Let me clear up a few things about this sighting.
My name is Michael Curta, Colorado MUFON [Mutual UFO Network, Inc.] State Director and Director of MUFON on CompuServe. I have been investigating this case from day one. I have made 3 trips to Salida totaling 6 days of interviews. In addition I have conducted hours and hours of phone interviews and I talk to Mr. Edwards almost daily.
Heres what we know so far.
On Aug. 27 at 0930 Mr. Edwards 6 year old daughter saw something in the say and pointed it out to he father. Shortly there after Mr. Edwards, other daughter, father and mother came out to look. He then called his wife at work about 1.5 miles away, who was to busy to go out and look. However another employee did go outside and was able to see the object. So now we have 6 witnesses, 5 at one location and 1, a mile and a half away.
The object was visible for just over and hour before leaving at a high rate of speed to the SW. During that time 6.5 min. of High 8 tape was shot of the object as it darted around the sky. The tape shows what appears to be a fairly large cylinder shaped object that has something rotating around it or it is rotating it's self. Witnesses report that what is rotating is "panels" of red and green lights.
In addition to the witnesses in Salida, Colorado MUFON has uncovered 2 witnesses 200 miles away in Grand Junction, CO. who saw it pass over the area between 0800 & 0830 the morning of the 27. The 2 joggers watched as this object passed over the city at high speed and drop 2 small round objects out of it. The 2 small object hit a near by mountain and there were 2 bright flashes of light, but no sound.
In addition we are still searching for 7 witnesses who called C.U. Boulder the night of the 27 and into the morning of the 28 and left voice mail reporting what we believe to be the same object. The 7 calls came from Boulder, Longmount, and Flagstaff Mt. All reported seeing this object looking South with telescopes. The voice mail was deleted and no information was retained by C.U.
We also have leads on several other witnesses in and around the Salida area who also saw the object the same time as Mr. Edwards but so far we have not been able to contact them.
So far we know the following about the object.....
1. It is a solid object that is 10's of feet in size and maybe more then 100' and appears to be at high alt.
2. during the 6.5 min of tape 12 small round object can be seen dropping out of the bottom of the main object and darting away at high speed.
3. 1 small object appears it reenter the top of the object.
4. It appears to be rotating or something is rotating around it.
5. It's not a known air craft.
6. It's not a cloud.
7. It's not lens flair.
This information come from the following sources. Dr. Bruce Maccabee, A veteran news cameraman, a chopper pilot of 20 years who is also a Meteorologist, and a independent lab in Boulder, CO. In addition MUFON Specialist's Jeff Sainio and Dr. Jack Kasher are studying the tape and will be providing me with reports on their findings. During my investigation I have uncovered footage of a similar object taped flying of Kresnodor (sp?) Russia in 1990 that was shown on Russian TV.
It is important to note that the Village Lab is a marketing firm and is in the business of marketing. Village Lab contacted Mr. Edwards and is now acting as his representative in this case. The Village Lab is not connected with the on going investigation being conducted by Colorado MUFON.
At his point we have not been provided with documentation on how the Village Lab arrived at there figures of 60,000' high and a mile in size. In addition we also don't know how they were able to arrive at the conclusion that this is a alien craft operated by an ET from another world. while this can not be ruled out, we don't know that for sure and any statements to that effect are pure speculation and represent only those of the Village Lab.
Regards,
Michael Curta
State Dir. Colorado MUFON
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