RAF TRACKS TWO UFOs ON RADAR
At 3:14 a.m. on Saturday, October 5, 1996, the radar station at
the Royal Air Force base, RAF Neatishead, near Wroxham, England
picked up a mysterious blip hovering over The Wash, a large bay on
the coast of Lincolnshire. The British coast guard station at Great
Yarmouth also reported radar contact, as did the air base RAF
Kinloss in Scotland. A short while later, the blip was reported by
the M/V Conocoast, which was out on the North Sea.
Next came a call from the Lincolnshire (state) police in
Skegness, a seaport town on the north shore of The Wash.
Officers reported seeing a UFO "large, a mile up in the sky, with
blue, white, red and green flashing lights."
A police spokesman said, "We had calls overnight which
suggested a huge bright object over the coast."
Flight Lt. Keith Sweatman at RAF Neatishead said, "The
number of independent reports we have had suggests that there
was something to follow up. We will be investigating the matter
thoroughly, and we are already collecting the information."
Here's a partial transcript of the radio calls that were made
between 3:20 a.m. and 7:08 a.m. that Saturday.
RAF Kinloss (3:26 a.m.) - "Northwood has radar contact
bearing 221 degrees at six miles. It looks to be stationary--
be stationary--and there is no way of determining its height.
But it must be quite a size to be visible from Skegness."
Police at Skegness - "We can see a strange red-and-green
rotating light in the sky directly southeast from Skegness. It
looks strange as it is stationary, and there is no sound in the
area."
RAF Kinloss (3:31 a.m.) - "Neatishead has confirmed a
couple of radar contacts in the area but no height. They seem
to be stationary. There are definitely no military aircraft in the
area, and no notified civil flights should be there."
M/V Conocoast (4:08 a.m.) - "It is still stationary and
flashing red, green, blue and white (lights). It looks very high,
north of us, and there is no engine noise."
M/V Conocoast (4:45 a.m.) - "We can see two lights
flashing red and green."
Coast Guard, Great Yarmouth (5:01 a.m.) - "Give us the
bearings of the two lights."
M/V Conocoast - "There is one striking light at 345 degrees
true and the other at 160 degrees true. The lights are both
visible to the naked eye, and both exhibit the same character-
istics flashing red, blue, green and white."
Police (5:17 a.m.) - "We can still see the light. It is toward
the northeast and seen about 40 to 45 degrees up in the sky.
It is just a bright light to us."
RAF Kinloss (5:21 a.m.) - "Neatishead is running a trace on
this and cannot explain it. If they are helicopters, they are fast
approaching the end of their (flight) endurance, as it is well over
two hours since the first report."
M/V Conocoast (5:52 a.m.) - "We can still see the lights,
and they are on their original bearing and flashing the same
colors. But they seem higher and dimmer."
RAF Neatishead (7:08 a.m.) - We have a report from
Northwood that a civil flight had also reported strange lights in
the area. They fit exactly what we've seen from the ground...
multi-coloured, flashing, stationary lights."
(Editor's Note: The original news story appeared in the Eastern
Evening News for October 7, 1996. Many thanks to British
ufologist Simon Harris for forwarding this report.)
UFOs BUZZ LONDON SUBURBS
On Friday, September 28, 1996, a man left his house on
Howard Road in Walthamstow, in the northeast section of
London, at 2:40 a.m. and saw "a mysterious craft" hovering
above the neighborhood. He described the UFO as "triangular
and orange in colour."
According to British ufologist Roy Lake, there have been
over 40 sightings of triangular UFOs recently over Walthamstow
and Chingford, another suburb 5 miles (8 kilometers) north of
Walthamstow. Witnesses described the UFOs as "triangular
objects with green lights." (Walthamstow Guardian, for
October 3, 1996)
(Editor's Comment: UFO researchers, please note the presence
of the Higham Hill Reservoirs just west of Walthamstow and
Chingford.)
U.S. JETS CHASE UFOs OVER NEW JERSEY
Last issue we ran a story on the UFO seen over New York
City's Triborough Bridge.on Wednesday, October 2, 1996.
Since then, we've received more information on the Big Apple's
midweek UFO flap.
On Wednesday, October 2, a 14-year-old boy and his friends
spotted a UFO over Brooklyn. They described the object as
"a blue-white bead high in the sky. It had a yellow-orange tinge.
