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Jan. '98 Reports
01-98 Reads Landing, Minnesota
Reporter: Pat K.
Experience: Pat K. of Wabasha, Minnesota recounts an interesting story
from a friend who was over visiting. The friend had noticed a model of
a stealth aircraft that was sitting in the garage and proceeded to tell
Pat how he had witnessed a similar black, triangular-shaped aircraft
flying over the Mississippi River in January of this year while
traveling south on Hwy 61 in the area of Reads Landing, MN. According
to Pat, the friend stated that the craft, "was moving very low and
slow."
***
Sighting Date: 1/3/98, ~11pm CST
Sighting Location: Zimmerman, MN
On 1/3/98, ~11pm, a woman in Zimmerman suddenly had TV reception
trouble, then noticed a red light coming from outdoors. She opened
her front door to be hit by a blast of heat. When she looked up,
she saw a huge red glowing UFO ~500 ft in size and ~50 ft above her
house. She watched it for a few minutes before it left.
Report submitted to Minnesota MUFON.
***
LUMINOUS UFO SEEN IN WESTERN IOWA
On Friday, January 2, 1998, at 6 p.m., Jason B.
and Brandon C. were walking along the railroad
tracks in their hometown of Missouri Valley, Iowa
(population 2,888) when they spotted a strange
light in the sky.
"While walking down the tracks, we observed an
extremely bright light off towards Council Bluffs
(i.e. to the south--J.T.). At first we thought it was a
falling star," Jason and Brandon reported. "We
stopped to watch it for about 20 seconds."
"It was directly above us and circled the grain
elevator," Jason said. "Then it sped off very fast,
following the railroad tracks towards the east."
Missouri Valley is on Iowa Highway 30
approximately 130 miles (208 kilometers) west
of Des Moines. (Many thanks to Tim Hagemeister
of NACOMM for this report.)
***
National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report
Occurred : 1/13/1998 01:00 AM
Posted : 1/28/1999
Location : Minot, ND
Shape : Fireball
I observed a large alien craft in the night sky...
I was coming home from a party that had lasted quite late, and I
must admit I was a little intoxicated. However, there is no mistaking
what I saw that night. A huge, completly silent, fiery ball of light
silently hovered over head as I drove buy. Me, and another car behind
me (I apologize for I never asked for his name) stopped and gawked
for a few moments at this beautiful sight. It hovered silently for
roughly five seconds, then, without warning, the ball suddenly zipped
off into the night sky. It was the most beautiful thing I have ever
witnessed in my life. Feel free to give me a call to talk about the
experience.
***
WEIRD FLASHES LIGHT UP THE SKY OVER IRONWOOD, MICHIGAN
On Thursday, January 15, 1998, at 6:50 p.m., Brian M.
was walking home from work in Ironwood, Michigan
(population 6,700). "Upon reaching my driveway, I stopped
and checked the mailbox. When I looked up again, it
seemed that a number of stars had decided to start
blinking on and off."
"The blinking appeared random, unsequenced, and
each time the objects lit, they moved to a new location
and seemed to wander erratically," Brian reported.
"Because of the on-off sequence, and large trees near
the horizon, I am unable to give an exact count, but I
would estimate that there had to have been six UFOs
scattered across the southern sky, below 45 degrees
and as bright as any other celestial objects in the sky."
He estimated that the UFOs were "tens of miles"
to the south, past neighboring Hurley, Wisconsin and
the Gile Flowage (lake).
"I walked down the drive to the south side of my
house, where it was darkest. The objects continued
their flashing and motion. Each time one 'lit,' it was in
a slightly new position. At last one worked its way
towards the southwest. The rest grouped together
within 15 degrees (of arc) and headed into the
horizon" near where "Orion was rising in the southeast."
Brian said the flashing "lasted ten minutes," and
the UFOs "were as bright as Sirius--magnitude one...
as bright as a flashbulb popping. I am an expert
skywatcher and this incident was unlike anything I have
ever witnessed."
Ironwood is Michigan's westernmost city, located
in the Upper Peninsula (U.P.) on U.S. Route 2,
approximately 605 miles (968 kilometers) northwest
of Detroit. (Email Interview)UFOUpdates
***
Feb. '98 Reports
BLACK HELICOPTER STALKS UFO OVER AN IOWA FARM
On Monday, February 2, 1998, at 10 p.m., Susan
Landers, 50, her daughter Melissa Edgewick, 27, and
son Michael Landers, 20 were at the family farm near
Sioux City, Iowa (population 80,505) about 200 miles
(320 kilometers) east of Des Moines when Melissa
"heard the sound of jets but did not see them." She
"then heard a high-pitched hum but did not locate
the source of the noise."
"Next a dark-colored helicopter came over their
house at less than 50 feet altitude. No markings were
observed. Very large motor," reported Beverly Trout
of Iowa MUFON, who interviewed the family.
"About 15 minutes later, the mother heard the
copter and stepped out onto her bedroom's second-
floor deck (balcony). The copter was overhead, and
she could see its bottom and could feel vibration in
the house."
Michael Landers, standing outdoors on the south
side of the house, "could feel the disturbance 'wind'
from the rotors. At first, the copter was right over
their house."
Susan Landers "described two white lights--one at
each end and a red light in the middle. Since she was
aware of the green light requirement on aircraft, she
specifically looked for a green light. There was none on
the copter."
"After the copter left, all three watched through
binoculars a bright orange ball move from the east to
the southwest and then to the northwest of their
residence. At one point, the ball stopped, then moved
back to the southwest."
A week later, on Monday, February 9, 1998, at
11:45 a.m., Mrs. Landers and another son, Todd, 33,
were driving to Sioux City when they saw a strange
object hovering about a half-mile away.
The UFO was "200 feet above a nearby hill" and
"perhaps at 500 feet altitude." Both witnesses
described it as "a rectangular 'refrigerator' shaped
object, perhaps a little smaller than a mid-sized car."
At first they thought they were "looking at the back
end of a helicopter, but they saw that it had no wings.
It was moving very fast and was a dull metallic gray
in color."
Todd Landers described the UFO "as a refrigerator
laying horizontal," while his mother described "some
sort of energy bands coming from the top and bottom
of the object, each had extended outward for about
one-third the size of the object."
The glow created a shimmering effect, which
Todd Landers described as "like looking through a fire."
Five days later, on Saturday, February 14, 1998,
Michael Landers and Melissa Edgewick were returning
home at 9:30 p.m. when they spied a UFO they
described as "a 40-foot triangle" hovering above the road.
The UFO "was at about a one-and-one-half telephone
pole in height" (33 feet or 10 meters--J.T.) above the road
with "three bright white flashing lights at each corner of
the triangle and a red light in the middle. The object
moved from the east side of the road to the west side,
and at one point the bright light from the object
reflected on the nearby trees." (Many thanks to
Beverly Trout of Iowa MUFON for these reports.)and
UFOROUNDUP.
***
Howell, Michigan UFO 2/5/98
On Thursday evening, February 5, 1998, around 7:45 p.m. EST, a black triangle
aircraft was spotted west of Howell, Michigan heading west and paralleling
Mason Road at an elevation of 55 to 60 degrees. The observer, a high school
senior driving in his car at the time, noted that the craft had three round,
white, non-blinking lights at the three points of the triangle. He pulled his
car to the side of the road to get a better view, shut off the engine and
told me that the object was the size of a quarter held at arm's length. No
detectable noise was heard coming from the craft. Had it been a conventional
aircraft at that distance, it would have been easily identified due to the
noise of its engines. He further stated that, although he made a point of
looking for them, no navigational strobes--red, green or white--were visible
at any time. He estimated the speed of the craft to be 60 miles per hour, the
same speed as his car. It was in sight for over a minute. He also told me
that at no time did his car malfunction. He was unable to estimate its
altitude, however, since nothing presented itself for comparison. Weather
conditions at the time were partially overcast, but the moon was visible. No
missing time was reported. The credibility of the witness is high. Thanks to
Doug Parrish Michigan Director / Skywatch International
***
Occurred : 2/15/1998 19:30 (Entered as : 02-15-98 19:30)
Reported: 2/16/1998
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Duluth, MN
Shape: Flash
Duration:60+ seconds
Various colored lights flashing after power surge & failure.
Power surge/failure occured at 7:30 pm. Lights went off but glowed
hazy green for several seconds before immense lights began to flash
over the foggy sky - central location of flashes from us was WNW.
The first flash was a general bright blue followed by several defined
rays that spread out from the circumference of the blue lights this
was followed by more flashing - yellow and red lines that horizontally
crossed the original set of rays. The flasing continued a few more
seconds, was as bright as lightening: air temp. 39f; pressure 29.90.
We later learned that a powerline had been severed at the junction
of Highway 61 and the Ryan Road - 15 miles up the shore of Lake
Superior from central downtown Duluth. It seem to us that a rather
large craft may have come a bit too close to ground and that some
form of its propellent energy caused the power line to snap. We
walked over to the site of the break later and saw several power
company vehicles a couple of squad cars were present but left before
we actually reached the scene.
***
Mar. '98 Reports
National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report
Occurred : 3/1/1998 02:20 (Entered as : 3/98 02;20)
Posted : 1/28/1999
Location : Lodi, WI
Shape : green fire ball with spark trail moving from east to west over the Badger
ordenece army ammo plant it looked like fireworks it was as big as a dime held at
arms length.
***
Location: Baraboo/Wisconsin
Date: 03/07/98 time: 04:00a.m.
Sighting:
My brother reports to me that there is a u.f.o. that has been
visiting Baraboo Wisconsin just above the bluff's. It has been
appearing every day around the same time in the early a.m. and
then when the sun starts to come up, it slowly rises to the clouds
and then darts off to an unknown location at incredible speeds. It
is a cigar shaped u.f.o. and (from palm of hand to palm of hand)
about 8 inches long as viewed from about 2 miles away. It is emiting
bright white and red lights with no apparent landing gears or
windows. It appears in the early a.m. "suddenly" around the same
time every day and in the same place of the bluffs every day. To his
knowledge, it has not landed but comes every day around the same time
and place. Sincerely KJen818764@aol.com
***
COUPLE SIGHTS TRIANGULAR UFO IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN
On Thursday, March 26, 1998, at 9:15 p.m., Kenneth
and Katarina M. "were enjoying the clear evening" at
their home in Brighton, Michigan (population 5,686).
a town on Interstate Highway I-23 about 30 miles
(48 kilometers) west of Detroit.
