I’ve never posted a UAP video from YouTube, until now. I’m making an exception here. If this video is authentic, than it’s one of the best I’ve seen yet. What’s convincing here are the reactions from the witnesses. Turn up your speakers and watch in full screen. What do you think?
I’ve Seen Through The Looking Glass, Outside The Fishbowl
By,
T. Blank
One of the most fascinating aspects of the phenomenon is the apparent electromagnetic effects it has on aircraft, automobiles and power grids. One of the most interesting and well documented events was from Levellend, Texas, USA. (Read About It Here).
I came across another case from the well-respected Mutual UFO Network (MUFON)
I’m posting this case because the phenomenon was seen by many residents from Jackson, Mississippi in 1978 and the electrical disturbances on the automobiles and houses in the neighborhood.
Read on.
A Mississippi witness recalls an extraordinary encounter with three UAPs that moved slowly along a Jackson street at 100 feet with multiple observers, according to testimony in Case 61533 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The events unfolded along Warner Avenue about 6:30 p.m. on October 15, 1978, as the witness was delivering newspapers with his mother and sister.
“I had a paper route and delivered the Jackson Daily News, an evening paper in Jackson, MS,” the witness stated. “I had approximately 150 houses on my route so my father would normally take me on my route. But it was volleyball season and my father taught math, history, and coached volleyball at a local high school, so during volleyball season he usually got home too late to take me on the route so my mother had to take me.”
The witness was a paperboy back in 1978 when multiple UAPs flew slowly over his neighborhood. Pictured: The intersection in Jackson, MS, where the object was seen in 1978. (Credit: Google)
The witnesses’ mother did not like to be the driver because she had recently purchased a new Buick Limited.
“I paid my older sister to fold and rubber band the papers for me and when my mother took me on the route my sister had to throw the left side and I threw the right side. Anyone with a paper route knows it’s really difficult to throw papers with a new driver because they don’t know which houses to slow down for. I was 13 and my sister was 14 at the time.”
The group had turned onto Warner Avenue from Utah Street. The witness had to get out of the vehicle because his papers were landing on the wrong lawns.
“Right before I got out of the car my mother’s radio went to static. I threw the five houses on foot and was walking back to the car when I noticed everyone on the street starting to come outside. They were asking each other who had power – apparently power for that entire street had went off.”
The witness then noticed residents of the street pointing into the sky.
“Then about 10 houses down from the yard I was walking through I noticed two elderly women pointing up in the sky at something. I looked briefly at what they were pointing at and I just dismissed what I say as a low Goodyear Blimp flying with the advertisement lights on the side. The Goodyear Blimp was a common site in Jackson during that time. I climbed through the window of the backseat to get into the car because if I opened the door all the papers would fall out of the car. But my mother’s car had shut off and would not crank back up.”
The witness got out of the car again and asked his mother to pop the hood to check the battery.
“That’s when I noticed every single car on the street that was running had stalled. There were now more neighbors outside pointing up at the objects and I looked again and it was not about 100 feet away from us heading toward us and only about 100 feet above the ground. And instead of it being one large blimp like I originally thought, I could now see that there were three separate objects, one behind the other about 50 feet apart in a single line moving very slowly down Warner Avenue.”
The witness first thought the UAPs were one object and possibly the Goodyear blimp. Pictured: The street in Jackson, MS, where the object was seen in 1978. (Credit: Google)
The witness described the three objects.
“The first one was shaped like a pentagon and was gun-metal black and had blue lights around its perimeter with a pulsating red light in the middle. This object was so close I could not see the top of it. It shined a very bright, intense white light on one of the houses and then walked the light down towards our car, like a police helicopter does…but it was totally silent. This thing was so close to me I could have it with a tennis ball.
“The one behind it was also shaped like a trapezoid and I could see the second ‘story’ or layer of this craft and there was a white section that looked like windows and I could see beings moving through this section. It had orange and green lights on its perimeter but I don’t remember if it had a pulsating red center light like the first one.
“The first one was so close to me I could see patterns in fixtures in its underbelly. The second one did not shine a light down like the first one did until it passed over our car and was a good 100 yards away. The second object appeared to be jet black.
“The third object was shaped more like a diamond and it had blue and green and white lights and this object was actually ‘tumbling’ slowly or rotating slowly on its horizontal axis. It was seemed to have a jet black surface as opposed to gun-metal like the first one.
“Behind the third object was a small red ball of light moving along with the three objects. It took me a couple of minutes before I realized that these objects were not some kind of quiet airplane or some kind of new blimp with a new shape.”
The objects seemed to be in no hurry to move away.
“These three objects were in no hurry whatsoever and almost seemed to be ‘parading’ for us. They went about two-thirds of the way down Warner Avenue and then began a very slow ascent up and to the right in the direction of the full moon. Once the objects were approximately a mile or two away, all the power came back on the street and my mother’s cars headlights came back on and she restarted the car. These objects were in view for 20 to 30 minutes and in no hurry whatsoever.”
The entire event lasted between 20 and 30 minutes.
Family members rarely spoke about the events of that October day.
Jackson is the capital of Mississippi, with a population today of 173,514.
Photo of Jackson, MS, taken from the International Space Station. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)
Courtesy of Roger Marsh, a UAP writer, author, playwright and independent filmmaker. He is editor of the monthly MUFON UFO Journal for the Mutual UFO Network and is the National UFO Examiner at examiner.com. He is the author of Sacred Dialogue, editor of Silent Invasion, and co-editor of Ron Paul Speaks.
I’ve Seen Through The Looking Glass, Outside The Fishbowl
By,
T. Blank
On occasion I will post interesting UAP activities from one of the worlds largest and most professional UAP research organizations. MUFON (Mutual UFO Network). Here is a fascinating case from MUFON’s “Sighting Of The Month”.
Although this incident occurred in 1967, I decided it was worthy to print because of the number of competent, multiple U.S. Air Force military witnesses coupled with two separate radar installations including three Marine F-4 Phantoms in pursuit of the bogeys. The UAPs were tracked at an astonishing 5000 mph!
UAP SIGHTING OF THE MONTH
SYNOPSIS:
On or about March 31, 1967 two US Military Air Defense Radar Operators tracked a total of eight unidentified targets over coastal areas of southern Florida. The operators and radar stations were separated by approximately 100 miles. These two distinct radar sites were located at Homestead AFB, Florida and the Army Air Defense Battery on Key West, Florida. The radar tracking and observation lasted for approximately four hours. Two separate UAP flight areas were identified, one off of the east coast near Miami, Florida (Flight Area A) and the second just south of the Florida mainland and north of Key West, Florida (Flight Area B).
OBJECT DESCRIPTION:
The only visual object description was from a member of the Army Air Defense launch crew who commented the one object was moving so fast it was like a meteor, but was flying level. Based on the radar return the primary witness estimated the size of one UAP as between 31 and 100 feet.
INTERVIEW/STATEMENTS:
DF stated; It was late March 1967. I was a buck Sergeant In the United States Air Force. I was stationed at the 644th Radar Squadron, Richmond Air Force Station, Florida. The radar squadron was just north of U.S. Highway 1 in Miami, Florida. I was working a twelve hour shift from 7pm To 7am. I was speaking with WS about 10pm, when I received a priority telephone call from NORAD Headquarters. They advised that four unidentified aircraft had been picked up on Canadian radar passing over mid Canada and heading south along the east coast of the United States at a very high rate of speed.
I notified the duty officer and waited for my radar to paint the four unidentified aircraft. The radar showed four targets coming into range at approximately 5000 mph and decelerating to approximately 1500 mph. I had WS on my telephone and advised him as the situation developed. Bill advised that he had the four aircraft on his radar. We both watched the aircraft flying grid patterns for approximately four hours. At approximately 2am, Bill told me that one of the aircraft had broken formation and was flying toward his site. I lost contact with Bill a few moments later.
WS stated; it was late March of 1967. I was in the army at that time, and assigned to an air defense center in Key West, Florida. I spent many of my nights in a radar control center watching the various screens. My second cousin was also in the scope dope business. He was in the Air Force at the time and worked in a radar station in Homestead, Florida, just outside Miami.
We spent many an evening conversing on the air defense net, although our conversations rarely had anything to do with air defense. My cousin called me one night on the net and advised me that something unbelievable was happening in South Florida. He opened the net so I could monitor the traffic regarding the incident taking place. I pulled my headset to my ears as I listed to various NORAD stations tracking a UAP just off the coast of Miami.
At the time, Homestead was a SAC base, and any such traffic was a great concern to the Air Force. Although I was about 100 miles from the target under discussion, I had the capability to observe activity in the area with my own radar. I had only to take it off standby. As I was bringing up my antenna, the chatter continued, and referred to three more objects in the sky near Miami. It was also noted that civilian observers had now sighted the objects and the sighting was being reported on local commercial radio.
As my scope came up the first thing I noticed were three Marine fighters departing Boca Chica Naval Air Station, heading north. The UAPs were clearly visible just southeast of Miami. They appeared to be moving just East of North, skirting the Florida Coast. They then turned sharply west, crossing the keys near Everglades National Park on the south tip of the Florida mainland. It only took the Phantoms a few minutes to reach the area of the bogies.
I have no idea if the pilots sighted the targets visually, or electronically. The air channel was not part of the NORAD net. As the phantoms approached the targets they disappeared off the scope. Now there is only one way to disappear when being observed by a PAR (Pulse Acquisition Radar). You must go straight up, or straight down. This cat and mouse game went on all night. There is much too much to type in this report.
