Encounters: The UFO Phenomenon, Exposed!/Encounters - The UFO Phenomenon, Exposed (1995).iso/sighting/sight17.txt

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                    CLOSE ENCOUNTER ON INTERSTATE 84

                          By:Philip J. Imbrogno



  In the past,  the state of Connecticut has always been an area of few
UFO reports, however this is no longer true. Since 1985 the counties of
Fairfield  and Litchfield and Hartford has seen a dramatic rise in  the
number of UFO reports.  This UFO is described as being a semi circle or
boomerang  with multi-colored lights.  Even more incredible the size of
this UFO has been reported to be the length of a football field!.  This
UFO  that has been seen recently in Connecticut is without a doubt  the
Hudson  valley UFO which is described in my book NIGHT SIEGE THE HUDSON
VALLEY UFO SIGHTINGS (Ballantine Books 1987).

  For some reason unkown to this researcher the giant boomerang UFO has
shifted  it's activities from New York to Nearby Connecticut.  The most
recent sightings took place on May 26 of this year around interstate 84
one of the most heavily traveled highways in the northeast.

  Between 9;30 and 10;15 PM more than 200 people phoned local and state
police  to report a huge object with bright lights flying low over  the
highway near the towns of Newtown and Southbury in Connecticut.   Those
witnesses  that called state police in Southbury were told that it  was
nothing  more  than  a  group of Ultralight  aircraft  from  Candlewood
airport flying in close formation and hanging colored lanterns from the
bottom of the plane.  The police also told witnesses that the  aircraft
were painted black so that all that can be seen is the lights.  Many of
the  witnesses  to  the phenomenon found it very hard  to  believe  the
offical explanation.

  One witnesses to the UFO was Mrs. Betty Proulx of Middlebury who said
that  the  object hovered over her house without a sound for  over  two
minutes.There was no doubt in her mind that what she was looking at was
one  solid object.When Mr.  Proulx heard about the explanation he could
not accept it since he was in the air division of the Navy. "It was one
craft and like no aircraft that I have ever seen in my life".

  Another  witnesses was Mr.  Randy Etting a commercial  airline  pilot
with over thirty years of experience.  Mr. Etting said that the idea of
the ultralight theory "is the prattling of idiots" Mr.  Etting observed
the  lights from his home in Newtown Connecticut at about 9:45  pm.  He
said  that there were at least eight lights of different colors  flying
very close together and without a sound.  As the object passed his home
he observed it in a pair of 7X35  binoculars.  Mr.  Etting told me that
the  UFO was one object and he saw some type of heat waves coming  from
the  object  which distorted the area around the lights.   Mr.   Etting
watched  the object with neighbors and his son for over ten minutes  as
it  slowly drifted to the north west.  All the witnesses agree that the
UFO was one solid object and round in appearance.

  The  Etting party was observing the UFO while it was passing close to
I-84.  At this time over a dozen cars pulled over to view the UFO as it
passed overhead. One witness a Charlie Tuperman described what happened
that night.

  "It  was about 9:30  or so and I was driving East on 84   around  the
Southbury  area when I noticed these lights ahead of me.  They were low
and  it looked like a 747  was going to land on the highway.This  thing
had  about  ten  lights in kind of a half circle and  the  lights  were
yellow,  green, blue, white and red. This thing was going very slow and
moving  from  the east to the west.  All of a sudden every one on  both
sides  of the road began slamming on their brakes and pulling  over  to
the  side.   It was a dangerous thing to do since  there  were  several
trucks apparently trying the same thing. I pulled over and watched this
thing pass directly over the west bound lanes. I saw a dark mass behind
the lights and there was no sound.  I saw the lights of a state tropper
just ahead of me and I fiqured he was called to see what was going  on.
Then all of a sudden this thing gets real bright, I mean all the lights
just  got  ten times brighter for about ten seconds or so,   then  they
faded to where they were before and that is about as bright as a planes
wing  lights.  That really scared me.  I  wanted to get going because I
thought  there was some type of invasion or something,I just wanted  to
get home.  Besides I was afraid of some trucker plowing into my car.  I
watched  it head west and lost it . I turnd on the radio for news,  but
didn't hear anything about any UFOs on any of the local stations".


 Close Encounter in New Milford


  At about 10:00  after the series of sightings in the I-84  area.  The
UFO was seen heading to the west.  It was then seen in the New  Milford
Connecticut area by a Robert Nellis his friend Jeff and Mr. Nellis dog.
They were all in Nellis car off a side road off Route 7 in the northern
area of New Milford. They were driving home after a long day of boating
upstate  along the Connecticut river.The dog began to bark and cry  and
at  that  point Jeff looked over to the northeast to see  a  number  of
bright  lights hovering over a stand of pine trees less than a  quarter
mile away.  They stopped the car and at that time their car radio began
to  sound  "funny"   with  all types of strange  sounding  static  that
interfered with the station that they were listening to.