"Suddenly, we noticed something unusual coming
from the north," Katarina reported. "An object passed
over our heads in a straight-line direction. The object
had a V-shape with real bright white-yellowish lights
underneath. We watched it for about four seconds
until it passed behind our house. The object made no
sound at all." (Many thanks to Tim Hagemeister of
NACOMM for this report.)
***
National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report
Occurred : 3/27/1998 20:40
Posted : 1/28/1999
Location : Milwaukee, WI
Shape : Circle
Light spotted moving very fast heading NE and quickly turning W. Other simular
round lights seen w/ same characteristics. Objects moved to fast and silently to be
planes.
Myself and two friends witnessed a strange light moving North East very fast. The
object was moving very quietly. It then turned very sharply twards the West. About
a minute later we witnessed another object, which seemed to come out of nowhere
heading North East. It was also moving fast and quietly. It turned sharply to the North
and quickly faded. Another minute later we saw a light come from the North and
quickly turn East a fade like the other lights. About 30 seconds later we saw another
quickly moving object come from the North West and then fade. I am 13 and my
friends are 13 and 14. I hope you won't use that against us. There usually aren't
many planes around.
***
National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report
Occurred : 3/31/1998 05:00 CST
Posted : 1/28/1999
Location : Baraboo, WI
Shape : Light
A yellow-orange light that zipped or zig-zagged, apparently a mile or two
away on the southeastern horizon.
I am an associate editor at FATE magazine, and was investigating a report
of a recurring UFO sighting in Baraboo. I met the witness, a Baraboo resident,
on both March 31 and April 5, and we had sightings on both mornings, which
were shared by one friend of mine on March 31 and two different friends on
April 5. I will enter data on the more interesting April 5 incident in a separate
posting to come. I have written about my experience in the forthcoming June
issue of FATE, but wanted to place the information here since I am not getting
a response from members of Wisconsin MUFON after three weeks since
contacting them. This is apparently a recurring incident. At 4:45 a.m. CST
on March 31, I met the witness. I was training my binoculars on the
southeastern horizon (an area known as the Baraboo Bluffs, in the vicinity of
several radio and microwave towers) when I saw a orange-yellowish light soar
a few degrees across the horizon. My friend, viewing with the naked eye, said
she saw it zig-zag. I had the impression of an old-fashioned orange computer
cursor that leaves a trail as it glides across a blank screen. It was bright,
anomalous, very short-lived, and not easy to explain. We then runined any
further opportunity to observe the light by driving off in the wrong direction, after
which it was too bright and too foggy for us to see anything more. We concluded
that the sighting may have been a UFO or other kind of anomalous ground-light
activity. I returned to Baraboo on April 5 with two other friends. We discovered
then that at least part of what our witness was describing, observing, and
photographing was nothing more than good old planet Venus, in the southeastern
sky. Disappointed, we waited around for a few hours and prepared to leave.
But once again, while I was training my binoculars high in the southern sky on
Venus (at 8:10 a.m. CDT), my friends and I had another strange sighting.
This time, a bright white light seemed to emerge from behind the center of a thin
cloud, a few degrees "below" Venus. It was tens of thousands of feet high. It
"swooped" below the cloud (from our perspective) and seemed to leave a bright
light impression or reflection before vanishing. I had the impression of the shape
of a powerfully lit electric moth. Again, this was seen by myself, two friends, and
the Baraboo witness. The whole thing seemed to resemble an extremely odd
entrail from a plane, and I have not been able to look into this yet, but (1) we
saw no physical craft, and (2) we agreed that it motion was far too anomalous,
especially since it was 8 a.m. on a Sunday, and supposedly recurring. I believe
there is some basis in truth for what the Baraboo witness has been reporting, but
fact and fallacy have been difficult to separate. The Baraboo witness may report
his extensive sightings soon by phone, but I personally can offer these two reports
which were shared by a number of my friends, and seem to be consistent with
most of the witness's claims. Since this is apparently a recurring event, I personally
recommend that somebody with more resources investigates. I am available for
more information.
***
Apr. '98 Reports
National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report
Occurred : 4/3/1998 approx 22:20
Posted : 1/28/1999
Location : Eau Claire, WI
Shape : Diamond
Four dark objects moving westerly at incredible speed in parallel , flying
in a diagonal formation were noted. The objects were traveling a parallel
vector and arranged in a diagonal formation. It only took a few seconds
for them to cross the sky. I noticed them at 45 degrees inclination, 90
degrees ascension with in a few seconds, they vanished out of sight.
***
National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report
Occurred : 4/5/1998 08:10
Posted : 1/28/1999
Location : Baraboo, WI
Shape : Light
A bright white light, tens of thousands of feet in the air, swooped
downward, left a lingering impression or reflection, and disappeared.
Information included in my previous posting about my 3/31/98 sighting
in Baraboo.
***
National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report
Occurred : 4/23/1998 17:21 (Entered as : 04/23/98 5.21.00)
Posted : 1/28/1999
Location : OCONOMOWOC, WI
Shape : Light
A LARGE BRIGHT LIGHT. IT APPEARE TO BE THE HEADLIGHT
O A LOW FLYING PLANE.IT APPEARD TO HAVE AN ALTITUDE
OF 2000-4000FT.WE WERE FACING NORTH, AND THE LIGHT
WAS MOVING FROM EAST TO WEST. IT APPEARED TO BE A
LOW PLANE FROM THE SPEED AND ALTITUDE. BUT WHEN
IT PASSED INFRONT OF US TH LIGHT DID NOT FADE, DIM,
OR LOSE ANY INTENSITY. AS IT CONTINUED TO PASS TO
OUR WEST IT STAYED AS BRIGHT AS WHEN IT APPROACHED
US. ALSO THERE WAS NO NOISE WHATSOEVER.IT HAD AN
ORANGE COLOR TO IT. WE OBSERVED IT IN FULL BRIGHTNESS
TILL IT DISAPPEARD OVER THE HORIZON 2 PROFESSIONAL
PEOPLE 43, AND 37
***
Occurred : 4/26/1998 21:45 (Entered as : 04/26/98 21:45)
Reported: 4/27/1998
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Eagan, MN
Shape: Light
Duration:5 secs
I glanced skyward and saw an object moving extremely quickly across
the night sky. It appeared as two points of light, seperated but
traveling uniformly. The object materialized, traveled very quickly
on a straight path, then disappeared. I confess that the object was
quite faint.
The object was two points of light, seperated by just a degree or
so. The lights appeared white in color and kept a constant level
of brightness. The two points of light were obviously traveling as
one unit as they moved across the night sky. I just happened to
look upward to admire the night sky when I left a restaurant and
noticed the object moving on a southeast to northwest path. Within
5 seconds, the object vanished as quickly as it appeared. The object
never came near the horizon. I recently graduated from college with
a degree in Sociology. I took an Astronomy class in college and
consider it somewhat of a hobby of mine. I have seen countless
shooting stars and this object was very different from anything I
had seen in the night sky before. It traveled way too quickly to be
a jet and there was no actual "streak" as is commonly observed with
meteors. The intensity of the lights remained constant until it
disappeared.
***
May '98 Reports
Occurred : 5/10/1998 19:00 (Entered as : 05/10/1998 19:00)
Reported: 3/1/2004 2:21:56 PM 14:21
Posted: 3/2/2004
Location: Grand Rapids, MN
Shape: Unknown
Duration:10 Seconds
Too bright for this earth.
Against a black sky, an extremly bright light was seen. It was too bright to be a helicopter
or airplane, and was too high to be a radio tower (also there are no towers in this area).
The light wasn't moving, I turned away for less than a second, when I looked back, it
was gone. ((NUFORC Note: Date of incident is approximate. PD))
***
Occurred : 5/16/1998 21:45 (Entered as : 5/16/98 between 21:45 and 21:55)
Reported: 5/16/1998
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Andover, MN
Shape: Light
Duration:7 minutes
My brothers and I thought we were looking at a shooting star that
started moving in diferent directions as it started moving away
and getting harder to see we saw 2 of them of in the distance I
tried to tape it but it was to dark out for the camcorder to work.
A star or sphere blueish-greenish or star colored shaped object was
moving across the sky first in a straight line so I thought it was
a shooting star. So, I told my brothers to look at a shooting star,
but I couldn't find it. Then my youngest brother pointed out an
object circling above in the sky. I tried to record it, but my
camcorder wouldn't pick up even the stars. As it moved into the
distance, it became harder to see them off in the distance. We could
slightly see two more off in the distance, then we couldn't see them
anymore. Closer to the ground, probably 300 feet off the ground.
***
Date of Sighting: May 16, 1998
Time: Between 10:00-11:00 pm CDT
Location: City of Lakeshore, Cass County, MN.
Weather: Clear and Calm
Witnesses were fishing and stargazing on Lake Margret (part of the
Gull lake chain) when one of them saw a flash of streaking light
at apporximately 90 degrees in the night sky. The witness described
the object as starlike in appearance and size. The object remained
stationary for a short time and then moved very rapidly toward the
west, leaving a short trail of white light behind it when it took
off. At arms length, the distance covered was approximately 3 feet.
It covered the distance almost instantaneously and stopped. Again,
the object remained stationary for a moment and then shot off at an
angle. The object continued to dart around in a zig-zag pattern like
that for about five minutes before it took off toward the southwest
and disappeared. Afterward, the witnessess continued to watch the
the sky for about 10 minutes when the object returned to the same
position where they had first spotted it. Again the object repeated
the stop and go zig-zag pattern for about five minutes before it
shot off towards the southwest and disappeared.
