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Subj: NEWS Volume 1 News letter No.66
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South African Ham Radio UFO Interest Group. Known as (SAHRUIG).
NEWS Volume 1 News letter No. 66
Don't forget to "LOOK UP TO THE SKIES" you may see something exiting.
Your Comments, Sightings or UFO/Paranormal stories will be welcomed and
are needed. When submitting Sighting reports please send as much detail as possible.
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Picacho Pass, Central Arizona Daylight Saucer Sighting
Date: 1980s
Time: Daylight
My one and only daylight (in the 80s) visual of a saucer was with a friend near Picacho Pass, central Arizona. I was driving and my friend said, 'did you see that'. I looked to the left of the divided highway and saw for only an half-second of a disc that looked like spun aluminum, with a tan color. The bus sized disc was very (200 feet) low and paralleling the highway, moving very fast, so that was it.
However it reminded me of my brother in-law telling me of he and his dad sighting a UFO-disc ten years before, in the same area, Piccachio Pass or peak, where there is a park and some commercial tourist buildings. My brother-in-law said the saucer stopped everyone's engines while it hovered nearby. I later started to read UFO magazines and discovered that this very same area has been a UFO hot spot for years.
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Bell, California A Triangular UFO As Large As A Couple Of Football Fields
Date: Summer 1988
Time: 10:00 p.m.
Location of Sighting: over city of Bell, California, from the Orange freeway
Number of witnesses: 6
Number of objects: 1
Shape of objects: Huge triangular craft.
Full Description of event/sighting: I was driving from Fontana California., with my 3 young sons in car. I was almost home and on the freeway. My off-ramp was about 2 miles more. I was going west on the Orange freeway. I glanced past the eastbound traffic, there wasn't much. This is a very populated area, with malls etc, and is usually all lit up. What attracted my attention, was it was mostly all dark over there. All the lights were blocked out by something huge. That's when I noticed it had lights of it's own. The freeway was such that I was above this thing, and could look down on it's lights, which were a bright whitish blue, very intense. These were placed in a triangular pattern on it's roof.
I wanted to see it better, so I started to pull off the side of the freeway, and the people in the car ahead of me did too. I made the kids stay in the car, because we were on a freeway, but I got out and so did the elderly couple in the other car. We watched silently, transfixed while this huge (it could have covered a couple of football fields easily) completely silent thing just hovered there for a minute or so. Then with no warning, it took off with no sound and at a tremendous speed out to the east over Palm Springs area. Within 20 seconds it was gone.
Additional Information:
After the UFO disappeared I asked that other couple "What they thought that was?" They acted disoriented and said "What thing?" I asked if they were okay, they were an elderly couple and they said they were fine. The old man said he didn't know why he stopped. That was weird. After making sure they were okay, and driven off, I went on home. My kids said it wasn't what they saw, but what they didn't see, all the city lights being blocked out. I thought maybe at first it was those helicopters spraying malathion for the fruit fly problem California had. But this puppy was one big solid thing, and silent. I've told friends through the years about this, but didn't know where to report it. It still haunts me today and I feel a deep fear inside me. Did anyone else see it, or am I crazy?
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Seen From Carson City, Nevada Neon-Greenish Glowing Round Orb
Date: N/A
Time: Approx: 2:00 a.m.
Later while living in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, I took a friend down to see the 'ranch' outside of Carson City, which is a brothel. My friend turned out to be a 'shy guy' around all those working gals, and we left the ranch about 2:00 am, with not a hundred yards down the road, there appeared a very bright lit sky to the east, which lit up the entire desert. The slow moving object we saw, for a few seconds was a neon-greenish glowing, round-orb which looked like a moon with distinct craters and rough areas. This 'thing' was about 60 miles to the east, figuring it was over Fallon Nevada area, and it slid across the sky not appearing to crash, but disappeared without any sound of crashing, which we would have heard. The object, by my estimate was as large as a mile across or more, since I am a very good at details, being an artist. This sighting was also in the news the next day, but with no reported contact-crash with earth. The media asked for pictures, but none were revealed.
This very same friend later told me that night, his sighting, years back in the Florida swamps with his dad and him night fishing with his air boat. He and his dad had a glowing, round egg shaped UFO rise from under the boat about 20 feet from them, which sent a light down into the water after it rose from the water. They were in shock from seeing such a terrifying event, that they just went home without a word to each other. My friend said he could see human-like figures in the windows, but not clearly.