Visual observations in Miami included the observation of one large object and three small. This I cannot verify, although I imagine the Miami Herald would have some record of it. To me, they appeared to be flying a search pattern. The way the Coast Guard would search in grids. After about four hours one of the unknowns began moving south directly towards my location. The target was really moving, probably twice the speed of anything I had ever tracked, around 1100 miles an hour. This would provide me with an excellent opportunity to lock onto the target with a different type of radar. This other type of radar, which I probably should not identify, has the capability of bringing back actual sounds of the target. Turbo prop, jet engines, or the thud of rotary aircraft could clearly be heard with this system.
As the target approached it decelerated but was still supersonic. I brought the targeting radar into alignment with it and brought the unit on-line. For a short moment, a very short moment, I could hear a high-pitched whine, similar to a jet engine, but smoother and much higher pitch. At this point the target obviously detected my lock and hit my sight with some type of Electronic Counter Measure. It appeared to reverse the polarity of every piece of equipment on the sight, although I was never able to verify that.
Needless to say this caused an instant shut down of the system and erased a great many taxpayer dollars. As I was exiting the control center the launch crew stated that they had seen the object pass over. It was moving so fast that one of the guys swore it was a meteor, but was flying level. When last seen the object was headed south towards Cuba. It was many years later that I read newspaper articles about a two-week flap in the Miami area. I would also later learn about a Cuban MIG21 that was allegedly destroyed during an encounter with a UAP in March 1967.
NATURAL/MANMADE PHENOMENON:
The characteristics of the object do not match known aircraft. According to the one Army launch crew member it had an anomalous appearance, like a meteor that was flying a level course. On radar, the objects indicated anomalous movements; broken or interrupted trajectories, and apparition of physical-spatial incongruities; disappearing and reappearing on radar. At least one of the objects demonstrated supersonic speed without producing a sonic boom.
EVIDENCE/INVESTIGATION:
This is a historical case that occurred approximately 47 years ago. The primary witness is a MUFON Field Investigator and he has investigated this case over a several year period.
Checked MUFON CMS database for the months of March and April 1967, no other cases found in Florida.
Checked NICAP database and found 4 Florida cases, 1 case may be related to this case. It was in March 1967, however a specific date and time were not identified. It is the case involving a Cuban Mig-21 destroyed while engaging an unknown target over NE Cuba. Some investigative reports suggest the unknown was an A-12 or SR-71 American Spy Plane.
Note, if memory serves, The SR-71 is a recon airplane without armaments. My words.
Checked NUFORC database and found 1 Florida case from April 01, 1967 that we believe is related. This case was reported in June 2005, but the event date was listed as approximately April 1, 1967 and the location was at the Flamingo Campgrounds near Homestead, Florida. The description of the event has similarities with observations made by the radar operators. The location also matches.
Checked meteor/fireball database and did not find any that matched location and date for this case.
Several newspaper articles were discovered that refer to sightings within a few weeks of this case, however the Air Force determined the many witnesses, three teachers and several students from the Crestview School in Opalocka, Florida, were observing a Coast Guard Helicopter engaged in training maneuvers at an airport approximately 3 miles from their location. The witnesses did not agree with this assessment. The date, time, and objects movements as well as colors seem to match the primary witness’s description of the event. All was documented in the local newspapers.
WITNESS CREDIBILITY:
Witnesses are credible, at the time of the event they were US Military radar operators.
CORRELATING CASES:
NUFORC Case Posted 6/20/2005 and reported 6/2/2005 location was Homestead, Florida and event date was approximately 4/01/1967. USAF Investigation and Findings document number 1003764 dated 4 May 1967, event date April 7, 1967. Crestview School daytime UAP sightings.
CONCLUSION:
Our conclusion for these objects is UNKNOWN-UAV. They do not match the capabilities of known military or commercial aircraft from that time period.
Fascinating! Isn’t it?
Courtesy Of MUFON
I’ve Seen Through The Looking Glass, Outside The Fishbowl
By,
T. Blank
On occasion I will post interesting UAP activities from one of the worlds largest and most professional UAP research organizations. MUFON (Mutual UFO Network). Here is a fascinating case from MUFON’s “Sighting Of The Month”.
Although this incident occurred in 1967, I decided it was worthy to print because of the number of competent, multiple U.S. Air Force military witnesses coupled with two separate radar installations including three Marine F-4 Phantoms in pursuit of the bogeys. The UAPs were tracked at an astonishing 5000 mph!
UAP SIGHTING OF THE MONTH
SYNOPSIS:
On or about March 31, 1967 two US Military Air Defense Radar Operators tracked a total of eight unidentified targets over coastal areas of southern Florida. The operators and radar stations were separated by approximately 100 miles. These two distinct radar sites were located at Homestead AFB, Florida and the Army Air Defense Battery on Key West, Florida. The radar tracking and observation lasted for approximately four hours. Two separate UAP flight areas were identified, one off of the east coast near Miami, Florida (Flight Area A) and the second just south of the Florida mainland and north of Key West, Florida (Flight Area B).
OBJECT DESCRIPTION:
The only visual object description was from a member of the Army Air Defense launch crew who commented the one object was moving so fast it was like a meteor, but was flying level. Based on the radar return the primary witness estimated the size of one UAP as between 31 and 100 feet.
INTERVIEW/STATEMENTS:
DF stated; It was late March 1967. I was a buck Sergeant In the United States Air Force. I was stationed at the 644th Radar Squadron, Richmond Air Force Station, Florida. The radar squadron was just north of U.S. Highway 1 in Miami, Florida. I was working a twelve hour shift from 7pm To 7am. I was speaking with WS about 10pm, when I received a priority telephone call from NORAD Headquarters. They advised that four unidentified aircraft had been picked up on Canadian radar passing over mid Canada and heading south along the east coast of the United States at a very high rate of speed.
I notified the duty officer and waited for my radar to paint the four unidentified aircraft. The radar showed four targets coming into range at approximately 5000 mph and decelerating to approximately 1500 mph. I had WS on my telephone and advised him as the situation developed. Bill advised that he had the four aircraft on his radar. We both watched the aircraft flying grid patterns for approximately four hours. At approximately 2am, Bill told me that one of the aircraft had broken formation and was flying toward his site. I lost contact with Bill a few moments later.
WS stated; it was late March of 1967. I was in the army at that time, and assigned to an air defense center in Key West, Florida. I spent many of my nights in a radar control center watching the various screens. My second cousin was also in the scope dope business. He was in the Air Force at the time and worked in a radar station in Homestead, Florida, just outside Miami.
We spent many an evening conversing on the air defense net, although our conversations rarely had anything to do with air defense. My cousin called me one night on the net and advised me that something unbelievable was happening in South Florida. He opened the net so I could monitor the traffic regarding the incident taking place. I pulled my headset to my ears as I listed to various NORAD stations tracking a UAP just off the coast of Miami.
At the time, Homestead was a SAC base, and any such traffic was a great concern to the Air Force. Although I was about 100 miles from the target under discussion, I had the capability to observe activity in the area with my own radar. I had only to take it off standby. As I was bringing up my antenna, the chatter continued, and referred to three more objects in the sky near Miami. It was also noted that civilian observers had now sighted the objects and the sighting was being reported on local commercial radio.
As my scope came up the first thing I noticed were three Marine fighters departing Boca Chica Naval Air Station, heading north. The UAPs were clearly visible just southeast of Miami. They appeared to be moving just East of North, skirting the Florida Coast. They then turned sharply west, crossing the keys near Everglades National Park on the south tip of the Florida mainland. It only took the Phantoms a few minutes to reach the area of the bogies.
I have no idea if the pilots sighted the targets visually, or electronically. The air channel was not part of the NORAD net. As the phantoms approached the targets they disappeared off the scope. Now there is only one way to disappear when being observed by a PAR (Pulse Acquisition Radar). You must go straight up, or straight down. This cat and mouse game went on all night. There is much too much to type in this report.
Visual observations in Miami included the observation of one large object and three small. This I cannot verify, although I imagine the Miami Herald would have some record of it. To me, they appeared to be flying a search pattern. The way the Coast Guard would search in grids. After about four hours one of the unknowns began moving south directly towards my location. The target was really moving, probably twice the speed of anything I had ever tracked, around 1100 miles an hour. This would provide me with an excellent opportunity to lock onto the target with a different type of radar. This other type of radar, which I probably should not identify, has the capability of bringing back actual sounds of the target. Turbo prop, jet engines, or the thud of rotary aircraft could clearly be heard with this system.
As the target approached it decelerated but was still supersonic. I brought the targeting radar into alignment with it and brought the unit on-line. For a short moment, a very short moment, I could hear a high-pitched whine, similar to a jet engine, but smoother and much higher pitch. At this point the target obviously detected my lock and hit my sight with some type of Electronic Counter Measure. It appeared to reverse the polarity of every piece of equipment on the sight, although I was never able to verify that.
Needless to say this caused an instant shut down of the system and erased a great many taxpayer dollars. As I was exiting the control center the launch crew stated that they had seen the object pass over. It was moving so fast that one of the guys swore it was a meteor, but was flying level. When last seen the object was headed south towards Cuba. It was many years later that I read newspaper articles about a two-week flap in the Miami area. I would also later learn about a Cuban MIG21 that was allegedly destroyed during an encounter with a UAP in March 1967.
NATURAL/MANMADE PHENOMENON:
The characteristics of the object do not match known aircraft. According to the one Army launch crew member it had an anomalous appearance, like a meteor that was flying a level course. On radar, the objects indicated anomalous movements; broken or interrupted trajectories, and apparition of physical-spatial incongruities; disappearing and reappearing on radar. At least one of the objects demonstrated supersonic speed without producing a sonic boom.