It was rising in the sky and moving in a large arc." The UFO
crossed Linden Avenue and flew away in a southwesterly
direction, moving towards Bensonhurst and Seagate.
On Thursday, October 3, at precisely 5 p.m., James M., a
thirtyish stockbroker who works in Manhattan, boarded the
ferryboat for his commute home to Staten Island. At 5:45 p.m..
James "noticed lights out the window on the New Jersey side
(of the boat). Hoping to get a better look, I left my seat and made
my way to the stern. There were forty to sixty people out on the
rear deck, all trying to look up at these points of light."
James counted 11 UFOs heading west over Bayonne, New
Jersey "as they flew very high in the sky at an incredible speed."
Just then, two U.S. Air Force jet interceptors appeared and
began chasing the objects. Six dark olive-drab helicopters
appeared moments later, trailing the jets and the UFOs. The
objects fled in a northeasterly direction, skirting Newark and
heading for Kearny and Belleville, New Jersey.
James described the UFO's color as "yellow like an
incandescent bulb with a slight silvery shine. Several of the
foreign tourists took photographs of them." (Email Interview)
ALABAMA FARMER PHOTOGRAPHS UFO
On September 26, 1996, John C. Thompson and James
Smith of the International Society for UFO Research (ISUR)
shocked viewers in the South with six photos of a strange,
thimble-shaped UFO. The video was aired on TV-33 in
Lagrange, Georgia as part of the "Heaton and Steve" show.
Thompson and Smith received the photos from a farmer
we'll call Earl Hulett, who took the color pictures at his farm
in Valley, Alabama the afternoon of Monday, September 16.
Valley (population 640) is on Alabama Highway 29, about
85 miles east of Montgomery, near the Georgia state line.
Here is Earl Hulett's own story: "I had left the house in my
truck around 2:30 p.m. to repair some of the fence line on my
westernmost pasture. I had my 35mm camera with me because
I occasionally take pictures of deer and the like which often
graze in the adjoining pasture. I took my 8-month-old beagle,
Spot, with me. When we arrived at the fence line, I got out of
my truck, and Spot got on out and began running around,
sniffing the ground, etc. I began cutting out a piece of rusted
fence with my bolt cutter when Spot started to whine and bark
like no dog I have ever heard before. I thought he was getting
stung by a hornet or been bitten by a snake, so I went to
investigate. He stood about 200 feet (67 meters) from my
position and faced toward the south of the fence line. I ran
toward him until I got about halfway there. That's when I saw
what you see in the photographs."
The UFO resembles a thimble or Japanese temple bell,
a very dark gray-green in color, with a flange or metallic rim
encircling the top of the "bell."
"It was a large black object that was hovering over some
trees on the (southern) horizon, " Earl recalled. "I stood there
for a few minutes and then remembered my camera. I ran
back to the truck, got out my camera and ran to stand next
to Spot. I snapped a few pictures and noticed that it was
making a high-pitched whistling sound. I guess this was what
was making Spot howl so. I took a few more pictures as it
slowly moved and then hovered some more. At one point, it
climbed about 4,000 feet (1,200 meters). It didn't make a
sound, and it moved as fast as a lightning bolt. I kept taking
pictures until I ran out of film, and then it seemed to crumble
in on itself and vanish. Now let me tell you I was as scared
as I have ever been...Until I actually saw this 'craft,' I had no
belief whatsoever in UFOs or the like. Now I must admit a
drastic change in that belief."
"There is one strange thing I think I should report," Earl
added. "About ten minutes after the 'thing' vanished, there
came these black or dark green helicopters which flew low
to the ground for a few minutes and then left. None of these
helicopters had any kind of markings."
(Thanks to Errol Bruce-Knapp for forwarding this story.)
(Editor's Comment: New York City and Valley, Alabama:
We seem to be learning something about the tactics of
Delta Team. Jet interceptors go in first to knock down the
UFO. Then the Delta boys arrive in their black BDUs and
unmarked choppers and gather the aliens.)
CIGAR-SHAPED UFO LANDS IN NEW MEXICO
On Thursday, October 3, 1996 at 8 p.m., traffic halted on
Interstate Highway 25 just south of Springer, New Mexico, as
"a large, cigar-shaped object" landed in a nearby cow pasture.