My aunt in Pennsylvania also had her husband tell of a coon hunting night of terror when they saw a huge hovering UFO that night, and she said it spooked her husband so badly that he would jump every time the screen door slammed! These are my sworn truths about my experiences and friends who had no reason to lie. I trust them completely.
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Excelsior Springs Missouri A Stationary Triangular Craft
Date: April 1996
Time: 2:00 a.m.
Number of witnesses: 2
Number of objects: 1
Shape of objects: Triangle
Full Description of event/sighting. The sighting took place in Excelsior Springs, MO. About 15 miles north of Kansas City. Not sure of the exact date, but I know it happened in 1996, it was my High School graduation year. Me and friend were driving around Kearny, MO around 2:00am and on our way back home we were driving on back to Excelsior on East on SR 92, we both spotted some lights in the sky, didn't think much of it at first sight, but as kept driving east on SR 92, the lights still haven't moved from their original spot. The lights were right about the road, I couldn't tell exactly how high it was up, but it was definitely way above the tree line.
As we got closer to the object, we could see the light reflecting off the bottom of the object. The object was a triangle shape. I only remember 3 lights on the corners. The object was directly above us and still hadn't moved. We slowed downed and rolled the windows down, and I could not hear any noise at all from the object. After a few moments sitting under the object, it began to move slowly to the west on SR92.
We decided to turn around and follow the object, we pulled a u-turn on Lynn Road and headed back east on SR 92, the object was still moving slowly. As we got closer to the object the 2nd time, it picked up speed rather quickly and started heading southwest.
After, about 20 seconds of following the object, going around 40MPH, the object suddenly stopped for a second or two and then just shot like a bat out of hell, it disappeared out of our view within a matter of couple seconds.
We were stunned, we really didn't know what to say about the occurrence, we never spoke of the sighting afterward, but I will always remember it. I remember staying up all night staring at my bedroom window, being afraid that I seen something I shouldn't have, and someone/something may pay me a visit that night.
It's been about 10 years now since that night and like I mentioned before that night still pops up in my head once in a while and I have never shared it with anyone besides my wife. It still gives me chills thinking about that night.
I just thought I would share this story since I am seeing more and more pictures on the internet of Triangle UFOs and they look just like what I saw that night.
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Chatham, Ontario A Huge "V" Shaped UFO
Date: Winter of 1997
Time: Evening
Message: One clear very cold night in the winter of 1997 I saw a huge "V" shaped UFO. It was just like the many others describe, huge, black, silent, low, dim orangish lights, seemed to defy gravity.
What I am really interested in is an explanation or even a theory as to what I saw. I would love for someone to email me with any information on this.
Has anyone photographed one of these things, if so can I see it. It is frustrating because I know what I saw was real, yet information is hard to get. Many others have reported seeing similar objects. Given its size surely it cannot go undetected.
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Sydney, Australia Object Appeared To Look Like A Jellyfish In It's Moments
Date: 2005 (?)
Time: About 6:00 or 7:00 p.m.
This occurred almost a year ago now.
On driving home from work in Sydney, I pulled into a street that leads down to where I live. It was about 6 or 7pm. I noticed something in the sky which drew my attention. I was looking at it thinking to myself "what is that?" Possibilities were rushing through my mind. When I say rushing I mean as soon as I thought one thing, I immediately dismissed it and moved to the next thought.
Oh it's a big black garbage bag floating through the air. No it's not. Oh it's a garbage bag on fire. No it's not. Oh I must be having a migraine (I occasionally have migraines that mess up my vision for a while). No I'm not. Oh, my eyes must be having a problem (I don't know why I thought this). No they're not. Oh, It's a blimp. No it's not.
These thoughts were zipping through my mind. Since spotting this thing, I had continued - slowly - driving down the hill, and was just about at my street.
Oh, It's a kite (I thought this as I could see two "diamond shaped plates" - one over the other - that sort of resembled one of those box kites (apologies for the vague description). I thought it was close but then thought no, its way out in the distance. In fact I couldn't accurately assess it's distance from me, its size or its shape with any certainty. It was as if as soon as my eyes had focused on it, it then changed shape.
This object looked like a large black jellyfish. I think when I had initially spotted the object it was stationary, but it had started to move almost immediately. More swimming than flying. The object had a dark centre with a slightly lighter - grey even - outer "casing". Like it had a cloud around it.