EVIDENCE/INVESTIGATION:
This is a historical case that occurred approximately 47 years ago. The primary witness is a MUFON Field Investigator and he has investigated this case over a several year period.
Checked MUFON CMS database for the months of March and April 1967, no other cases found in Florida.
Checked NICAP database and found 4 Florida cases, 1 case may be related to this case. It was in March 1967, however a specific date and time were not identified. It is the case involving a Cuban Mig-21 destroyed while engaging an unknown target over NE Cuba. Some investigative reports suggest the unknown was an A-12 or SR-71 American Spy Plane.
Note, if memory serves, The SR-71 is a recon airplane without armaments. My words.
Checked NUFORC database and found 1 Florida case from April 01, 1967 that we believe is related. This case was reported in June 2005, but the event date was listed as approximately April 1, 1967 and the location was at the Flamingo Campgrounds near Homestead, Florida. The description of the event has similarities with observations made by the radar operators. The location also matches.
Checked meteor/fireball database and did not find any that matched location and date for this case.
Several newspaper articles were discovered that refer to sightings within a few weeks of this case, however the Air Force determined the many witnesses, three teachers and several students from the Crestview School in Opalocka, Florida, were observing a Coast Guard Helicopter engaged in training maneuvers at an airport approximately 3 miles from their location. The witnesses did not agree with this assessment. The date, time, and objects movements as well as colors seem to match the primary witness’s description of the event. All was documented in the local newspapers.
WITNESS CREDIBILITY:
Witnesses are credible, at the time of the event they were US Military radar operators.
CORRELATING CASES:
NUFORC Case Posted 6/20/2005 and reported 6/2/2005 location was Homestead, Florida and event date was approximately 4/01/1967. USAF Investigation and Findings document number 1003764 dated 4 May 1967, event date April 7, 1967. Crestview School daytime UAP sightings.
CONCLUSION:
Our conclusion for these objects is UNKNOWN-UAV. They do not match the capabilities of known military or commercial aircraft from that time period.
Fascinating! Isn’t it?
Courtesy Of MUFON
I’ve Seen Through The Looking Glass, Outside The Fishbowl
By,
T. Blank
When it comes to Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon, the subject is met by the irritating shrill of the “Noisy Negativists” screaming, “where’s the proof”?, “where’s the evidence”?, “how come we don’t have a piece of a flying saucer”? Good, straight, to the point questions actually. There is absolutely nothing wrong with being skeptical. Questioning everything is a good thing, as long as one excludes their emotions, beliefs and preconceived notion’s of the question at hand and start from the beginning, with a clean slate. Do the research first, then you can come to your own conclusions.
Now unlike these so-called UFO experts who’ve never witnessed the phenomenon themselves, yet seem to have all the answers, I’m not going to blindly propose UAPs are extraterrestrial spacecraft piloted by aliens visiting us earthlings from other stars. Even after all these decades of reminiscing, reliving my own experience, reading, researching and watching countless documentaries, I still don’t know what this “Enormous Ferris Wheel” in the sky was or what it represents. Actually, I think the Extraterrestrial Hypothesis is the least likely explanation (Read More Here). I surmise it’s something far more profound and unexpected. But what the hell do I know anyway. I’m just Joe Citizen who witnessed something like out of a Science Fiction movie that was totally astonishing.
So let’s go back to the question, where’s the evidence? Well I hate to rain on the Nay Sayers parade, but the evidence is there…it’s everywhere! Cave drawings from the dawn of Man, in The Bible, even ancient religious paintings, if one were to take the time and look for it. In modern times, I’m talking about physical trace evidence like broken tree branches, unusually high radiation in soil samples, circular patterns and impressions on the ground at landing sites. I’m talking about the electromagnetic disruptions and interference in cities, automobiles and aircraft. I’m talking about the countless photographs and videos taken by educated professionals in various high-ranking positions and so on and so on.
To me, the most impressive, irrefutable evidence of UAPs are found in cases involving multiple witnesses on the ground and in the air simultaneously, by civilians, the police, military personal etc., accompanied with radar targets painted from the ground in conjunction with airborne radar. I mean really, what more evidence do we need? Criminals in a court of law have been convicted on far less circumstantial evidence!
I found a reputable site called NARCAP (National Aviation Reporting Center on Anomalous Phenomena) run by Dr. Richard F. Haines . The research organization specialize in both current and historical UAP incidents and observations. They are specifically interested in those cases involving concerns for aviation safety.
Dr. Richard F. Haines has compiled a catalogue of over 3400 aviation related UAP cases. He has conducted a comprehensive review of UAP reports by U.S. air traffic controllers and pilots from the past 50 years. A result of this effort is Richard’s paper “Aviation Safety in America-A Previously Neglected Factor”. It contains analyses of over one hundred reports of UAP involved in near misses, close pacing, disrupted avionics, and collisions. These events either occurred to US aviation professionals on domestic or foreign flights, or foreign aircrews operating in US airspace.
I’m not an author or a writer, just a one finger typer therefore I’ve listed a very brief example of some fascinating cases which I hope will be of value to some. If you’re interested and are willing to take the time, just Google these cases for a more detailed reports because it would take me forever to write it.
Yup, gotta do the research!
Enjoy
Aircraft Visual Radar Cases
Multiple Pilots Witness Large Object Near Guernsey, United Kingdom
April, 23, 2007 – Guernsey, United Kingdom
Two experienced airline pilots on separate flights saw something up to a mile wide off the coast of Alderney on Monday afternoon. ‘It was a very sharp, thin yellow object with a green area. It was 2,000 ft. up and stationary,’ one of the pilots said. “At first, I thought it was the size of a 737. But it must have been much bigger because of how far away it was. It could have been as much as a mile wide.”
Source: The Guernsey Press & Star – St Saviour, Jersey, – April 26, 2007 ID: 1148
Case Type: PressReport Features: Pilot/Aircrew, Witness Photo, Radar, Multiple UAPs, Witness Sketch
Mexican Air Force Pilots Film 11 UAPs
March, 2004 – Over Campeche state, Mexico
Mexican Air Force pilots filmed 11 unidentified flying objects in the skies over southern Campeche state in Mexico, a Mexican Defense Department spokesman confirmed. A videotape was made widely available to the news media. The lights were filmed using infrared equipment. They appeared to be flying at an altitude of about 3,500 meters (11,480 feet), and surrounded the Air Force jet.
Source: Associated Press / Jaime Maussan ID: 263
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Radar, Military, Pilot/Aircrew, Photo, Multiple UAPs, Witness Photo
Chinese Air Force Pilot Chases ‘Mushroom-Shaped’ UAP
October, 19, 1998 – Changzhou, China
The [Chinese] air force had a prolonged up-close encounter with a UAP last month that one fighter pilot described as “just like ones in foreign movies,” a government-controlled newspaper reported Thursday. At least 140 people on the ground also saw the object. They described an object with a mushroom-shaped dome on top and a flat bottom covered with bright, continually rotating lights.
Source: AFP (Agence France Presse) – November, 1998 ID: 1074
Case Type: PressReport Features: Group Sighting, Pilot/Aircrew, Military, Radar, Body Lights
America West Airlines Flight 564 UAP
May, 25, 1995 – Bovina, Texas, United States
A Boeing 757 piloted by Captain Eugene Tollefson and First Officer John J. Waller, was passing near Bovina, Texas. Captain Tollefson left his seat to look [at a line of regularly flashing lights]. As the lightning flashed behind the lights, it silhouetted something that to the observers appeared to be a large, dark, cigar-shaped object between 300 and 500 feet in length.
Source: Loy Lawhon, About.com ID: 225
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Pilot/Aircrew, Radar
Belgium Triangle UAP Sightings
October, 1989 – Belgium
From October 1989 throughout 1990, hundreds of reports of lighted objects, frequently described as enormous and triangular in shape were recorded in Belgium. Air Force supersonic F-16 jets chased these strange objects, which were simultaneously tracked by both airborne and ground radars. The Belgian Government cooperated fully with civilian UAP investigators, an action without precedent in the history of government involvement in this field.
Source: Don Berliner ID: 1125
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Body Lights, Military, Mass Sighting, Witness Sketch, Radar, Police
Japan Air Lines Flight 1628 Over Alaska
November, 17, 1986 – Alaska, United States
In November, 1986, a Japanese crew of a jumbo freighter aircraft witnessed three unidentified objects while flying over Alaska, USA. This sighting gained international attention when the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that it was going to officially investigate this sighting because the Air Route Traffic Control Center in Anchorage, Alaska, had reported that the UAP had been detected on radar. The UAPs in this case were tracked on both ground and airborne radar, witnessed by experienced airline pilots, and confirmed by a FAA Division Chief.
Source: Loy Lawhon ID: 287
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Pilot/Aircrew, Radar
Jet Chase Over Brazil
May, 19, 1986 – Brazil
As many as twenty UAPs were seen and tracked by ground radar and at least six airplanes. Unidentified radar returns were tracked by airports in São Paulo and the Integrated Air Defense & Air Traffic Control Center (CINDACTA) in Brasilia. Two F-5E and three Mirage jet fighters were scrambled from Santa Cruz AFB in Sao Paulo State, and Anápolis AFB in Goias State.
Source: Don Berliner, UAP Briefing Document ID: 51
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Radar, Pilot/Aircrew, Military, Multiple UAPs
Retired Chilean General In Air Encounter With Large ‘Banana-Shaped’ UAP
1978 – Antofagasta, Chile
Retired General Hernan Gabrielli Rojas had squared off against a gigantic UAP while engaging in a training flight in the skies of northern Chile. According to the military man, the object was the size of 10 or 15 aircraft carriers, and its presence was picked up by the radars aboard two F-5 jet fighters as well as the Cerro Moreno airport in Antofagasta.
