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UFO movie news round-up (27 May, 2012)

Sun, 27 May 2012 21:04:00 +0000

Prometheus: the making of a new myth

“What made Ridley Scott revisit the world of his iconic movie Alien more than 30 years later? The reasons are complicated, writes Damon Wise, and the results aren't what you'd expect.”

Article featuring comments from Ridley Scott indicating that Prometheus might be the beginning of a whole new franchise. Read it here.

Men in Black 3 stuff

MIB 3 director Barry Sonnenfeld tells io9 what he has learned from the second movie’s mistakes and how his threequel is better as a result.

Meanwhile, Lee Spiegel of The Huffington Postreminds us of the real-life MIB encounters that inspired the movie franchise.

Finally, on the MIB front, it’s an “illegal alien” face-off between MIB 3 and Mars Attacks over at Bryce Zabel’s Movie Smackdown site. Go see who wins!

Former SETI Director: Hollywood’s aliens are too nasty!

Former SETI Director Jill Tarter tells Universe Today that Hollywood’s alien invasion movies are a big bag of bollocks… but phrases it more politely than that…

“While Sir Stephen Hawking warned that alien life might try to conquer or colonize Earth, I respectfully disagree. If aliens were able to visit Earth that would mean they would have technological capabilities sophisticated enough not to need slaves, food, or other planets. If aliens were to come here it would be simply to explore.

Considering the age of the universe, we probably wouldn’t be their first extraterrestrial encounter, either. We should look at movies like ‘Men in Black III,’ ‘Prometheus’ and ‘Battleship’ as great entertainment and metaphors for our own fears, but we should not consider them harbingers of alien visitation.”

Read the full article here.

ALF! You know, from the ‘80s?

Lovable ‘80s TV alien ALF is headed for the big screen according to his creator Paul Fusco, who tells The Hollywood Reporter:

“ALF could be more outspoken now than ever, because the world is a whole different place than the '80s. And I think the character still stands up and certainly has more to say now than ever,” he says. “I think we would approach it in a fresh way. I don’t think we would duplicate the TV show, but I think we would maybe put it in a storyline where we would explain how ALF got here and put him with a new family and let the character speak for himself.”

Read more about the history – and possible future – of ALF, here.

Sticking with the ‘80s theme...

Thunder, Thunder, ThunderCats... ho!!!

This is old news (it was first reported in February of last year), but I’ve never mentioned it on Silver Screen Saucers until now. Five years ago, Warner Bros. Pictures announced it would be producing a big screen CGI adaptation of the 1980s animated TV series, ThunderCats. However, the project got lost in development hell, and there it remains to this day. Fans of the heroic alien cat-people thingies might be interested in the following test footage for the movie that found its way online last year (don’t get excited, though. It’s naff)...

The best alien invasion movie ever?!

Last but not least, visionary filmmakers Michael Bay (Transformers) and Peter Berg (Battleship) have teamed-up to bring us their dream project ;-) Could this be the greatest alien invasion movie ever? View the trailer here...

Video: Red/orange Lights Over Hernando, MS - 5/26/2012

Sun, 27 May 2012 13:50:00 +0000

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Witness' videos
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I received an email last night, from a gentleman, who along with his wife and parents, saw strange red/orange lights in the sky in Hernando, Mississippi.

Hernando, MS is located south of Memphis, Tennessee (I-55).

I corresponded with him and he sent in videos of that event. Presented here, are those videos and the witness' report.

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Location: Hernando, MS
Date: 05/26/2012
Time: 21:00
Shape: Orb/Sphere/Lights
Distance: 1 mile

"My wife, my two parents and I saw something identical to this tonight in Hernando, MS. I also have video of it that I will send you if you'd like to see it."

After I emailed him back and told him I would like to see the video and read his report, he wrote:

"What we saw were several redish, glowing lights in the sky moving very slowly towards the northwest. We live close to Memphis, TN, so I see many planes day and night, and this was certainly not that. They flickered, move very slowly, and faded away slowly over about a 5 to 10 minute time frame. After seeing them, I googled "lights in the sky", and came across a video on your website that showed something very similar to what we saw. The video on your site was from Texas. I will send the video of what we saw in a separate email.

Here is the video of what we saw tonight. It was around 9pm central time."

See Video above.

When I asked him about distance, size of the objects and if they could have been known objects such as 'Chinese lanterns', he replied:

"It's hard for me to estimate, but I'd guess they were about a mile away, probably 1500 ft high and the size would be smaller than a pea at arms length.

I would say that they did look like Chinese lanterns, although I've never seen them in this area, and they were moving against the wind. The wind was moving south/southeast, and they were moving northwest. They were what I'd guess Chinese lanterns look like though."

Conclusion: Could these lights have been Chinese lanterns? I don't know of any paper lanterns that can float against the wind. The witness states that the wind was blowing in a direction opposite to the objects travel.
There is yet to be a definitive answer, as to what these lights were.

If you saw these lights in Hernando, Mississippi, or elsewhere, please report your sighting.

Related posts:
Fiery Red/orange Orbs Over San Marcos, TX - 05/11/2012

League City, Texas: Red/orange objects flying slow and in formation

Update: League City, Texas Lights, also seen in Missouri and Pennsylvania

Additional Reports of Lights Over League City

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Saucer Sam – the UFO story that convinced a Government minister

Sun, 27 May 2012 07:31:30 +0000

The second edition of my book The UFO Files – based on the latest documents released by The National Archives – is published by Bloomsbury in September. And today one of the most interesting stories from the book has been … Continue reading →

UFO NEWS | AUSTRALIA | UFO Caught On Camera

Sun, 27 May 2012 00:01:00 +0000

Aiien Autopsy and Philip Mantle

Sat, 26 May 2012 15:25:00 +0000

Philip Mantle, Roswell Alien Autopsy published by RoswellBooks.com, Edinburg, Texas, 293 pages with an index.