***
National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report
Occurred : 5/18/1998 23:30
Posted : 1/28/1999
Location : Rapid City, SD
Shape : Other
There was a light similar to a falling star, only bigger and longer
in duration... I have seen plenty of falling stars and this was not
one of them... it could not have been any known aircraft... the tail
was long and very bright like a falling star... it was yellow, orange,
and greenish.
***
MICHIGAN UFOLOGIST CONFIRMS SAUCER
SIGHTING IN HOWELL, MI
A second UFO sighting took place in Michigan the
night of May 19, 1998, four hours after the satellite
Galaxy IV went haywire.
A UFO was seen flying high over Howell, Michigan,
(population 8,184) about 50 miles (80 kilometers) west
of Detroit, at 10:30 p.m.
Jeff Westover, a sketch artist for Michigan MUFON,
reports, "I, too, had a May 19, 1998 sighting in Marlette,
Michigan (population 1,924) at 10:15 p.m. I noticed a
large cluster of reddish lights approximately 15 to 20
degrees above the west-southwest horizon that, after
two minutes of being stationary, shot straight up into
the night sky."
"The sighting took place at about the same time as
the Howell, MI sighting," adding that his object's position
near the western horizon "would put it over the Howell
area if it were high enough in the sky."
Marlette is in the "Thumb" area of Michigan, a town
on Highway 53 approximately 55 miles (88 kilometers)
north of Detroit. (Many thanks to Jeff Westover for
this report and UFOUPDATES.)
***
MICHIGAN
Skywatch’s Doug Parrish reports that at 10:31 p.m. ET on May 19, 1998 a point
of light the size of a star was seen moving slowly across the sky above
Howell, MI, (55 miles NW of Detroit). The altitude of the light was
approximately 85 degrees in the NE sky, almost overhead. Upon being observed,
the point of light immediately started to glow brighter until in less than 2
seconds time it had become as bright as, if not brighter than, the sun at
noon. Since it was only a point of light, it did not cast any appreciable
shadow on the residential landscape. Once I had "acknowledged" the light as
having been seen, it started to diminish in brightness and in a time span of
five seconds, it had dimmed into invisibility. The light was moving slowly
directly south. The entire observation lasted less than 10 seconds. The
distance covered in that time was equivalent to the thumb and the index finger
held at arm's length and spread apart by 7 inches. The temperature was 73
degrees with a clear sky. No noise was heard and there were no running lights.
The sun had set about 8:55 p.m., so I immediately suspected the transpolar
satellite, but satellites slip in and out of the Earth's shadow over a much
greater expanse of sky. This is the second such observation of almost exactly
the same nature and description, and even seen in the same spot in the sky.
The first observation was on Labor Day evening in September, 1997. Thanks to
Doug Parrish Michigan Director / Skywatch International.
***
June '98 Reports
MICHIGAN (6/98)
City:?
I want to share the sighting I had here in June at 11:30 PM, when I saw a
small black object spinning counterclockwise between the houses across the
street. It spun a few seconds, then it rose up in the air and disappeared.
Then, suddenly a large oval shaped object moved into view. It was bright like
a full moon but oval in shape. It moved slowly, then a similarly shaped black
one moved over it so that you could see half the oval disc and make out half
of the black. Then, as they moved together overhead, the light disc and the
dark one separated and came together a couple more times before they
disappeared at high speed. During this time, I was frozen on my driveway. I
had no control over my body- I couldn't run or yell out. When it disappeared
over the house, I ran in and dragged my Mom out to see. I spent the night
outside until the wee hours hoping it would return. Right after that, my
dishwasher became very hot inside even though we had not run it. Two days
later, my son and I woke up with strange stains on our feet and on our
pajamas. I will never forget that beautiful sight that night. MUFON
investigators came to my house and investigated my sighting. It felt good to
be able to tell someone about it right after it happened. The local police
referred me to them saying, that they take UFO reports seriously! How
refreshing! I also called the Air Force to ask if they had any sightings.
They said no, and asked why. I said I saw something I can't explain. The man
I talked to said they are not allowed to take any UFO reports. I said OK and
just as I was about to hang up he said "but I am very interested in what you
saw." This was the third time I have seen UFOs. The first two happened in
Hawaii when 20 of us saw a huge triangular ship fly right over our heads. The
Air Force told us it was a weather balloon. Oh well.
Thanks to John Thompson ISUR, and Mari. UFOUPDATES
*****
UFO, BLACK HELICOPTERS SIGHTED IN WISCONSIN
Five black helicopters were seen flying northward
over Port Washington, Wisconsin (population 9,338)
by a local man who reported his sighting to MUFON.
Bob Mueller reported that he "saw black
helicopters fly over his house on Saturday, June 13,
1998, and again on Sunday," June 14, 1998. "On
both days, five helicopters flew over, then came back
a few hours later, heading south. They looked like
UH-60 Blackhawk gunships with a capacity of about
a dozen troopers apiece. There were no markings,
and their low-visibility paint scheme made them
hard to see."
On Sunday, June 14, 1998, at about 11 p.m.,
Bob reported, "I went out to my car to get something,
and I saw a moving, flashing orange light very high in
the sky directly overhead. When it flashed, it was
very bright. So much so, it reflected off my car (and)
glasses, caught my attention enough so that I had
to look up. It appeared to be moving in a straight line.
The UFO was heading due north--the same heading,
and virtually along the same path, as the helicopters."
Bob ran indoors to get his wife Michele. But when
the couple reached the yard, 30 seconds later, the
UFO was gone.
Port Washington is located on the western shore
of Lake Michigan 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (See Filer's Files #26 for 1998.
Many thanks to George A. Filer, Eastern Director of
MUFON, for this news story.)
***
MORE UFO ACTIVITY IN MARLETTE, MICHIGAN
On Wednesday, June 17, 1998, at 11 p.m.,
Michigan ufologist Jeff Westover spotted "five
star-like objects in the sky moving very fast,
three moving due north and two to the south-
southeast. One of the southerly-moving objects
intersected with a westbound jet. This particular
object had a veering movement to it. The other
four seemed to go very fast on a straight path."
On Saturday, June 20, 1998, at 11 p.m.,
Westover was driving into Marlette (population 1924)
when he spied "a brilliant reddish-orange light" just
above the southern horizon.
"I hurriedly made it through town, past the bright
street lights and through heavy cruising traffic, and
out into the south end of town," Jeff reported. "It was
still there, 20 degrees above the horizon, almost
directly in front of me and bobbing like a boat on
choppy seas. The single light was jumping around
slightly. Then it happened. I pulled off onto a side
road on a slight hill and parked the car, waiting to see
if the light would reappear...binoculars ready."
"Sure enough, it reappeared within two minutes
and was flying bright, although not giving off any glow
or halo. It seemed to be like a ball of fire, concentrated
and bright. Through the binoculars it was a bright ball
of reddish orange light, brighter than any star in the sky,
and seemed to have a bobbing motion to it. And then
it simply vanished before my eyes...It suddenly reappeared
at 20 degrees and then dropped to the ground. I lost sight
of it at that point." (Many thanks to Jeff Westover of
MUFON for this news story.) UFOUPDATES
***
Occurred : 6/20/1998 07:00 (Entered as : 06/20/98 07:00)
Reported: 4/18/1999 17:51
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Morris, MN
Shape: Egg
Duration:00:20
UFO in morning sky...jets following
I was going to work that morning. I live in the country and I was
going to drive into town to get to my work place. I was with a co-
worker who lived on the way to town (we were car pooling). The sky
was clear and it was just a quiet morning. Then my co-worker pointed
into the sky and said, "Look at that! What is that thing?" I am not
an aircraft expert, but that thing didn't look like any aircraft I've
ever seen. It was in a sort of oval shape, more like an egg. It was a
dark gray color. There weren't any lights or anything like that. The
object made no noise. It was about 1000 feet in the air and it was
moving very fast across the sky. Then there was a jet aircraft chasing
after it about three seconds after the craft passed. The jet made jet
noises, unlike the craft. The craft didn't have any jet engines, but
it was going so fast that it would almost have to. Both me and my
co-worker didn't know what the craft was. We still don't to this day
and we classify it as a UFO because that's what it is to us. I'm not
going to give out my personal information because I don't know what
people (people with the jet aircraft) will do to me if they see this
story.
***
Subject: UFO in Rochester, MN
My sighting or whatever it was took place in late June, 1998. I am not
quite sure of the date, but it was the night of the Rochesterfest Street
dance. Anyway, a large severe thunderstorm was moving inand the dance was
cancelled. So my father and I were out side watching the storm move in
having some cigars. The wind was extremely strong, lighting and thunder
but no rain yet. The ceiling of the clouds was low about 2000 feet, max.
With the wind the clouds were moving west to east quickly. Just as we
were about to go in, I glance up at the clouds and a distinct black
dot maybe 5-10 feet across was moving across the sky. My dad saw it
about the same time and we thought, boy that balloon is moving...but.
The dot was moving very quickly east to west, against the wind. We
watched this object just hugg the base of the clouds, occasionally
going through really low clouds than reappearing. We had full sight
for about 2 minutes from east to west until the trees blocked out view.
5 minutes after that there was a tornado touchdown north of town and
we headed in when the sirens went off.
***
UFO SIGHTING IN THE BLUFFS OF BARABOO WISCONSIN EVERYDAY!
This UFO sighting is taking place in an area where Billy Dee lived 6
years ago. The Dee's had moved from the Baraboo rural area 6 years
ago, primarily to get away from the Ufo and alien enounter's. But in
October of last year, they returned to live once again in the rural
Baraboo area.
Billy Dee was startled after reading a local report. Why?
Mr. Dee and his family had gone through a series of Ufo and alien
encounters in the late 80's, and in 1990, in the same area where this
daily UFO sighting was, or still may be taking place.
Mr. Dee comments with this! Oh my God! Its still going on!"
"Either they haven't left and continue
to abduct innocent people like us, or the location is a continuing
Hot Spot for Ufo activity!". Dee further said, "My God, what if they
are abducting and hurting others like they did to us?"