  They  stopped  the  car and continued to watch the lights.   At  this
moment  the lights began to move slowly towards them.  They were amazed
at  the size of the object,  "larger than a football field".   The  dog
continued  to bark as the object passed over their car . Neil looked up
and  saw  a  very dark structure connecting the  lights  that  extended
toward the rear of the object. He said it was teardrop in shape and the
lights  in  the front were in a half circle.The object was so large  he
said that" it covered the sky and blocked out everything overhead"  The
object  he said was made of some type of "dark grey material with  very
little reflectability".  There was no sound and they estimated that the
giant  UFO  was no more than 500  feet above their car.  The  UFO  then
passed  over  their car and then shifted towards the north.  They  both
noticed  some  type of flashing lights under the object that  gave  the
impression as if something was moving. They watched the UFO slowly move
away.  The total duration of the sighting was ten minutes, however both
men  arrived  home  forty minutes later.  This is could be  a  case  of
missing  time,  or the witnesses observed the object longer  than  they
thought.   Neil would call me for several days after my interview  with
him  since he felt "uneasy and upset"  about his Close  Encounter.   My
research team and I are still investigating this case and it seems that
it may be another of the many missing time cases that are escalating in
the area.


 Photographic Proof


  This  UFO was so bright and large that it was only a matter  of  time
before someone would come forward with a photograph. To our surprise we
were  contacted by a person of high standing in the Southbury area  who
took a picture of the object as it moved very slowly over I-84 at about
9:30 PM. The photographer wishes to remain anonymous since his position
is  very sensitive.  He his a very highly trained college educated  man
who fears that the publicity surrounding the photograph could hurt  his
career.   He  gave us full rights to the photograph  and  his  sighting
account providing we do not use his real name.  We will refer to him as
David.

  David was  on I-84  on Official busines when he saw the  lights.  The
lights  were  in the northwest and heading east.  As he  watched,   the
object  tilted  and all the lights got much brighter.He was pulled  off
the  road at  the  time and had his camera ready.  The UFO was about 45
degrees above the horizon.  Due to traffic he had time to take only one
picture. His camera was  a 35mm with a 50mm lens at 1.8,  the film type
was  Kodacolor  asa 400  and the exposure was 1/60th of a  second,   or
1/125.   He was not sure of the setting,  but feels it was 1/60th of  a
second.  The object then moved toward the east without a sound.  During
an interview with  this researcher,  David told me that the he was sure
there was a solid object behind the lights.  He also said that when the
object  turned it looked like the lights on the sides were pulling  out
from the main  mass,   but  he realized that this effect was due to the
object changing posistion from his point of view.

 What about the Photo:


  Several photo-analysis experts are now looking at the photograph. Our
initial  study showed that the image is without a doubt hanging in  the
sky above the ground.  Also the photograph was looked at by Dr.   Willy
Smith  a  scientists and UFO researcher of some repute.   Dr.   Smith's
initial  calculations  show  the object to be  anywhere  from  650-1600
across!

  We  believe  that  this photograph is one of the  best  nightime  UFO
pictures  taken  in  the past twenty years.  There  were  quite  a  few
witnesses to the sighting over a twenty-five mile radius, all reporting
the same thing. A close examination of the original negative shows that
the  lights are reflecting off of some type of structure in the central
part of the object.Also the lights are in a perfect half circle.  There
is  no  doubt  that what ever the UFO photograph represents it  is  one
solid  object.   We  hope to get more data on the  photograph  and  the
sightings in the weeks to come. I have taken an add in the local papers
asking  for  videos  and photographs and sighting  accounts  from  that
night.


 A Rational Explanation?


  What  about the theory that the UFO is nothing more than  Ultralights
from Candlewood airport. We questioned state police on this theory.  An
officer stated that they made a mistake about the airport,  it  wasen't
Candlewood  but Stormville airport.  A  flight instructor at Stormville
later  told us that there is only one Ultralight at Stormville  and  it
only flys in the day since it is illegal for them to fly at night.

  The UFO sightings in the Northeast continue.  In the days to follow I
received  several calls from witnesses who saw formations  of  military
helecopters in the sighting area.  One witnesses took a pictue of  this
formation.  Is the goverment involved in the mysterious happenings over
the Connecticut area?  Many of the residents feel that the goverment is
well  aware of the UFO and is doing its best to play down the sightings
by explaining them away. I  called nearby Bradley international airport
to  find  out if they had any information about the sightings.  I   was
informed  by air traffic control that no formations or  large  aircraft
were tracked on radar at that location and time.  I  was also told that
unless  the "aircraft"  have transponders (a device placed in  aircraft
that  help identify them on radar)  in them they would not be picked up
at that location at an altitude of less than 2,000 feet. I  have enough
witnesses  in different locations at the same time observing the UFO to
determine  that  the approximate altitude was between 1,000   and  1300
feet.  Based on this information my calculations indicate that the span
of lights was at least 900 feet! Its apparent size in the sky was quite
large,this  is  evident  by the image on the 35mm frame that  takes  up
almost half the negative.  It is obvious from the photograph and by the
witneses  statments that something more than ultralight aircraft was in
the sky over Connecticut that night.

  If any of my readers would like to contact me concerning this  series
of UFO sightings I can be reached at PO Box 4218 Greenwich, Ct 06830.

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