HOT FLASH SIGHTING REPORT
Dec. 9, 1996
Source: Randy Warneke
From: Brian Adams, SIT# 2405, SW Missouri
Date: Dec. 9, 1996
Time: 18:00 to 20:00 CST
Weather: Clear, windy, low 50's deg. F.
Location: SW Springfield, Missouri
On Monday, December 9th after arriving home from work I noticed a large
amount of what I assumed were aircraft lights in the sky to the south and
east of my home. The skies were perfectly clear and this made observing
ideal.
I went on my deck in the backyard to view the objects with 7x35
binoculars (by the way I want more powerful binoculars Santa). To my
astonishment the objects were a mix of either commercial or military jets
among three or four very large oval lighted objects. I suspecct that
these oval objects were much higher than the jet aircraft because they
were so usually large. I would estimate at least three times larger in a
jet wingspan for the diameter of these oval objects.
You could easily tell the differences between the fixed-winged a/c
compared to the oval objects because basically from the way the strobed
lights were seen and the way they were moving.
First, the oval shaped objects were seen by the way their lights were
detected seen in the binoculars only. Otherwise, you would just assume
that they were jets. Using the binoculars these oval UFOs had very small
but brighter strobing lights about its circular perimeter. The colors
were white, red and blue. They would be bunched up closely on one edge
then almost randomly jump to another edge. Because it looked so unusual
and the dimensions of this object was huge, you knew it wasn't a jet.
Secondly, the way they moved. Very slowly. Almost like it was hovering
then deciding to move about to avoid detection by the jets approaching in
their vicinity. When this happened, these UFOs would seem to just vanish
or turn off their lights. Then you would notice them again after the
jets would move further away.
These were the same UFOs my family and I saw on February, 1995 when
coming back from St Louis.
First, I thought that they were the B-2 Stealth Bombers training
mission but I checked
yesterday with the Springfield-Branson Regional Airport Control Tower FAA
office and no B-2's were in the vicinity on Monday evening. Note - the
B-2's are based in Whitemann AFB in Missouri near Sedalia, Missouri. Also
this is the home of the 509th Bomber squadron, remember Roswell AFB?
I was excited at this point and I attempted to call friends in our local
UFO investigator group, but I got someone who lived due east of me 6
miles away. He checked this out from his backyard and also watched the
lights.
About 18:15 hours, my thirteen year old son pointed out a very bright
white object moving just about over the location of these UFOs moving
slowly to the north. I assumed that it was a satellite, but it had to be
the brightest satellite I have ever seen before! It even moved slower
than a "normal" satellite and I haven't ever seen one move over that area
of the sky before either.
My wife was getting disturbed with me because I had to leave soon to take
my daughter to her basketball game and I had to coach her team too! I
remained outside running in and out talking to the friend on the phone.
At about 19:00 hours, I then saw a very bright orange ball of light due
east just above the horizon about 5 degrees up. I was watching it
through the binoculars when it suddenly vanished. If it was 10 miles out
then it would be in an area where sightings have occurred in the past.
Then at 19:15 hours, another big surprise. A fighter jet flew just east
above our home at a very high rate of speed and very low altitude of no
more than a couple thousand feet high or so. While I told this to my
friend he said that it was flying right above his home. I could even
hear the jet roar on my phone. I have never seen a fighter jet taking
off from our airport at that time before. (The control tower person said
that there was a fighter jet in the area in my phone call to them
yesterday)
Still while all of this was going on the oval UFOs were about to the
south and southeastern sky. Either there was two or three because they
kept disappearing.
Finally I had to leave for the basketball game and when I arrived there I
saw a very bright red ball of light to the south of the center of
Springfield. It had very small balls of white lights sparkling around
it. I ran inside the gym and called my son at home who went out and said
that it was just northeast of our home. He said that it just began
moving southward accelerating very rapidly. I hung up the phone and ran
back outside but I didn't see anything because of the street lights to
the south. My son informed me when I got home that a small white light
followed the red ball of light shortly after it went to the south of our
home. This occurred at 20:00 hours.
I will attempt to get any more information on police or sheriff reports
around the area. The FAA control tower did not receive any UFO reports
on Monday evening. However, they do forward any UFO reported sightings
to an investigator locally who I know.
Please read message post attached...
Brian T. Adams
Secretary, UFOIA, SIT# 2405
badams01@mail.orion.org
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