Mr. Dee produced a movie centered around what happened in a series of
UFO sightings, encounters and alien abduction, while his family and
him lived in their rural home, back in the bluffs of the Baraboo area
of Wisconsin. The movie also centered around one of their most
horrific encounters that lasted from December 15 of 1989 to the
beginning of February of 1990.
Below, is a report where a routine Ufo sighting took place early this
spring, and in the same area. It was not stated that the incidents
were taking place in the area that Dee reported. But Dee had done
some follow up investigative work and found the Ufo sighting's report
was taking place west of Baraboo, and in the area where the Dee
family had lived from 1986 till 1991.
Please read on below of a report that was found on a local Baraboo
website. Mr. Dee states he will do further investigation, and
hopefully get into the area of the sightings with camcorder
equipment. Above Reported By UFOSSI
***
06-27-98 Ramsey, Minnesota
Reporter: Tim Hagemeister, Director-NACOMM.
Experience: At approximately 19:45 on June 27 in Ramsey, Minnesota
(30miNorth of Minneapolis) as my family was finishing a late supper
in our home,our 10 year old son Ariel stepped out on the deck to scan
for storm clouds.Since we have had quite a few powerful thunderstorms
this week, he wasintently watching the skies.As my wife, Yvonne and I
were visiting with my father, my son beganto yell from the deck, "Dad,
come and see the UFO!" Thinking that he wasplaying a joke on us I
replied, "Yeah, right!" After his persistence forthe next 10 seconds
I decided to play along and go out and see."See" he said, "It's right
up there now." He was pointing at North 330degrees and almost directly
above us. At first I couldn't see anythingand was about to go inside
when he pointed it out again.To my amazement there was a black "dot"
about the size of a pencil erasurewhen held at arms length traveling
just below the cloud ceiling. It wasmoving the speed of a typical
night time satellite at a steady pace headingN330'. Knowing that
there was time to get a closer view, I asked for my10X50 binoculars
and was able to view it for another 30 seconds along withmy wife. It
seemed to have a triangular shape to me but my wife claimedit was
circular.I was about to write off the sighting as a B1, B2 or F117
due to itsstark black color when it just stopped for about 10 seconds
in place. Bothmy wife and myself witnessed the suspended motion until
the lower scatteredcloud cover blocked it from view. After the lower
cloud cover cleared wewere unable to find it again.There is the
possibility of a balloon as well but again, the objectdid stop from
distancing itself from our line of sight for around 10-15seconds.
Because at this point it was about 45' above the horizon and heading
away from our vantage point, it should have become increasingly
smallerbut retained its size for the suspended time. Very unlikely
for a balloonunless caught in some type of back draft.The object's
shape seemed to remain constant on departure, this alsogives credence
to the ball shape verses the triangular.
***
July '98 Reports
CAVALLARI CAPTURES UFOs ON FILM OVER LAKE MICHIGAN (7/3/98)
New York ufologist Alex Cavallari took color photos of orb-like
UFOs during his July trip to northern Michigan. On July 3, 1998,
Cavallari photographed a "standard white Orb" near Trout Lake in
Kalkaska County, 20 miles (32 kilometers) east of Traverse City
(population 15,800). On July 14, 1998, Cavallari was on the
shore of East Traverse Bay, near Traverse City, which is located
253 miles (405 kilometers) northwest of Detroit, and noticed
"flashes and streaks of white light above the treeline to the
west...As we were taking the pictures, we noticed a few small
Orbs hovering in the distance, so we took a few more photos.
Then they just vanished."
Later that day, Cavallari "decided to get off the beach and go
sit at one on the picnic tables. I was having a cigarette when I
watched a big amber-colored Orb appear almost directly in front
of the middle of the bay. It was about one or two miles away
(offshore). The Orb was also about four inches above" the bay at
that distance and looked to be "about one-quarter of an inch in
diameter."
He described the Orb as "almost yellow-orangish in color,"
adding that "we watched the Orb's appearance change to a very
bright white. This was just before it vanished. It was a solid
color. It did not blink or pulse. It was just light and it
remained the same intensity most of the time." (See UFO Hunting
in Michigan--July 1998, copyright 1998 by Alex M. Cavallari.
Alex is also a ham radio enthusiast and can be reached at
KB2NYV.)
***
Occurred : 7/5/1998 01:00 (Entered as : 07/05/1998 01:00)
Reported: 7/29/2001 20:52
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Boundary Waters, MN
Shape: Egg
Duration:10 minutes
blueish/orange football size object over fishing spot- no sound
I was fishing with my two brothers in Minn/Canada Boundary Waters. We have
been to this camping site numerous times. The sky was very clear and weather
was ideal. I was up late watching the fire and putting it out. I saw another group of
people camping across the lake at another site. They were loud making some
noise for the 4th of July. My brothers and I went to bed and they asked if I put out
the fire. I comfirmed but was worried about embers. I walked outside and saw a
blueish /orange football size light in the air. I looked at it for a minute and it started
moving toward our island. I woke and called out my brothers. One came out side
and watched the object move with me. I thought the other campsite my be shooting
off some fireworks- at this time, the other campers, were quiet. The object moved
closer and erraticly- not like a roman candle. The object moved toward us 100yards
and my brother and I were getting scared. We were yelling look at that and asking
each other what it could be. Then it moved real close and we moved inside the tent.
My oldest brother called( who remained inside the tent) called us idiots who needed
to go to bed. Well my other brother and I peaked out the front and the blueish/orange
football size object move along the side of the island and down to the lake side. I got
up and my brothers followed me. I went toward the side of the lake the object moved
and saw nothing. Weird!!! In the lake ? Still do not know to date what that could have
been. I am a scientist today and would not believe it unless I have saw it for myself.
***
Occurred : 7/5/1998 00:00 (Entered as : 07/05/98 24:00)
Reported: 5/21/2002 11:43:05 PM 23:43
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Lake Vermillion, MN
Shape: Disk
Duration:1 1/2 hours
Massive craft seen for an hour
Visiting friends with mother at cabin on Hoodoo point - Lake Vermillion. Around
midnight, took the 2 passenger paddle boat out about 50 feet from shore. Lots of
stars. Saw what appeared to be several shooting stars, but they traveled too fast
and to the right in the sky. Looked over, and down extremely low in the sky, so large
and visible was a massive craft. Craft was stationary or "hovering". No sound. Craft's
size was visible when it suddenly shot off a "beam" of white light which appeared
around the craft like a halo. Top of craft had circling green and red lights, which
appeared to go on and off in random type of pattern, but were circling around the top
of the craft. Watched the craft for nearly an hour and a half, in shock for what we had
seen. White halo light around craft came again, showing the massive size of craft,
and the underside of craft and the details of make of ship. When craft suddenly
"beemed" itself - suddenly it had moved to a spot to the right of where it had been,
but without "moving" and went back, we paddled back to shore, and informed guests
at cabin who went outside and also witnessed craft. Called the airforce base in
Duluth then, who informed us we were the sixth caller that evening regarding the
siting. ((NUFORC Note: Witness describes self as a highly-trained professional.
We will attempt to obtain other reports. PD))
***
Occurred : 7/5/1998 23:30 (Entered as : 07/05/98 23:30)
Reported: 10/16/2000 20:31
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Cook, MN
Shape: Light
Duration:seven to eight minutes
a point of light which flew zig-zags, loops and back and forth over an area of
minnesotas north woods. it was nearly midnight.
standing on a dock in a bay of lake vermillion i was star-gazing when i saw a distant
light to the north a few degrees above the distant treeline. my immedite feeling was
fear, the light was zig-zagging at about the rate an airplane might fly and it looked
like it was lost, searching for a landmark in the darkness and so i feared for the
plane's safety. as i watched the plane turned around and headed back to where i first
saw it, but this time without zig-zagging. it then zig-zagged in an ascending way, flew
what appeared to be a few degrees off of heading in my direction and gradually did
a series of 3 loops. this was followed by a long, straight flight back in the same
direction as the first zig-zag, and a straight flight back to near where it did loops. by
now i was so fascinated i turned to look in the boat for my binoculars and when i
turned back, the light was gone. there was no strobe, just a constant point of white
light. it kept a steady speed. there was no sound. i looked at maps the following day
and there is very little development in this section of northwoods. my rational mind
says it was a pilot out for a midnight joyride. most planes here are seaplanes. what
do you think. please answer.
***
MICHIGAN
On Friday July 10, 1998 at 3:49 pm EST, a woman driving north on US-127 near
Leslie, Michigan (15 miles south of Lansing) noticed "the glint of a silvery
object" near a small cumulous cloud. She described the object as the size of
a Cessna-type aircraft, but "perfectly round like a steel BB". She further
noticed "a shiny band around the middle" of the object. The object seemed to
"slide up against the edge of the cumulous cloud, rolled down so that the top
reflected a shine and then it rolled up so that the bottom then reflected the
shine". She noted that the "shiny band" stayed in the middle of the object
which enabled her to determine which side that the reflection came off of.
She noted that the object then "slid/flew into the edge" of the cloud from
which it never reappeared.
On July 3, 1998, around 3 PM EST, a 14 year old boy had a sighting of a
"flashlight UFO" at Blue Lake Fine Arts Music Camp in Twin Lake, ten miles
east of Lake Michigan. The boy was in an outdoor pavilion rehearsing on the
violin with other orchestra students when he looked up. He saw a strange
object that resembled a "metal gray flashlight with a nose bigger than the
back end". He could see no windows or lights on it. It was flying in a
"straight horizontal line" west towards Lake Michigan. The object was at a
high altitude, and at arm's length was as big as his index finger. He saw it
for ten seconds before it flew into a very large cloud. When asked if he
pointed out the object to any of the others in the orchestra he replied, "No,
because the teacher would've said I was disturbing the rehearsal". Thanks to
Marilyn Ruben from AAER at: www.abduct.com and Jeff S. Westover.
