For the second week in a row, UFOs have been making late-
night overflights over Israel. On Sunday, August 4, the police
station in Eilat, Israel's seaport on the Red Sea, received a
phone call at 1:30 a.m. The caller reported "a glittering orb of
light and flashes of light."
Hundreds of Eilat residents watched the glowing ball of
light as it emitted "periodic flashes of alternating colors." A few of
the witnesses reported seeing three spheres of light--"one large and
two small, which emitted scintillating flashes of light." The residents
watched the aerial display until 2 a.m., using binoculars and home
telescopes to get a better glimpse of the UFO.
On Thursday, August 1, residents of Moshav Tomar, in the
Jordan River Valley, spotted a "round reflective object" at 4 a.m.
A photo of the UFO appeared in the Israeli newspaper Maariv later
the same morning.
On Monday, July 29, residents of Yad Eliyahu, a suburb of Tel
Aviv reported seeing "bright lights in the skies" at 8:30 p.m. The
light-spheres proceeded to emit smaller lights colored red, green
and blue. According to witnesses, "The colored lights seemed to
emerge from the primary lights and continued to fly around
independently." The smaller lights were reportedly "the size of
ping pong balls.
Israeli police called to the scene reported seeing the large
bright light in the sky, which lingered until 4:45 a.m. However, the
Zahal (Israeli Defense Forces) said they detected no radar returns
from the aerial lights.
(Note: Thanks, and a tip of the saucer, to Mike Lindemann and his
CNI News, Volume 21.2, of August 9, 1996 for the updated Israeli
UFO sightings.)
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