Source: Inexplicata, Scott Corrales, editor / Ovnivisión (Chile) / Revista TOC / Terra Chile ID: 997
Case Type: PressReport Features: Military, Pilot/Aircrew, Witness Photo, Radar
F-4 Jet Chase Over Iran 1976
September, 18, 1976 – Tehran, Iran
One of the best documented UAP-aircraft incidents, when a UAP was observed flying over the restricted airspace of Tehran, Iran. Two U.S.-made F-4 Phantom II jet fighters of the Imperial Iranian Air Force were scrambled, but as the pilots closed in on the target, their communications and weapons systems were suddenly jammed. The incident was confirmed by high ranking officers of the Iranian Air Force and later documented by several agencies of the U.S. military.
Source: Don Berliner, UAP Briefing Document: The Best Available Evidence ID: 200
Case Type: MajorCase Features: E-M Effects, Radar, Pilot/Aircrew, Military
UAPs ‘Escort’ Mexican Aircraft
May, 2, 1974 – En route from Guerrero state to Mexico City, Mexico
Carlos Antonio de los Santos Montiel was flying en route from Guerrero state to Mexico city in his Piper Aztec 24, he became aware of three objects positioned extremely close around the plane. He heard a noise from below, as if one of the objects had collided with his plane. He then noticed that the aircraft controls and landing gear were frozen.
Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 24 No. 2 (Aug 1975) ID: 311
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Radar, Pilot/Aircrew, Vehicle Interference, Multiple UAPs, Witness Photo
Domed Disc Near Airliner, Confirmed By Radar
February, 14, 1973 – McAlester, Oklahoma, United States
A domed disc near cargo airliner, confirmed by the airplane’s airborne radar. The object was disc-shaped with a transparent dome on top, and a silvery, highly polished surface. The object reacted to the sweep of the plane’s radar. Pilots from the airliner saw two or three shadowy entities moving around inside the object.
Source: Richard Hall / UAP Casebook ID: 15
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Pilot/Aircrew, Radar, Humanoid/Occupant
Chilean Navy Ship Encounters large UAP; Tracked On Radar
October, 24, 1969 – Chile
The incident involved a Chilean Naval destroyer and was witnessed by crew members and the commander of the vessel. Up to six UAPs, including one large object, were observed. The objects were verified on radar and observed visually. As the main object moved over the ship, the vessel’s power went out.”
Source: Bill Chalker ID: 1016
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Military, Water-Related, Radar, Multiple UAPs, Humming, E-M Effects, Body Lights, Group Sighting
Sheriffs Watch High-Performance Discs (The Michigan Sightings / ‘Swamp Gas’ Case)
March, 14, 1966 – Dexter-Hillsdale, Michigan, United States
Washtenaw County sheriffs and police in neighboring jurisdictions reported disc-shaped objects moving at fantastic speeds and making sharp turns, diving and climbing, and hovering. At one point, four UAPs in straight-line formation were observed. Selfridge AFB confirmed tracking UAPs over Lake Erie at 4:56 a.m. Their stories were backed up by more than 100 witnesses
Source: FUFOR (Fund for UFO Research) ID: 778
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Police, Radar, Witness Sketch, Group Sighting, Mass Sighting
Red Bluff Incident
August, 13, 1960 – Red Bluff, California, United States
California Highway Patrol Officers Charles A. Carson and Stanley Scott were on patrol when they sighted what they thought was an airliner about to crash. When the UAP had descended to about 100 or 200 feet altitude it suddenly reversed direction and climbed to 500 ft. Description: round or oblong surrounded by a glow (color not mentioned) and having definite red lights at each end. They continued to watch the UAP as it performed “unbelievable” aerial feats. (NICAP, 1964)
Source: Loy Lawhon, About.com ID: 107
Case Type: MajorCase Features: E-M Effects, Radar, Police
Object Tracked On Multiple Radar Flying At 5,000+ MPH
January, 1958 – Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
“I was on duty as a radar ATC operator and observed on my radar an object flying at 5,000mph+ and making impossible 90 degree turns. I coordinated and confirmed sighting with at least 3 other radar sites.”
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 334
Case Type: RawReport Features: Radar, Military
The RB-47 UAP Encounter
July, 17, 1957 – Gulf Coast Area, United States
An Air Force RB-47, equipped with electronic countermeasures (ECM) gear and manned by six officers, was followed by an unidentified object for a distance of well over 700 mi. and for a time period of 1.5 hr., as it flew from Mississippi, through Louisiana and Texas and into Oklahoma. The object was, at various times, seen visually by the cockpit crew as an intensely luminous light, followed by ground-radar and detected on ECM monitoring gear aboard the RB-47.
Navy Sees ‘Flying Saucers’ On Radar Screen
December, 16, 1954 – Goulburn, Australia
Navy pilot has reported seeing two “flying saucers” flash past him while he was flying over Goulburn, N.S.W. Radar officers at Nowra Fleet Air station picked up the objects on their screen.
Source: Daily Telegraph December 16th 1954 ID: 22
Case Type: PressReport Features: Radar, Pilot/Aircrew, Military
The ‘Sea Fury’ Incident
August, 31, 1954 – Nowra, Australia
One of the most controversial radar visual reports of the fifties occurred on August 31st, 1954. The story leaked out in December, 1954, and made front page headlines. The official navy file on the event remained classified until the Directorate of Naval Intelligence released a copy upon my request in 1982. During his 1973 visit to Australia, Dr. Hynek was able to interview the pilot involved in this famous incident.
Source: Bill Chalker ID: 66
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Radar, Pilot/Aircrew, Military
The Kinross Air Force Base Incident (Jet Disappears While Chasing UAP)
November, 23, 1953 – Lake Superior, Michigan, United States
On the evening of 23 November 1953, an Air Force radar controller became alerted to an “unidentified target” over Lake Superior, and an F-89C Scorpion jet was scrambled from Kinross AFB. Radar controllers watched as the F-89 closed in on the UAP, and then sat stunned in amazement as the two blips merged on the screen, and the UAP left. The F-89 and it’s two man crew, pilot Felix Moncla and radar operator Robert Wilson, were never found, even after a thorough search of the area.
Source: Loy Lawhon, About.com ID: 610
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Pilot/Aircrew, Military, Radar, Witness Photo
Ellsworth Air Force Base UAP Incident
August, 5, 1953 – Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, United States
Shortly after dark on the night of twelfth [sic], the Air Defense Command radar station at Ellsworth AFB, just east of Rapid City, had received a call from the local Ground Observer Corps filter center. A lady spotter at Black Hawk, about 10 miles west of Ellsworth, had reported an extremely bright light low on the horizon, off to the northeast.
Source: Captain Edward J. Ruppelt, Former Director of Project Blue Book ID: 41
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Radar, Pilot/Aircrew, Military
B-29 Radar Visual, Multiple Witness Observations
December, 6, 1952 – Gulf of Mexico, United States
When watching the radarscope, Coleman observed two UAPs which he tracked at a speed in excess of 5.000 miles per hour, quite impossible for planes of the day.
Source: UFOs at Close Sight (Patrick Gross) ID: 16
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Pilot/Aircrew, Military, Radar
The Haneda AFB Case, Japan, 1952
August, 5, 1952 – Haneda US Air Force Base , Near Tokyo, Japan, Japan
This is one of the cases that the Colorado Project has considered “explained” – a star and an anomalous radar propagation. Not so. On the contrary, as a careful study of the records shows, it is a very interesting case of anomalous flying objects in the sky who fly under intelligent control and cannot be of human origin.
Source: UFOs at Close Sight (Patrick Gross) ID: 10
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Radar, Military
F-86 Intercepts And Shoots At Saucer-Shaped UAP
1952 – United States
In the summer of 1952 a United States Air Force F-86 jet interceptor shot at a flying saucer. This fact, like so many others that make up the full flying saucer story has never before been told… The object was definitely round and flat saucer shaped. The pilot described it as being “like a doughnut without a hole.”
Source: Captain Edward J. Ruppelt, ‘The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects’ (Credit: NICAP.org) ID: 1024
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Pilot/Aircrew, Military, Radar
The Bethune / Gandor Air Encounter
February, 10, 1951 – Gandor, Newfoundland, Canada
US Naval Reserve Lieutenant Graham Bethune, copilot of Flight 125, first sighted a huge object [at least] 300 feet in diameter on a near collision course with their aircraft. “A rough estimate would be at least 300 feet in diameter, over 1,000 miles per hour in speed, and approached to within 5 miles of the aircraft.”
Courtesy of ufoevidence.org
By
T. Blank
My Official UAP Report Including My Drawings
I’ve Seen Through The Looking Glass, Outside The Fishbowl
GoogleUFOReports.com
T. Blank On Google+
When it comes to Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon, the subject is met by the irritating shrill of the “Noisy Negativists” screaming, “where’s the proof”?, “where’s the evidence”?, “how come we don’t have a piece of a flying saucer”? Good, straight, to the point questions actually. There is absolutely nothing wrong with being skeptical. Questioning everything is a good thing, as long as one excludes their emotions, beliefs and preconceived notion’s of the question at hand and start from the beginning, with a clean slate. Do the research first, then you can come to your own conclusions.