(FILERS FILES)
***
UFO SEEN BY BOAT CREW ON LAKE HURON
On Tuesday, July 14, 1998, at 2:30 a.m., Ed Lepps
was running his sailboat north on Lake Huron, taking
part in the annual Port Huron to Mackinac Island race.
"At 2:30 a.m., we were about 2.5 nautical miles
north of Presque Isle (Michigan) when I looked up and
saw a bright white sphere racing east across the sky,"
Ed reported. "It was moving very slowly and quite
erratically from side to side. This lasted for about a
minute, then it moved very rapidly at a 45-degrees
angle into the sky and disappeared. Three other
people were on the deck at the same time and saw
the same thing."
Presque Isle is just off Michigan Highway 23,
approximately 273 miles (437 kilometers) north of
Detroit. (See Filer's Files #30 for 1998. Many thanks
to George A. Filer for this news story.) UFOROUNDUP
***
The sightings report below was sent to me by one of my Michigan UFO
hunting partners, all parties are know to myself in this event but due to
work related pressures there anonymity must be preserved.
Note from alex:
I just returned from Michigan after 6 days of UFO hunting , we saw and filmed
many orbs a few rods and a saucer shaped craft while we were there, over the
Howell Michigan area we filmed a Red Rod and some Plasma Orbs, it appears
that this state is also a UFO hot spot with unknown objects flying in there
airspace which are easy to find, view and film.
thank you,
ALEX CAVALLARI
New York State
Director / Investigator
Skywatch International Inc.
KB2NYV Amateur Radio
http://members.aol.com/xelaufo/index.html
Date of Sighting: July 17, 1998
Time of Sighting: 11:10 p.m.
Sky Conditions: Clear
Witness Report:
Witness resides in Pinckney, Michigan (Livingston County), which is north of
Ann Arbor and west of Detroit. Witness was home alone at about 11:10 p.m. in
her kitchen when she noticed "white lights" flashing outside her kitchen
window. (She remembers looking at the clock because of the appearance of
lights at that time of night.) She found this odd because the kitchen window
faces a large, open field, not the road, and that it "gets pitch black out
here." Witness then moved closer to the window to inspect the source of the
"white light flashes". As she looked outside she noticed a "bright red light.
I mean bright" that just appeared to the southeast heading slowly in a
northwest direction and stopped above the tree line outside her kitchen
window. She said, as she points her arm at approximately a 60 degree angle,
was a "softball-sized, round, bright, red light......like a big tomato" with
no defined edges. The "light" hovered in that position for approximately ten
to fifteen minutes, and pulsated, so she chose to stay inside and view it
because she was to afraid to go outside to get a closer look. Witness then
noticed an airplane approach from the southeast, circled the object twice,
and then "shot off back to the southeast", and that there was no noise from
either the light or the airplane.
The light continued to hover in the same position for about five minutes
after the plane exited from view. She stated the light then slowly headed west,
northwest, then disappeared. "It was like it went behind a cloud and
disappeared, but there was no clouds." Witness insists the second object
was an airplane and had proper FAA configuration. (Witness has a close friend
who is a pilot and also spends many nights watching the planes in the sky.)
Furthermore, she states the area has no military operating space, and that
"I know the difference between a helicopter and an airplane."
Witness denied any complaints of headache, dizziness, nausea, numbness,
tingling, or ear ringing. When questioned further of any possible symptoms
she informed me she did have "popping and cracking in her ears" but equates
this to an ear infection. Please direct questions to xelaufo@aol.com for
forwarding to the witness.
Regards, ANNE
***
Michigan sighting:
Saturday, July 18, 1998, at 10:50 p.m., a couple in
Marlette, Michigan (population 1,924) spotted a UFO.
According to Jeffrey S. Westover of Michigan
MUFON, the couple--Lee, 54, and Norman, 52--
were "stargazing from their backyard patio" and
saw "a bright golden-yellow star-like object moving
from the northwest, near the Big Dipper, to the
southeast. 'It flew at least as twice as fast as a
(commercial) jet and traveled in a perfectly straight
line,' said Norm, 'There was no sound.'"
"Five minutes later, a second star-like object
followed exactly the same path, originating from
the northwest, passing through the Big Dipper and
traveling to the southeast. Both objects were
comparable in brightness to 2.5 magnitude stars."
At approximately 11:15 p.m., Lee and Norm
witnessed "'a single white light, moving at typical
jet speed' and as bright as a third magnitude star.
The bright light was steady, not pulsing, as it moved
through Ursa Major. With the witnesses facing
north, and the object moving away at approximately
70 degrees altitude, it suddenly flared. The flare
expanded the light to about ten times its original
size."
"'We both exclaimed, WOW! at the same time,'
Norm said. The flare lasted for about a second before
the light returned to its original size. A few seconds
later, it flared again. At this point, the light disappeared
to the north." (Many thanks to Jeffrey S. Westover of
Michigan MUFON for this report.)
***
Occurred : 7/20/1998 21:00 (Entered as : 07/20/1998 21:00)
Reported: 9/25/2003 11:30:52 AM 11:30
Posted: 9/28/2003
Location: Callaway, MN
Shape: Fireball
Duration:? maybe 10 min.
Red Large Fireball flying up from earth
Well in the summer of 98' I think I was walking outside my house with my sister
and we looked up into the north-east sky and we saw a red fireball the size of a
quarter if you held it arm lenght awayflying at a 80 degree angle going upit was the
most incredible thing i've ever seen in my life since then we talk about it every now
and then, my sister is a mother, I, i work in the navy as an aviation ((Navy aviation
specialty deleted)) so i guess i leave the believing up to you as for me and my sister
we'll stick to our story. ((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate. PD))
***
Sighting Date: July 27?, 1998 10:32pm CST
Sighting Location: near Lake Nokomis, South Minneapolis, MN
10:32 PM - after sighting Wife was outside listening to tree frogs when
she spotted a pair of seemingly random flashing lights to the West North-
West of our location (Lake Nokomis area). The lights were stationary for
at least 5 minutes. I went to get the binoculars. Upon my return, the lights
had started moving downwards - but maintaining the same distance from us.
Through the binoculars we noticed that it seemed to be two separate objects
moving closely together. After another 5 minutes it started moving to the
south, again maintaining the same distance from us. At this point we had
to move from outside to our upstairs window (due to trees that blocked
viewing from the lower angle).
Since we live near the airport, we are used to recognizing a multitude of
planes on both approach and departure - by their lights and sounds. It was
at this point that we noticed that we had not seen nor heard ANY planes
coming from or heading towards the airport. It was also at this point that
we also noticed many other, much farther away and higher in the sky flashes
of light (white flashes - not red like the underside of a plane). We lost
the original object behind a group of large trees - a few minutes later
the rest of the flashes in the sky stopped as well.
It was at this point that the airplane flights from the airport resumed.
Have you had any other reports in this area around this time? Are you
able to confirm why the planes seemed to stop arriving and leaving the
airport during this time?
Additional:
The sighting occured between slightly after 10:00 PM and 10:25 PM - give
or take a few minutes on either side.
There were two objects when viewed through binoculars. They were completely
stationary for a long period of time - flashing a bright white light from
each object at random intervals and for random lengths of time. When it did
finally move it went 'down' or towards the earth at an extremely fast rate
of speed - until it was slightly above the roof of our neighbors garage. At
this point it stopped again for a while before it started moving to the
South - pausing occassionally. Neither of these directions are towards or
away from the airport - paralleling it would be a better description. It
was obvious to us that they were not planes in any sort of landing/holding
pattern - from their distance, speed, movement, the shape of the objects,
and the odd flashing lights. We lost the objects behind a tree (we were
watching it through the tree with the binoculars) - they were visible
through the leaves, but then they were gone. We watched for quite some time
for it to reappear through or on either side of the tree - but it did not.
There were a number of things that were not 'normal' for any kind of
aircraft that we get through our area.
1) The objects hovered motionless for over 5 minutes at a time.
2) When it first moved it was extremely rapid 'downward' movement.
3) The objects moved in almost perfect alignment with one another at an
extremely close range to each other
4) After pausing again, they moved at a rate of speed too slow for any kind
of jet aircraft.
5) During the second move, they paused multiple times along its path.
6) The extremely bright and random flashing white lights (there were no
other lights on the objects). It's hard to describe the patterns of the
flashing in writing.
7) The sudden dissappearance of the objects.
8) The odd widespread *extremely* distant flashing white lights in almost
the same pattern.
***
Aug. '98 Reports
Subject: Minnesota MUFON Initial UFO Report
City, State, Zip: Maplewood, Minnesota 55119
Sighting Date/Time: 3 years ago in August (1998)
Sighting Location: When my dad and I were driving up to
Duluth MN (I can't remember the specific freeway or highway).
Sighting Description: Simple Daylight disk,We were on a
freeway with trees/forests on both sides of the road. Then
I saw a UFO that looked like a saucer, it was white on the
bottom and black on top. I saw it for maybe 4-5 sec. and
it disappeared underneath the woods.
***
Date: Aug. 15, 1998 ~2:30am CST
Sighting Location: Henning, MN (near Fergus Falls)
I had an encounter with grid-type lights moving in an erratic pattern of
movement in my rural yard on approximately the 15th of August. There are no
near neighbors. My home is surrounded by trees. The objects were at times
maneuvering amongst the branches of the trees at about 10 feet vertically.
This took place at about 2:30 in the morning. These objects appeared to me
to be about 2 feet in diameter and spherical. As the lights moved, they
would flash off and on.
***
Sighting Date: 8/15/98 11:30pm CST
Sighting Location: between Hutchinson and Dassel, MN
I am writing to inform you on another possible ufo sighting. My brother
and one of his friends witnessed it so I dont have the full details but
I will send you the story as soon as possible. But I will tell you a
summary of what my brother told me.
