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South African Ham Radio UFO Interest Group. Known as (SAHRUIG).
NEWS Volume 1 News letter No.164
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.
Address them via Packet to ZS2ABF @ ZS0ELD.ECP.ZAF.AF
Posted to BBS : 07/06/2008
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Hunter Valley, NSW Australia Numerous Amazing UFO Encounters
Date: Multiple dates.
I found this story interesting because I and my 2 sons have also seen a
number of oddities in the sky over a number of years here in the Hunter
Valley, NSW, Australia. Back in the 1960's I was only young and I was woken
one night by a bright light lighting up my bedroom. I thought next door had
turned their back light on so didn't investigate. When we arose the following
morning the radio and TV was abuzz with a UFO report from 2 Police Officers
from the Charlestown Police Station, about 4-5 kms from my home. The two
Officers said that the object had shone a bright light towards the ground as
it passed over my house! The Charlestown Police Station have the News
clippings and photos of these two officers, and have had police displays at
Charlestown Square Shopping Centre where they had the clippings on display.
Williamtown RAAF Base is a few klms from Newcastle where we live and I have
spoken to people here who have seen 'things' both around the city and suburbs
and up the valley and also in close proximity to the RAAF Base. One was a
nurse who works at the Stockton Mental Hospital a few klms from the Base. A
few years ago they were carrying out exercises for the 'Gulf War' and she was
entering the hospital grounds when she noticed something move just above the
tree-tops near the entrance, above her. She said it was an enormous triangular
aircraft she had never seen before and it was hovering and seemed to be
watching the Base.
My sons and I have seen a huge silver ball near Chichester Dam further up the
Hunter Valley, this was reported to the local radio, TV stations and the RAAF
Base and the Base tried to pass it off as a weather balloon! Just how big are
these weather balloons? This thing was huge! This was about 1983-84. In about
1989 my younger son and I arrived home from late-night shopping. As I parked
the car in our driveway, my son drew my attention to a 'machine' above us. I
told him to take notice of its shape and see if he could see any gaps between
the circle of lights and a body as it could be an advertising aircraft, but
there appeared to be no gap and it was mechanical underneath and made no sound
that we could hear. It was maybe 100 feet up above us and was heading towards
the RAAF Base which is 34.97klms from my home at Jewells.
My son and I watched the 'craft' until it flew behind houses and trees and I
ran inside and rang the RAAF Base. They kept transferring me from department
to department until I found myself back where I started at reception. The
receptionist then asked if I would like them to investigate and report back to
me. I said "No don't bother its probably gone past you by now" and I hung up.
I was told that was what they wanted me to do! Oh, there are other sightings
that I could tell you about but I don't want to bother you or have you
thinking I am whacko. Is it normal for 1 person or a family to have so many
sightings? Regards,
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U.S. Navy Serviceman Witnesses Glowing Silver UFOs
Date: May 6-12, 1977
Time: Approx: 4:00 p.m.
Full Description of event/sighting: I was home on leave from the U.S. Navy
between May 6-12, 1977. While home near Kinder, Louisiana, I went and met a
couple of friends that were fishing in an irrigation canal about a mile North
of town on Green Oak Road around 4:00 PM in the afternoon. My friends were in
a boat fishing about 100 yards from the road as I started walking down the
canal levy to meet them. About half way to them, my friends started yelling
like crazy for me to look up in the sky. They were pointing in the sky to the
North of the canal, but I was unable to see anything because of trees growing
nearby. I yelled back and ask what it was, and they were yelling that it was a
UFO!
At that time, I started running toward them and looking through the trees for
an opening. As I neared my friends, I saw the object in the sky that had them
all excited. It appeared to be a perfectly round silver sphere glowing against
the cloudless blue afternoon sky. Again I ask my friends what it was, and
again they said it was a UFO as they paddled to the bank and told me to get in
the boat to have a better look at the object. As we paddled away from the bank
and sat in the middle of the canal watching the object for a few minutes it
appeared to be getting somewhat closer like maybe it was drifting toward us
slightly. I thought that possibly it could have been a weather balloon at that
point, except for the fact that it was perfectly round and not long like a
weather balloon and the silver glow of the object seemed far more intense that
any weather balloon that I have ever seen reflecting the sun. The object
became very stationary again and appeared to be the size of a quarter held at
arms length. Without any reference to the size of the object, I was unable to
determine if it was the size of a basketball and was just above the grown pine
trees, or if it was a mile across and two miles away. At it's closest most
stationary point, I remember remarking to my friends that there was something
larger and transparent behind the glowing sphere in the sky. It was difficult
to see, but there appeared to be a much larger transparent possibly saucer
shaped object on top of the sphere. You could see the sky through the larger
object, but you also see the outline of the larger shape above it as if you
were looking through a clear glass object.
