Encounters: The UFO Phenomenon, Exposed!/Encounters - The UFO Phenomenon, Exposed (1995).iso/sighting/sight27.txt

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The following file is courtesy of HUFON REPORT, the newsletter of the
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Gulf Breeze Update
"Bubba" Back in Dramatic Daylight Sightings
by Andy Abercrombie

         With what may prove to be the BIG Story of 1993, the town of
Gulf Breeze, Florida, again steps into the UFO spotlight with a
blockbuster of a story... videotaped and still footage of a structured
daylight disk!
         No, this is not another Mexico City misidentification of the
planet Venus but, rather, what appears to be the "real thing" as both
the video and the Polaroid photo have been analized and proclaimed to
be genuine by not only MUFON's Jeff Sainio , but optical physicist,
Dr. Bruce Maccabee as well. As many of you know, since 1987, Gulf
Breeze, Florida, has been nick-named the unofficial UFO capital of the
world due to the extraordinary number of sightings that have been
witnessed and recorded th ere. The most famous photos were those taken
by Ed Walters and published in the book detailing his experiences, The
Gulf Breeze Sightings, in 1990.
         Until July of 1992, skywatchers had documented an average of
7 to 8 sightings a month... after that, the elusive UFO,
affectionately named "Bubba," apparently disappeared for his 30,000
light-year check-up.  But then toward the end of November , a few
phone calls were received saying that "Bubba" was back. These reports
turned out to be true, but the UFO's visits have become much less
frequent. I've been told if the Gulf Breeze Research Team is lucky,
now they'll have a sighting about once ev ery two weeks, so the
appearance of a structured craft during the daylight hours is a truly
significant development.

         In a telephone interview with Bland Pugh, MUFON investigator
and editor of the Florida MUFON News ( and creator of one of the
finest red- beans-and-rice recipes in the Northern Hemisphere), the
following facts were reported:
         On March 25, a Mr. Martin "Allen" looked up and saw something
coming out of the northwest at a tremendous rate of speed. He first
thought it must be some type of aircraft he'd never seen before.
Later, the object reappeared and again moved tow ard him from the same
direction and toward the southeast. The next day, "Allen" set up his
video camera in hopes of recording the object and that's exactly what
it did! Returning from having gotten an apple inside his house, he was
stunned to see the sa me UFO coming at himfrom the southeast. The
camera recorded the whole sequence as the UFO sped across the screen.
         In an article by Bland appearing in the June 9th issue of The
Islander,"Allen" said, " I couldn't believe my eyes when I first saw
that round, silver thing racing across the sky. But, when it shot
overhead a second time, I knew it wasn't a nor mal airplane. By God, I
knew it was that UFO that I read about in the newspaper! It was round
and kind of crown-shaped with a lower level and a dark red circle in
the bottom center." It was at that point that Bland decided to enlist
the aid of another M UFON investigator, Gary Watson, well known for
his investigation of the Ed Walters case.
         That decision proved to be a timely one as less than a week
later, on March 31, Bland said he received another call from "Allen."
This time he said he had videoed the same UFO hovering out over the
Gulf of Mexico from his home on Santa Rosa Isl and. After being
recorded for about 45 seconds, the UFO made an extraordinary exit to
the southeast. Allen exclaimed, "It was fast, real fast! I videotaped
it! I couldn"t believe this was happening and that it was happening in
broad daylight!" Bland tol d me that when he saw the tape that night,
he couldn't believe it either but, there it was... hovering with the
sun reflecting off of it and the clouds moving behind it, sat the UFO.
The object was silver in color and reflected the light of the sun.
         It seemed that "Bubba" had definitely returned and, this
time, without a hint of shyness.