The object appeared to be hugging the tree line. By this, I mean that it hugged the silhouette of the tops of the trees. It then appeared to drop down behind the trees - where there is a kiddies playground in a park. As it dropped down, it resembled a wave breaking on the beach, in that it appeared to roll over itself - it looked as if it was alive - as I said like a jellyfish in the sky.
For some reason, I decided to do a U turn and head back up the street - a decision that I strangely immediately regretted - and one that I continue to question. The reason I turned around to go back up the hill was that I was still sort of thinking that this was a big object in the distance - such as a blimp - and I thought that I would be able to see it better from higher up. I couldn't and so turned left, heading towards the playground. However, I could no longer see it, so I decided to simply go home.
I would think that the above sighting alone would merit mentioning. However, when I arrived home my wife said "you'll never guess what I just saw".
She then proceeded to tell me that while she was bringing in the washing, she had looked up and noticed something unusual. She said she stood there thinking similar thoughts to the ones that I had - garbage bag on fire etc. She described standing there with this object being motionless above her. She said that, after thinking about it, the thing had been slowly drifting
across the sky westward, but had stopped and slowly came back until it was motionless above her, where "it showed itself". She said that it was a large black object that didn't make any noise. It was diamond shaped with a black round centre area and with a flashing orange light at its centre. The tips of the diamond seemed hazy - like a mirage effect. The thing had started to move away so she went into the house and looked through from the front windows of our house, where she noticed it drop down past some trees. Just prior to it dropping out of sight, she had thought, oh its a blimp.
When she said this to me, I thought it odd that she would have thought it was a blimp, seeing as she had had a clear view of it from its underside, and from her description, it didn't sound like a blimp.
Taking this all into account, and seeing that we had seen the same thing from two locations, I can safely estimate that the object was no more than 150 feet above ground.
Realizing this, I now wish I had continued to drive down the hill to the playground as I wonder what I would have seen there.
Some time later, perhaps a few weeks, while I was hanging out the washing (I should be able to recall when this was, as it is a truly rare event for me to be involved in the washing!), I spotted a dark object coming from the west. I called my wife out to see what it was. As soon as I called her I thought to myself oh you dickhead - its just a sock floating in the wind.
But then reconsidered. It was close to midday, and a very clear and sunny day. We both stood there - in almost the same spot as where my wife had seen the first object - looking at this black thing in the sky. I said, "Oh its a bird gliding". My wife wasn't so sure. It was moving slowly eastward. I next said "I've got it - definitely this time - its a small remote control
plane". But after a while it didn't appear to be the case. By this time we had both started to realize it was similar to - but not exactly like - the object we had seen previously. The difference was that it didn't have a cloud around it. This thing seemed to be smaller - was possibly up to 300 feet or so in the sky, but very hard to tell. The best way to describe it is
as one of those long thin balloons that clowns turn into animals. This thing changed shape slowly but continuously for the few minutes that we observed it.
I have seen other strange things in the sky, as have most of my family, so wasn't too shocked by what my wife and I saw, but I do have to say that by far this is the most bizarre thing I have ever witnessed.
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Tuscaloosa, Alabama A Perfectly Round Illuminated Object Above Witness
Date: July 8, 2005
Time: 12:23 a.m.
Location of Sighting: Southern section of Tuscaloosa County.
Number of witnesses: 1
Number of objects: 1
Shape of objects: Perfectly round.
Full Description of event/sighting: The reason for not reporting this to anyone for over a year is because I took it as a religious experience, rather than a UFO. I still favor this explanation, but it was "unidentifiable" to me.
It was a typical mid summer evening in Alabama. Warm, with a very clear starry sky. The temperature was normal, mid seventies if I recall. There was nothing unusual about the night.
Drugs, alcohol or mental imperfections played no part in what I saw. I am a respected, middle aged man in the community I've lived in all of my life. I've been happily married for 30 plus years and a Christian by faith.
I was watching TV this night as usual, and was ready to go to bed. I said my prayers of thanks to God as usual and began turning lights off in our living room. I went outside to our covered patio to be sure everything was secure out there (again, as usual) such as candles blown out, etc. I went out beyond our covered patio to our smaller, connected uncovered patio and began to stretch and yawn after a long day.