About five minutes into the sighting, a smaller very intense red ball of light
appeared at the bottom on the silver sphere that looked very much like a lit
road flair without any smoke coming off of it. Very slowly the intense red
ball of light started to lower from the silver sphere and appeared to be held
in position by a very fine dark line in the sky. The much smaller intense red
ball lowered a distance about four times the diameter of the larger silver
sphere and then stopped in the sky and remained stationary as the dark line
that appeared to be lowering the object appeared to turn into ashes and fall
from the sky. The lowering of the red object took 1-2 minutes.
Over the period of the next five minutes, the smaller red ball of light
started expanding and collapsing in size getting lighter in color as it
expanded and redder as it collapsed. Each time the red ball of light expanded
and collapsed it remained larger each time and lighter in color until it was
finally identical in size and color of the larger silver sphere in which the
much smaller ball of light descended from. Now the identical silver spheres of
light sat stationary one above the other for another five minutes.
After five minutes, suddenly both spheres moved far across the sky to the West
so fast that the eye was unable to see the movement. The objects were simply
here and then all of sudden they were sitting far across the sky at a dead
stop with a fine dark line in the sky from where each object was sitting
connecting to were each object now sat. Again, the fine dark lines in the sky
appeared to turn to ashes and fall from the sky in a couple of seconds. Both
objects repeated these rapid unseen to the eye movements 4-5 times over the
next five minutes leaving the fine dark line each time they moved back and
forth widely from the East and West across the sky. Each time both objects
stayed perfectly spaced one above the other.
After five minutes of unbelievable and unseen movement and instant stops that
lasted about a minute each, one sphere darted quickly out of sight behind the
trees to the North and the other quickly cleared the Eastern horizon in
approximately two seconds. At least this time they were moving slow enough to
actually see them move across the sky.
During the entire 20 minutes or so that we observed the object (s) moving or
sitting stationary in the sky there were no noise whatsoever heard form them.
After both objects left the area, we quickly loaded up the boat and headed
toward the home of one my friends in the boat that lived two miles North of
our location. Upon pulling up at my friends house, his younger brothers and
sister came running up to the truck all yelling "daddy saw a UFO, daddy saw a
UFO". My friend said, "let me do the talking" and then asked his dad what he
saw. His dad said, "that he had saw a UFO straight above his property for
nearly ten minutes and that it sprayed spider webs every time it moved."
When asked what he meant about it spraying spider webs, he said "every time it
moved it sprayed spider webs that fell on his property and completely covered
his ten acre pasture so that it looked like it was totally covered by white
frost". He said that he tried to gather the spider webs up in his hands and it
would melt in his hands as soon as it touched the skin. By the time we had
made it to my friends home all of the "spider webs" had melted off of the ten
acre pasture.
I then headed to town (Kinder, LA) to see if anyone in town had seen the
"UFO". I met nearly a dozen different people shortly thereafter that I knew
and they all asked, "did you see the UFO" before I would even have a chance to
ask them. With so many people seeing the UFO, I figured that it had to be on
the evening news so I headed home to watch it. Nothing was mentioned during
the newscast, but at the start of the weather the weatherman announced that
200 people had called the TV station (KPLC) and reported seeing a UFO between
Kinder and Oakdale, LA (a distance of 30 miles). However, the weatherman then
announced that it was not a UFO. He stated that the National Weather Service
had called the station and said that it was only a "special weather balloon
that was equipped with rockets".
Two days after the above sighting while riding with my brother on Hwy 165
South of Kinder. My brother ran his brand new Ford LTD II off the road, jumped
out of the car and unto the hood yelling, "I saw it, I saw it". Thinking he
had nutted up, I ask him, "you saw what". He said that he had just seen one of
the silver spheres on the East side of the highway and that it had crashed
into the rice field between the 3rd and 4th levy (maybe 100 yards) from the
road. He then attempted to enter the field, but I persuaded him not to enter
the field as it was planted with young rice about 6 inches high and flooded
with water. I assured him that if the object had crashed, we would have been
able to see it from the road. I asked him if he had seen any water or mud come
up from the ground when it crashed and he said, "actually it did not look like
it crashed, it looked like it went into the ground".
I was just wondering if anyone else had seen a "weather balloon" that could
move across the sky in excess of 30,000 mph and stop and go in an instant
without making any noise. I have been looking for another one for over 30
years without any luck.
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Salmo, British Columbia Red Saucer Shaped UFO
Date: August 1981
Time: Approx: 6:20 p.m.
It was the August 1981 when the witness left work and drove home. Not a few
minutes passed after arriving home when he turned around in the yard and
looked towards a small open field when he saw, above the trees and at the far
end of the field a bright glowing red craft. It's shape was saucer-like but it
also flared out on all sides.
