing motorists in New Brunswick, Canadians are on their way to
reporting a record number of UFO sightings this year. More than 400 stories
of curious encounters were filed through the end of July, compared with
just over 300 by this time last year, says Ufology Research of Manitoba,
a group that tracks reports of unidentified flying objects.
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record of 673 sightings reported last year, said Chris Rutkowski, research
co-coordinator for the Winnipeg-based organization. The group receives
reports directly by telephone and e-mail from sister agencies that follow
the phenomenon, and via federal departments such as transport and national
defense.
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- Rutkowski says, "I think there is a resurgence of
interest in space," he said yesterday. Dazzling mid-air maneuvers
were a feature of some of the more dramatic otherworldly episodes.
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- At a military base in Beaverbank, N.S., on April 23,
three people spotted several lights in the east, including a slow-moving
red one bobbing up and down. Suddenly, a second red light swooped in, prompting
the first one to climb upwards and fly over it.
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- The Prairies seem to be a hotbed of unexplained activity.
In Alberta, 61 sightings occurred up to the end of July, compared with
76 in all of last year. There were 50 in Manitoba, already double the total
for 2003, while 19 reports emerged from Saskatchewan, topping last year's
13. In a widely reported incident, the pilot of Prime Minister Paul Martin's
plane reported seeing a "very bright light" falling through the
air, with smoke trailing, while the aircraft passed over Suffield, Alta.,
on March 21.
REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN -- The craft hovered in the eastern skies, not too
far from Regina Airport (YQR ); on July 25, 2004. It seemed to align itself
with the approaches to the airport and a bright light would come on just
like on night landings at the airport. Then two big lights in an horizontal
fashion came on. Then the format changed with four or more lights to look
like the crescent moon. The craft spent about twenty minutes
in my view and then curved an exit to the southeast. I have two digital
images on my Olympus camera. Thanks to Brian Vike
www.hbccufo.com
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- Germany - Oval
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- KASSEL On German Highway 44 the witness reports
seeing a s star flying towards Earth on July 18, 2004. After two
or three seconds it was moving into our atmosphere and became a big oval
object at quarter to midnight. Thanks to Peter Davenport Director
www.UFOCenter.com
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- Australia -- Astronomer Sheds Light on 'UFO sightings'
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- UFO spotters will not need to report a red flare and
a fast moving white light in the sky over Darwin on Tuesday, 10 August
2004, - they have already been identified. The white light will be the
International Space Station, on one of its rare transits that is clearly
visible across the Top End. The red flash comes from an Iridium flare,
generated by one of 70 satellites launched by the now-defunct phone company
in the 1990s. Charles Darwin University astronomy tutor Geoff Carr says
the two phenomenon are often mistaken for 'close encounters'.
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up enormously," he said. "It looks almost like a flare, one of
those out of a flare gun, and then it will just disappear and people have
rung me up saying 'I'm sure I saw a UFO last night, it just skirted into
the atmosphere, then it took off', so you know what they're talking about
when they do contact you, because you know when they're visible."
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- Were World War II Foo Fighters Real Or Not?
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- Columnist Fred Alexander in The Franklin Press writes,
" Foo Fighters was the name given to unexplained balls of glowing
light seen by U.S., British, and German pilots late in World War Two in
the skies over Europe. The Objects where also seen in the Pacific by U.S.
and Japanese soldiers Wally Hoffman recalled, but "The mission to
Schweinfurt was historically tough with huge loss of planes and men, but
somebody positively was out there trying to help us. Soon after we had
dropped are bombs on Schweinfurt we began a shallow right turn away and
from the target and the black wall of flak to reform in a tight diamond
combat formation. As I looked to the east I could see several groups advancing
to the initial point to begin their bomb run. I then observed one of the
most baffling incidents of my life. There I observed an enigma, which
to this day still defies a suitable explanation.
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under a concentrated fighter attacks had turned on the initial point and
began their bomb run to the target. The persistent fighter attacks suddenly
ceased. I then noticed the reflection of what appeared to be circular type
objects all around the bomber formation. There were absolutely no German
fighters that ordinarily seemed to swarm around and through the formations
with their deadly 20mm cannons. Where were they? It was as if the 384th
Bomb Group was flying in a vacuum.
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and top turret reported a cluster of discs in their flight path and apparently
closing on the bombers. The discs in clusters to more silver colored.
They were easily seen by the B-17 crewmembers, gliding down slowly in a
uniform cluster. One fortress closed rapidly with a cluster of these discs,
however the pilot was unsuccessful in trying to evade the discs. He reported
at debriefing that although his right wing went through the cluster there
was absolutely no effect on the engines or the plane surfaces. The pilot
further stated that one of the discs was heard to strike that tail assembly.
None of the crew heard or witnessed any explosion as a result. About 20
ft. from the discs the crewmembers sighted a mass of black debris of varying
sizes also in clusters of about four feet. Other aircraft were observed
flying through the discs with no apparent damage. Other discs were sighted
but they were unable to determine where they had originated," concluded
Hoffman. Snip. Thanks to The Franklin Press and Cal Cotrell
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