         On April 2, Bland received yet another call from "Allen"
saying that at 10:30 that morning, because the batteries on his video
camera weren't charged, he'd photographed the UFO with his Polaroid
camera! This time the object had been hovering ov er the beach to the
south of his home. Charles Flannigan, Florida State Director for
MUFON, was now also called into the investigation, and the decision
was made to forward the videos and Polaroid photo to Jeff Sainio,
Photo Analyst and Manager of Imaging Research and Development at the
Quad/Tech division of Quad/Graphics in Wisconsin. Dr. Bruce Maccabee,
optical physicist for the U.S. Naval defense lab in Maryland, w as
also contacted and both Sainio and Maccabee were given the original of
the Polaroid photo for analysis.
         After two weeks of intensive tests and several calls for
additional information, such as weather reports and atmospheric
conditions, Jeff Sainio submitted his findings and returned the videos
and photo to the investigative team.
         The results: The UFO is genuine and not a hoax.
         According to Sainio, in the first video, the UFO's speed in
relation to its size eliminates all aircraft as a cause, since known
airplanes can't move this fast. A 100-foot long fighter jet would need
to move 300 feet, 3 times its own length, in 1/30 second, or 9,000
feet per second or about 6,000 mph. below clouds at 7,000 feet. To
stay below the sound barrier, a plane length of 10 feet would be
required. Of the second video, where the UFO is seen hovering
motionless over the Gulf and then fla shes off, Sainio says in The
Islander, "Initial calculations show the UFO accelerated, then slowed
20% and then surpassed 2,000 mph, all in under l/lOth of a second!"
         Dr. Maccabee's assessment of the March 24 video states, "A
frame -by- frame analysis shows that the object moved so fast it
traveled several times its own length in each frame, making
rectangular images on the screen. It only took about one sec ond to
cross the nearly 30x field of view of the camera. Unfortunately, the
actual speed cannot be determined because the distances are not known,
but estimates range from several hundred to several thousand mph
corresponding to distance estimates of 1, 000 to 10,000 feet."

   Concerning the second tape, Dr. Maccabee stated, "The video shows a
compact image with a bright area which may be the sun glint from a
metal surface. As he tracked the object, it suddenly disappeared from
his viewfinder. When viewing t he video at normal playback speed, the
object appears to streak to the right, off the screen and almost too
fast to see.  Frame analysis shows that the object accelerated at a
tremendous rate. The actual acceleration cannot be calculated because,
again, the distance is not known.  However, if the assumed distances
are only 1,000 feet, then the videotape shows that it accelerated at
about 500g's (500 times the acceleration of gravity which is about 100
times greater than a jet) and reached a speed twice t hat of sound
before it passed out of view of the camera. Yet there was no sound! At
an assumed 1,000 ft.  distance, the size of the object was a bit less
than 10 feet. For other assumed distances, the size, acceleration and
departing speed are proportiona l to the distance."
         Regarding the photo taken on April 2, Dr. Maccabee said,
"This photo shows a circular object to the south at an angular of 60x
to 79x. The sun in the east made a shiny glint at the left side. In
the perspective view from below, the object appears like a layer cake
with the upper layer having a larger diameter than the lower layer.
The image is too small and at the wrong angle to reveal any windows in
the side of either layer. There is a slight hint of a protuberance at
the top, but this migh t be a photographic artifact."
         As if all of this photographic evidence wasn't enough,
there's more!
         On Friday, April 21, Bland reported he received a color slide
and a map from a gentleman named Thomas "Bryant," a visiting elected
official from Alabama. The map pointed to a location called the Sugar
Bowl in the Big Sabine area, at the east e nd of Pensacola Beach. The
slide showed a beach scene of sand dunes, sea oats and shrub bushes
but, most importantly, what appears to be the same UFO that Martin
"Allen" had photographed. The map contained a hand written note dated
April 2, and 2:30 pm a s the time of day.
         Mr. Thomas "Bryant" who had withheld his name for political
reasons, said, "At first I told myself that what I saw had to be
something from the military, but I know of nothing that can suddenly
appear, hover and disappear like it did."