The object was stationary in the sky and not a sound was heard. There were no
lights of any kind, just the glowing red craft which was approx; the size of a
pick-up truck. The man said he watched it for approx: 2 or 3 minutes, (which
to him felt like a life time). The object moved slowly towards the northeast
and the fellow lost sight of it due to the trees which blocked view.
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San Jose Hills, California Done With Unknown Object
Date: May 5, 2008
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Number of witnesses: 1
Number of objects: 2
Shape of objects: 1 orange-juice squeezer drone and one large craft.
Weather Conditions: Clear overhead; both vehicles were moving in and out
between clouds.
Description: Clouds typically come from the west, not east. I was walking my
dogs and noticed a straight strut sticking out from a cumulus cloud at the top
of the hill. I watched the strut emerge from the orange-juice-squeezer-type
drone that was reported frequently in spring of 2007. Then behind the drone as
it faded back into these unusual clouds, a very large and typical saucer-type
craft appeared behind and to the right of where the drone had been.
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Over the Trigo Fire, McIntosh, New Mexico UFO (Photos And Audio Interview)
Date: May 3, 2008
Time: 9:00 p.m.
Number of witnesses: 1
Number of objects: 1
Shape of objects: V- shape with wing shapes.
Weather Conditions: Cool and clear.
Description: I live in McIntosh NM. That's about 15-20 north of where the
object was sighted over the fire area. That evening I went out to see if I
could see the glow of the fire and see if it was getting any worse. I was
looking up at the stars and noticed that one of them was flashing alot, and
very colorfull, thought maybe a helicopter, until it moved very quickly about
an 1" in the sky, at that point I went for my camera, it's only a 5 megapixal
with a 3x zoom. I zoomed all out, and set the camera on the moon light setting
and set the camera on the car roof to steady it. I centred the object in the
middle of the screen and started shooting.
I watched it for at least another 45 minutes. It didn't move during that time.
I was getting cold and went inside to see what I might have. Only one of maybe
a 100 shots came out, and it was a really good one I think. You can see for
yourself. I did report it to MUFON, but they haven't even posted on the
sightings on the web, why I don't know, so until it is recognized for what it
is a UFO, I'm not going to stop trying to let it be known that there is a
totally new UFO out there. Don Burleson, was baffled by it, puzzled, and not a
clue what it might be, except that it was an "Unidentified Aerial Vehicle" and
Metallic. Here you are what do you think?
TV/Radio: Couldn't seem to download it to Koat 7 so nobody really knows at
all! MUFON knows, but no response on the web for the other UFO people to view,
and You guys!
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Parkland Region, Manitoba A Orange/Red UFO With Incredible Speed
Date: May 31, 2008
Time: 2:00 a.m.
Clear sky/calm conditions.
Witnesses: 2
Description: (1) Orange/Red Object with incredible speed.
This is the report form both witnesses whom I have talked to separately.
Saturday night my friend and his girlfriend spotted an object at 2:00 am as
they were out side the cabin for some fresh air. They both quickly noticed a
bright object off to the western horizon. As soon as they spotted it they
quickly noticed the obvious speed of it. It was travelling at speeds much
faster then any other craft (Jet or satellite) they have seen. The orange/red
object preceded in an easterly direction almost above, but was not going in a
straight line from west to east. It was arching, towards the north. The object
was seen from virtually horizon to horizon, and it spanned the distance
in-between in a matter of 12 to 15 seconds.
The object appeared to both friends as having an orange/red hue to it. There
were no trails to it or other lights, and it stayed a constant intensity the
whole time. The color did not change.
As stated by the witnesses:
- "It was not a satellite or meteor. They are a very common sight above the
lake. It did appear to be moving in controlled fashion."
- "The speed this object was travelling was faster then any jets that we have,
can go. It was pretty high up., but it was big enough to see clearly in the
night sky."
- "There was no sound from it."
Both of my friends descriptions of the sighting were identical, so I combined
them.
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Chagford, Devon U.K. Bright Light
Date: May 28, 2008
Time: 10:41 p.m.
Number of witnesses: 1
Number of objects: 1
Shape of objects: Light point.
Weather Conditions: clear.
Description: A very bright light moving at a constant speed from North West to
South East, directly over Chagford. Period of viewing was about 2 - 3 minutes.
I came outside to see what I originally thought to be a bright star in the
west. It slowly moved across the horizon directly overhead. It's brightness
gained in intensity whilst overhead, which leads me to believe it was quite
low. From no angle was the light obscured in any way (as would an aircraft
with its fuselage) as it moved off into the eastern horizon. There was
absolutely no sound. The object was far brighter than any other star in the
sky and easily brighter than any satellite I've ever seen. Basically, I'm a
rational person but have never seen anything I'm not equipped to explain. This
has left me utterly confused.
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Vernon, British Columbia Large White UFO Flashes Red Then Disappears
Date: May 30, 2008
Time: Approx: 11:00 p.m.