As I stretched I casually lifted my head to look at the stars in the sky. It was an unplanned move that just went with the comforting stretch. To my shocked amazement, directly above me in the star filled sky was a perfectly round, illuminated object. It's appearance was that like a full moon, but not as bright. It's distance away was impossible to estimate, but it's size was slightly smaller than a full moon appears to be in our sky. But our moon appears in our eastern sky, then moves across due west on the southern side of my house. I view it quite often, and am sure about this.
This object was on the northern side of my house and directly above me, making no sound what so ever. My neighborhood is away from city lights and sounds, and you could hear a pin drop at this time, as usual. Very, very quiet. It remained in the spot I first saw it for less than 5 seconds, before very slowly moving a distance about one and one half it's size to the west and slightly north, then totally fading away and out of sight, never making a sound.
I then went in my house and documented what I saw on paper. I advised my wife the following day and have shared it only with 2 or 3 of my closest friends. I've never referred to it as anything but a sign from God, just letting me know he had heard my prayers.
But it was a "unidentifiable moving object" in the sky. So this is my report, for what it's worth. My curiosity got the best of me, wondering if anyone else saw what I saw that night, or if anyone else has seen something like this ever before, or since.
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Invermere, British Columbia I Heard And Felt An Underground Explosion
Date: August 4, 2006
Time: Late evening
Interesting , I have not seen anything in the sky, but late in the evening of August 4th I heard and felt an underground explosion. It seemed to be fairly localized to my neighborhood. It freaked me out, but nothing came of it. No alarms, no fire, no smoke. To me, it felt and sounded like it was deep in the ground. It had a very muffled sound to it.
Just a thought. What if a UFO did crash and their buddies are looking for them ?
Thank you to the person for the information on what he felt and heard. Maybe there was a connection to all the sightings from Invermere and Castlegar B.C.
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Fort McMurray, Alberta Bright Light Witnessed At Dawn
Date: August 2006
Time: Dawn
Message: In mid to late August 2006, just as the sun was beginning to rise I viewed from my second story window facing south what appeared to be a large low hanging white star in the morning light. Like one description I read from Alberta recently. It was like a giant headlight shining towards us, it was weird because it was fairly light and there were no other stars in the sky. It did not appear to be moving, just hovering in one spot. My girlfriend and sister were awake and in the room with me. I told them to check it out, I told them holy smokes, check out the UFO. They looked but were not impressed ( close minded ladies). I watched it for a minute or so, and stopped watching it to do something or other. When I looked back it was gone. Ten minutes later it was back in the same spot, then disappeared quickly. I star gaze and watch for UFOs frequently and I'm sure this was no star. Like I said this was really bright, it was fairly light outside and it was low ( maybe a 1000 feet above the hill top. I'm reporting this now because of the similarity to the bright headlight in Edmonton by the guy in the hot tub, because it's in the same time frame and similar in description. This sighting was in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. This was not what I expected a UFO to look like. There were no colors.
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Oshawa, Ontario Five Unknown Objects In The Sky
Date: September 5, 2006
Time: Approx: 8:45 p.m.
It is actually happening still as I send this message. I went outside as I do most nights to look at the stars and check for anything unusual. Well I spotted 5, yes five objects in the sky. One was closer than the others but they are all quite visible. I asked the
neighbor to confirm what I was seeing and he also brought out a pair of binoculars to have a better look .
These objects were there when I first went out, which was approximately 8:45 pm and were still there at 9:10 pm when I came in. They sat in the same position in the sky, hovering and were changing colours from red to blue and green. Also would seem to shine very bright for a couple seconds and then continue to hover and change colours. The closest one seemed to be only about 4 or 5 miles high and somewhere around ten miles away. A very unusual sighting, that I wanted to share with you. Best regards from your friend.
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Oshawa, Ontario Twelve Unknown Lights Witnessed
Date: September 9, 2006
Time: 9:10 p.m.
I reported an unusual sighting on the 5th I believe it was. (The first sighting was on September 5, 2006 from the witness) I wanted to report again, the same lights in the sky tonight. The exact same position but tonight there are 12 that I can see. There are 8 hovering and flashing or changing colours in the south and 4 confirmed in the north west. I can't see without a telescope but there could be several more. I once again had the neighbor look and he saw the same lights. I'm in Oshawa, Ontario and I first saw the lights when I went out at 9:10 pm and as far as I know they are still there. I will have to go check again and watch them for awhile. Best regards, your friend.
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73's and Bye from Peter ZS2ABF - East London, South Africa.
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