I’m very fortunate regarding this matter because I, along with millions of other folks around the globe, had my own sighting (Read All About It Here), and I’m not at war with myself debating UAP reality. I know the enigma is real because I, along with probably hundreds of others in Mississauga, circa 1980, saw it with our own eyes. It was as real as a passing train. As real as an airliner flying overhead. Therefore I don’t need to look for evidence of UAP reality, my eyes made up my mind up for me already. But for others out there, scientists and everyday folks alike, finding evidence of this phenomenon is understandably paramount. The question is, what are we dealing with here? What is this UAP business all about?
Now unlike these so-called UFO experts who’ve never witnessed the phenomenon themselves, yet seem to have all the answers, I’m not going to blindly propose UAPs are extraterrestrial spacecraft piloted by aliens visiting us earthlings from other stars. Even after all these decades of reminiscing, reliving the experience, reading, researching and watching countless documentaries, I still don’t know what this “Enormous Ferris Wheel” in the sky was or what it represents. Actually, I think the Extraterrestrial Hypothesis is the least likely explanation (Read More Here). I surmise it’s something far more profound and unexpected. But what the hell do I know anyway. I’m just Joe Citizen who witnessed something like out of a Science Fiction movie that was totally astonishing. Don’t believe me?
I don’t care.
So let’s go back to the question, where’s the evidence? Well I hate to rain on the Nay Sayers parade, but the evidence is there…it’s everywhere! Cave drawings from the dawn of Man, in The Bible, even ancient religious paintings, if one were to take the time and look for it. In modern times, I’m talking about physical trace evidence like broken tree branches, unusually high radiation in soil samples, circular patterns and impressions on the ground at landing sites. I’m talking about the electromagnetic disruptions and interference in cities, automobiles and aircraft. I’m talking about the countless photographs and videos taken by educated professionals in various high-ranking positions and so on and so on.
To me, the most impressive, irrefutable evidence of UAPs are found in cases involving multiple witnesses on the ground and in the air simultaneously, by civilians, the police, military personal etc., accompanied with radar targets painted from the ground in conjunction with airborne radar. I mean really, what more evidence do we need? Criminals in a court of law have been convicted on far less circumstantial evidence!
I found a reputable site called NARCAP (National Aviation Reporting Center on Anomalous Phenomena) run by Dr. Richard F. Haines . The research organization specialize in both current and historical UAP incidents and observations. They are specifically interested in those cases involving concerns for aviation safety.
Dr. Richard F. Haines has compiled a catalogue of over 3400 aviation related UAP cases. He has conducted a comprehensive review of UAP reports by U.S. air traffic controllers and pilots from the past 50 years. A result of this effort is Richard’s paper “Aviation Safety in America-A Previously Neglected Factor”. It contains analyses of over one hundred reports of UAP involved in near misses, close pacing, disrupted avionics, and collisions. These events either occurred to US aviation professionals on domestic or foreign flights, or foreign aircrews operating in US airspace.
I’m not an author or a writer, just a one finger typer therefore I’ve listed a very brief example of some fascinating cases which I hope will be of value to some. If you’re interested and are willing to take the time, just Google these cases for a more detailed reports because it would take me forever to write it.
Yup, gotta do the research!
Enjoy
Aircraft Visual Radar Cases
Multiple Pilots Witness Large Object Near Guernsey, United Kingdom
April, 23, 2007 – Guernsey, United Kingdom
Two experienced airline pilots on separate flights saw something up to a mile wide off the coast of Alderney on Monday afternoon. ‘It was a very sharp, thin yellow object with a green area. It was 2,000 ft. up and stationary,’ one of the pilots said. “At first, I thought it was the size of a 737. But it must have been much bigger because of how far away it was. It could have been as much as a mile wide.”
Source: The Guernsey Press & Star – St Saviour, Jersey, – April 26, 2007 ID: 1148
Case Type: PressReport Features: Pilot/Aircrew, Witness Photo, Radar, Multiple UAPs, Witness Sketch
Mexican Air Force Pilots Film 11 UAPs
March, 2004 – Over Campeche state, Mexico
Mexican Air Force pilots filmed 11 unidentified flying objects in the skies over southern Campeche state in Mexico, a Mexican Defense Department spokesman confirmed. A videotape was made widely available to the news media. The lights were filmed using infrared equipment. They appeared to be flying at an altitude of about 3,500 meters (11,480 feet), and surrounded the Air Force jet.
Source: Associated Press / Jaime Maussan ID: 263
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Radar, Military, Pilot/Aircrew, Photo, Multiple UAPs, Witness Photo
Chinese Air Force Pilot Chases ‘Mushroom-Shaped’ UAP
October, 19, 1998 – Changzhou, China
The [Chinese] air force had a prolonged up-close encounter with a UAP last month that one fighter pilot described as “just like ones in foreign movies,” a government-controlled newspaper reported Thursday. At least 140 people on the ground also saw the object. They described an object with a mushroom-shaped dome on top and a flat bottom covered with bright, continually rotating lights.
Source: AFP (Agence France Presse) – November, 1998 ID: 1074
Case Type: PressReport Features: Group Sighting, Pilot/Aircrew, Military, Radar, Body Lights
America West Airlines Flight 564 UAP
May, 25, 1995 – Bovina, Texas, United States
A Boeing 757 piloted by Captain Eugene Tollefson and First Officer John J. Waller, was passing near Bovina, Texas. Captain Tollefson left his seat to look [at a line of regularly flashing lights]. As the lightning flashed behind the lights, it silhouetted something that to the observers appeared to be a large, dark, cigar-shaped object between 300 and 500 feet in length.
Source: Loy Lawhon, About.com ID: 225
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Pilot/Aircrew, Radar
Belgium Triangle UAP Sightings
October, 1989 – Belgium
From October 1989 throughout 1990, hundreds of reports of lighted objects, frequently described as enormous and triangular in shape were recorded in Belgium. Air Force supersonic F-16 jets chased these strange objects, which were simultaneously tracked by both airborne and ground radars. The Belgian Government cooperated fully with civilian UAP investigators, an action without precedent in the history of government involvement in this field.
Source: Don Berliner ID: 1125
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Body Lights, Military, Mass Sighting, Witness Sketch, Radar, Police
Japan Air Lines Flight 1628 Over Alaska
November, 17, 1986 – Alaska, United States
In November, 1986, a Japanese crew of a jumbo freighter aircraft witnessed three unidentified objects while flying over Alaska, USA. This sighting gained international attention when the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that it was going to officially investigate this sighting because the Air Route Traffic Control Center in Anchorage, Alaska, had reported that the UAP had been detected on radar. The UAPs in this case were tracked on both ground and airborne radar, witnessed by experienced airline pilots, and confirmed by a FAA Division Chief.
Source: Loy Lawhon ID: 287
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Pilot/Aircrew, Radar
Jet Chase Over Brazil
May, 19, 1986 – Brazil
As many as twenty UAPs were seen and tracked by ground radar and at least six airplanes. Unidentified radar returns were tracked by airports in São Paulo and the Integrated Air Defense & Air Traffic Control Center (CINDACTA) in Brasilia. Two F-5E and three Mirage jet fighters were scrambled from Santa Cruz AFB in Sao Paulo State, and Anápolis AFB in Goias State.
Source: Don Berliner, UAP Briefing Document ID: 51
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Radar, Pilot/Aircrew, Military, Multiple UAPs
Retired Chilean General In Air Encounter With Large ‘Banana-Shaped’ UAP
1978 – Antofagasta, Chile
Retired General Hernan Gabrielli Rojas had squared off against a gigantic UAP while engaging in a training flight in the skies of northern Chile. According to the military man, the object was the size of 10 or 15 aircraft carriers, and its presence was picked up by the radars aboard two F-5 jet fighters as well as the Cerro Moreno airport in Antofagasta.
Source: Inexplicata, Scott Corrales, editor / Ovnivisión (Chile) / Revista TOC / Terra Chile ID: 997
Case Type: PressReport Features: Military, Pilot/Aircrew, Witness Photo, Radar
F-4 Jet Chase Over Iran 1976
September, 18, 1976 – Tehran, Iran
One of the best documented UAP-aircraft incidents, when a UAP was observed flying over the restricted airspace of Tehran, Iran. Two U.S.-made F-4 Phantom II jet fighters of the Imperial Iranian Air Force were scrambled, but as the pilots closed in on the target, their communications and weapons systems were suddenly jammed. The incident was confirmed by high ranking officers of the Iranian Air Force and later documented by several agencies of the U.S. military.
Source: Don Berliner, UAP Briefing Document: The Best Available Evidence ID: 200
Case Type: MajorCase Features: E-M Effects, Radar, Pilot/Aircrew, Military
UAPs ‘Escort’ Mexican Aircraft
May, 2, 1974 – En route from Guerrero state to Mexico City, Mexico
Carlos Antonio de los Santos Montiel was flying en route from Guerrero state to Mexico city in his Piper Aztec 24, he became aware of three objects positioned extremely close around the plane. He heard a noise from below, as if one of the objects had collided with his plane. He then noticed that the aircraft controls and landing gear were frozen.
Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 24 No. 2 (Aug 1975) ID: 311
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Radar, Pilot/Aircrew, Vehicle Interference, Multiple UAPs, Witness Photo
Domed Disc Near Airliner, Confirmed By Radar
February, 14, 1973 – McAlester, Oklahoma, United States
A domed disc near cargo airliner, confirmed by the airplane’s airborne radar. The object was disc-shaped with a transparent dome on top, and a silvery, highly polished surface. The object reacted to the sweep of the plane’s radar. Pilots from the airliner saw two or three shadowy entities moving around inside the object.
