From: | Erik Skindrud (skindrud@rosebud.berkeley.edu) |
Title: | FIRST UFO SIGHTING IN POLAND ON FILM |
Source: | Polish Press Agency |
Date: | Feburary 02, 1996 |
LODZ, SAID THE LODZ-BASED, UFO -SPECIALIZING "PANDORRA" PUBLISHERS
FRIDAY.
UFO EXPERT ZBIGNIEW BLANIA-BOLNAR SAID TWO LUMINESCENT SPHERES APPEARED
OVER LODZ IN THE NIGHT FROM DECEMBER 31 TO JANUARY 1, 1996. SEVEN PERSONS
STANDING ON A BALCONY SAW AND FILMED THE SPHERES, WHICH CAME DOWN FROM THE SKY
FOR A SHORT HALT AT THE BALCONY, THEN WOOSHED BACK UP AT BREAKNECK SPEED. THE
WHOLE VIDEOTAPED PROCEDURE LASTS ABOUT ONE MINUTE.
POLANDS TOP UFO -CHASER ZBIGNIEW BLANIA-BOLNAR TEAMED UP WITH EXPERTS FROM
THE POLISH ASTRONOMY-LOVERS ASSOCIATION TO STUDY THE FILM AND LISTEN TO
WITNESS REPORTS, WHICH PROVED SOUND. NATURAL PHENOMENA, LIKE FIREWORKS,
PLANES,
SATELLITES OR SUNLIGHT EFFECTS, HAVE BEEN RULED OUT AS CAUSING THE SPHERES TO
APPEAR.
THE LODZ SIGHTINGS CORRESPOND TO UFO CHARACTERISTICS, THE STUDY TEAM
SAID.