June 23, 1996
Source: Roswell Daily Record
by Jason Bunch, Roswell Daily Record
John Price, director of the UFO Enigma Museum authenticated UFO video footage presented by retired ABC Network writer and director, Jason Leigh. On June 11, 1995, Leigh was filming scenes of severe weather and flooding near his home in Cleburne, Texas, about 33 miles south of Fort Worth, when he saw a shiny, large, round flying object.
"I just fixed the camera on it," Leigh said.
The number of structural references on the tape, such as a house chimney the object passes behind, helped UFO Enigma Director John Price,authenticate the tape.
"With it going behind the home," Price said, "you know the object is moving, and not the camera. Some films are questionable in that regard, but this one is not."
Leigh did extensive research before going public with the film. "I wanted to leave no stone unturned. Not only did I have a reputation to keep, but I wanted to make sure it was for real," he said.
The flight records out of Cleburne and the Federal Aviation Administration Operations Office in Fort Worth found no flights over the area on the day the video was taken.
Leigh also contacted the the National Balloon Base in Palestine, Texas, who conformed the object was not a weather balloon or a meteorite, and according to the U.S. Space Command Center, nor was it space debris.
"It took me a couple of weeks of phone calls and research, but I was able to discount any explainable reason for the object." Leigh said.
Leigh also stated that he had no access to computer animation programs with which to create such an illusion on video tape.
John Price is intrigued with Leigh's video dipicting the large shiny object moving gracefully in a westerly direction, then east. Without making so much as a turn, then hovering over a tree briefly, it continued westward.
In addition to the June 11 video, Leigh also has footage of an enormous jellyfish-like object in the night sky of June 1, 1995. In the video, two large fireballs appear to hurtle toward the earth from an object, while a third fireball moves upwards toward it.
A doctor, who wishes to remain anonymous, also captured the June 1 event on video tape. "It is pretty impressive footage," said Price. "The quality was good and what was on the tape ruled out many things-including shooting stars."
Stay Tuned for further updates.
Coming Soon: A word From John: From the Inside, John will discuss the authentication process.
The piece of metal given John is larger than the first given to the International UFO Museum. The astonishing thing about it, is that it is copper and silver and it does not tarnish, nor does it blacken when exposed to flame. We will continue to update this story as the facts come in.
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Silver, Copper and Tarnish
June 23, 1996
Alan Lackey, of Albuquerque, has been processing, casting silver and manufacturing sterling silver heishi beads for over twenty years. I recently talked to him about the alleged wreckage and it's anomalous resistance to tarnish, and this is what he had to say:
"One of the biggest problems in the silver manufacturing industry is the propensity of silver to tarnish. Manufacturers of silver jewelry must take care to deliver items with the best shine possible because tarnish effects can start quickly depending upon environment. Certainly silver normally tarnishes when flame is applied to it, and the alleged debris reportedly remained unchanged.
The other physical characteristic that I find interesting is the marbled appearance. Sterling silver is made by adding copper to fine silver and melting to form a completely blended alloy. Absolutely no marbling is possible in this process because the two metals combine so easily. I'm not very familiar with rolling or laminating processes but it would seem that creating 'swirly' patterns of copper and then rolling it onto silver to create the effect seen here would seem to be more than difficult."
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