Source: Richard Hall / UAP Casebook ID: 15
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Pilot/Aircrew, Radar, Humanoid/Occupant
Chilean Navy Ship Encounters large UAP; Tracked On Radar
October, 24, 1969 – Chile
The incident involved a Chilean Naval destroyer and was witnessed by crew members and the commander of the vessel. Up to six UAPs, including one large object, were observed. The objects were verified on radar and observed visually. As the main object moved over the ship, the vessel’s power went out.”
Source: Bill Chalker ID: 1016
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Military, Water-Related, Radar, Multiple UAPs, Humming, E-M Effects, Body Lights, Group Sighting
Sheriffs Watch High-Performance Discs (The Michigan Sightings / ‘Swamp Gas’ Case)
March, 14, 1966 – Dexter-Hillsdale, Michigan, United States
Washtenaw County sheriffs and police in neighboring jurisdictions reported disc-shaped objects moving at fantastic speeds and making sharp turns, diving and climbing, and hovering. At one point, four UAPs in straight-line formation were observed. Selfridge AFB confirmed tracking UAPs over Lake Erie at 4:56 a.m. Their stories were backed up by more than 100 witnesses
Source: FUFOR (Fund for UFO Research) ID: 778
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Police, Radar, Witness Sketch, Group Sighting, Mass Sighting
Red Bluff Incident
August, 13, 1960 – Red Bluff, California, United States
California Highway Patrol Officers Charles A. Carson and Stanley Scott were on patrol when they sighted what they thought was an airliner about to crash. When the UAP had descended to about 100 or 200 feet altitude it suddenly reversed direction and climbed to 500 ft. Description: round or oblong surrounded by a glow (color not mentioned) and having definite red lights at each end. They continued to watch the UAP as it performed “unbelievable” aerial feats. (NICAP, 1964)
Source: Loy Lawhon, About.com ID: 107
Case Type: MajorCase Features: E-M Effects, Radar, Police
Object Tracked On Multiple Radar Flying At 5,000+ MPH
January, 1958 – Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
“I was on duty as a radar ATC operator and observed on my radar an object flying at 5,000mph+ and making impossible 90 degree turns. I coordinated and confirmed sighting with at least 3 other radar sites.”
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 334
Case Type: RawReport Features: Radar, Military
The RB-47 UAP Encounter
July, 17, 1957 – Gulf Coast Area, United States
An Air Force RB-47, equipped with electronic countermeasures (ECM) gear and manned by six officers, was followed by an unidentified object for a distance of well over 700 mi. and for a time period of 1.5 hr., as it flew from Mississippi, through Louisiana and Texas and into Oklahoma. The object was, at various times, seen visually by the cockpit crew as an intensely luminous light, followed by ground-radar and detected on ECM monitoring gear aboard the RB-47.
Navy Sees ‘Flying Saucers’ On Radar Screen
December, 16, 1954 – Goulburn, Australia
Navy pilot has reported seeing two “flying saucers” flash past him while he was flying over Goulburn, N.S.W. Radar officers at Nowra Fleet Air station picked up the objects on their screen.
Source: Daily Telegraph December 16th 1954 ID: 22
Case Type: PressReport Features: Radar, Pilot/Aircrew, Military
The ‘Sea Fury’ Incident
August, 31, 1954 – Nowra, Australia
One of the most controversial radar visual reports of the fifties occurred on August 31st, 1954. The story leaked out in December, 1954, and made front page headlines. The official navy file on the event remained classified until the Directorate of Naval Intelligence released a copy upon my request in 1982. During his 1973 visit to Australia, Dr. Hynek was able to interview the pilot involved in this famous incident.
Source: Bill Chalker ID: 66
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Radar, Pilot/Aircrew, Military
The Kinross Air Force Base Incident (Jet Disappears While Chasing UAP)
November, 23, 1953 – Lake Superior, Michigan, United States
On the evening of 23 November 1953, an Air Force radar controller became alerted to an “unidentified target” over Lake Superior, and an F-89C Scorpion jet was scrambled from Kinross AFB. Radar controllers watched as the F-89 closed in on the UAP, and then sat stunned in amazement as the two blips merged on the screen, and the UAP left. The F-89 and it’s two man crew, pilot Felix Moncla and radar operator Robert Wilson, were never found, even after a thorough search of the area.
Source: Loy Lawhon, About.com ID: 610
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Pilot/Aircrew, Military, Radar, Witness Photo
Ellsworth Air Force Base UAP Incident
August, 5, 1953 – Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, United States
Shortly after dark on the night of twelfth [sic], the Air Defense Command radar station at Ellsworth AFB, just east of Rapid City, had received a call from the local Ground Observer Corps filter center. A lady spotter at Black Hawk, about 10 miles west of Ellsworth, had reported an extremely bright light low on the horizon, off to the northeast.
Source: Captain Edward J. Ruppelt, Former Director of Project Blue Book ID: 41
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Radar, Pilot/Aircrew, Military
B-29 Radar Visual, Multiple Witness Observations
December, 6, 1952 – Gulf of Mexico, United States
When watching the radarscope, Coleman observed two UAPs which he tracked at a speed in excess of 5.000 miles per hour, quite impossible for planes of the day.
Source: UFOs at Close Sight (Patrick Gross) ID: 16
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Pilot/Aircrew, Military, Radar
The Haneda AFB Case, Japan, 1952
August, 5, 1952 – Haneda US Air Force Base , Near Tokyo, Japan, Japan
This is one of the cases that the Colorado Project has considered “explained” – a star and an anomalous radar propagation. Not so. On the contrary, as a careful study of the records shows, it is a very interesting case of anomalous flying objects in the sky who fly under intelligent control and cannot be of human origin.
Source: UFOs at Close Sight (Patrick Gross) ID: 10
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Radar, Military
F-86 Intercepts And Shoots At Saucer-Shaped UAP
1952 – United States
In the summer of 1952 a United States Air Force F-86 jet interceptor shot at a flying saucer. This fact, like so many others that make up the full flying saucer story has never before been told… The object was definitely round and flat saucer shaped. The pilot described it as being “like a doughnut without a hole.”
Source: Captain Edward J. Ruppelt, ‘The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects’ (Credit: NICAP.org) ID: 1024
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Pilot/Aircrew, Military, Radar
The Bethune / Gandor Air Encounter
February, 10, 1951 – Gandor, Newfoundland, Canada
US Naval Reserve Lieutenant Graham Bethune, copilot of Flight 125, first sighted a huge object [at least] 300 feet in diameter on a near collision course with their aircraft. “A rough estimate would be at least 300 feet in diameter, over 1,000 miles per hour in speed, and approached to within 5 miles of the aircraft.”
Courtesy of ufoevidence.org
By
T. Blank
My Official UAP Report Including My Drawings
I’ve Seen Through The Looking Glass, Outside The Fishbowl
GoogleUFOReports.com
T. Blank On Google+
This is literally identical to the giant object we witnessed in Mississauga, around 1980
Report Summary of the above photograph:
Randy Etting, a resident of Newtown, was taking a walk outside his home. A commercial airline pilot with over 30 years experience, he always looked at the sky… he saw a number of orange and red lights… approaching from the west… He… got his binoculars and called his neighbors to come outside. The object by this time was a great deal closer and seemed to be over I-84, just east of Etting’s home… the lights were shimmering like distortion from engine heat, but he could hear no sound…
“As the UFO passed over I-84, cars in both the east and west bound lanes began pulling over and stopping. The UFO displayed a semi-circular pattern of very bright multicolored lights. Five motorists reported that, as the object became visible, “a number of cars lost power and had to pull off the highway” (a common characteristic of the phenomenon). A State Police officer [who wishes to remain anonymous] sent to investigate photographed the object.
“… Dr. Bruce Maccabee… [analysed the photo]. His findings indicate the object was huge, perhaps over a thousand feet across, and that the lights showed a definite pattern. He also indicated the lights seemed to have been flashing very quickly in some sort of sequence, giving the impression that some were out of focus while others were sharp.
Isn’t this fascinating? Aren’t you curious? I’m totally awed by this enigma. I truly wish mainstream scientists would ignore the stigma attached to this “giggle factor” and take the first step to try to solve this mystery. Today’s laws of physics might not apply here. One has to think outside the box regarding this world wide phenomenon.
Who knows, you might be the next Einstein.
Are you listening Dr. Michio Kaku? (Mr… Colorful), with the huge ego
Source: googleufonews.com
See on Scoop.it – Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon
When it comes to Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon, there are three attributes I’ve always maintained.
First is that there are powerful entities in government’s and/or military’s around our planet that are fully aware of this phenomenon. This is the most classified, above top-secret project in history, even more so than The Manhattan Project, (the development of WW2′s first Atomic Bomb). There is definitely a worldwide cover-up campaign, a Cosmic Watergate of sorts, regarding this enigma.
Whoever controls this information are vehemently downplaying, misinforming and outright lying about UAP reality at all costs. There has to be. Over 150 million witnesses, including me, (My Experience) can’t be wrong. Why the global cover-up? Because there is no power on this Earth can do anything about it. UAPs come and go in our air spaces at will. Our leaders don’t want to admit to the public that they cannot protect us. “The politics Of Fear” backwards.
Second. I doubt very much UAPs represent extraterrestrials visiting us. I’m convinced the phenomenon is far more complex and profound than the ET theories that the “UFO Believers” embrace. The odds of an extraterrestrial presence close to our level of evolution and technology visiting us are almost mathematically impossible. Why? Simply because of the age and size of the universe. The Cosmos is 13.7 billion years old. Our Solar System is 4.5 billion years young. This tells me that most life in the Universe had a 9 billion year head start before our Sun was even born! I surmise a small percentage of UAPs might be extraterrestrial in nature but they would be so far ahead of us on the evolutionary scale as we are over the Amoeba. So why bother trying to communicate with a colony of ants.