         Both Sainio and Maccabee, I am told;, will have the
opportunity to analyze this slide, but according to Bland, there's no
doubt it is the identical craft that Martin "Allen" had photographed
at 10:30 am that same day! At this point, I could no longer wait to
ask Bland the BlG question...  were these new objects the same ones
that Ed Walters had photograpphed in 1987?
         Bland's response was, "They could be brothers."
         I learned a few days later, according to the story on the
front page of The Islander, that both experts, Sainio and Maccabee,
agreed that "the overall shape of the object resembles, but is not
identical to, the shape of the objects photographed by Ed Walters."
         Could it be that during "Bubba's" absence from July to
November of 1992, that its owner traded up to a newer model? Who
knows, but stay tuned! This is an on-going investigation that will
probably continue for quite some time.
         In conclusion, I would like to note that it is to the credit
of the Gulf Breeze investigators that they have "sat" on this story
for over two months until they and their independent experts had
verified the evidence before releasing this repor t to the public.
         Thanks for a job well done, guys !

         Epilogue: In an earlier and, perhaps, related story, Bland
Pugh was the investigator on a case concerning mysterious markings at
the first of this year.
         In an article written for the May/June issue of the Florida
MUFONNews, Bland writes, "The story began on January 9, when "Bill"
went to Pensacola Beach at sundown to skywatch. It is not unusual for
someskywatchers, myself included, to go out by themselves. After
parking, he set up his equipment for what he hoped would be a
sighting. He didn't have to wait long. Over the Gulf appeared the
bright light of the Gulf Breeze UFO. "Bill" looked at the object
through his 8x40 binoculars for a minute or so when he began to feel
his face flushing hot. Then his face felt like it had been exposed to
cold for a long period of time.
         Putting the binoculars down, he began to feel nauseated and
even a little faint. After about a minute, the dizziness seemed to be
passing somewhat. He looked for the UFO, but it was gone.  "Bill"
climbed into his vehicle to regain his composu re. By now, the time
was something like 8:00 pm. He headed for Shoreline Park where a
skywatch was underway. He told the people at the park about his
experience and was standing around talking when he discovered he'd
hurt his hand. Noticing the small amo unt of blood on the back of his
right hand, "Bill" thought that he must have hit it on something while
gathering his equipment and putting it into his vehicle. He didn't
think too much about it after that.
         On Friday of the next week, "Bill" showed me his hand and
said he was a little concerned about it because it hadn't healed, only
gotten worse. When he first discovered the marks, they were only small
perforations. They progressively got larger . Towards the first of the
week, the enlargement of each separate wound prompted him to call a
doctor about it, as it was very unusual in nature. The wound consisted
of a circle of seven separate and evenly spaced punctures, with one in
the center. Whe n "Bill" talked to the doctor, he was told that he had
"seen this type of wound before."
         As of this writing, the circles are still visible on "Bill's"
hand. He has asked me to write this article in hopes that anyone with
a similar mark would contact him through me. Please write me (Bland
Pugh) at P.O. Box 6111, Gulf Breeze, FL 3 2561. All replies will be
kept confidential. Please include your address, telephone number and,
if possible, a picture of the affected area ONLY."

In my 20-minute conversation with Bland on Sunday evening, June 20, I
asked, since Bland had been the investigator on this case, if he felt
the incident may have been hoaxed. Bland's response was "No," based on
two reasons. First, the integrity of the w itness who, surprisingly,
did not feelthat he had been abducted or was missing any time and,
secondly, the flood of similar accounts he has recelved since the
reporting of this incident in The Islander and the Florida MUFON News.

         People in southern Florida, several other Eastern states, and
as far away as England have also recounted mysterious wounds forming
exactly the same pattern on different extremities. Bland added that
one case in Oklahoma dated as far back as 19 81.
         As it now appears that this new Gulf Breeze case is not an
isolated incident or unique in its character. Bland tends to feel the
circular pattern of wounds is genuinely of a mysterious nature and,
therefore, is deserving of further investigati on.
         In response to the question concerning the cause of these
markings, Bland said at the present time, he has no idea, nor has he
heard of any theories being advanced on what is producing this
peculiar pattern of marks.
         Is the mystery UFO-related, or is this another "syringe in
the Pepsi can" phenomenon?
         Only time will tell. Meanwhile, the investigation and reports
of additional cases continue. All I can say is to keep looking up and
behind you... you don't know what may be watching you!


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