Philip Mantle, a British UFO researcher has been involved with the alien autopsy almost from the moment that it was announced to the world that the film existed. He has met with all the primaries in the case, including those who hold the film, those who have examined it, and those of us who have researched it and UFOs for many years. If someone was going to write the definitive book about the alien autopsy, it would be Philip Mantle.

In great detail, Mantle outlines the whole story of the alien autopsy from the first public mention of any sort of film footage by Reg Presley of the Troggs (yeah, the Wild Thing group), to the worldwide interest in it. He explains how he entered into the investigation more nearly two decades ago and what he has learned along the way.

For those interested in all details of how the film was found, or maybe I should say, for those interest in the various versions of how the film was found and what was on it, this is the book. In fact, that is what is good about this book. It provides the information in a chronological form but with all the variations on what was said and by whom as more was learned about it.

Mantle presents the material in a fairly neutral form and I did find that somewhat disconcerting. I would have liked to see more commentary from him about the various aspects of the case. Don’t get me wrong, he offers opinions, but most of them are from those who have had some involvement in the alien autopsy case whether from the point of their creation of it to those who were on the fringes of the research about it.

In the end, I had a fairly clear idea of what Mantle thought, though some of that comes from the words of others. For example, the last chapter is the words of Mark Center who has a negative opinion of the film. And information just before that are my thoughts based on the admittedly unscientific poll I ran here about the reality of the film and the surprise, at least for me, that so many thought there was something of value in a study of the film.

And just before all that is a long interview with Spyros Melaris who said that he was deeply involved in the production of the autopsy film, which, if true, means the whole thing is a hoax. Refuting him, somewhat, is a chapter dealing with Ed Gehrman, an American who claims, among other things, that he has found the real crash site based on information supplied by the cameraman... or rather information supplied by the cameraman through Ray Santilli. Gehrman asks, "If there was no cameraman, how could he describe a real site in New Mexico?"

But that doesn’t do much to validate the alien autopsy and in the end, it is clear that all aspects of it have been explained. The evidence presented, including interviews and discussions with those who have the inside knowledge of the case should convince nearly everyone about the truth behind the alien autopsy.

Mantle’s book provides all the information that is needed to understand the autopsy from the very beginning. He leaves a little wiggle room at the end, though it is fairly clear what the conclusion of the reader should be. This is the one book to own if you have an interest in the alien autopsy, if you are interested in this one aspect of the Roswell UFO crash case, or you just would like a glimpse into the British world of music and television production.

Additional Reports of Lights Over League City

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:35:00 +0000

Video link

A witness saw the red/orange lights over League City, Texas, on May 18, 2012. He managed to capture a minute of video on his phone.

Another witness wrote in to say:

Hey waited a couple days to see how many posts were made up at 9pm in Katy tx just south of I10 my mother in law took her dog out to the back and she looked up and saw a set of 3 lights going across the sky. They moved slow, no noise, reddish flicker, they moved east to west north west. She called me over and over again to come upside and finally I answered, went outside and saw them too. Here's the difference. As three crossed the sky, three more would appear, always from the same origination point.

As they crossed the sky they went out. This continued and my mother in law counted 41 total objects going across the sky. They all appeared in the same area and all went out in the same area on the other side. I only saw the last 12 or so but I saw how they moved and appeared/dissapepeared. I did not have time to get a camera but I got one and we both drive out in the direction to see if it would happen again. It didn't.

41 in total! And that's only what she saw.

Another witness sent in a report:

FRIDAY MAY 18, 2012
BETWEEN 8:30-9PM

How many witnesses;
TWO

Note how long the sighting lasted;
APPROX. 5 MINUTES

Note where the sighting occurred;
LEAGUE CITY, TX

Note how far the object was from you;
APPROX. 400 YARDS

Note how high off the ground the object(s) appeared to be;
LESS THAN 1,000 FT
LOW ENOUGH TO BE BLOCKED BY HOUSING/TREES

Note size, color and shape of object(s);
SIZE OF A PENCIL ERASER HELD AT ARMS LENGTH, 6-8 LIGHT RED OVAL-SHAPED ORBS

If any lights, note color, shape, intensity, how many;
6-8 BRIGHT LIGHT RED GLOWING LIGHTS, NO FLASHING OR CHANGE OF COLOR, SLOW MOVING, NO DISTINCT FORMATION, CLOSE ENOUGH TO HEAR NOISE IF NOISE HAD BEEN PRESENT, SIZE OF PENCIL ERASER HELD AT ARMS LENGTH, SLOWLY MOVED FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTH, NO ERRATIC MOVEMENTS, VERY STEADY, OBVIOUSLY NOT AIRPLANES OR HELICOPTERS.

UFO lights were seen from my backyard in League City, TX near Austin St. and 518 at about 8:30 or 9:00 PM on May 18, 2012. The oval-shaped lights were very pronounced and almost reddish in color. There were about 6-8 of them in a very odd pattern; none of them were at the same altitude or in a distinct formation. These objects were definitely close enough for us to hear noise if there had been any noise present (which there wasn't). They were about the same height as our neighborhood trees. When spotted, they were heading from the Southwest and moving North at a very slow, steady pace. None of the lights faded, flickered or changed color during this episode. Disappeared from our backyard view at approximately 9-9:05PM. Hope to find out what they are!!

And yet another saw the objects on both the 18th and 18th of May, 2012:

I live in League City near Meadow Bend I also saw them on 5/18/12 and 5/19/12 both around 9pm and got them both on video both times and really would like to know what it was.

Original Posts:

League City, Texas: Red/orange objects flying slow and in formation

Update: League City, Texas Lights, also seen in Missouri and Pennsylvania

What are the lights that witnesses in League City, other parts of the U.S. and even the world, are seeing? Are they balloons? Are they Chinese lanterns, released in celebration of a birthday, a wedding, or some other occasion? Or are they something 'other worldly'?