Third. It is obvious the objects seen are under intelligent control, no doubt about that. There is some kind of intelligence at work here. Not necessarily extraterrestrial however. Than what? Could they be Ultra Terrestrials, or Inter Dimensional Homo sapiens? Read more HERE. The possibilities are endless. I came across this article that makes more sense to me than the alien’s from space idea. I don’t know how accurate this is but it’s still an interesting read.
Edward Snowden, the leaker of NSA surveillance documents, was granted asylum in Venezuela on Friday. With safe harbors in sight, Snowden was willing to share shocking and world-shattering exclusive secret government documents with The Internet Chronicle.Snowden’s testimony was as follows:
“The highest levels of government don’t know what to do about UFOs, and the official story that they are all merely weather balloons or natural phenomena have been clearly dismissed. If anything, these documents speak about UFOs as if they are surely guided by an intelligence beyond our own. As it turns out, the most credible and inexplicable sightings are of vehicles that have been spotted leaving the sea floor at hydrothermal vents and directly entering solar orbit .
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“Because ballistic missile tracking systems and deep-sea sonar are kept as state secrets, scientists don’t have access to data about these objects. However, most of the contractors at DARPA are sure that there is a species more intelligent than Homo sapiens living in the mantle of the Earth. It makes sense, if you think about it, because that is the only place where conditions have been more or less stable for billions of years. Extremophiles may live at different temperatures than us, but they have been able to thrive and develop intelligence at a seemingly accelerated rate. That’s not true, because they’ve simply evolved at the same rate, but without many of the vicissitudes which set back surface life . . .“The president receives daily briefings about their activities. Analysts believe their technology to be so far advanced that we stand little chance of survival in any potential war. The general sentiment is that we are but ants from their perspective, so there is little chance they would empathize or attempt to communicate with us, and the current contingency plan is to detonate nuclear weapons in deep caverns to ‘sting’ the foe we have no hope of destroying in hopes it would discourage further attacks.”
Critics may allege that what the 30-year-old former NSA and CIA contractor can state with authority about our ultra terrestrial neighbors is already well-known. But the Ground-Penetrating Radar, or GPR, scans, which The Internet Chronicle has shared and confirmed with sources within intelligence community, will only serve to underscore popular bitterness over strategically timed earthquakes and tsunamis.
Just as PRISM shined a new light on goings-on in NSA’s ECHELON computer systems, revealed in the 1990s, the vast complexes of underground cities – laser-etched from pure diamond – apparent in the GPR scans will transform public debate about the balance between liberty and security.”
Courtesy of http://www.ufodigest.com/
Ufologist Philip Imbrogno talked about his theory of ultra terrestrials and how it constitutes a radical new quantum approach to understanding the contact phenomenon. In contrast to “extraterrestrial,” which he said has become synonymous with simply aliens from another planet, Imbrogno defined “Ultra terrestrial” as “anything outside of our physical reality” and, thus, encompasses entities from other dimensions and parallel worlds. He explained that his work aims to “combine string theory and quantum physics into the paranormal.” By doing this, Imbrogno said, the enigmatic nature of the paranormal becomes more palatable as it can be viewed in the context of these emerging sciences.
I’ve Seen Through The Looking Glass, Outside The Fishbowl
By,
T. Blank
I don’t understand. I just don’t get it. How could this be? How is it done and why? Why doesn’t the world care?
I’m referring to UAP sightings that are witnessed and reported by thousands of folks, in a single event, not just some lone individual on a remote farm land, and yet these incidents are never reported by mainstream media giants like CNN or BBC for example. I’ve witnessed this phenomenon myself with others, Read about it here.
Is it true that 90% of mainstream media are owned by large corporations like energy companies? If so, is there a global cover-up of this phenomenon because it represents some kind of new, unknown energy that would make big oil, the engine of the world, obsolete? In short, causing a world-wide energy revolution, ending the world as we know it? I wish I had the answers.
Some of the most famous and well documented sightings are confined to small, local newspapers and radio only. If one takes the time to research Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon, it becomes quite obvious that this enigma is worldwide and the reality of this should be front page news all around the globe! Why isn’t it? What’s going on here?
Every decade or so, some of the most intriguing events are those which come in flaps, or waves, have multiple witnesses, photographs, videos, tracked on numerous military radar stations including civilian air traffic controllers and chased by warplanes.
See also – Our Jets Scramble After UFOs from the Toronto Star.
One of the most celebrated cases of this type was the Belgian flap which began in November of 1989.
The events of November 29 would be documented by no less than thirty different groups of witnesses, and three separate groups of police officers. All of the reports described a large object flying at low altitude. The craft was of a flat, triangular shape, with lights underneath.
This giant craft didn’t make a sound as it slowly and fearlessly moved across the landscape of Belgium. There was free sharing of information as the Belgian populace tracked this craft as it moved from the town of Liege to the border of the Netherlands and Germany.
This first startling sighting would evolve into a wave over the next several months. On two occasions, a pair of F-16 fighters chased the mysterious evasive object, but to no avail.
On March 30, 1990, a frantic call to military headquarters came from a Belgian national police Captain. He marveled at a giant triangle passing over and simultaneously two ground radar stations were reporting an object of unknown origin on their screens. One of these bases was NATO controlled near the city of Glons, southeast of Brussels.
Belgium military radar screen showing the diamond-shaped UAP echo At 11:00 PM on March 30, 1990
After contacting other radar facilities, they learned that at least four other stations were also reporting the object on their screens. The object was moving across their screens slowly, and failed to send a transponder signal to identify itself.
Two F-16s were ordered to intercept and identify this phenomenon, and one of the jet’s radars locked the object in. It appeared as a small diamond on the pilot’s screen. The pilots reported that only a few seconds after locking on the target, the object began to pick up speed, quickly moving out of radar range.
An hour-long chase ensued, during which time the F-16s picked up the strange craft’s signal two additional times, only to see it fade from view. The triangular craft seemed to be playing a cat and mouse game, and finally was lost in the night lights of Brussels.
The pilots of the fighters reported that the UAP had made maneuvers at speeds beyond the capability of their technology. When the F-16 pilots attempted to lock on to the object with their on-board radar, it reacted immediately. It changed shape on their radar to a diamond shape, increased its speed to 1,000 km/hour, and took swift evasive action.
This image is from the onboard radar screen of an F-16 jet that was scrambled to investigate UAPs over Belgium in 1990
Tapes of the on-board radar of the F-16s show that the object descended from 3,000 meters to 1200 meters in 2 seconds. That’s a speed of 1800 km/hour. The tapes also show the object accelerating from 280 km/hour to 1800 km/hour in a few seconds. This represents an acceleration of 46 G, which is more than a human body could withstand. It is notable that at no time was there a sonic boom.
The extraordinary sightings continued for months as the triangular invader was reported more than 1,000 times, both day and night. The object dipped low enough to easily be seen with the naked eye, and the event became one of the biggest stories in the Belgian media.
Another unusual occurrence associated with the Belgian flap was the inability to take a clear photograph of it. Many observers had their cameras ready, and took what they thought would be clear images, but when the film was developed, the image was blurred, and the craft’s outline was vague at best.
This anomaly was addressed by physics professor Auguste Meessen, who was employed by the Catholic University at Louvin. Meessen’s investigation produced a theory that infrared light must be the reason that almost all the images were unclear. To put his theory to test, he exposed film to infrared, then photographed objects in regular light. The results were the same as the photographs of the triangle-shaped UAP.
One good image was finally captured on video tape in April 1990. This image showed the underbelly of the craft with spotlights on the three corners. A still frame from this tape has been seen worldwide, and is a classic UAP photograph.
With over 1,200 written reports filed by civilians, confirmed radar sightings, plane radar lock-ins, and military confirmations, the fact that an unknown craft moved across the country of Belgium cannot be denied.
Note. It is estimated that only one out of ten UAP sightings are actually reported. Most people keep it to themselves for various reasons for which I understand. So in this case, there could have been over 10,000 witnesses!
The case is also important for its unique information sharing. Civilian and Military officials were forthcoming with the reports, and set a model for others to follow in their pursuit to uncover the mystery behind the UAP enigma. These very poignant factors make this case history extremely rare, with regards to how these cases usually run. If only the whole world, scientists and governments, would openly share information and try to understand what the true nature of this ancient, global mystery.
Here is an article I found of this famous mass sighting…courtesy of ufoevidence.org
Belgium UFO Sightings
Eupen, Belgium 29 November 1989 Two Belgian police officers were on patrol on the Eupen – Kittenis road when they saw what seemed to be a dark, triangular platform with three powerful searchlights on its underside, shining on the ground below.
The platform also had a central red light that changed from red to orange. the object was approximately 220 yards off to one side of the road, and approximately 325 yards above a field.
The object changed direction and flew directly over their heads, noiseless except for a soft humming. It then proceeded towards Eupen, stopping to hover motionless over the dam at Gileppe for about 45 minutes.
Finally, it headed toward Baelen and Spa and disappeared. The two policemen contacted the Belgian Air Force at Bierset, which had detected the object on radar. An AWACS aircraft was dispatched from Gelsenkirchen. The event lasted a total of two and a half hours and was witnessed by nineteen police officers at a party in the area as well.
Consistent reports were given by other witnesses from Eupen, Liege, Plombieres, Kittenis, Baelin, Verviers, Jalhan, St. Vith, Andrimont, Lontzen, Voeren, Herbesthal, and eastern Belgium, as well as areas of Holland, Luxembourg, and Germany. Almost an hour later, the same two police officers saw another, but much larger, triangular object appear from behind some trees.