They were driving home last week and they saw a bright blue streak go
through the sky. They just thought it was a falling star but it stopped
instantly and turned into a bright white light. My brother was driving
in the direction of the light. So he took a gravel road which was very
near the light. As they got closer to it they said it had 5 extremly
bright white lights in the shape of a triangle, and one red light
located on the bottom in the center. But what they said was the white
lights were like giant spot lights facing the ground. they pulled over
on the gravel road and looked at it in awe. They said it was hovering
right over a corn field. My brother shut off his engine to see if it
was making any sound but it was silent. But then they noticed it start
to move in their direction with no sound. It came right over them and
followed the road a bit then headed off in another corn field. They
said it was really low to the ground. they also said it was a small
craft. After it went by they were in awe, and got their butts out of
there. I asked him why he didnt follow it and he said "I dont know, I
just didn't think of that at that time". Later I saw his friend and
asked him what he saw and his story corresponded with my brothers. Also,
then my brother was at a party and some people were making fun of this
one kid because he claims that he saw a ufo. My brother went up to him
and asked him what he saw. He described exactly what my brother had seen.
and the kid said that he saw it about 5 months ago. Well that is all I
know and I will get into more detail when my brother writes down everything.
I will give you the time of incident, place, everything when I get it.
I know it may sound wierd, but I know my brother and he wouldn't make
something like this up.
Additional:
The sighting was in Minnesota between Hutchinson and Dassel. It took
place on Friday, August 15th, at 11:30 p.m. We were going to call county
authorities to see if anyone else had reported anything, but I was
surfing the net and I found your site. If you have anymore questions
feel free to contact me.
Thanks
***
SAGINAW, MI:
Jeff Westover of Mt. Pleasant witnessed Black Apache-style Helicopter
and UFO sightings Thursday, August 20, 1998, at 5:50 PM EST, while I was
traveling south on I-75 Jeff watched a huge 75 feet wide reflective silver orb
quickly descend out of the sky from the east to the west in a stairstep-type
descent. This descent was far too fast for a helicopter. It came down over
the Zilwaukee Bridge over the Saginaw River and descended behind some trees.
An odd long thin horizontal pole or boom, as long as the orb's width, seemed
to project from the orb's trailing edge, giving it a helicopter-type
appearance. Thanks to Jeffrey S. Westover. UFOUPDATES
***
BLAZING BLUE FIREBALL STREAKS OVER DETROIT
On Friday, August 21, 1998, at 12:30 a.m., Mary B. was
at her home on the east side of Detroit (population 1,016,400),
Michigan's largest city, when she spotted a UFO.
"I was looking straight up at the sky," Mary reported,
"Trying to catch some spiders for my fish--two big Oscars--
when I saw a large burning ball of light streak across the sky.
It was light blue on the outside turning to a small bright
orange color in the center and had a number of sparks
tumbling from it. At first I thought it was a firework of some
kind, but it was very high and exhibited no sound. It lasted
about four seconds. I couldn't believe that I had been
looking straight up when it appeared." (Many thanks to
Steve Wilson Sr. for this report.) UFOUPDATES
***
MARLETTE, MI:
Jeff Westover reports on August 24, 1998, he saw several bright
stationary lights between 22:30 and 23:15 PM. High altitude air traffic was
unusually heavy. One Marlette, MI woman, 'Norma W.' age 53, was also a
witness to the strange lights. Jeff personally witnessed two aircraft in the
same area of the sky turn on and off their landing lights as if to warn nearby
air traffic at 2230 EST. One of the aircraft, flying in a west-southwest
direction, flashed its light at an anomalous hovering whitish-pink light.
This anomalous light may have been another aircraft, although no FAA-compliant
lighting could be discerned after its bright light was extinguished. Five
minutes later, I witnessed an amazing display. Three orange balls of light
fanned out from a single point in the sky to the north-northeast of my
position. They appeared in rapid succession one after another from the same
point in the sky and disappeared within a few seconds. They were much
brighter than an aircraft's landing lights. The lights could not have been
flares as they moved quickly horizontally, and there was no aircraft above to
have released them. All three disappeared simultaneously. At 2240 EST, a
single brilliant orange light appear in the northern skies at a 30 degree
elevation. It was stationary and disappeared within five seconds. This was
as bright as an aircraft's landing lights. At 2300 EST, my mother and I
witnessed a second display of orange lights appear in a group to the north of
Marlette. It was at an elevation of 15 to 20 degrees. There were at least
three orange lights sitting in the sky before they disappeared. Five minutes
later, my mother watched an orangish-white ball of light travelling in a
zigzagging fashion towards the east. This light would alternatively appear
and extinguish as it moved across the sky. They contacted Sanilac County
Sheriff's Dispatcher who had not received any UFO reports.
Thanks to Jeffrey S. Westover. UFOUPDATES
***
(UFOROUNDUP)
LARGE RECTANGULAR UFO SPOTTED IN MINNESOTA
On Sunday, August 23, 1998, a family was entertaining two friends at their home
in Ramsey, Minnesota (population 12,408) when something unusual happened.
"Our three children were outside playing 'flashlight tag' when they became very
excited and requested that I come out and see the 'strange red lights' passing
over our house," the mother, who declined to be identified, reported.
"I proceeded to grab my camcorder and rushed outside into a very clear and
dark night. My 10-year-old son, Ariel, pointed out the light, which was
approximately one mile away and moving slowly in a northwesterly direction
toward Elk River. My first impression was how large the lights were at the
estimated distance. Their size can be compared to a standard commercial-radio
tower beacon when viewed from a distance of a half-mile."
"There appeared to be two flashing red lights, which were spread apart from
each other at an estimated distance of 100 yards and at an altitude of 500 feet
with a white light directly above. Their speed was unusually slow--100 miles per
hour--and about it the horizontal lights blinking erratically approximately ever two
to three seconds while the light above blinked each five to seven seconds."
"According to our 9-year-old daughter, Tanya, before we came out of the house,
the two red lights did a complete 180-degree rotation around their horizontal axis."
The woman captured 10 seconds of video before the UFO passed out of view.
Ramsey is on Highways 10 and 169 approximately 30 miles (48 kilometers)
northwest of Minneapolis. (Many thanks to Tim Hagemeister of NACOMM for this
report.)
***
Occurred : 8/28/1998 05:45 (Entered as : 08/28/98 05:45)
Reported: 9/8/1998 07:35
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Shape: Sphere
Duration:1 minute
Object just sat in the air glowing brightly, then dimmed. There seemed to be no
pattern to it. I was traveling back to Michigan on a redeye flight. We were at about
15 thousand feet. It was about 15 minutes to 6 am. We were over minneapolis. The
object was perfectly round and just sitting out there. It seemed to glow sporadically
on one side. The lights went from bright white, to a greenish and a very faint orange.
I observed it for about a minute but as we began our decent down through the clouds
I lost sight of it. I did not tell anybody, and I dont believe anybody on the northwest flight
saw it (as they were asleep) but I dont see how the pilots could miss it. I was the
observer, I'm a visual effects artist in motion pictures, and a follower of ufo's, crop
circles and the paranormal.
***
Sept. '98 Reports
Occurred : 9/3/1998 10:30 (Entered as : 09/03/98 10:30)
Reported: 9/9/1998
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Rochester, MN
Shape: Cigar
Duration:30 seconds
Long silvery object spotted in sky.
I was driving along a road on the way to work in the morning when I looked up and
my eyes got a glint of something shiny. I looked up and thought I saw the fuselage
of an airplane to the south. But as I looked more intently I realized it was not moving
but remained stationary. And then within a few seconds it sped of at an incredible
speed and disappeared. This is very similar to what I had seen a couple years
previous. Also the next night me and a friend of mine returning from byron, mn to
rochester saw something green break up very close to the ground. believe it was a
meteor or space junk?
***
Date: September, 13, 1998
Sighting Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, United States
Date Posted: 9/28/2004
Duration: 15 Min.
No. of Witnesses: only I did
Urban or Rural: urban
No. of Object(s): Single
Size of Object(s): 1/2 moon
Distance to Object(s): 4 or 5 football fields away
Shape of Object(s): triangle
Color of Object(s): super white lights shinny silver
Summary
was on break at work went outside.Looking at two gold eagles flying in a circle in the
blue sky.In the middle of the circle was a U.F.O.!Watched it until it took off, I mean
took off.
Full Description & Details
I watched this object for 15 Min. I dont know why I looked in the middle circle of the
eagles flying, i just did, and saw what looked to be three white lights. As I watched i
noticed three diffrent movements it was doing. The three lights were connected buy
what looked like three silver pins. It was not very far away, so the pins i could see were
in a triangle shape. This bright silver triangle with white lights on the tips, was moving,
but as it was moving it was also like revolving, or slow spinning. In the middle of this
spinning moving triangle was yet a smaller object that was moving in a different direction.
Ive never seen something move three different ways like that.Its so hard to explain.
Spending my whole break watching this thing, afraid if i run and get someone inside the
factory to see this, it wont be there when i get back. So i yelled a few times and just
watched it for myself. I remember saying to myself look close at what you are seeing.
I walked ten feet or so rubbed my eyes, put on sunglasses, walked into the shade, and
it was still there. About 15 Min. it shot up in the blue sky and was gone in about 5 sec.
I will always remember.
***
Oct. '98 Reports
MICHIGAN:
LAKE ERIE: On October 12, 1998, three UFOs were seen over
Lake Erie. There is video footage available from Fox News
in Cleveland, Ohio. The footage was aired by its affiliate
in Detroit at 11:30 PM on 10/12/98. Apparently there were
three glowing objects hovering above the lake. Thanks to S.
Rebant@kitchen0.homecom.com, Westland, MI and Larry Clark
lclark@ibm.net
***
Sighting Date/Time: 10/17/1998, 19:00
Location: USA, MN, Carlton co., Cloquet
SITE: town
DURATION: under_1_minute
SKY: clear
CLOUD_COVER: CLOUD_COVER
NUMBER_OBSERVED: 1
ELEVATION: 35-40_degrees
DISTANCE: 501_feet_to_1_mile
FLIGHT: straight_line_path, faded_in_and_out
DIRECT_FIRST_OBSVED: N
DIRECT_LAST_OBSVED: S
SHAPE: triangle
SURFACE: transparent
APPARENT_SIZE: baseball
ACTUAL_SIZE: 31-100_feet
SURFACE_COLOR: clear_transparent
EXT_LIGHTS: other
EXT_LIGHTS_COLOR: white
CHANGE_COLOR: no
SOUND: swish
SURROUNDINGS: normal_sound_absent
PSYCH_DURING_EVENT: elation
PSYCH_AFTER_EVENT: elation, love
ABSTRACT: Silent, Stealth Bomber shaped, See through, Star-like lights
Sighting Description:
Picking up daughter in Cloquet. Looking out window. Some sort
of flying object. Excited. listend for a sound and none was present.
Triangle shaped with star-like lights on the corners. Moved across
the sky quickly. No engine noise. It left sight-trees. One year
later, almost to date it flew over my house about 8 miles away and
made the sound like a bird when it flys over your head in the woods.
***
Occurred : 10/28/1998 20:35 (Entered as : 10/28/98 2035)
Reported: 10/29/1998
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: observer enroute on MN hwy 61 north, MN
Shape: Sphere
Duration:5 seconds
skies o/cast. Objt. had app. of a meteor but w/ distinct green color. Initially
dismissed as meteor
object came in from the east traveling west. seemed like a meteor, which is
what i thought until i was listening to the art bell show later.(hope that is not a
auto disq. 1st time listening to show actually), where art and guests were talking
of green fireballs. so in hindsight, are green meteors common? for this had a
distinct green color and didnt leave the normal trail behind. this is the second
mystery object i have seen in my lifetime. i am a single white male 24 and
currently unemployed. i am not submitting this as a verified sighting but as a
second visual conf. to any other possible sightings in the area at that time. 50
miles south of mpls/ st.paul @ 1034 - 10/28/98 thank you and good day.
***
Nov. '98 Reports
National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report
Occurred : 11/1/1998 00:00 (Entered as : 11/01/98 24:00)
Posted : 1/28/1999
Location : west bend, WI
Shape : Light
the night before art bell left the airwaves when there was a major
sighting in lower michigan. 2 lights traveling very fast to that area
the night before art bell left the air waves. 2 friends and myself had
seen 2 lights screeming across the sky in the direction of ann
arbor MI. I have been raised around aircraft my whole life. and i know
what aircraft of all kinds look like on the ground in the air during the
daylight and at night. however this looked liked an incadescent light
at aprox. 30,000 ft. traveling at aprox. 900-1200 mph. the 1st one
came from the north/west going to the south/east. the 2nd one was
to the south of our position going from the west to the east at the
same speed, on an intercept course with the first. which the actual
intercept I would est.over ann arbor MI. I am also a truck driver so i
know my position in relation to any other in the country..
***
Occurred : 11/4/1998 20:30 (Entered as : 11/4/98 2030)
Reported: 11/5/1998
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Plymouth, MN
Shape: Fireball
Duration:2 sec
Bright green fireball with long tail seen plummetting from overhead towards the
Northwest. Seemed to fall to earth, and not continue over the horizion. Very bright,
below overcast ceiling.
On November 4, 1998 at approximately 8:30 pm, I was walking in a
parking lot in Plymouth with a friend, when I noticed a huge green fireball
streak from overhead, heading towards the northwest, and decending
towards the earth. The object left a long green trail, much like a comet,
and it was very bright. It seemed very low in altitude, because it was
below the overcast cieling, and it was bright enough that I could see it
decend behind some apartments across the street, even though the
floursecent lights of a nearby gas station were between me and the object.
The sighting lasted between one and two seconds, and took place in the
southwest corner of the intersection of County Road 9 and Plymouth Blvd.
***
National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report
Occurred : 11/15/1998 20:00 (Entered as : nov. '98 8-8:30pm)
Posted : 1/28/1999
Location : madison, WI
Shape : Light
late nov. '98, wife observed x3 nights lrg ball extreme bright light w/
radiating green& red light emanating from & around the main white
center. saw said object 3 nights @ same time of evening. first time it
glowed very bright white & colours radiated around it x45 seconds,
then it glowed very bright white & simply dissapeared. obsereved twice
more on consecutive nights in the same western sky. the first & second
week of december, husband observed the same phenomenon @ his
work place. two other workers also saw it, but it was observed in the
eastern sky. they descibed it as pulsating red/green light around a
very large bright, white light. my husband called me to go out & check
it out, but i was unable to see the phenomenon from our house. the
object was about 1/4 the size of the moon & was high in the sky & was
not a star or a planet. i sit out alot & observe the night sky..never saw
anything that bright or gaseous looking before. it appeared THREE
evenings consecutively to me & my husband; once to me, twice to him.
thank you.
***
Dec. '98 Reports
Minnesota Cigar Shaped UFO
Sighting Report: In Dec. of 1998 , a cigar shaped object went across US 52 near
Pine Island, Minnesota at incredible speed. A (name deleted) of Wabasha, Mn. was
with me. It was cigar shaped, but we were looking from the side of it. It travelled
from W to E as we were driving from N to S. We called the Highway Patrol and
the dispatcher said the board was "lighting up over this thing". I worked with jet
aircraft all my Navy career and have NEVER seen anything like this. It made no
LOUD noises, but I can't say no noise as our windows were rolled up, and it didn't
hang around long.
***
Subject: Unusual sightings in southern Barron County, WI.
Barron County is 90 mi. west of Twin Cities, a rural county,
especially the southern half.
12/2/98 6:30 pm, yellow light traveling WSW 30 degrees above southern
horizon, no strobes, no navigation lights, velocity <100mph, almost as
bright as jupiter which it passed under as it traveled across horizon.
I was driving and lost sight coming into Dallas on Cnty A from east.
12/8/98 8:30 pm, driving home with family from school concert, traveling
east on 10 1/2 ave. Observed two yellow lights 30 degrees above southern
horizon about a mile apart, traveling west <100 mph almost as bright as
Jupiter. Took family home, got binoculars went back to 10th ave.
Observed another yellow light same as others traveling west, 30 degrees
above southern horizon <100 mph. Got out of car, observed object with
binoculars, could not see any type of navigation lights on this object
nor did we see any navigation lighting on first two objects. All objects
disappeared to WSW.
12/10/98 8:25 pm, parked car on 10th ave. to look for more activity.
8:36 pm observed yellow light, due south at tree top level, barely
visible without binoculars. Object rose to 25 degrees above horizon and
made no other movement. I could see the tree line and the object in the
binoculars and coud see no horizontal motion. After rising to this
position, the object suddenly became much brighter, as bright as Jupiter
above it and also a much deeper shade until it was as orange as a rising
moon. Object appeared more oblong at this time with the longer axis
running vertically. After 2 or 3 minutes I saw a second light on the
horizon about 1 to 2 miles east of the first. As I watched both objects,
the first one suddenly was gone, the second one seemed to settle slowly
back below the horizon and disappeared. It never got as bright as the
first one had. Incident lasted about 6 minutes. About 10 minutes later
I observed another yellow light moving to west, 35 degrees above southern
horizon, <100 mph. Observing it through binoculars, it seemed to have two
centers of yellow light and a small red light between them. If this was
a navigation light it should have been green. There was no stobe light.
I drove south of this sight and observed another yellow light traveling
WSW 55 degrees above southern horizon, <100 mph. Before I could park the
car and observe the object with binoculars, it disappeared. This was
about 9:30pm.
There seems to be an air traffic corridor to the south, as one will
observed 2 to 4 planes traveling east to west or west to east
continuously. These are general aviation aircraft not jet aircraft. All
of the yellow objects were moving east to west, slow enough that they
had to be observed for a while to see that they were moving. None seem
to have any navigation lights as is so prevailent on the aviation
traffic, and they traveled at lower altitude than most of the air
traffic. Viewing conditions were very clear with no moon. The light was
always steady as observing a planet, no flashing or twinkling. All
Observations were made within 3 miles of my house except on 12/2 I was
6 to 8 miles due south. 12/10 was the first time I observed stationary
lights.
I have lived here most of my life, am 49 years old, married with three
children. I am a licensed private pilot, but have not flown for about
8 years. Until now I have only seen 2 or 3 unusual things like this
starting with a daylight sighting about 7 years ago about 2 miles north
of home. I am also an amateur star watcher. I should add that there was
a rash of sightings in Barron County about 1967 or 1968. If you want to
use this on web page please keep me anonymous. I would be very happy to
talk to someone with more insight in this field.
***
Sighting date/time: 12/14/1998, 11:28pm
Location: Westbound County Road 119 about 3 miles from St. Michael.
Weather conditions: Mild, windy, ~30 degrees. I can't recall the sky
conditions, but I don't think there were any stars out.
Direction/ orientation: We were facing northwest in the car while we
were driving down the windy road. The object was in to the north of
us, making us see it out of the right side of the window.
Distance: This is explained a little better in the email below, but
it was impossible to tell against the featureless sky. because of
the sky and the intensity of the light I had the impression that it
was within a mile or two. The object was near the horizion. In the
distance, the lights from the town of Monticello and Big Lake lit up
the sky slightly. I believe the object was between us and the lights
of the city (~5 miles).
Size: About the size of a nickel at an arms length. But it was so
bright and fast it was kinda hard to tell if the object itself was
that big or if it was the illumination that made it seem bigger.
If you'd like any more information please feel free to contact me at
(bob.lindell@born.com). It would be neat to know if there were any
reported meteors or anything like that. It's the only possible
explanation I can think of.
Sighting account:
At about 11:28pm, 12/14/98, my wife and I were coming home from a
friends place in St. Michael. Since they only live about 7 miles
from us, we were taking the back roads home, way out in the country.
The road was really curvy so I was paying attention to the road. My
wife was talking. She was in the middle of a sentence and said
something like: "What the hell is that?!". I looked up and watched
something *very* bright streak across the sky in front of us and
disappear. It's hard to describe the path it took in words, I tried
to draw a picture but it didn't help at all. I'll try to describe
it as best I can. (From the perspective of looking out the windshield)
we first noticed it at the top right of the windshield. I'm not sure
if it just appeared or if it actually traveled into our field of view.
It seemed to be traveling away from us at an angle from right to left.
It continued on this course for about a second or two and then
*changed directions* slightly to be traveling more across the horizon
(straighter right to left). Then just before it would have disappeared
from our view, it just went away. The light stopped. It didn't dim
until we couldn't see it anymore, it just went away. Because it was
just light against a black sky, it was really hard to judge how far
away it was. It was moving so fast that I have to think that it was
something that was close to us, not close like 100 yards close, but
I'd have to guess it was closer than what you'd see a shooting star...
so, closer than the atmosphere. I got the impression that it was
closer than you'd see a 747 jetliner in the sky, somewhere between
that in the treetops. (Hey, it was hard to judge!)
Q: What did it look like?
A: I tried to draw a picture but it didn't do it justice.
there were 2 definate points of light with a space between them.
They traveled together throughout the whole time we were watching
so I assume they were part of the same object. They seemed to leave
a trail behind them. I'm not sure if it was an optical illusion
because it was moving so fast, or if there really was light behind it.
The light trail that we saw (illusion or not) tapered down to nothing
behind the object... that is to say that it wasn't like a comet trail
that gets larger behind the comet like a wake behind a boat. But it
was exactly the opposite, the light trail closest to the object was
bright and roughly the same size as the object, but tapered down in
size and intensity as it got furthur away. This leads me to believe
it was just the effect of our eyes seeing a *very* bright fast moving
object in the sky through a windshield. The trail and the light was
an odd color. I hesitate to say it was green because that doesn't
quite describe it. It was white light with a very distinct green
tint to it. the first thing my wife commented on was the odd color,
and the fact that it had a color and wasn't just white.
Q: How long did it last?
A: From start to finish it lasted about 3 seconds.
Q: Was it a plane?
A: There is no way it was a plane. I know that's the first thing
you'll think of but because of the sheer speed in which it happened
there is no way it was a plane. If I judge that it was quite a ways
away from us, the distance that it traveled was way beyond the realm
of what a jet can do. The intensity of the light was unlike the
running lights of a plane. These weren't just points of light in
the sky, they were *very* bright like if someone was shining a
flashlight at us. The fact that it changed direction slightly just
before it vanished makes one think that it was not something natural,
like an airplane. But there is no doubt, it was not an airplane.
Q: Was it a meteor?
A: It was MUCH larger and brighter than any meteor I've ever seen by
great amounts. I understand that it doesn't take much space rock to
make an impressive showing in the sky but this was beyond any of my
personal experience. The color of the light was different than any
shooting star I've seen, but I know that different metals burn with
different colors, so I assume that space rocks made of different
materials could burn with different colors, too. The fact that there
was 2 points of light that exactly parralled each other as if they
were part of the same object makes me think it wasn't a meteor. The
distance at which both my wife and I judged it was completely wrong
for a meteor, but I figure that we could have been thrown off by the
size of it, making us think it was closer than it really was. It
changed directions slightly towards the end. Now, if it was a meteor,
I suppose that as it burned towards the end and got smaller the
atmosphere could have had an effect on it's path, or it may have
exploded due to superheating at it entered the atmosphere, causing
it to turn. When it vanished, it did so instantly. I would expect
that if it was a meteor we would have seen it burn itself down to
nothing and eventually fizzle out. But it kept the same intensity
and size throughout the whole time we watched it. We watched it for
only 3 seconds. Most shooting stars only last about this long.
Q: Was it search lights or something else explainable?
A: I know it wasn't search lights. Elk River has used some laser
light shows instead of search lights to get peoples attention.
We watched the sky for a long while after and saw nothing. I think
it was cloudy last night so i'm sure search lights could have been
seen on the clouds, but this light was much too sharp and focused
to be a searchlight. It couldn't have been one of those laser thingys
because it was too large. The laser light show beams are small, and
move quickly to make shapes... it makes everything look like it's
pulsing. This light had no characteristics of being a laser, except
for maybe the fact that it had a distinct color to it.
Both my wife and I saw it. We discussed it right after so we could
get all the details down. She saw exactly what I saw. Both our
accounts were the same. Neither of us could explain it. My wife is
quite the skeptic. She loves to believe in the possibility of aliens
but would never believe she saw a real one unless they showed her
their UFO drivers license. She couldn't explain what she saw as a
meteor, and we didn't even discuss the possibility of an airplane
because it was so obvious that it wasn't one. It was so UFO-like
that we watched every light in the distance and were honestly looking
for where the thing landed!!
***
WISCONSIN MAN SEES UFO OVER LAKE MICHIGAN
On Wednesday, December 16, 1998, at
about 9 p.m., Mr. Dornberger, 90, of Algoma,
Wisconsin (population 3,353) "saw something
that he had never seen in his life before"--a
luminous UFO cavorting in the night sky over
Lake Michigan.
Describing the object as "a very bright light,"
Dornberger "could hardly believe his eyes as the
large object darted around the sky over the lake,"
performing "incredible maneuvers."
"At first I thought it might be a helicopter,"
he added, "but after giving some thought to it,"
he decided that nothing manmade could fly at
such speed or perform such maneuvers. (Many
thanks to Rev. Billy Dee of UFOSSI for forwarding
this news story.)
(Editor's Note: Algoma is on Highway 42,
approximately 38 miles (60 kilometers) north
of Manitowoc, Wis., the site of last week's
"weird critter" sighting. See UFO Roundup,
volume 3, number 50 for more details.)
***
Occurred : 12/22/1998 12:00 (Entered as : 12/22/98 afternoon, around 12 or 1)
Reported: 11/9/1999 06:54
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: East Bethel, MN
Shape: Unknown
Duration:5 minutes
Well, i just recently looked at a picture that was taken late last year. Now, I don't know
if it's a jet, or a ufo. i was hoping someone could look into it. Well, It was like a white
streak in the sky. It did leave a white streak behind it. That's all i can tell for now.
((NUFORC Note: We have requested a copy of the photo.))
***
CHRISTMAS WEEK SEES UFOs ACTIVE IN MICHIGAN
On December 24, 1998, at 9:15 p.m., Michigan
ufologist Jeff Westover was driving home from
Saginaw (population 69,100). Near the intersection
of Interstate Highway I-75 and Michigan Highway 20,
Jeff "first noticed the object low in the eastern sky
(about 10 to 15 degrees above the horizon.) I first
thought that a star or planet was rising, as it
twinkled and flared brightly in an orangeish color
due to atmospheric refraction. But I soon noticed it
changing direction in relation to the other stars
above it."
He described the UFO as "a flaring amber light"
that "just sat, drifted and flared. It did not maneuver
strangely."
"I turned east on Michigan Highway 81 (ten miles
south of the interchange) to get a better look at the
light," Jeff reported. "It was now approximately 50
degrees above the eastern horizon. The amber light
quickly dimmed to a single point of light or a very dim
star. I noticed no FAA-compliant anti-collision strobes
or wingtip lights as it flew slowly above." (Email
Interview)
On Friday, December 25, 1998, at 7 p.m., a man
visiting his parents in Memphis, Michigan (population
1,221), a town on Highway 19 about 30 miles
(48 kilometers) northeast of Detroit, "noticed some
colored lights in the southern sky."
"There were about five different lights that would
start off dim and then get real bright, then fade off,
only to reappear," the witness reported. "I figured they
could be helicopters looking for something, shining a
spotlight. I wanted to get a closer look, so me and
the old man took off in that direction. We went about
10 miles south and found an open area with no
houses (to impede their view--J.T.) to stop and look
up into the night sky."
"At first they seemed to be gone. But then two
dim lights in the distance appeared periodically, not
quite as bright as before. So, after a half hour out
there, we headed home. But when we got home, they
were back on the southern horizon, as bright as ever."
(Many thanks to Jeff Westover for referring this
witness statement.)
On Tuesday, December 29, 1998, at around
9:30 p.m., two witnesses "were traveling eastbound
on (Interstate Highway) I-94." As they passed
through Sunrise Heights (population 1,400), a town
"30 or 32 miles east of Kalamazoo, somewhere
between mile markers 110 and 113," they spotted
"a strange craft flying very slowly about 20 feet
(6 meters) up from the ground over the freeway."
"At first glance, we thought it was a LOW-flying
airplane, but the craft had so many yellow lights
(25 or more) across in a horizontal position. There
was a central yellow light that appeared brighter
than the rest, which were blinking in sync."
"Upon noticing this, and its shape was so odd...
we determined that the craft could not have been a
helicopter or an airplane."
"Then, as we approached an area full of cell
(cellular telephone--J.T.) towers, the craft descended
in a direct-vertical motion, landing on the ground about
20 feet from the edge of the freeway in a dark grassy
area."
Slowing the car to 20 miles per hour, the pair
took a closer look at the UFO, which they described
as "an upside-down spider...The middle was ball-like
(spherical)...and it had large arms/appendages on
top coming out all over. And the arms/appendages
had holes through them in a vertical pattern. The
arms seemed to be upright, but bent out at an
elbow and appeared to have a metal end coming
from each with a light at the tip. The craft seemed
to be as large as a car but wider."
The UFO may have been seen by other
motorists, they added, "We are rueful that we didn't
stop." (Many thanks to Peter A. Gersten of CAUS
for this news story.) (UFOUPDATES)
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MICHIGAN
I am E-mailing to ask if any one of you had received reports or
heard talk of UFO sightings in the Saginaw-Bay area of Michigan
on Christmas Eve. Also, the Macomb/St.Claire Counties area
northeast of Detroit on Christmas night. I had a sighting of
an anomalous orangish light on December 24, 1998. An odd
unimpressive light flared on and off low in the eastern sky.
I received a sober-sounding message from a person in Macomb
County, Michigan concerning several lights in the southern sky on
Christmas night. The lights were apparently in sight by an
entire family for over two hours. The family seems to have a
history of UFO sightings as well as silent black helicopter
sightings. It should be noted that Selfridge ANGB near by. Let
me know if you'd like more information.
Jeff Westover
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