Springer (population 1,696) is located in the northeastern
corner of the state, about 120 miles northeast of Santa Fe.
Five cars pulled over to the highway's shoulder, along with
two tractor trailers, and the drivers and passengers emerged
to watch the UFO. Described as "covered with very bright
lights," the object "estimated to be at least two stories tall...
was seen dropping out of the night sky and hovering over
an area west of the highway." The UFO then "extinguished
its lights and apparently settled on the ground."
One youthful witness "became emotionally upset" at
seeing the object and "was still in shock" when cruisers
of the New Mexico State Police arrived at 8:20 p.m. By then,
the large UFO had vanished. (Thanks to the National UFO
Reporting Center in Seattle, Washington for this story.)
(Editor's Note: The following night, October 4, Christine
Church saw her UFO in Belen, New Mexico 300 miles
(480 kilometers) southwest of Springer.)
UFOs SPOTTED JUST WEST OF MINNEAPOLIS
On Monday, September 30, 1996, at 8:45 p.m., Donald W.
Jeppersen was standing in the yard of his apartment house in
Mound, Minnesota when he spotted nine UFOs streaking
across the clear night sky.
He described them as "nine slightly luminescent objects
streaking across the sky, about 10 degrees each second,
speeding from west to east. Their luminescence was similar
to a medium brightness star." He said their motion reminded
him of "swimming dolphins," adding, "They moved from 45
degrees (above the horizon) west to 45 degrees east, flying
overhead for nine seconds. They were grouped in a roughly
diamond cluster, slightly accelerating and decelerating in
relationship to each other."
Don's home in Mound is close to the intersection of
Minnesota Highway 10 and County Road 15, about 17 miles
(27 kilometers) west of Minneapolis.
UFOs RETURN TO QUEENSLAND
At 8 p.m. on Tuesday, October 8, 1996, residents of
Australia's Queensland coast were startled by the sight of a
"luminous lime green object" hurtling through the sky at
speeds of 4,000 kilometers (2,400 miles) per hour.
Witnesses in Brisbane saw the "lime green" UFO
"travelling beneath the clouds."
At the Australian Army base at Holsworthy, near
Wollongong, witnesses claimed the UFO covered 50
kilometers (30 miles) in 15 seconds.
At Coolangatta, south of Brisbane, the UFO "was an
intense blue color and about the size of a hangar door."
In Roma, 400 kilometers (250 miles) west of Brisbane,
stockmen saw "a large, blue-white object speeding (south)
towards the Victoria border and making a loud rumbling
noise." The Roma sighting took place after midnight, at
2:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 9.
In Yarra Valley at 11:45 p.m., witnesses reported seeing
"three golden-yellow illuminations. The first object was gold
in colour with four red lights underneath and as large as the
full moon at 90 degrees (above the horizon)." The UFO
travelled from the north-northeast to the southwest "over the
valley under cloud cover."
In Minto, New South Wales, not far from Sydney, people
spotted a UFO at 10:45 p.m. The object "resembled a boxed
triangle with three bright orange or yellow illuminations."
(Many thanks to Ross Dowe of Australia's National UFO
Reporting Center for this story.)
UNKNOWN CREATURES SHOT DEAD IN EGYPT
On Tuesday, October 8, 1996, Egypt's Interior Ministry
announced that policemen and citizen hunters had shot and
killed "two unknown animals" in Armant, a city on the east
bank of the Nile 500 kilometers (310 miles) south of Cairo.
According to the Reuters report, "The animals, which
have some resemblance to large hyenas or wild dogs, have
killed three people and injured dozens in a series of
nocturnal attacks around Armant."
The fellahin (local people) call the creatures "salaawa,"
a colloquial name meaning "female ghouls." Folklore has it
that these ghouls inhabit ancient tombs in the nearby Valley
of the Kings. However, no one has been able to identify the
species.
The night of October 7, Egyptian police and local citizens
with rifle permits set up ambushes near the fields along the
Nile and opened fire on the animals as they came out of the
brush.
(Editor's Comment: Hmmmm, from the description, they
sound like hyenadons, an animal that supposedly became
"extinct" during the Pliocene Period three million years ago.
How many more of these quadrupeds are wandering out
there in the Sahara? Paging Indiana Jones...)
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