Location of Sighting: Over Okanagan Lake heading East.
Number of witnesses: 3
Number of objects: 1
Shape of objects: Bright white light.
Full Description of event/sighting: Three of us saw a bright white light
heading East over the lake. We were on a boat in the lake looking up at the
stars. This was larger and brighter than a satellite and made no noise. It
wasn't flashing like a plane would be. It went East and we followed it with
our eyes until it suddenly started getting dimmer and dimmer until it flashed
red and disappeared completely. It wasn't anything we could identify with.
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Reno, Nevada Star Bright UFO Seen In The Daylight Sky
Date: June 1, 2008
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Location of Sighting: Reno.
Number of witnesses: 2
Number of objects: 1
Shape of objects: Looked like a large Star the size of the ball on a ball
point pen.
Full Description of event/sighting: I was glancing up at the sky above
Rattlesnake Mountain looking east when I saw a bright star-like object in the
sky. I first thought it was a bright star in the clear blue sky until it moved
to the right about a few centimeters. Then it stopped for about a minute or so
as I continued to watch closely. I was at work near IGT and I asked my
co-worker if he could see it and he said yes. Then after a minute it moved in
the opposite direction to the left. After that I was pretty sure it was a UFO.
After watching it idle, it still was so far into the galaxy that it was a size
of the ball in a ball point pen shinning, still shinning bright like a star,
until it slowly started to move to the left again slowly and I mean slowly. It
got smaller and smaller until it was the size of a grain of salt. The total
duration of all of this must have been about 5 minutes. I have never seen
something stay in one general area like that and slowly grow smaller and
smaller as if it were hauling butt out into the galaxy. It made my eyes water
as it got so distant and my 20/20 vision really helped. And to see something
like that in the middle of the day was great
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McCreary, Manitoba Bright White Object Turns Blue In Color
Date: June 2, 2008
Time: 11:00 p.m.
Location of Sighting: Our house, north of McCreary, Manitoba.
Number of witnesses: 2
Number of objects: 1
Shape of objects: Round.
Full Description of event/sighting: We had stepped outside before bed, and I
noticed a large white light above our tree-line on the south side of our
house. I told my girlfriend about it, and when she saw it she went into the
house to get her camera.
As I watched it, it travelled in what appeared to be a southwest direction as
it got smaller (appeared to be moving away, not across the sky). I read a few
reports today and saw one description as "fading away like a light bulb
turning off". It certainly got smaller and eventually went from solid white to
a blue color and then disappeared from sight.
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St. Catharines, Ontario UFO Makes Erratic Movements
Date: June 5, 2008
Time: 11:00 p.m.
Location of Sighting: St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
Number of witnesses: 2
Number of objects: 1
Shape of objects: Pin point.
Full Description of event/sighting: My husband was on our balcony, attempting
to photograph some chain lightning during a low-laying storm. I had gone back
in, when he called be back, saying "You've got to see this, quick!" I ran out,
and he asked "Do you see that light over there?" I told him I did. He asked me
what it was doing, and when I focused on it. I could see that it was moving
erratically, and quickly. Like right, left, forward, left, right, back. And in
a flash-like motion. Like it was instantly leaving one spot and reappeared in
another.
I couldn't answer him fast enough, and he pretty much answered his own
question by re-iterating what I'd just seen. We watched it for about 10
seconds more, as it flashed back and forth, then it was gone. It didn't
'fade', it just disappeared.
What followed were Goosebumps and "What the heck was that?", and "Did you see
that too?".
So, we don't know if this was a UFO sighting, but it sure looked like one to
us.
(Editor: Seems like a typical "Natural phenomena")
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Fernley, Nevada Bright White Round Object
Date: June 5, 2008
Time: 10:04 p.m.
Location of Sighting: Fernley Nevada.
Number of witnesses: 2
Number of objects: 1
Shape of objects: Bright white round object
Full Description of event/sighting: Looking up into the South Eastern sky in
Fernley, my husband and I witnessed a round, bright white light about the size
of a dime (if you were to hold it in your fingers at arms length). At first we
thought the object was a low flying airplane. We noticed that the size was
unusual and thought it might be the space station.
There was no airplane noise. It was quiet, except for the light breezes. No
other noises were witnessed. It moved relatively fast, slight twitching left
to right in movement, still moving south Easterly until it faded to a pinprick
suddenly and disappeared. It had still been travelling in the south Easterly
direction.
There was a satellite heading northerly that looked much higher up, but yet
intersecting the larger white object. The small satellite looked, in
comparison, like a much slower moving pinpoint.
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Our usual thanks go to Brian Vike for his Canadian contribution.
73's and Bye from Peter ZS2ABF - East London, South Africa.
73 - Peter, ZS2ABF @ ZS0ELD
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