If anyone knows for certain, or has an idea as to what these lights are, please contact me. Let's solve this case, just as other witnesses helped solve the case of the Blue Lights Over Lubbock. -Sunny

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UFO NEWS | MISSOURI | VIDEO: Ongoing UFO Sightings Over Blue Springs Spurs Investigation

Fri, 25 May 2012 00:01:00 +0000

Rockefeller UFO Initiative Video

Thu, 24 May 2012 20:59:00 +0000

A new Utube video has been released by Victor Viggiani at Zland Communications related to the Rockefeller Initiative. The initiative was an effort from 1993 to 1996 by billionaire Laurance Rockefeller to encourage then President Bill Clinton to release all material held by the United States government on the subject of UFOs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J15OctP-FqM

Further information related to the Rockefeller Initiative can be found in the Bill Clinton section of the website

http://www.presidentialufo.com/bill-clinton

The 1000+ pages of documents recovered in a 2001 FOIA request related to the Rockefeller Initiative can be found at

http://www.presidentialufo.com/document-downloads/cat_view/90-the-presidents/82-bill-clinton/85-rockefeller-initiative

MIBs Inspire Movie of the Same Name

Thu, 24 May 2012 15:33:00 +0000

'Men In Black' Inspired By Scary Stories Of People Who've Seen UFOs

Huffington Post- When "Men in Black 3" opens everywhere over Memorial Day weekend, most moviegoers will just be hoping this sequel matches the original for popcorn-munching fun.

But there are many people who say they've been victimized by and live in fear of real MIBs. And those stories, told for decades, are just as terrifying as they are detailed.

Ever since the early 1950s, long before the first "Men in Black" movie hit the silver screen in 1997, men dressed in identical black suits, hats and sunglasses, claiming to be government agents, have reportedly shown up in black cars at the homes or offices of people who reported UFO sightings.

According to those who were paid these unwelcome visits, the MIBs threatened or harassed the eyewitnesses into staying quiet about their UFO encounters.

Watch some reported Men in Black encounters:

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1947: Harold Dahl reported seeing a group of UFOs while he was on a boat in Washington's Puget Sound. Soon after, he said, he was approached by a black-suited individual who threatened him and his family if he ever talked again about the UFO sighting.

1967: Robert Richardson was driving his car at night in Toledo, Ohio, when he hit something, which, he claimed, then vanished. He found a piece of metal that he believed originated from the mysterious thing he hit. A few days later, two men, wearing black hats and sunglasses and driving a black 1953 Cadillac, visited Richardson at his home at 11 p.m. to ask questions. A week later, two other men arrived, dressed in black suits, and asked Richardson to turn over the metal to them. When he informed them he had sent it for analysis, he said, they threatened to harm his wife if he didn't get it back. He never heard from them again.

But why? Who were -- and, in some cases, still are -- these strange individuals who give out seemingly meaningless warnings about UFO sightings and try to intimidate people?

"They are the archetypal sinister person who turns up on the doorstep specifically in relation to a UFO encounter," said Nick Redfern, author of "The Real Men in Black" (New Page Books, 2011).

"People who have been visited by MIB tend to fall into two categories: One is the UFO witnesses. The other category is researchers who've been visited," Redfern told The Huffington Post.

After digging closely into the history of many reported MIB encounters, Redfern (pictured below) thinks he has a good handle on what may be going on.

"What we have, I'm pretty sure, is a sort of covert department or office or personnel within the official infrastructure. There are people who dress in black deliberately and go around and threaten people in certain circumstances relative to UFOs," he suggested.

"And they look like what you see in the 'Men in Black' movies. They look like agents of the government, like [actors] Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. And they issue veiled warnings not to talk about their UFO encounter."

But then there are the creepier MIB stories that emerge.

Like the one told by Dr. Herbert Hopkins. The respected family physician from Old Orchard Beach, Maine, was home alone on the night of Sept. 11, 1976. At the time, Hopkins was studying a UFO incident.

The phone rang, and a man's voice identified himself as a representative of a New Jersey UFO organization (which turned out to be phony).

"He wanted to know if he could come here and talk to me about the UFO case. He also asked if I was alone, and I said yes," Hopkins told this reporter in 1978 for a story broadcast on NBC Radio.

When Hopkins walked from the phone to the door and turned on the light, the man was already coming up the steps.

"If he was even as close as across the street or next door telephoning, he could not possibly have gotten here as soon as I did to turn on the light for him," recalled Hopkins.

When the stranger came in, Hopkins was struck by his appearance.

"He wore a neatly tailored black suit, black shoes, black socks, a white shirt with black tie, and he wore a black derby. You don't see derbies very often, and I thought to myself, 'This guy looks just like an undertaker.' When he sat down, he removed his derby.

"This character was as bald as an egg. He didn't even have eyebrows or eyelashes. It looked like he had smooth, plastic skin -- like a doll except that it was a dead-white color," Hopkins said.

"His lips were a brilliant ruby red, and he spoke in an expressionless, monotone, scanning speech. He constructed no phrases and sentences -- just a sequence of words evenly spaced. His voice was completely passive with no inflection or intonation, as if you were hearing it from a machine that could talk."

During the short time they were together, Hopkins and the strange man talked about the UFO case that the doctor had been investigating. Hopkins also noticed other very odd things about this Man in Black.

"He sat perfectly motionless and wore grey suede gloves. He idly brushed his lips with the back of a glove, and when he put his hand down, the back of his glove was bright red and the red on his mouth was smeared, so I knew he was wearing lipstick.

"Then I could see that his mouth was a perfectly straight slit. Apparently, he did not have what we call lips, so the lipstick was put on as a decoy -- his mouth was more like a ventriloquist's dummy."

This classic MIB story gets even stranger.

The odd visitor told Hopkins to take a coin out of his pocket and hold it in the palm of his hand.

"He said, 'Watch the coin,' and it started to develop a silver color instead of copper, and then the silver became bluish and the penny was getting quite fuzzy, out of focus, blurred, and then it simply was gone -- it slowly dematerialized."

Following the coin magic, the stranger ordered the doctor to destroy all information he had gathered about the UFO case.

"As he spoke his last words, I noticed his speech was slowing down. His words became slower and farther spaced. He slowly got to his feet, unsteadily, and he said very slowly, 'My -- energy -- is -- running -- low -- must -- go -- now -- goodbye.' Just like that."

Hopkins said that the MIB -- whoever or whatever he was -- clung tightly to the railing as he went down the steps outside, placing both feet on each step, and then disappeared around the corner into a bright light.

When the chilling encounter was over, a terrified, intimidated Hopkins destroyed all traces of any UFO materials he had.

Dan Aykroyd's personal account of a possible MIB encounter:

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So who are the real Men in Black who have scared people for decades? Are they government agents trying to spread disinformation about UFOs? But for what purpose?

"The MIB movies are very entertaining, but they portray one angle of a mystery that is actually two-pronged," said Redfern.

"You've got this government conspiracy angle, but you've also got this Gothic archaic mystery that ties in as much with the occult and paranormal as it does with flying saucers."

Source: Huffingtonpost.com

Editor's Note: Some folks seem to be upset by the "Men In Black" movies. I for one, find them very entertaining. Sometimes it's a relief to joke about a serious subject.

Before I became a UFO Researcher/Investigator, I had been witness to several UFO sightings. One was an object being chased by a jet. Several days later I was paid a visit. Not by men dressed in black suits but a "black" helicopter, which hovered just a couple of feet off the ground, about 30 feet from my house.

I stared at the blackened windshield, knowing full well that they could see me, though I could not see them. That was a form of intimidation but as you can clearly see, it didn't work. I'll keep on seeking the truth and reporting sightings.

Oh, I do plan to see MIB3, this weekend. I need a good laugh.

-Sunny Williams

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UFO NEWS | US Airways Express Flight Crew Sees Mysterious Object; FAA and Law Enforcement Authorities are Investigating

Thu, 24 May 2012 00:01:00 +0000

A snowball’s chance?

Wed, 23 May 2012 13:45:39 +0000

So what really happened to radiation-burn victims Betty Cash, and Vicki and Colby Landrum outside Houston on the evening of Dec. 29, 1980? They claimed their car was blocked by a glowing, diamond-shaped UFO on said date, and that the object was surrounded by 20-plus military helicopters, including twin-rotor Army Chinooks. It’s a well-chronicled story, and not even the Army Inspector General’s report could dismiss it as a hoax. However, it couldn’t, or wouldn’t, account for the military aircraft reported… Read More »

UFO Seen Entering Atmosphere Over Poteet, TX- 5/19/2012

Wed, 23 May 2012 06:31:00 +0000

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According to a witness in Poteet, Texas, they observed what might have been a wormhole, with a craft emerging.

This MUFON report, is unedited.

MUFON Case #38265
Location: Poteet, Texas
Date of Sighting: 05/19/2012
Distance: Over One Mile
Flight Path: Straight-line path
Shape: Sphere
Summary: Spectacular Upper Earth Atmosphere Entry

Report:
May 19, 2012 – 9:47 PM Observation location is in Atascosa County, on the corner of FM 2504 and Garden Drive. This location is between the township of Rossville, Texas (2.75 miles to the East) and the city of Devine, Texas (7.3 miles to the North East).

I was in my truck facing south on Garden Drive about to make a right turn onto FM 2504 when I looked straight up into the night sky and noticed a ball of white light about four times the size of Venus as we see it now. The light was coming down from the stars and emitted, exploded or pushed the outer atmosphere into a huge and very bright ring of light the size of my fist at arm’s length. It looked like the same kind of entry as filmed over Xiao Shan Airport in Hangzhou, China on July 7, 2010.

The bright ring lasted a few seconds but the white light that came into the atmosphere continued on a southward flight path. Below and maybe, five to six miles behind the white light came the nightly 9:45PMish passenger jet airliner at around 15,000 to 18,000 feet AGL.

The pilots of the jet liner had to have seen the bright white light for it would have been at their 11:30 and only a few miles in front of them.

The white light dimed as it continued its flight south and the passenger plane veered off more to their right. I could not tell if the passenger plane’s right course correction was due to the white light or just a normal course correction to Laredo direction.

Possible passenger airliner is a Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Laredo (LRD) American Airlines 3363 operated by /AMERICAN EAGLE, Embraer RJ145, which Depart at 8:55pm to Arrive 10:15pm.

Need to research and find all the flights that fly over nightly south bound though the Atascosa County airspace at 9:45 PM.

Video clip of UFO over Xiao Shan Airport, Hangzhou, China, July 7, 2010.

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UFO NEWS | CANADA | VIDEO: A Pair of UFOs Cruise Over Stouffville, Ontario

Wed, 23 May 2012 00:03:00 +0000

'Dinosaurs vs. Aliens': new details emerge

Tue, 22 May 2012 22:13:00 +0000

By Robbie Graham Silver Screen Saucers

Men in Black 3 director Barry Sonnenfeld has revealed more details about his next alien-themed silver screen project. As reported last year, Sonnenfeld has teamed-up with comic book writer Grant Morrison to develop a graphic novel and movie sharing the same name: Dominion: Dinosaurs Versus Aliens, which will chronicle a secret, prehistoric battle for the Earth.

Chatting with io9recently, Sonnenfeld addressed concerns that audiences might find it difficult to relate to his dinosaur protagonists: “First, we have to sell the project,” said the director. “We're going out to LA in about 6 weeks with a pre-vis and our script, to see who wants to buy into it. We've already had lots of ideas. The aliens speak in a way [that] you can understand them. And the dinosaurs — they actually have a certain amount of culture, through grunts and doing stuff with their bodies and sticks. We believe that the Dinosaurs had culture. They didn't speak, but they did have other ways of communicating. It won't be a problem, and it will be pretty fantastic.”

Dino-culture? Yep, apparently so. Sonnenfeld says his movie’s dinosaurs are “very smart... possibly the way they really were. They have rudimentary things, but they learn as they go along from the aliens.”

Yes, it sounds completely bonkers; however, the idea of animal characters utilizing non-verbal communication methods to carry a movie is certainly intriguing and was used to stunning effect in Rise of the Planet of the Apes – arguably one of the best Hollywood movies of 2011.

We can only speculate as to what else Dinosaurs vs. Aliens has in store for us. Will the dinosaurs defeat their alien invaders only to be wiped out later by an asteroid? Or will the movie postulate that ETs were responsible for the great dino-extinction? Watch this space, and expect a 2014 release.

UFO NEWS | UK | "Numerous Sightings of Unusual Flashing Lights in the Night Sky Were Reported Over Basingstoke"

Tue, 22 May 2012 13:52:00 +0000

UFOs & NUKES | DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENT: UFOs Reported Over Nuclear Weapons Storage Area at Killeen Base (3-24-1949)

Tue, 22 May 2012 00:01:00 +0000

Update: League City, Texas Lights, also seen in Missouri and Pennsylvania

Mon, 21 May 2012 14:04:00 +0000

Photo by Mesquite, Texas witness, 5/19/2012
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Photo by Mesquite, Texas witness, 5/19/2012
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On May 19, 2012, witnesses in Texas, Missouri and Pennsylvania observe red/orange lights in the sky.

These reports were received as either comments to the original post, or emailed directly to me. Please note that these reports are posted here "as is", with no editing. However, names have been removed. -SW

Mesquite, TX
We saw this in mesquite texas tonight may 19, 2012. They were just reddish lights hovering in the sky. There were I believe 6. They were slow moving and we watched them about a couple minutes before they disappeared.
It was just about right at 10pm, and I do believe that they were headed north.

Levittown, PA
Me and my girlfriend where standing out back of our home in levittown PA. we both spotted an unusual object flying over my back yard. it apperd to be red and orange flickering almost like a camp fire. it was moving slow at about the height you would expect to see a news helicopter. there was no noise. i took out my iPhone and recorded a video of it. It looks very similar to the picture you have from may 18th over Texas, but there was only one. i took a look at my compass and it was moving from east to west. i went straight to my computer to find answers that is how i found this site. if you have any answers for me please let me know. if you would like the video im sure i can send it to you, but it is not the best quality.

League City, TX
On May 19th, 2012 around 9:15 pm we also observed these six red lights moving in the sky from our backyard (facing Louisiana Street), going north. After the initial six lights there was one additional light following from a distance. They just faded out after several minutes. (Had enough time to notice them, go inside and get a camera and they were still there).

League City, TX
My son and I saw the lights over League City too...It was amazing, we thought that maybe they were lanterns but they kept formation too well to be...thanks for sharing the pics!

League City, TX
My son and I saw the same thing in League City, Texas about 9:00pm. We were on St. Christopher in the parking lot of Huntcliff Apartments. Then another young lady pulled in and stopped and witnessed it along with us. My son did tell me that him and 2 friends saw the same thing a few weeks ago as they were driving down 270. I kept my eye on the last one as the lights disappear, I could still see some kind of object flying. I never believed in UFO's until last night.

Springfield, MO
We saw orange/red balls in the sky last night while eating dinner outside over Springfield, Mo. They were slow and moving across he sky. No plane we know that. It was so weird to see. May 19th, 2012 we saw 7 of them. It freaked us all out. No flashing, no jet stream sounds, no helicopter sounds. Just big orange balls moving around. This was around 10pm or so.

I know others have to had seen this......

Ozark, MO
My mom and I with other friends in ozark missouri saw the 6 orange balls in the sky while we were grilling. They came from the southwest and were low and bright. This around 10pm to 1030 pm. No sounds whatsoever. None of us could figure this out.

Katy, TX
I found your sight when I googled “strange lights in sky 5-19-12.” I was directed to a report from League City which is about 30 minutes from where I live in Katy. I saw the almost the same exact thing as the witnesses in League City except it was Saturday night, 5-19-12 at 9:15 PM.

I had just returned from the grocery store when I noticed very bright lights travelling from the Southeast and heading West. The lights were

Orange to red in color. There were two groups of three lights and they were in roughly the same orientation as the photograph from League City. They made no sound. There were no red strobes or green lights like on aircraft. They moved slowly across the sky. I was able to follow the first light all the way across the sky until I lost it in Venus (or whatever planet is in the western sky shortly after sunset). The other lights turned white and then disappeared one by one.

Unfortunately, I did not have my phone with me; something I really regret now.

It was probably five to six minutes from the time I first saw them to when the last one disappeared. I wouldn't have any idea how to estimate their altitude. I think it is their brightness that makes me cautious of their height. They were so bright in the sky that one part of my mind says they were flying low; less than 5000 feet. But the first one especially, the one that went all the way across the sky, seemed higher than that. If i had to guess though, i would say the 5000 feet range. Lastly, they never moved in relation to one another. They seemed to stay in a singular formation. I don't remember seeing stars pass behind them. But my gut feeling says they were separate objects. That may come from their lights disappearing at different times.

See Original Post: League City, Texas: Red/orange objects flying slow and in formation

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Life on Venus in ‘Beyond Apollo’?

Sat, 19 May 2012 22:34:00 +0000

By Robbie Graham Silver Screen Saucers

Barry Malzberg's award-winning sci-fi thriller novel Beyond Apollo is being adapted for the big screen by writer/director Michael Grodner and executive producer Matt Reeves (Cloverfield, Let Me In).

Here’s the synopsis for Beyond Apollo as presented on the movie’s official website:

“The first two-man mission to Venus is aborted in mid-flight and abruptly returns back to Earth. When rescue crews go to retrieve the space capsule, they make a startling discovery: The Captain is missing – there is no sign of his body whatsoever – and strangely enough, the lone surviving astronaut has no clue about what took place.

Beyond Apollo tells the riveting story of when that astronaut, Harry Evans, returns to earth and must answer to the authorities about what really happened on board the doomed flight to Venus. His mind-bending struggle to figure that out is a harrowing journey through the possibilities: Was the Captain murdered? Did he commit suicide? Or were alien beings responsible for his demise? The answer, as Evans will eventually discover, is far more terrifying than anything he could possibly imagine.

Based on the award winning book by Barry N. Malzberg, Beyond Apollo captures the eerie isolation of delving into the unknown, begs us to ask the unanswerable, and marks the separation between the real, unreal and surreal.”

Pre-production artwork for Beyond Apollo. Image credit: BeyondApollo.com

First published in 1972, Beyond Apollo is Malzberg’s most famous novel and in 1973 became the first recipient of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.

The cast list for Beyond Apollo is still developing, but so far includes Scott Speedman (Underworld), Bill Pullman (Independence Day) and Ali Larter (Heroes). The movie has been in development for several years but has lacked sufficient funding. Now, with the backing of sales company Stealth Media Group, principal photography is due to begin this fall. Expect a 2014 release.

League City, Texas: Red/orange objects flying slow and in formation

Sat, 19 May 2012 16:42:00 +0000

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I received this report from a witness, who along with his wife observed lights over League City, Texas, on May 18, 2012.

Location: League City, TX
Date of Sighting: 05/18/2012
Time: approx. 21:00 (9:00 p.m.)
Duration: about 1 minute
Shape: Sphere/Oval/Orbs/Disc
Characteristics: Red/orange Lights

1st email:
"Saw this an hour ago over league city. See attached picture."

After I asked how long the objects were observed and in what direction they were traveling, the witness replied:

"Only for about a minute as we were driving home. They were traveling along Louisiana Ave north towards 518. Figured it was either some event for Kemah or something heading back to Ellington Field. I thought it might have been fire from a hot air balloon but could not see the outline of either a balloon or basket. It looked too low and flying too slow to be a conventional aircraft and the light was solid and bright and not blinking. Either way it was weird."

The witness also stated that the objects were flying too low and slow to be conventional aircraft and the lights were not characteristic of planes, or helicopters.

I requested and received permission to post the photos and report.

Note: I enlarged and cropped the triangle formation of lights, to get a better view of them. Upon examination, it appears that there may be energy of sorts, surrounding each light.

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If you saw the objects over League City, Texas, at about 9:00 p.m. Friday, May 18, 2012, please report it. -Sunny

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Web site updates

Fri, 18 May 2012 18:13:24 +0000

Spanish (courtesy of Sergio) and Italian (courtesy of Paolo) questionnaires added under the “Reporting blog” . Now Just Arabic and Chinese (Mandarin) missing for completing the official languages of the United Nations. Also, a Blog entry about ATC (Air Traffic Control) Spanish sightings…

Air traffic controller UAP report in Spain…some past cases

Fri, 18 May 2012 16:29:20 +0000

Today I came across an interesting headline: Unidentified Flying Object In Denver Nearly Takes Out Private Jet (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/16/denver-ufo-near-miss-jet_n_1521934.html). Hopefully we will know in the next days the nature of the mysterious intruder… But it reminded me also about last November’s message from an Air traffic controller report in Spain. Indeed there has been some interesting info [...]

'Prometheus': new poster & viral video

Fri, 18 May 2012 01:07:00 +0000

Silver Screen Saucers

New viral video for Ridley Scott's Prometheus, featuring Noomi Rapace as Elizabeth Shaw...

And a new international poster for the movie leaves little to the imagination...

SETI astronomer discusses 'Battleship'

Thu, 17 May 2012 16:14:00 +0000

Silver Screen Saucers

SETI astronomer Seth Shostak spoke to Space.com recently about his involvement in Hollywood's newest alien invasion movie, Battleship, and discussed the problems inherent in our making contact with extraterrestrials.

Read the interview here...

When Aliens Attack: 'Battleship' Strategy with SETI Astronomer Seth Shostak

'Men in Black 3' aliens featurette

Thu, 17 May 2012 15:47:00 +0000

Silver Screen Saucers

New MIB 3 featurette goes behind the scenes with legendary Hollywood 'monster maker' Rick Baker and gets up close and personal with the movie's aliens...

Texas Panhandle Residents To See "Ring of Fire" Solar Eclipse, May 20, 2012

Thu, 17 May 2012 13:40:00 +0000

Jan. 4, 2011- The joint Japanese-American Hinode satellite captured a breathtaking event from space. The unique view created what's called an annular solar eclipse.

CREDIT: Hinode/XRT

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Sunday's Solar Eclipse 'Ring of Fire': Where and How to See It

On Sunday afternoon (May 20), the path of an annular solar eclipse will cross parts of eight western states. SPACE.com estimates that an estimated 6.6 million Americans live within the path of annularity.

An annular solar eclipse is typically no match for a total solar eclipse. It is really more like an embellished partial eclipse, with the beautiful solar corona not becoming visible and the sky never getting really dark. Nevertheless, an annular solar eclipse still ranks as one of the most remarkable of celestial sights for avid skywatchers.

Sunday's eclipse track begins in East Asia and crossed the Pacific Ocean before reaching North America. In the United States, the U.S. National Park Service has invited skywatchers to view the solar eclipse from a national park, while the University of Colorado, at Boulder is opening its Folsom Stadium — a football stadium — to the public in what organizers are calling the world's largest solar eclipse viewing party.
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Lubbock, Texas, is not on center line, but is about 25 miles to the northeast. From there, an almost perfect ring will be formed, lasting 4 minutes 14 seconds beginning at 8:33:54 p.m. CDT. But the sun will be only 1.3 degrees above the horizon when the annular eclipse begins.

Annularity will end six minutes before sunset. Farther to the southeast, the effect of atmospheric refraction must be taken into account. The thick atmosphere at the horizon refracts or bends sunlight so that we are seeing the setting sun about a half degree above where it really is.

In Snyder, Texas, for example, calculations neglecting refraction suggest that only the beginning of the 3 minute 40 second ring phase (at 8:33:43 p.m. CDT) will be visible before the sun drops below the horizon, but taking refraction into account shows that the sun will remain above the horizon for another nine minutes. At Sweetwater, Texas, the sun will resemble a horseshoe with narrow, pointed tips tilted down and to the right when it transitions to a lopsided ring at 8:34:27 p.m. CDT. Less than three minutes later, the sun will set.

Read the full story on Space.com

Video of where to see May 20, 2012 solar eclipse

How to safely photograph the "Ring of Fire:

Note: Take precautions when photographing the sun, even during an eclipse. Please check out the link above, for tips on safely photographing the eclipse.

If you would like to send in your photos of the "Ring of Fire", I will be happy to post them here on Lights in the Texas Sky.

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UFO NEWS UPDATE | VIDEO: No Kidding – A 'Weather Balloon' is Suggested as Possible Explanation for Mystery Object in Near Mid-Air Collision Over Denver

Thu, 17 May 2012 10:14:00 +0000

UFO NEWS UPDATE | VIDEO: No 'Unidentified Targets' at Time of Near Mid-Air Collision, Says FAA

Thu, 17 May 2012 09:13:00 +0000

UFO NEWS | VIDEO: Mystery Object Nearly Causes Mid-Air Collision Above Denver; FAA Launches Investigation!

Thu, 17 May 2012 00:01:00 +0000

President Obama tells Will Smith's son: "I can neither confirm nor deny the existence of extraterrestrials"!

Wed, 16 May 2012 21:24:07 +0000

Thanks to the hard work of UFO movie historian Robbie Graham we now have the story about the encounter between President Barack Obama and actor Will Smith's son

http://silverscreensaucers.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/president-obama-tells-will-smiths-son-i.html

This is a second critical break in the Governments UFO cover-up following Obama's trip to New Mexico where in speaking of the 1947 Roswell crash Obama said "We are going to keep our secrets here." Readers should note that it is very uncommon for the president to speak about UFOs even in a joking tone.

http://www.presidentialufo.com/articles-a-papers/418-did-obama-fumble-the-ufo-cover-up

Update

A major Canadian newspaper as well as Politico have picked up on the story

http://www.torontosun.com/2012/05/16/will-smiths-son-asks-obama-about-aliens

Lubbock "Blue Light" is most likely a remote controlled Glider

Wed, 16 May 2012 20:02:00 +0000

Recent video of Blue Light Over Lubbock.
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"A friend of ours told us about a light in the sky between Ave P and University.. between 80th and 95th in Lubbock, Texas. When he called us we video taped this along with some pictures. There was no sound and it kept flasbing on and off. Several of our neighbors witnessed it. We borrowed their binoculars and you could see red, blue, and green bright lights. Please comment if anyone knows what this is."

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http://www.texasufosightings.com/1/post/2012/05/something-strange-is-happening-in-lubbock.html
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A witness wrote and said that as the object passed over him, he was able to see that it is a remote controlled glider.

Here are examples of L.E.D. lit gliders:

Video Link

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Folks, if you want to get to the bottom of this and find out what that blue light really is, check the open areas near where you see this blue light (near S. University Drive). You may find the guy that is holding the remote. -SW

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UFO NEWS | Ex-Army Colonel John Alexander Seeks Amnesty For Military Who Witness UFOs

Wed, 16 May 2012 11:17:00 +0000

Bright Lights In Missouri Skies - UFO Chases Car in Lebanon, MO

Wed, 16 May 2012 10:26:00 +0000

Witness' depiction of how object appeared while hovering near the ground.
MUFON Case #38180

Witness' depiction of the bottom of object.
MUFON Case #38180

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Missouri residents report UFO sighting to MUFON.

Here are the unedited sightings reports.

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Lebanon witness chased by dome-shaped disc UFO
MUFON Case #38180
Location: Lebanon, Missouri
Date of Sighting: 05/16/2012
Time of Sighting: 04:50
Viewing Distance: 20 Feet or Less
Object Features: Dome, Other
Object Flight Path: Other
Object Shape: Disc

Summary: I Saw it on the ground and it chased my car for about 1 mile no more than 20 ft behind me

Report:
I dropped my husband of at work about 3 miles outside of town as I got to the end of the driveway I saw 4 blue/white lights on the ground in the yard across the street as i looked at them about 3-4 feet above a blue-green light pulsated as if under rippling water the light started on the left changed color to a dull yellow in the middle and then back to blue green on the right it did this about 3 times.my first thought was this is not normal so I turned left on the road and started to drive fast to get out of there, I looked into my rear-view mirror and and it lifted about ten feet off the ground the bottom angled toward me and on the bottom there was a very bright orange red light it sped up with the bottom angled toward me and was following my car I barely stopped at the stop sign and turned left, I thought it had stopped but I looked in my mirror again and it was chasing me I sped up to about 65 and it stayed within 20 ft of my car, I got to the end of the road and turned right at this point I was at the edge of the city and it's lights disappeared. I did not see it after that.

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Bright orb over Springfield, MO

MUFON Case #38179
Location: Springfield, Missouri
Date of Sighting: 5/15/2012
Time Of Sighting: 21:25
Object Flight Path: Path with directional change
Object Shape: Sphere, Star-like

Summary: Saw Bright Orb like object hovering, did swirling maneuvers, moved in different directions at slow and high rates of speed, then disappeared. Cell phone acted up and could not video. I know what I saw...Definitely strange.

Report:
May 15th 2012. I was taking my nightly jog, in Springfield, Missouri between 9-10 p.m. Location Walnut Lawn, Scenic, and Golden street area. I looked up and noticed this orb like bright light, similar to a star, illuminating in the sky. It hovered, did swirl like maneuvers, then hovered, darted in different directions slow and at high rates of speed, then disappeared. Tried to video tape it on Iphone but would not pick up at the time.

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UFO NEWS | VIDEO: UFOs Recorded Over Scottsdale Arizona

Wed, 16 May 2012 00:01:00 +0000

'Battleship' director: "You gotta join the army, motherf**ker!"

Tue, 15 May 2012 21:58:00 +0000

By Robbie Graham Silver Screen Saucers

Battleship helmer Peter Berg was interviewed recently by Israeli reporter Jason Danino-Holt. The idea was for Berg to promote his new movie, which sees invading aliens face-off against the US Navy. However, the director was more interested in voicing his opinions on US/Israeli foreign policy in regard to Iran.

In the bizarre interview, Berg challenges the 25-year-old Holt on his military record, asking the reporter if he has served in the Israeli military -- a requirement for Israeli citizens.

When Holt answers "no", the ultra-militaristic Berg is displeased: "What?! How did you get out of that? Are you a draft dodger?... You gotta join the army, motherf**ker!"

The video speaks for itself and also goes a long way towards explaining the remorseless violation of the cinematic medium that is Battleship...

Battleship docks in US cinemas May 18. Read my full review of the movie here...

Battleship: Silver Screen Saucers Review

Alien Encounter and UFO Contact in Texas

Tue, 15 May 2012 14:37:00 +0000

Depiction of an alien encounter by SW/LITS

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Note: These reports were submitted to MUFON and are presented here "as is", with no corrections. -SW

Alien Encounter In Maypearl

MUFON Case #37118
Location: Maypearl, Texas
Date of Event:     05/15/1991
Time of Event: 12:00
Source: MUFON

Summary: We were sleeping and a bright light shined through bedroom window. It woke me and I saw 4 short grey figures at our bed. One at my side of the bed ; two at end of the bed ; and one moved to my fiance's side of the bed. I tried to scream but I could not.

Report:
I had moved in with my fiance' ; now my husband. One night in the early morning hours in 1991 ; I was woken up by a bright blinding light shining through the window of our bedroom window. I also heard a loud humming sound. It startled me. I had woke up and looked up at the window. My husband didnt budge at all. I looked back to the room and saw four short greyish figures with big dark eyes standing by our bed; one was standing by me ; looking at me. I could see that they were all about 3-4 feet tall. Light grey ; big head, small mouth/nose, skinny neck; body was not porportioned with their head size, body was smaller in size, big dark oval eyes, long skinny arms; long skinny fingers,they made a weird voice type noise;like a soft robotic sound. I could see two more at the foot of bed and one to the side of my husband.I saw the one by my husband; touching my husbands shoulder. I was frightened and was watching them . I didnt know what to do . I could not move or scream; like I was paralyzed or something. It felt like my arms, my head,and legs were being held down. All I could do was move my eyes to see what they were doing. I tried to holler at my husband but I could not say anything at all. The one that was looking at me; was moving its head side to side looking at me; like he was observing me or something. I seen its hand come up toward me. Right after that ; I dont remember anything else that happened .Time had lapsed into daytime; hours later. I started remembering what had happened that next night. Bits and pieces. But The next day and following a few days later; me and my husband noticed that we had gooey; jelly type ooze that kept coming out of both of our belly buttons.When we showered ; we both had said something about the goo to each other. I told him that I had the same stuff coming from mine to. We did not what it was; we felt tired the next day and the days followng that. I didnt put two to two together until days later; after what had happened. It is like I remember what happened the time of seeing them and everything else was blocked. After days going by; I kept getting sick off and on ; feeling drained. At one time I had to be taken to hospital but they did not know what was wrong with me. I had headaches; dizziness and nauseousness. It was like I couldnt breathe or something. To this day we dont know what happened to us both. We have since moved from the area it happened; a year later. I am still puzzled about it all but I know what I saw and it was not a dream either.I am a light sleeper and it was no dream. I was woken up by the bright lights and then seeing those things were terrifying. It was the most frightening thing that happened to me. I was awake and then I saw them; then all else was blocked from me. They were there and then gone in a flash. Thats all I know; I still want to know what happened to us and what the ooze was in our belly button area. We still would like to know what took place with us that night. I still think about it today. I could sketch it but I will not at this time.

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Black Triangle Sighting and Interaction in Electra

MUFON Case #38153
Location: Electra, Texas
Date of Sighting: 05/15/2012
Time of Sighting: midnight
Sighting Duration: 00:12:00
Viewing Distance: 101-500 Feet
Object Flight Path: Straight-line path
Object Shape     Triangle, Unknown

Summary: Flew above our heads and responded to a flashlight by turning on third gold light

My daughter and I were outside sitting on the front porch steps, when we heard a strange rumble sound coming from the East. We both thought it was a low flying plane at first, then we were able to see two white/blue light that seemed to pulse up and down. As it got closer we knew it was not a plane by the low rumbling sound it made, and the two lights in front were hanging down from it, almost as long as a telephone pole.
We could not see any type of body for this craft. As it slowly passed over us, I flashed my flashlight at it three times. It then turned on a third light, gold in color, located behind and in the middle of the first two. It looked as though there could have been five feet or more between the lights. After that we stepped out into the street and started walking in the direction that it flew away in.
It never really moved very fast it seemed to just glide away almost. As it drifted off into the distance, maybe ten miles ahead of us, it stopped blinking its lights, and just went out of sight. We were not frightened by it, more amazed than anything, and thought it was cool that it seemed to respond to my flashlight by turning its third light on.

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Daddy needs his medicine

Mon, 14 May 2012 21:06:19 +0000

De Void liked it better when the 1947 Roswell UFO crash was attributed to space aliens. It was a more palatable notion, or at least more benign. Here they were, off-world de Gamas and Magellans, trying hard to tip-toe above a planet newly gutted by primitives, ego and apocalyptic insecurities. The explorers are easing around the edges of the heart of darkness — in this case, New Mexico, blistered by Earth’s first atomic explosion, experimenting with new missile and bomber delivery systems… Read More »

UFO NEWS | VIDEO: Mystery Solved! Sun UFOs Have Been Identified

Mon, 14 May 2012 10:26:00 +0000

Nasa Image of 'UFO' Near Sun Sparks Debate

Mon, 14 May 2012 09:14:00 +0000

UFOs Filmed Hovering Over U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Storage Area:

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:02:00 +0000

UFOs Filmed Hovering Over U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Storage Area

Sun, 13 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Declassified U.S. government documents and military veterans have confirmed repeated UFO incursions at American nuclear weapons sites, decade after decade.