It ascended with a climbing turn, rotating horizontally as it did so. It slowly flew away, following the course of a main road at about 65 kilometers per hour.
Wavre, Belgium 30 March 1990 Around 11:00 p.m. the local police began receiving numbers of telephone calls reporting lights in a triangular formation over Wavre, twelve miles south of Brussels. The police in turn reported the sightings to the radar station at Glons. Glons radar confirmed the sightings of a UAP on radar at an altitude of 3,000 meters.
The radar station at Semmerzake verified the Glons tracking and reported it to the Air Force. The radar trackings were compared to the 11/89 trackings at Eupen and were found to be identical. Police witnesses reported that, instead of the unidentifieds being three objects flying in formation, it was one triangular-shaped object with three lights, as had been the Eupen object.
Because of the large number of reports, Colonel Wilfried De Brouwer of the Belgian Air Force decided to scramble two F-16 interceptors from Bevokom. The F-16s were vectored in by Glons radar, and they soon detected a positive oval-shaped object on their on-board radar at 3,000 meters..
They could see nothing visually. The object moved erratically, in a zig-zag path, over the city of Brussels, taking evasive action whenever the pursuing F-16 tried to lock-on. Eventually, it left the F-16s behind, disappearing at an impossible rate of speed.
These objects were seen by thousands of witnesses, many of whom gave signed statements to the police. They were photographed and filmed. The objects were tracked by ground radar at several different installations, and by the on-board radar of the F-16s. The objects took evasive action when threatened by the F-16s and were able to maneuver at speeds that are impossible for any known aircraft.
So what’s going on here? Are we all living in a fishbowl not aware of another reality invisible to us naturally or by design?
I think we should prepare ourselves. We are on the verge of major, profound discovery, one that will change our view of ourselves and our place in this vast, ancient cosmos.
Just my humble opinion.
See also – Our Jets Scramble After UFOs – The Toronto Star.
I’ve Seen Through The Looking Glass, Outside The Fishbowl
By, T. Blank
Missouri witnesses in Joplin reported watching a silent, boxy object “bigger than a house” traveling about 300 feet off of the ground about 9:15 p.m. on July 8, 2014, according to testimony in Case 57853 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
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The husband and wife reporting witnesses were traveling home when they noticed a man in the street trying to flag them down and pointing to the sky.
“He was walking his dog who was barking wildly at the object and jumping high into the air,” the witness stated. “It had approached from the northeast. As we watched, it crossed directly overhead. It looked to be about 300 feet off of the ground.”
The witness described the object.
“It was off-white in color appearing to be illuminated by a yellowish light coming from within it. It was as big or bigger than a house and was completely silent.”
The object’s shape was not aerodynamic.
“It was boxy-shaped with multiple angles kind of like on a stealth airplane. It looked like it had darkened square windows in parts of it. It was flat on the bottom with round orange and red randomly flashing lights all around the bottom edge. The lights were round with a dark center – like donuts. They were the size of stop signs.”
The object moved southwest and then south of their location and appeared to be traveling at about 100 mph. They then noticed a change in the lighting.
“It suddenly turned off its lights. All of them went off like they were quickly dimmed and not just cut off. Two lights on the back, one orange and one red, stayed on slightly longer than the others – about half a second. These lights seemed to have a burnt look to the dark centers as if maybe exhaust or flames had at one time come out of there.”
The object then appeared to be descending like it was going to land or possibly crash.
“It stayed perfectly level as it descended behind the trees on the horizon. It seemed to form a light mist or fog around it as it descended.”
The witnesses also noticed the strange behavior of animals in the area.
“I noticed that along its flight path every dog was going crazy, barking and howling.”
The three witnesses then decided to follow the object in the couple’s vehicle.
“We were using a spotlight that plugs into the cigarette lighter to search the fields next to the roads. After driving about a mile, the spotlight suddenly went very dim and the seat belt warning beeper started sounding repeatedly and quickly. Also the Jeep’s automatic transmission would not change gears. When I tried to go into reverse it would not go into gear without a struggle. All of this continued for about five minutes and then suddenly everything went back to normal. It is a newer model Jeep Wrangler and has never done anything like this before.”
The group then became nervous, but decided to keep looking.
“We continued searching nearby roads and fields but didn’t find anything unusual. On our way back home, as we passed the same location as before, our spotlight again dimmed and the beeping alarms in the Jeep began again.”
Despite the vehicle’s problems they again continued to search for the object.
“Shortly after, we turned around and passed this spot a third time, but this time nothing happened. We finally gave up our search and went home. By then the spotlight was working at full power and the Jeep was working properly and nothing else occurred. The man who flagged us down turned out to be a neighbor who lives about a block away. He is a retired commercial airline pilot from England. He said he had never seen anything like this before.”
Courtesy of Educating Humanity
I’ve Seen Through The Looking Glass, Outside The Fishbowl
By,
T. Blank
I occasionally post a UAP report which I believe to be a genuine sighting because of the high quality nature of the observer. In this case, a highly educated, amateur astronomer observes an unknown aerial object which shoots off “at incredible speed to infinity. Within 3 seconds it was gone.”, a common description of the phenomenon observed. Enjoy.
MUFON
Case of the Month – Case# 49531
Grand Island, New York. July 5, 2013. 6:30pm ED
An amateur astronomer, who has his masters degree in electrical engineering, observed an incredibly bright light appear to the northeast of his position. His wife, who also witnessed the event, went to grab her husband’s binoculars. With the binoculars the husband was able to clearly make out a grayish rectangular domino-shaped object that had an incredibly bright bank of white lights on its side. The power of these lights was like nothing he had ever seen before. The object dipped downwards and the engineer/astronomer was able to see that on top of the object was an upside down saucer-shaped glowing red circle. The witness dashed inside to get his telescope. He returned just in time to see the object turn towards the north and take off at an incredible speed. Within three seconds it was gone.
A drawing of the object was provided by the witness and is shown below.
Here is the sighting in his own words: “I was relaxing in my backyard with my family at 6:30 pm when my wife observed an incredibly bright light to the northeast appear. I took a quick glance and wrote it off as the waning sunlight bouncing off of a civilian aircraft which I have seen many times.
Within 20 seconds I knew this was not that as the light remained stationary. I told my wife to grab my binocs so I could keep the object in sight. The object was roughly above the Niagara River by Niagara Falls but at an elevation of 10 – 15,000 feet.
When she came back I could clearly make out a grayish rectangular, sideways domino shape that had an incredibly bright white bank of light on its side. The power of these lights was nothing I have ever seen in my life. The object moved down a few hundred feet then west a few hundred feet and then shot up a few hundred feet and then just hovered for a couple of minutes.
It then dipped downwards and I could see on the top was an upside down saucer-shaped glowing red circle. At this point my adrenaline kicked in and I dashed into the house to try and get my 12″ Dobsonian dragged outside to get a closer look.
As I swiveled the Dob to the target my wife who had the binocs said its leaving. I witnessed the object turn towards the north and take off at incredible speed to infinity. Within 3 seconds it was gone.
I am a seasoned amateur astronomer with 30 years of experience and I know the location of Venus and am familiar with most civilian and military aircraft. This was none of those.”
I’ve Seen Through The Looking Glass, Outside The Fishbowl
By,
T. Blank
I’ve been saying this for years. Life is extremely tenacious. Just look at life here. From the Antarctic to the deep ocean’s thermal vents where there is no sunlight or oxygen, life manages to flourish. Why narrow our search to Earth like conditions? I surmise the Cosmos is teeming with life and we’ll find it in the most hellish, almost impossible conditions.
The Universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it’s stranger than we CAN imagine!
In their hunt for potentially habitable planets around distant stars, scientists have been so focused on finding Earth-like planets that they’re ignoring the possibility that other kinds of planets might be even friendlier to life, a new report says.
So-called superhabitable worlds wouldn’t necessarily look like Earth but would nonetheless have conditions that are more suitable for life to emerge and evolve, according to the study published this month in the journal Astrobiology.
“In my point of view, astronomers and biologists are biased,” says Rene Heller, an astrophysicist at Canada’s McMaster University who is the study’s lead author. “These scientists look for planets that are Earth-like.”
But it’s possible that Earth is actually only marginally habitable by the standards of the universe, says Heller, who points out that our home may not represent a typical habitable world.
He and co-author John Armstrong of Weber State University in Utah have come up with a long list of traits that might make a planet “superhabitable.”
Such planets would most likely be older than Earth and two to three times bigger, the researchers say. And they would orbit stars that are somewhat less massive than our sun.
Any liquid water wouldn’t be in a giant, deep ocean, but would be scattered over the surface of the planets in shallow reservoirs. The planets would need a global magnetic field to serve as protection from cosmic radiation, and they would probably have thicker atmospheres than the Earth does.
“It’s good to start thinking now about how do we sort of rank these planets in terms of their potential to host life,” agrees Rory Barnes of the University of Washington, who uses computer models to explore the habitability of planets outside our solar system. “I think this paper does a really good job of examining the different kinds of features that all come into play when making a habitable planet.”
So far, scientists have detected about a thousand planets orbiting other stars. Current technology usually can’t reveal much about them — just a planet’s size, density and how far it orbits from its host star.
Planets are said to be in the “habitable zone” when their surface temperatures would potentially allow liquid water to exist on the surface.
“That’s all we can really say at this point,” Barnes says. “We don’t have any clue if they actually are habitable, let alone if they are inhabited.”
Courtesy of NPR.org
I’ve Seen Through The Looking Glass, Outside The Fishbowl
By,
T. Blank
Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon 