UK UFO sightings [June 2009] updated regularly [part 2 of 2]

I will try and keep this up to date, with all information from the UK.

Please check back from time to time, as this will be updated regularly…If you see something that i have missed, please contact me (thanks)…..

There has been an explosion of UK UFO activity this year, mainly due to the Sun (tabloid UK newspaper) who think they are the UFO EXPERTS, seeming to print anything remotely to do with UFOs (with no facts/sensationalism and mostly no TRUTH). Unfortunately, this now seems to be spreading to other National newspapers. This month it seems to be The Telegraph’s turn at Ufology wisdom.

Are they eventually going to make UFOLOGY a complete joke?

So, many of the sightings reported are sensationalized, with usually alot of information missing.

Please keep this in mind as you view these postings from the local and national press.

I’m afraid many also fail to follow up on their initial leads, and many reports just remain forgotten.

Some incidents could be UFO balloons (please see:  http://dandare.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/ufo-balloons-what-are-they/ for more details, from a previous article). There are also many other IFOs ( Identified Flying Objects they could be as well).

However, as i have said before, i am not sure what value they are to any UFO research.

10th

This is London ” North Kent: Could Aliens be landing in a field near you this summer “

” A freak of nature or the work of aliens, crop circles are making a comeback. DAVID MILLS looks at where the Martians could land next.
THE aliens have been quiet lately.
It has been almost two years since the last crop circle was spotted in Kent and nearly four years since The Meopham Circles appeared ” (extract from article).

11th

Rhyl Journal ” Rhyl UFO mystery “

“  SCORES of readers have contacted The Journal following a story we ran this week on strange lights being spotted over Rhyl ” (extract from article).

Burnham on sea “ Readers believe Burnham-on-sea UFO was probably a chinese lantern “

” A mystery UFO that was spotted in the skies over Burnham-On-Sea was probably a floating Chinese lantern, according to our readers ” (extract from article).

Rutland & Studland Mercury ” UFO spotted over Stamford “

” A MYSTERY has been sparked by the sighting of strange objects flying over Stamford.
Janet Garratt and her friend Margaret Fox saw two oval-shaped objects falling above Lonsdale Road before stopping mid-air and then zooming off into the distance ” (extract from article).

Bridlington Free Press ” Mystery over UFO sightings- comment on this story “

” Suspicious bright lights dotting the night sky above Bridlington and Flamborough throughout May drew curious members of the public to contact the Free Press in an attempt to get to the bottom of the strange events ” (extract from article).

12th

Devon 24 ” UFO was just a chinese lantern “

” This week Hazel Shelston, 73, from Fraser Road, quashed claims the silver diamond-shaped disk was a visiting UFO, saying the mystery shapes were nothing more than Chinese lanterns ” (extract from article).

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Telegraph ” UFOs spotted over Lake District “

” People rushed out of their tents to stand and watch in awe as the lights darted back and forth.
They weaved in and out of one another and appeared to fade and then light up again as they soared through a clear sky.
Camper Paul Haigh, 28, of Darlington, said: “Most people had turned in for the night but we were woken by a commotion ” (extract from article).

Daily Mail ” Campers treated to night-time display as UFO lights move across the sky “

“ ‘There were various theories as to what they were, someone said Chinese lanterns, but they seemed to be moving too fast. They looked as though they were being propelled under their own power rather than being blown by the wind, it was a still night ‘ ” (extract from article). And

Lincolnshire

Cambridgeshire

Merseyside

Holland

” The weekend’s display is the latest in a string of sightings across the UK of unidentified flying lights.
This month alone, unexplained illuminations have been spotted in Lincolnshire, Merseyside and Cambridgeshire ” (extract from article).

icSuttonColdfield.co.uk ” A lantern explanation to UFO fears? “

” The mysterious ‘orange orbs’ spotted in Sutton skies may have a reasonable explanation according to an UFO expert.
Birmingham UFO Group investigator Dave Hodrien said he believes most of the sightings are in fact Chinese lanterns ” (extract from article).

Western and Somerset Mercury ” UFOs spotted over Weston “

” Mercury readers have reported seeing about 30 orange or white UFOs above the town between 10.30-11pm.
Eyewitnesses have reported seeing the glowing orbs from Worle and Milton Road, before they disappeared into thin air ” (extract from article).

16th

Wigan Today ” UFO over standish “

” A Wigan man who wishes to remain anonymous has emailed wigantoday after spotting a UFO over Standish.
The brief email, sent yesterday, reads: Can you please let me know if anybody else has reported to you three strange objects over the Standish area on Saturday, June 13, at 10.25pm ” (Full article here).

Uxbridge Gazette ” UFO pictures taken in Ruislip “

” AN UNEXPLAINED glowing orb has been spotted by a Ruislip family.
Loraine Wiley of Beechwood Avenue, Ruislip, has sent photos into the Uxbridge Gazette of what can only be described as a floating light in the sky ” (extract from article).

Whitehaven News ” Are these UFOs captured on camera “

” Steve McDonnell was on his way home to Seascale from Sellafield when he saw two orange objects flying less than 100 metres from his home.
Rushing to his house, he photographed the lights which he described as “effervesce with no obvious solid edges ’’ ” (extract from article).

Metro.co.uk ” UFO calls after giant meteor shower “

” Reports of strange lights in the English Channel last night have been put down to a meteor shower, coastguards said today ” (extract from article).

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Louth Leader ” Mysterious Lincolnshire Triangle reveals ufo hotspot “

“ COULD this mysterious Lincolnshire triangle mark out a hotbed of UFO activity in the region?
The triangle shape is visible on the Google map on our website pinpointing several of the sightings in the area reported to us ” (extract from article).

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Grantham Journal ” UFO was huge and glowed orange “

“ Jackie, 29, said: “It was travelling at the speed of an aeroplane but it was bigger and orange. Sometimes the planes at night have flashing lights on but this was constant.
“The something else dropped from underneath the plane.
“Afterwards me and my partner just sat there thinking of what it could have been. The only thing we could think was that it was a plane that came apart and crashed ” (extract from article).

23rd

Louth Leader “ Locals support UFO spotters “

” Tuesday 2pm – ARE WE delusional and too fond of a drink? Or is it just Lincolnshire folk being fascinated by the weird and wonderful? ” (extract from article).

24th

North Devon Gazette ” A light on North Devon UFO mystery?“

” But far from being visitations by life forms from a distant galaxy, staff at a Barnstaple toy shop think the answer can be found a little closer to home ” (extract from article).

Grantham Journal ” Return of the spooky orbs “

“ Leanne Price got in touch after a mysterious glowing orb appeared in one of her holiday snaps.
She was at Stansted Airport on her way back from a trip to Majorca when the ghostly photo was taken ” (extract from article).

25th

Chester Chronicle ” A UFO enthusiast spotted a cigar shaped object hovering over Frodsham “

” UFO enthusiast Colin Fowler, 56, of Ellis Lane, Frodsham, was watching a film at home when his family saw a cigar-shaped orange light hovering in the sky at about 10pm on Saturday, June 6.
University of Manchester building manager Colin said: “It was a cigar shaped thing with sparks or flames coming out of it.
“I don’t know what it was? It wasn’t a lantern, a helicopter or a plane. It was nothing like that, it was a ball of light, hovering in the air over the marshes, towards Ellesmere Port. It lasted a few minutes ” (extract from article).

The Comet 24 ” Residents claim to have seen ufos “

” CLOSE encounters of the strange kind occurred in the night sky over Comet country causing neighbours and friends to look up in wonder ” (extract from article).

26th

Harrow Observer “ UFO photographed over Edgeware “

” Harrow Observer reader Mark Lawes snapped this shot of the mysterious aircraft on Tuesday just after 7pm ” (extract from article).

Western And Somerset Mercury “ Were mysterious lights a UFO “

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Express and Star ” UFO alert over cylinder in the sky “

“ A mysterious cylindrical object has been spotted in the skies above the Black Country.
Retired teacher Mike Tunnicliffe was left scratching his head after seeing the UFO from his Walsall garden yesterday afternoon ” (extract from article).

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Welwyn and Hatfield Times ” UFO spotted in Welwyn garden city “

” Andy said he had been in his back garden with his dog at about 10.45pm, when he saw two strange objects in the sky over Howlands.
“They were above the clouds, swinging left to right,” he said.
“There was no noise whatsoever.”
He added: “I was gobsmacked as to what it could be ” (extract from article).

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UK UFO sightings [ June 2009] updated regularly [Part 1 of 2]

I will try and keep this up to date, with all information from the UK.

Please check back from time to time, as this will be updated regularly…If you see something that i have missed, please contact me (thanks)…..

There has been an explosion of UK UFO activity this year, mainly due to the Sun (tabloid UK newspaper) who think they are the UFO EXPERTS, seeming to print anything remotely to do with UFOs (with no facts/sensationalism and mostly no TRUTH). Unfortunately, this now seems to be spreading to other National newspapers. This month it seems to be The Telegraph’s turn at Ufology wisdom.

Are they eventually going to make UFOLOGY a complete joke?

So, many of the sightings reported are sensationalized, with usually alot of information missing.

Please keep this in mind as you view these postings from the local and national press.

I’m afraid many also fail to follow up on their initial leads, and many reports just remain forgotten.

Some incidents could be UFO balloons (please see:  http://dandare.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/ufo-balloons-what-are-they/ for more details, from a previous article). There are also many other IFOs ( Identified Flying Objects they could be as well).

However, as i have said before, i am not sure what value they are to any UFO research.

1st

St Helens Today ” UFO spotted over Sutton Leach “

“ He said: “I’m into space and physics and tried to dispute what I was seeing, but I couldn’t. People might think it was a Chinese lantern, but it wasn’t – it was moving far too fast and seemed to change shape ” (extract from article).

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Shropshire Star “ Skywatcher: We are not alone “

” A holidaymaker is set to prove “we are not alone” after capturing UFOs on camera across Shropshire.
Col Foster is a regular visitor to the region because, he claims, the county is a great place to spot unidentified objects in the sky ” (extract from article). video can be seen here .

The News ” Hayling Island UFO were 25 chinese lanterns “

” About 25 were let off by friends calling themselves Spacey and Furbag in Wittering Road, on the eastern part of the island, starting at around 10pm.
More were set off in the north of the island. The miniature hot air balloons are powered by a small fuel block which takes them up into the sky before they burn out ” (extract from article).

Western Telegraph ” UFO seen over Narberth “

“  Western Telegraph reader Peter Owen, from Dingle, Narberth, spotted three objects in the sky to the south of the town at around 10.15pm.
He said that the three objects, that had orange and white lights around the outside, rose above the Halken Crescent area of the town.
Two of them, which seemed to be cylindrical in shape, hovered for a few seconds before veering off to the west, gaining height rapidly ” (extract from article).

This is Grimsby ” Truth is out there for Barry “

“ Barry Haywood used to be a UFO-sceptic – but not anymore.
Because since Mr Haywood saw a bright light in the sky above his home, he is “convinced” he has seen a UFO.
Mr Haywood, 61, of Grimsby, said: “I know 100 per cent that was a UFO.
“I was sitting outside in the porch of my house at about half past 10 when I saw what I thought was an aeroplane. But it was bright orange and I thought that’s a funny colour for an aeroplane ” (extract from article).

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Telegraph ” UFOs above Merseyside ‘linked to HMS Daring military exercise’ “

“  UFOs seen above Merseyside may have been connected to a military exercise involving one of the Navy’s top warships, HMS Daring.
The glowing orange lights seen above Liverpool and Southport may have been countermeasure flares used to test the radar systems of huge anti-missile guns on the ship.
Countermeasure flares are designed to prevent radar-based missile systems locking on to aircraft by providing multiple targets ” (extract from article). Notice the media hype/ a new angle? any evidence for this at all/reasons why they suspect this/why no other reasons given.

Cambridgeshire Online News ” UFO sighting as public report 50 lights in sky “

” The man, who said that in addition to being a former member of the Royal Observer Corps, which had a defence role in spotting aircraft, was also an amateur astronomer who was used to watching planets, stars and satellites in the night sky.
He said they did not look like balloon lanterns which would have been blown around by the wind.
However, UK UFO Sightings said that flying Chinese lanterns were the most common form of mistaken UFO sightings and has video of an incident at Halesowen last December which was found to be lanterns ” (extract from article).

Muswell Hill Journal ” UFOs: More strange sightings in the sky “

” Chris Penny, of Colney Hatch Lane, said he saw something which looked like “an airplane on fire” with four flashing lights flitting in the sky above Muswell Hill Road for about five minutes. He said: “It was probably several hundred feet above me and moving very slowly. I thought it must have been someone messing around with a balloon ” (extract from article).

Post Chronicle ” Lights over England generate UFO buzz “

” Phil Hoyle, from the British UFO Investigation Unit, said the way the lights moved suggested an intelligence behind the display.
“If these objects were circling one another you would have to rule out that they were fireworks,” he said. “If they were dodging and darting around each other it would indicate intelligent movement” ” (extract from article).

Hunts Post 24 ” UFO patrol: strange lights seen in sky over Huntingdon “

Telegraph “ UFOs spotted in Cambridgeshire “

” Witnesses claimed to have seen up to 50 of the mystery bright beams at around 11.30pm in Huntingdon.
Scott Boswell, 37, a former pilot and soldier from nearby Hinchingbrooke, captured some of the lights on his camera ” (extract from article).

The Sun ” Twenty UFOs fly in formation “

” THIS incredible picture captured the strange sighting of more than 20 UFOs buzzing over awestruck Britain.
Stunned families watched as the lights in the sky lined up in a flying formation before disappearing upwards into space ” (extract from article).

Crewe Chronicle ” South Cheshire residents say they have seen UFOs over Crewe “

“ A number of Crewe residents have contacted the Chronicle or posted reports on the internet saying they have seen bright orange shapes appearing in the sky late at night ” (extract from article).

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Spalding Today ” UFOs centre on Spalding “

” Has the flat Fenland landscape, the bulb growing heritage and array of medieval churches encouraged aliens to take a holiday in South Holland?
Or has the ready availability of Chinese lanterns got a lot of people excited about nothing? ” (extract from article).

Metro.co.uk  ” UFO frenzy as 15 mystery orbs seen over Uk “

“ Some reckon they may have just witnessed an armada of invading UFOs, but others say it could just be Chinese lanterns.
The most recent sightings were on Sunday in Merseyside and Lincoln.
One witness in Cambridgeshire claimed the orbs there was each as big as a house.
Engineer Paul Slight, 54, took photos on his mobile phone of the strange objects hovering over Lincoln ” (extract from article).

” UFO watchers fail to throw any light on night visitors “

“ MYSTERIOUS orange lights in the skies have baffled eyewitnesses and experts alike..[.]….
“After five minutes of moving around, the flickering yellow objects hung in the air for a second then shot off into the sky and disappeared.
“I’ve no idea what they were. I’m not usually a believer but what I saw was really weird ” ” (extracts from article).

Cambridgeshire Online News ” Lantern theory as UFO reports pour in “

” A LANTERN tribute to a woman is thought to have sparked a UFO lights mystery over Huntingdon…[.]….“Residents had reported seeing a line of up to 50 lights flying over the town, which took almost half an hour to pass.
But Suzanne Southby, from Earith, believes the lights were flying lanterns released as part of the celebrations of the life of her neighbour Kim Huckle, who had died at the age of 53” (extracts from article).

Daily Mail ” stunned onlookers watch as mysterious orange UFOs swoop across Britain’s skies “

” Darting silently in formation, the mysterious glowing orbs light up the night sky.
Some say these orange lights even weave in between each other with the precision of a synchronised flying team from some far corner of the universe.

Clusters of more than 100 have been spotted across Britain and even Holland, leaving onlookers with an eerie sense that, for all the mystifying beauty of the strange objects, they may have just witnessed an armada of invading UFOs ” (extract from article).

Mirror News ” Amazing pictures of UFOs spotted all over Britain “

” Up to 50-strong, they have been spotted in at least THREE locations over the last nine days… leading to speculation of a possible close encounter with aliens ” (extract from article).

Worthing Herald “ East Worthing woman’s UFO puzzler “

“ Curious, the woman continued to watch the light and was amazed when it sharply turned back on itself and began heading west.
“This was when I realised it was something unusual,” said the woman.
“I was about to dash inside to grab my camera when it suddenly stopped, lit up really brightly and expanded in size, into a huge silver/white ball, at least five or six times bigger than it started ” (extract from article).

Louth Leader ” Sighting of bright pink UFO with rays of light “

” “When my husband looked through the binoculars he said ‘it’s not a hot air balloon, it has a dome on the top and rays coming down off it’ ” (extract from article).

Evening Star 24 ” New UFO mystery sweeps country “

Wiltshire Times ” Mysterious lights over Wiltshire “

” Readers have been inundating the Wiltshire Times with calls and emails regarding their sightings of the strange orange orbs which have been seen speeding through the sky silently.
Father and son Lee and Brian Fox were at home in Warminster on Saturday evening when at around 10.26pm when they saw three bright orange lights ” (extract from article).

Lincolnshire Echo ” Aliens? No, just a wedding party “

” The glowing, floating “UFOs” were spotted above the West Parade area of Lincoln as they coursed across the sky.
National newspapers the Sun, the Telegraph and the Daily Mail all picked up the story.
But now newlyweds, Clare and Adrian Bower (31), have said they were responsible for the “alien invasion” ” (extract from article).

County Times ” More UFOs over Montgomeryshire “

Daily Star ” Space Invaders “

” Amazed witnesses in Cheshire, Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire spotted eerie lights and glowing orange orbs.
They said more than 20 strange lights appeared in a flying formation before disappearing into space ” (extract from article).

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Evening Telegraph ” Are they UFOs? “

“ On Saturday the Wright family saw a strange object moving over their homes.
Danielle Wright said: “Between 11.30pm and 12.20am myself and friends and family members spotted a circular, orange light flying through the sky silently, but it appeared to be going really fast” ” (extract from article).

Channel 4 News ” Wedding sparks UFO sightings “

” Chinese lanterns set off from a wedding party led to a number of UFO sightings and even made the national news.
Residents of Lincoln were shocked to see dozens of spooky orange lights floating together across the night’s sky.

But Clare Bower, 28, believes the celestial phenomena were actually sky lanterns set off by her wedding reception guests ” (extract from article).

Peterborough Today ” Mystery lights in sky ‘as big as building’ “

” Last night it emerged a woman has contacted her local newspaper to claim that the lights over Lincoln were Chinese lanterns – mini hot-air balloons – set off at her wedding reception.
Malcolm Robinson from Strange Phenomena Investigations has been looking into weird sightings in the sky since 1979.

He said: “The sightings of lights traversing England recently are quite puzzling, but the vast majority are probably Chinese lanterns.”
He said when released by people at outdoor parties, they are whipped up by wind currents and lifted high in the sky, taking on an eerie appearance ” (extract from article).

Northampton Chronicle & Echo ” Are strange orange lights UFOs? “

” Mr York said the orange light flew towards him and then flickered, passed in front of the moon and then split into two.
He said: “It could have been something burning up but it was flying perfectly well until it split.
“It is just unexplained to me and is not like anything I have seen before,” he added ” (extract from article).

Grimsby Telegraph ” Tracking down answers to UFO mystery “

” But David Patton, 51, of Suggitts Lane, Cleethorpes, thinks he has found the answer – a red LED, or a light emitting diode, with batteries and a burst balloon which he discovered on the pavement near his home.
He said: “It was just lit up on the pavement. At first I thought it was one of those lights you hang on a dog collar.
“Maybe there are other ones in a different colour, or from a distance it might look orange.
“That LED is quite bright. If you’ve got that inside a balloon it’s going to show up quite well. I reckon that’s the UFO people have been reporting” ” (extract from article). Interesting….

ITN video ” Wedding sparks UFO sightings “

” Residents of Lincoln were shocked to see dozens of spooky orange lights floating together across the night’s sky.
But Clare Bower, 28, believes the celestial phenomena were actually sky lanterns set off by her wedding reception guests.
The lanterns, which rise using the warmth of a candle, originated in China but are now sold around the world for events such as weddings ” (extract from article).

Dunstable Today ” UFO truth revealed? “

” Graham, who lives in Havelock Road, said: “I just happened to go outside and saw what I thought was an aircraft on fire. It was very high up and was heading towards the airport, I was very concerned and didn’t know whether to call the authorities. I saw another man and pointed them to him, and then we saw that they were actually toy air balloons with candles in, like Chinese lanterns, perhaps it was something to do with the next day’s carnival ” (extract from article).

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This is Gloucestershire ” UFO buzz hits Gloucester “

“ “I counted them and they had a fuzzy haze around them.
“The speed was very difficult to determine but they moved across the sky and out of sight in 20 or 30 seconds.
“I tried to count them and got to about 12 but there were more going off into the distance.
“There were possibly about 20.”
Others have reported seeing the same sight on a national UFO website as well ” (extract from article).

Times Colonist ” Missing the good old days of UFOs and green men “

“ He identified it as unidentifiable. Which was enough for a hyperbolic page one headline, something like “Quick! Run for your lives! We’re about to be eaten by aliens.”
I still thought it looked like a Frisbee, but since everyone else thought it was a flying saucer, who was I to quibble? Plus I got to stay in a fancy hotel in Chicago, in the days when newspapers still sent reporters out of town ” (extract from article).

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Norwich Evening News 24 ” Did you see a UFO over Norwich “

” A yellowish white object in the sky has been spotted, prompting calls for witnesses to the mysterious sighting to come forward.
William Pleass, of Earlham Green Lane, spotted the object from his bedroom window this morning (Monday) at about 2.45am ” (extract from article).

The Hunts Post ” One UFO mystery solved as another one appears ”

The Argus ” UFO sightings across Sussex “

“  Bright lights in the skies over Sussex have prompted a raft of reports of UFOs.
Dozens of people have seen the flaming orbs floating overhead in the past two weeks.
The strange sight has led to numerous calls to the police and to The Argus.
But the spotters are clearly divided into two camps.
On one side are those who cannot explain what they saw and who believe the fiery phenomenon could be proof of alien life visiting our planet.
But for others there is a more down to earth explanation – they are simply Chinese lanterns ” (extract from article).

Evening News 24 ” UFO mystery hots up over Suffolk skies “

“ A flurry of reports have been posted on The Evening Star website after a former soldier said he saw 100 glowing orbs less than two miles above his house near Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire last month.
Responding the serviceman’s experience, poster Martin Laurance said he saw something similar.
“I witnessed four very bright separately moving lights travelling in a north-easterly direction on May 16 over Bury St Edmunds,” he wrote ” (extract from article).

Edinburgh News “ Airport denies report of UFO ” [short article]

“ EDINBURGH Airport has denied claims that it referred an apparent UFO incident to the Ministry of Defence for investigation ” (extract from article).

UK UFO Sightings [ May 2009 ] Updated regularly

I will try and keep this up to date, with all information from the UK.

Please check back from time to time, as this will be updated regularly…If you see something that i have missed, please contact me (thanks)…..

There has been an explosion of UK UFO activity this year, mainly due to the Sun (tabloid UK newspaper) who think they are the UFO EXPERTS, seeming to print anything remotely to do with UFOs (with no facts/sensationalism and mostly no TRUTH). Unfortunately, this now seems to be spreading to other National newspapers.

Are they eventually going to make UFOLOGY a complete joke?

So, many of the sightings reported are sensationalized, with usually alot of information missing.

Please keep this in mind as you view these postings from the local and national press.

I’m afraid many also fail to follow up on their initial leads, and many reports just remain forgotten.

Some incidents could be UFO balloons (please see:  http://dandare.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/ufo-balloons-what-are-they/ for more details, from a previous article). There are also many other IFOs ( Identified Flying Objects they could be as well).

However, as i have said before, i am not sure what value they are to any UFO research.

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Lancashire Telegraph ” ‘Burning Object’ UFO alert “

” A 15-year-old lad and one of the neighbours said they had seen a burning objects in the sky. They said it was almost like a hot air balloon but it was moving too fast ” (extract from article).

Daily Echo ” UFO over Southbourne? or just another Chinese Lantern“

“  Southbourne man Chris sent us this video, which he thinks could be of a UFO.
Mysterious lights are often seen over the town, but they usually turn out to be Chinese Lanterns or the SBS on late night training ” (full article).

You tube video of this ( i would suggest this to be a chinese lantern?)

Evening Leader ” Wrexham man films UFOs after his second sighting of Mystery lights – video “(includes video).

” “They were totally silent and much too big to be a plane.
“I have heard of a case recently in the Wrexham area where Chinese lanterns have been mistaken for UFOs, but I think that in this instance the objects were moving far too quickly.”
The man said that one of the lights appeared to be moving in a particularly fast fashion.
They were visible for about three to four minutes before fading away ” (extract from article). I believe it is again Chinese lanterns.

Yorkshire Post ” UFO investigators head for hotspot to hold Conference “

“ The event will be staged at the seaside resort’s Spa conferencing centre on Thursday, October 29 and Friday, October 30, and has been organised by North Yorkshire-based UFO investigator Russ Kellett ” (extract from article).

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Peterborough Today.co.uk ” UFOs spotted in Peterborough: did you see them? “

” The bright circular lights, which were spotted around the city by Evening Telegraph readers on Sunday (3 May), have re-ignited the great Peterborough UFO mystery ” (extract from article).

Darlington and Stockton Times “ Close encounter over Brompton? “

“  A bizarre light was seen crossing the sky near Brompton, Northallerton, sparking a local UFO alert.
The unidentified flying object was spotted on Saturday between 8.30pm and 9pm as dusk was beginning to fall.
A couple, who prefer to stay anonymous, saw a bright triangular shape on the horizon over Water End. It appeared to traverse the sky under power and was visible for about a minute ” (extract from article).

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Watford Observer ” Kings Langley UFO mystery solved “

“ The cluster of glowing orange lights seen passing over the village on Thursday April 23 were not extra terrestrial visitors as many alleged but 38 Chinese lanterns released in memory of Lucille Frawley who died of a brain tumour in October last year ” (extract from article).

Dorset Echo “ Mystery sightings of orange orbs floating across evening sky “

“  Mr Smith added: “I counted 12 lights in all, it was really peculiar. They were all moving right across the sky more slowly than a helicopter or anything like that.
“They seemed to be coming over the Ridgeway and floating over towards Weymouth, they weren’t in any particular formation.
A Portland Coastguard spokesman said they received no reports of any strange sightings, but said Chinese lanterns or meteors could be the explanation.
He said: “We have had numerous calls of sightings of lanterns in the past ” (extract from article).

South Wales Guardian “ UFO sighting shock “

“  “Each ‘star’ had a reddish light and, as I looked, I could see they were all moving very slowly and silently towards the north. There was no vapour trail either.
“The lights spanned the width of the sky and were brighter than Venus. It was a lovely clear night and I’ll be very surprised if no-one else saw something.
“We live on top of a hill overlooking Ammanford and occasionally see shooting stars, but never something like this ” (extract from article).

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Cannock Chase Post.net ” Were Burntwood lights in the sky a UFO? “

” He said the underside of the UFOs were like the underbelly of a jellyfish in appearance. Two neighbours from across the road watched the spectacle with the family. Michael managed to catch the bright lights on his phone camera, but the pictures do not show the craft in detail ” (extract from article).

Guardian.co.uk (News Blog) ” The Northerner: The truth is out there (in Yorkshire) “…those in Lancashire might like to skip this post, apart form the extract below?)

” Tickets for the Flying Saucers Have Landed conference, which is at the Spa centre on 29 and 30 October, are available at the door for £12 “ (extract from article).

Milton Keynes Citizen “ UFOs over Bletchley terrify teen “

” That’s the plea from 18-year-old Haley Whitehouse, who says she clearly saw five huge orange balls, travelling faster than a plane, shooting above her Mellish Court home just after 9pm ” (extract fromvery short article).

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Cryptoworld ” Another UFO filmed over London (maybe?) “

” It does look interesting, but I can’t believe it wasn’t seen by more people or reported to the news/media. My gut-feelings are it’s just a trick of the light or just a fake! ” (extract from article). I would have to agree.

Dorset Echo ” Dorset UFO sightings – the explanation “

“  Around 40 lanterns were released at the annual pagan Beltane gathering at Rodden, near Langton Herring, as part of a celebration heralding the start of summer.
Organised by Weymouth-based pagans from the Dolmen Grove, the Spirit of Rebirth gathering attracted more than 200 people, many of whom put wishes in the lanterns and let them fly into the night ” (extract from article).

The Sun ” Reagan afraid of invasion by aliens “

“ Mr Reagan, who was President from 1981 to 1989, told a pal he had seen flying saucers three times, said author Darwin Porter.
He allegedly added: “I just know it. They’ve selected some desert in the West to make their landing.”
But the ex-President’s daughter Patti Davis dismissed the claims, saying her father, who died in 2004, may have been joking ” (extract from article).

9th

Sunday Mercury.net ” ‘Jellyfish’ style UFO’s spotted in Lichfield, Staffordshire “

” A formation of seven ‘craft’ were spotted flying over Burntwood at 9.40pm. A group of six adults and a small child watched in amazement as the bright lights passed overhead in the direction of Lichfield ” (extract from article).

10th

The Telegraph ” John Michell “

“ John Michell, who died on April 24 aged 76, was a charismatic Old Etonian mystic often championed as a counter-culture seer for his fascination with alien life, geomancy, the countryside and crop circles; his most famous book, The View Over Atlantis (1969), is arguably the most influential tome in the hippie underground movement, and is credited with placing the Somerset town of Glastonbury as the capital of the New Age ” (extract from article).

Seacoastonline.com “ Exeter UFO Festival could be out of this world “

“ On Sept. 3, 1965, Norman Muscarello rushed into the Exeter police station blown away by the hovering craft with five red flashing lights he had just witnessed. Following his report, a series of similar stories throughout the area began emerging.
This year on Sept. 5, a series of events will kick off at the very spot Muscarello shared his story, the Exeter Town Hall, as part of the first Exeter UFO Festival which will celebrate incidents in Exeter and the surrounding area ” (extract from article).

11th

24 The East Herts Herald ” UFO spotted in skies above Chesthunt and Essex “

Spalding Today ” UFO appeal after facebook message “

“ Local resident Wayne Brickles informed the Lincolnshire Free Press by posting a message on its new Facebook page, describing nine unidentified lights he saw speed across Patriot Close at about 9.50pm ” (extract from article).

Evening Star 24 ” New mystery in Suffolk skies “

” Bob Cousins, from Kesgrave, contacted the paper to report his sighting of what he believes were two meteors at 10.40pm Saturday night – and he wants to know if anyone else saw the mystery objects.
He said: “I saw a bright orange/yellow light, brighter than a plane light approaching from the west, heading due east. It looked odd so I got my camcorder but the battery was flat ” (extract from article).

12th

This is South Devon “ UFO riddle of glowing orange disc “

” A BRIGHT orange light in the sky above Brixham caught the eye of resident Anthony Sherwood who is confident that what he witnessed was a UFO.
He watched the illuminated ‘disc’ from his living room window in Summer Lane around 9.30pm on Saturday.
After seeing it fly in a straight line about half-a-mile above the rooftops, Anthony stood in awe as the object headed up into the skies at a 60-degree angle before vanishing into the clouds ” (extract from article).

This is Bristol ” UFO filmed in sky over Bristol ” [other articles with the same sighting will have ** by them]

“ This video was uploaded yesterday and shows a UFO in the sky on 10 May ” (extract fromvery short article).

mmmm…no comment… next.

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Channock Chase Post.net ” Birthday bash sparks Burntwood UFO alert “

” A Chasetown family released ten Chinese lanterns (mini hot air balloons made from rice paper with tea lights) into the sky.
But as they rose and floated off towards Lichfield, local residents watched the strange formation of lights in awe.
Last week The Post reported how one local man believed he was seeing UFOs because of the strange shape created underneath the ‘craft’ and because there was no sound ” (extract from article).

Buxton Today ” UFO is spotted “

” A UFO sighting was reported to police on Thursday night.
A member of the public contacted police after they had seen orange flashing lights in the sky above New Mills.
The lights reportedly flew over his house twice at 10.25pm.
A police spokeswoman said: “He believed the lights to be too fast to be an aircraft and too quiet to be a helicopter” ” (full article post).

County Times ” UFO sightings: strange orange lights spotted over Newtown “

” It has since been claimed the lights were Chinese Lanterns set off from a wedding party.
However, Jackie says she is not convinced by that explanation.
She said: “There’s no way they were lanterns. They all went off in exactly the same direction, following each other ” (extract from article). I do hope this is a misquote…? evidently, never heard of the wind then??

Mail Online ” Is it a bird, a plane, or a speck of dirt? Lone UFO spotted hovering over Bristol rooftops ” **

” These images of the mysterious object were taken as it apparently hovered over a residential area of Bristol.
Computer game writer Andy Hadlington, 36, spotted the blob from the window of his office in Knowle late on Sunday afternoon ” (extract from article).

15th

Cryptoworld “ Colin Andrews creates a fire storm as MOD Nick Pope withdraws official Government statement on Crop Circles and UFOs “

“ The actual government position and involvement, as shown by Andrews are extremely important for both the crop circles and UFO subjects and demonstrate why we need to be vigilant with the accuracy and truthfulness of statements made by governments, EVEN during this ’so called’ period of CHANGE and transparency ” (extract from article).

Stv ” More unexplained lights above north-east Scotland “[ includes video ]

” The video appears to show at least six lights tracking at an altitude far lower in the sky than the lights seen the same night in the video over Fraserburgh, about 26 miles (41 kilometers) north of Ellon.
Which begs the question: Were these orange-coloured lights possibly floating lanterns set off into the sky from another part of the world? ” (extract from article).

Express Buzz ” UFO alert sounded over Bristol ” **

” Andy Hadlington saw the mysterious blob silently hovering around and filmed it from the window of his office.
The mysterious grey object glided around the residential area of Knowle, Bristol, at 5.30pm on Sunday without making a sound ” (extract from article).

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Sunday Mercury ” UFO spotters are a strange bunch!“

” Strange bunch, UFO-spotters. They look into the sky and if they see something they don’t recognise immediately believe it must be from Mars. Dave has a simple message for them: you are talking out of Uranus ” (extract from article).

To which i respond…. is this before this paper(and others) hype’s another supposed UFO sighting again(and again);without bothering to do their research(also many people who report them,want to know what they are, but many papers jump on the ‘little green man’ bandwaggon hypothesis)….i think alot of the time the only ones talking rubbish are papers like this…go figure!

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County Times ” UFOs over Newtown: see one reader’s video clip “

“ LAST week’s story about UFOs over Newtown prompted one reader to send in a video clip she’d taken of the strange lights zipping around Mid Wales skies.
In Friday’s County Times we revealed how Unidentified Flying Objects spotted over Newtown were possibly Chinese Lanterns. A number of Newtown residents witnessed as many as 20 orange spherical objects in the sky over the town on Saturday night ” (extract from article).

19th

This is Cheshire ” UFOs sighted in and around Warrington “

“  On Saturday, May 9 at around 10.30pm David Horgan, from Stockton Heath, saw around 15 to 20 separate orange lights flying silently, seemingly following the Manchester Ship Canal.
While the next day, Marie Kelly-Irlam, from Lymm, was driving with her son and his girlfriend when they spotted a huge burning fireball travelling at a fast pace through the sky at around 10.20pm ” (extract from article).

20th

Berwich Today ” More sightings of UFO “

” MORE sightings of a possible UFO in the Berwick area earlier this month have been reported on a specialist website.
It follows a posting made on UK-UFO.co.uk and reported in the Berwick Advertiser last week about a bright orange light being seen in the skies above Tweedmouth on May 9 ” (extract from article).

Uxbridge Gazette “ Cowley UFO could be a lot of hot air “

“ A CLAIMED UFO sighting has been branded a load of hot air by Uxbridge Gazette readers.
Melody Pearce contacted the paper describing red spheres with a glowing light beneath them, which she saw from her home in Heritage Close in Cowley last Saturday ” (extract from article).

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Diss Express ” Mysterious lights in South Norfolk spotted again “

” A family from The Heywood, near Winfarthing, who asked to be left anonymous, described 13 orange glowing lights rise from the distance before floating over their house and suddenly going out.
The lights were described as being at a height equivalent to a low flying airplane, but slightly bigger and noiseless and were following each other ” (extract from article).

22nd

Leamington Spa Courier “ Warwickshire UFO sightings-  could they show we are not alone ” <<< [related article has <<< after title]

“ Residents from across the district have been writing to the Courier with their strange UFO sightings following last week’s article about an unidentified object over Radford Semele ” (extract from article).

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Milton Keynes Today ” Family spark UFO scare with Lantern tribute “

” A goodbye gesture to a much-loved grandad unwittingly sparked off a massive UFO scare for hundreds of people.
The mysterious ‘Bletchley balls’, huge glowing lights speeding across the sky, were the talk of the town for days ” (extract from article).

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Wigan Today ” Wigan man spots UFO “

” “It was just a white light – like a plane – but about 50 times faster. It was in my vision then out of it in literally one second, covering probably a couple of miles in distance in that time.
“I always keep my eyes to the skies but have never seen anything like that before.
“I half thought it was a shooting star at first but then I realised it was too low. I don’t know what it was” ” (extract from short article).

Liverpool Echo “ Mysterious Liverpool ‘UFO’ sighting ” ### [related sightings will have ### after the title]

” Several punters at the Greenhills pub, on Greenhill Road, Mossley Hill, described seeing bright red dots floating in the near moon-less sky between 10.30pm and 11.30pm ” (extract from article).

Buzzle.com ” Pink Floyd star David Gilmour joins fight to halt extradition to US of Hacker Gary Mckinnon “

” Musicians from such diverse groups as Pink Floyd and Boyzone have joined forces in a last-ditch campaign to halt the extradition to the US of north London computer hacker Gary McKinnon.
The family and friends of McKinnon, who has Asperger’s syndrome, are hoping that a campaign also supported by well-known names including Terry Waite, Boris Johnson, Sting, Lord Carlile and Jane Asher, will finally bear fruit ” (extract from article).

26th

Norwich Evening News 24 ” UFO mystery over Norwich ” ^^^ [related article to sighting here, has ^^^]

“ Engineer David Self, 56, says he saw eleven bright orange globes flying over his home in Thorpe Marriot at about 10pm on Saturday night, heading towards the coast.
He says they moved at around the speed of a plane, and took around 20 minutes to fly out of eyesight ” (extract from article).

Louth Leader ” PHOTO: UFO seen in sky near Louth “

“ A STRANGE object was seen in the sky over North Thoresby on Saturday.
Holly Anne Lowley, 11, was playing in her garden with her brother at around 9pm when they spotted the weird sight ” (extract from article).

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Southport Visiter ” UFO pictured in skies of Southport “###

” A coastguard source speculated that any orange glow could be attributed to the annual Eta Aquarids meteor shower.
Liverpool-born UFO expert John Rimmer said it was a “rule of thumb” that mysterious lights in the sky generally turn out to be floating Chinese lanterns ” (extract from article).

Liverpool Echo ” Liverpool UFO mystery: dozens report mysterious lights in the night sky “###

” Eyewitness Jackie Hardaker of Mossley Hill said: “They were like red balls, they looked like fire and when planes went past they just dimmed.
“When I looked out again one went across Rose Lane and dropped something that looked like fire.”

Phil Daley also saw something similar from Allerton Road at the same time ” (extract from article).

Norwich Evening News 24 ” Norwich UFO mystery solved ” ^^^

” But a number of readers have revealed that instead of visitors from out of space, the globes were actually flying lanterns let off from Wensum Valley Golf Club.
Tom Harwood said the lanterns on Saturday night were to celebrate the wedding of Robert and Becky Palmer ” (extract from article).

Wales Online ” Watch: Mother and daughter film UFOs above their home ” [related article will have &&& after title].

” Mum Fiona, who lives in Llandaff, Cardiff, said: “It was about 10.30pm and my daughters called me to look at the object they could see in the sky.
“They were bright orange and some of them were pulsating red ” (extract from article).

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Telegraph.co.uk ” Dozens report seeing UFOs over Merseyside ” ###

“  They claimed to have seen glowing orange lights moving slowly across the sky between 10.30pm and 11pm on Sunday evening.
Sightings were reported from Southport to South Liverpool, and at spots including Ainsdale, Garston and Mossley Hill ” (extract from article).

Wales Online ” City UFOs were chinese lanterns ” &&&

” Reader John Pascos was a guest at the wedding and said 25-30 of the lanterns had been released into the sky by guests.
Experienced UFO researcher Philip Mantle, who has written a number of books on the subject, was quick to spot the confusion.
He e-mailed the Echo to say: “I can tell you that Fiona and Myfanwy George-Veale did not film anything unusual.
“Instead they have filmed Chinese lanterns ” (extract from article).

Muswell Hill Journal 24 ” Actor stunned by cube UFO over Muswell hill “

” Actor Sam Lathem was so spooked by the appearance of a large cube-shaped “ship” with orange lights erratically making its way across the sky he sketched an image of the floating object
The 44-year-old, of Ellington Road, said: “What was really peculiar was it was a cube and had orange lights coming from underneath and it was such a close-up view ” (extract from article).

Liverpool Echo ” Liverpool UFO sightings could be hoax ” ###

” He told the ECHO: “On Sunday night I was on Sudley field on Mossley Hill and we could see these lights from half a mile away.
“We saw about 12 or so and wondered what they were.
“One blew low across the field, and so I ran across to catch it before it fell and saw it was one of those Chinese lanterns.”
It’s a theory that is backed by the experts ” (extract from article).

Leamington Spa Courier ” UFO if you want to, the lights are chinese lanterns burning ” <<<

” The Coppice Road resident attended a party at Whitnash Sports and Social Club to celebrate a friend’s 65th birthday on May 2, during which between ten and 15 Chinese lanterns were released into the sky.
She said: “They were spectacular and went away up in the sky. We watched them for ages – they must have travelled a very long distance in the Radford Semele direction ” (extract from article).

29th

Telegraph.co.uk ” X-files hum hits cornwall “

” The irritating and unidentifiable sound, which has been reported in locations throughout the world, is driving residents in Mawnan to search for an explanation.
Now the parish council has been asked to launch an investigation to find the source.

Residents claim they are also experiencing a variety of other symptoms including headaches, anxiety, frequent nosebleeds and a loss of balance ” (extract from article).

30th

Brazil UFO files made public (Sweden also – 9th may)USA?

Thanks too CBPDV, UFO (Brazilian Journal Of Ufology), i have been made aware of the UFO files which came out on May 4th; please see this link (translated by Google, and added below):

“  The reason, quite a surprise to all Brazilian Ufology Community: new documents released for Aeronautics. “Looks like we’re starting to get the parts that most interest us, including the operation of Prato,” said Beck.
Folder number 10, for example, were not only documents that had already CBU, but also more new photos and descriptions of events related to what became known as “Suck Suck” in Pará – among dozens of other official narratives and testimonies from civilians, and many images (copies) of newspapers.” (extract from article).

The documents can be downloaded from this link also: (the downloaded link, will say Translation from English into English is not supported (just click on see original page), and choose from the list….. all documents are obviously not in English….. apart from MOD ones which are covered in parent list (at top).

Have a good look around, as there is alot of information (even if you do not understand the language) also for MOD (if you missed it (1926-1957), and other countries are covered. Also photographs too.

The Brazilian Files cover the years 1970 – 1979, but unfortunately i can only translate very small pieces; hope there might be a way around this somehow….

Please also see this link (from the same website).

Many thanks also to Atrueoriginall for alerting me to the Brazilian UFO files coming out in the first place – cheers.

I am also aware that the Swedish are also going to bring out their UFO files very soon (possibly the 9th May). I can here you saying USA, come on down, your time is up….

Update: 8th may

From the same Brazilian website some more news (updated) It says they are examining/processing the files. Entitled ” Another batch of secret Ufology files was released by the National Archives ” (translated by google).

” Fernando Ramalho reports from the task this week: “I am studying the material, it is a lot. Agora terminei o ano de 1972. Now finished the year 1972. Even so, I sent a copy of it via special delivery to other members of the CBU and to make everything on the site of UFO Magazine.

In addition to documentation of the Air, there are actually documents the DOPS and materials were observed in other places, such as statements of generals, engineers of the Technological Institute of Aeronautics (ITA) and police, for example, and this only in the files examined so far.

This is certainly the largest and most important of all releases that have occurred since the campaign began ufos: Freedom of information already. All material will be studied, analyzed and compared with data that already have Ufology, both as those obtained previously reached by casting, for finding something on which the government may be holding on these specific topics, or about Operation Prato, is on the activities of DOPS ” (extract from article).

For more information on Sweden releases coming very soon, please see these links :

” 18,ooo Swedish UFO reports “ (Expressen)…translated by google.

” UFO archives making itself known to the public ” …( DN.se ) translated by google.

” 18,ooo UFO reports released ” ( jp.dk) translated.

We will just have to see what comes out tommorrow or sunday.

UFO sightings ***From the UFO archives***No 1

I would like to start a new feature, that of UFO sightings from yesteryear…with a brief description on this blog, and links to relevant websites, with indepth discussions.

To kick us off i will start with:

1 The Belgian Triangles

Dates: November 1989 – April 1990 [Belgian Authorities recieved over 2500 reports on Triangular UFOs].

The RBAF (Royal Belgian Air Force) decided to co-operate/work with SOBEPS (Local UFO Research Group= Society Of Belgian Studies of Celestial Phenomena), with SOBEPS reporting from ground level, whilst RBAF would attempt to track and intercept.

They never intercepted them, as the UFOs were far too quick for the F-16s.

Triangular UFOs- what were they? Explanations for this, were that the USAF, may have been testing its stealth aircraft – F117A fighters and B-2 bombers.

However, F-16s can fly faster than stealth aircraft, so why no interceptions, and why were the UFOs more agile.

REFERENCES:

ARTICLES:

AN Excellent resource is from UFO Evidence see here for detailed reports on this (17 articles/documents).

A short article from About.com here

UFOs over Belgium? (at geocities) here (very good info).

“What are the triangles?” by Richard Dolan 2003.

The Why files : “black triangles ” 2008

Ufologie.net (with many links and articles) ” The Belgium Flap“

Videos:

Fifth Annual X conference 17th – 19th April, 2009

The Fifth Annual X Conference took place, 17th to 19th April 2009:

Just some of the  Speakers present- George Noory, Edgar Mitchell,  Col John Alexander, Graham Hancock, Colin Andrews, Richard Dolan, Milton Torres and Nick Pope.

For those interested in seeing the videos from you tube, here they are below:

Part A

Part B

Part C

Part D

Part E

Does this help Ufology? are these people credible? do you believe in them? and yes Nick Pope is one of the speakers!

Related links:

CNN ” Former Astronaut: Man not alone in universe ” (posted 2oth April, 2009)

“  Mitchell, who was part of the 1971 Apollo 14 moon mission, asserted Monday that extraterrestrial life exists, and that the truth is being concealed by the U.S. and other governments.
He delivered his remarks during an appearance at the National Press Club following the conclusion of the fifth annual X-Conference, a meeting of UFO activists and researchers studying the possibility of alien life forms ” (extract from article).

Guardian ” Former Apollo Astronaut calls on US government to ‘open up’ about aliens ” (posted 22nd April)

” Mitchell’s belief in the existence of aliens is well documented. In an interview with the Times in 1998, he said he is “90% sure that many of the thousands of unidentified flying objects, or UFOs, recorded since the 1940s, belong to visitors from other planets “ ” (extract from article).

paradigmresearchgroup.com ” X conference 2009 Hilton Gaithersburg, MD “

UFO crashed in China in 1947….shows up in declassified files

I was alerted by Michael Cohen, to an article he has written today entitled ” China: UFO crash at Chengdu 1947 revealed in declassified files “

” On July 18th 1947 a farmer near Chengdu found unusual remains of what appeared to be a crashed flying saucer or UFO in the fields. News spread and locals congregated to see the bizarre UFO wreckage. The head of the Physics department of the local university, Professor Zeng Zhanhan, was asked to analyse the wreckage along with other experts and a report was written up. The object was declared a UFO ” (extract from article).

It is indeed both interesting and intriguing, and the reference page given at the bottom(of his article), points to a Chinese account of this…. I have used google to translate the article here (and although not a great translation…an understatement..you can just about follow it..i think).

What worries me, is the source of the information, and were it has come from…. can the declassified files be properly verified, and what is the media reporting this like…is it similar to ‘ The Sun ‘ (newspaper), in the Uk…. if so then it will definately have to be questioned.

Of course, if most things check out, then this would be quite significant.

In conclusion, due to (especially) recent hoaxes, and disinformation, we can only speculate on the information given here, however enticing, and hope that more information comes to light…. and then we can reassess it; for now we can merely speculate.

My thanks to Michael for informing me about this….

Yahoo!7 Australian TV on MOD UK UFO files

Just spotted this on Yahoo!7 TV sunday night video (posted 19th April 2009).

This can be seen at ” The truth is out there ” the video lasts 13 minutes 44 seconds. Not sure how long this will stay here for, however?..

The only youtube of this i can find is a preview of 19 seconds (see below)

World UFO Update [ April 2009] Updated regularly

Hello and welcome to World UFO Update

Whats happened around the UFO world, in April 2009 (mainly articles that have caught my eye).

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LA Times ” The road to Area 51 “

” The problem is the myths of Area 51 are hard to dispute if no one can speak on the record about what actually happened there. Well, now, for the first time, someone is ready to talk—in fact, five men are, and their stories rival the most outrageous of rumors ” (extract from article).

6th

Gibson.com ” Legendary Rock photographer Robert Knight on Zeppelin, Jeff Beck and Steve Ray Vaughan “

” You’d be surprised how many rock people enjoy doing a photo shoot with me because they get a UFO update. They’re the people who are most receptive to other forms of consciousness. They’re wide open.

When Dave Grohl calls his band the Foo Fighters, and they’re on Roswell Records and they premiere the record in Roswell, New Mexico, you know something’s going on! Jimmy Page has always been interested in UFOs, and Jimi Hendrix was driven by UFO ideas ” (extract from article).  Cool.

7th

NJ.com ” Morris County men sentenced in UFO hoax ” many press outlets covered this story…too many to mention.

“ Between Jan. 5 and Feb. 19, Rudy and Russo released helium balloons with traffic flares tied to them on five separate occasions in what they called a “social experiment” to debunk the pseudoscience of UFOs ” (extract from article). They then put up an article on April 1st saying it was a hoax… however, due to a possible fire hazzard they were fined $250 + 50 hours community service.

8th

Device Daily.com ” Another weird UFO over China “

“ Coming in fresh is another UFO report from China, this time from the Guangzhou University area.The UFO seemingly hovered amidst some pretty heavy cloud cover above the university and its surrounding environs.

A reporter in the area managed to get off a low-resolution shot of the activity, but it’s hard really to discern anything significant from his vantage point ” (extract from article).

9th

OhGizmo! ” Visible Energy UFO remote control power strip and colour changing snack bowl “

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The Star Online “ Graphic designer claims to have photos of UFO images recorded using digital camera “

” A GRAPHIC designer claimed that he spotted an unidentified flying object (UFO) circling overhead in Taman Dato’ Onn, Larkin in Johor at 10pm on Thursday, reported Kosmo! ” (extract from article).

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Raw Story.com ” Former Area 51 scientists break their decades long silence “

” Thornton Barnes, a former Area 51 project specialist, told Fox’s Bill Hemmer that a secret plane, code-named OXCART, was almost certainly mistaken for a UFO. At the time the OXCART was first brought online, Barnes says no one else in the world had any aero-technology like it ” (extract from article). Will this end all the speculation/answer your questions?…probably not.

The history of the OXCART program can be seen here from the CIA. Also the OXCART articles can be seen again at the CIA website here .

14th

15th

Cryptoworld.co.uk ” Katie Price and Peter Andre ‘Allegedly’ spot UFO (great) “

Lost in Space?

” Just when the whole idea of UFOs was starting to get a little bit of creditable attention, two muppets go and claim that on their very first trip to Area 51 they see, and video ‘weird lights’… ” (extract from article).

Mmmm how true…. OK….please move along to the next news.

16th

Cryptoworld.co.uk ” American made UFO spotted in Afghanistan “

” April 14, 2009: An unidentified, jet propelled UAV has been spotted operating from an American airbase in Afghanistan. It’s a flying wing design, similar to the X-45s and X-47s built as development aircraft for the U.S. Air Force and Navy ” (extract from article).

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Examiner.com ” UFO conference is ‘out of this world’ “

” Want to meet some of the most influential people studying ufology today? Get out to Galena, IL, May 28-31, for the Illinois Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) sponsored conference ” (extract from article).

CNN  ” Former Astronaut: man not alone in the universe “

” He delivered his remarks during an appearance at the National Press Club following the conclusion of the fifth annual X-Conference, a meeting of UFO activists and researchers studying the possibility of alien life forms ” (extract from article).

Later, near the end of the article [ NASA spokesman=Michael Cabbage]:” “NASA does not track UFOs. NASA is not involved in any sort of cover-up about alien life on this planet or anywhere else — period,” Michael Cabbage said Monday ” (extract from article).

21st

CNN video “ UFO believers seek truth “

” UFO believers are appealing to President Obama to release government files on extraterrestrial life. CNN’s Jim Acosta reports ” (from post with video).

KASA.com ” UFO believers push for records release “very similar to above article and video.

“ WASHINGTON – A group of space enthusiasts, and even astronauts, are pushing President Obama to release government documents on possible close encounters with aliens and UFO’s ” (extract from very short article). Main part is video, which is at the link above.

Northern Territory News ” Mum spots latest UFO in top end “

I’m guessing that this paper is similar to ‘The Sun’ back in the UK, as in newsworthiness.News.com has a similar article here .

Bendigo Advertiser ” Bendigo UFO a YouTube hit “

“ Bendigo District Astronomical Society education officer Paul Foley said it was highly unlikely the object was an alien spacecraft.
“There are a lot of things in the sky which look pretty strange, that sometimes can’t be explained, but that’s not to say they’re alien,” he said.
“UFOs are not necessarily alien spacecrafts.” Mr Foley said the object could have been anything from a meteorite to a piece of a satellite that had burned up while re-entering the atmosphere ” (extract from article).

The You tube video can be seen below (lasts 2minutes 19seconds):

22nd

The Capitol Times ” Man tells police he saw UFO at James Madison Park “

“  A 22-year-old downtown resident told Madison Police he spotted a mysterious unidentified flying object Thursday, April 16 at James Madison Park ” (extract from short article).

Gold Coast.com.au “ Comet showers to blame for mysterious light “

” WAS it a plane, was it a flying saucer or was it a meteor entering Earth’s atmosphere?
That is what two men on the Gold and Sunshine coasts are asking after both saw a mysterious white light shooting through the night sky on Monday ” (extract from article).

SanDiego6.com ” Obama UFO documents request ” (video 2 minutes 50 seconds)

Telegraph “ Are UFOs real? Famous people who believed “

” The former NASA astronaut Edgar Mitchell has claimed that aliens exist and their visits are being covered up by the United States government. Mitchell is in good company in his beliefs. Here we highlight 12 other public figures who believe that extraterrestrials may have been visiting our planet over the last 100 years ” (extract from article).

Braodcast Newsroom ” yU+co. creates main titles sequence for Disney’s Race To Witch Mountain “

” The main title sequence started in the editing room by researching hundreds of pieces of archival UFO footage that would help us tell the story,” says Synderela Peng, yU+co.’s Art Director. “We delineated decades of UFO discoveries, beginning with the 1950’s to the present day. We also spent a lot of time on details like treating the headlines and the film footage so they reflect the time period they were supposed to be from “ ” (extract from article).

23rd

Irish Times “ Politics goes galactic at gathering of UFO believers “

” In the banquet hall of a Hilton in suburban Maryland, there were no alien costumes. There were PhDs, ex-military men, activists and concerned citizens. They sat in on lectures with such titles as Obama and Disclosure . They browsed tables stocked with books such as Exopolitics: How Does One Speak to a Ball of Light? They talked about black budgets and quantum cosmology ” (extract from article).

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UFO Digest ” UFO sighting during a famous Italian Action Movie “

“ The motion of these spheres, including one in particular that is on the right of the actor “Enrico Lo Verso” into the “d1″, is absolutely anomalous, in fact, considering the aforesaid sphere, it accomplishes direction changes, including a turning with a small relative radius,at very high speed and it is noted that no airplane identified or bird would be able to perform such maneuvers ” (extract from article).

Related Italian news to this can be found here (translated by google).

Also at ivanceci.it

” In those days I was pointed out by Mr. Mario Maisto an interesting sighting occurred in 2007 during filming of the movie “Milano-Palermo: il ritorno”, played by Raoul Bova and Giancarlo Giannini ” (extract from article).
And Altro Giornale.org here

What do you think ….. is it a UFO? or is it a bird in flight? or something else.

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WVEC.com ” UFOs: do you believe “

“  A Virginia Beach man, Cameron Pack, says he’s gotten Virginia Beach’s UFO files. He says UFOs exist because he saw one. It was six years ago over a tree near the Virginia Beach amphitheater.
“The thing turns at a 90-degree angle, three white lights in a triangle formation,” he recalls ” (extract from article).

The Chattanoogan.com ” Roy Exum: Those Nevada UFOs “

“ But not all of them stayed quiet and, in the early 1960s, Project BLUEBOOK was started to fight the growing paranoia of an alien attack. Today there are 74,000 pages of reports housed in 37 cubic feet of files in the National Archives. Project BLUEBOOK was shut down in 1969 and, as unbelievable as this may well be to you, there isn’t one word that mentions Operation OXCART or the mysterious base called Area 51.
So, as you are once again led to believe there are not saucers that hover over our cornfields or aliens-on-ice high above the Nevada desert, you’ll be the smartest guy in the class if you don’t lose sight of the fact that, according to the CIA and the American government, a place called “Area 51” has never, ever, existed.
How does that go down with your Cherrios? If it bothers you, just remember I was more worried about the flying saucers ” (extract from article).

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NJ.com with The Star Ledger …Online Videos “ Ledger Live: Morris UFO hoaxers tell their story” Video included (8 minutes 57 seconds).

“ Chris Russo and Joe Rudy say they launched helium balloons with traffic flares tied to them in a “social experiment” to debunk the pseudoscience of UFOs ” (extract from article).
That video can be seen below from youtube

CentralJersey.com ” PRINCETON AREA: In Hamilton, ‘Dr No’ is on the case “‘

” Mr. Marcattilio picked up his “Dr. UFO” moniker by being the go-to guy for lots of ordinary people with out-of-the-ordinary questions, and also for his personal library of more than 1,200 UFO-related books and videos. He has created something like a traveling museum, too — some 75 large panels mounted with UFO photos, scientific reports, police reports, etc ” (extract from article).

American Chronicle “ UFOs, visitors are here – situation mysterious says author “

” Well-known author Whitley Strieber’s April 26 entry in the “Whitley’s Journal” section of his Web site provides interesting reading about “disclosure” on UFOs and visitation to Earth by other intelligent beings ” (extract from article). On a personal note, i’m afraid i do not find Whitley a credible source at all. Therefore, i cannot recommend his website…sorry.

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Away for a few days

I’m off for a few days, too sunny Blackpool (it’ll probably now rain), ….. so updates will be towards the end of the week.

I wish everyone a happy Easter…

PS you are welcome to use my articles in your blogs, however, it is usually courteous to add a link back to this site….