Here is something thatI believe. UFO research has stagnated for decades. We are doing the same thingstoday that we did in the 1980s and 1990s. Someone would report a UFO and
There were attempts togather other sorts of data. At one time there was a government network ofcameras set up in parts of the country that would photograph the night sky, totrack meteors and other natural phenomenon. Once the photographs, made fromfilm, were examined, they were tossed out. UFO researchers asked for the photographs so that they might look forUFOs. Philip Klass caused some trouble about this and the photographs werethrown out. I’m not sure what he feared, and no taxpayer dollars were expended,but those running the program fearing, I guess, adverse publicity withdrewtheir support.
This, among otherthings is why I’m a fan of the MADAR network. These node centers hosting avariety of sensors and detectors, are gathering data all the time. There is adocumented record from these centers and it is the sort of thing that Avi Loebhad suggested a couple of years ago. He wanted UFO research without the humanfactor in it.
On March 22 of thisyear, the witness, in Royal Palm Beach, Florida, said that he was in hisbackyard when he spotted a bright, steady light that appeared to drop down, outof the clouds. The witness was familiar with airplane traffic because one ofthe approach lanes for the airport was over his neighborhood.
At first, he thoughtthe light might be a jet, but there was no white, flashing light on the tail ofthe craft and there were no navigation lights on the wings. He said that thelight appeared to be round but he could see no other details. He thought hiseyes might be playing tricks on him and he took no photos or videos of theobject.
That same day he wasreviewing his incoming emails and noticed that he had a MADAR alert about thesame time as the sighting. There was a jump in the milligauss readings and acompass deviation as well. This does bring the nonhuman aspect of the case intofocus, providing data about some anomaly. The human aspect adds to theinformation.
In keeping with thistheme of alternative corroborations, MUFON reported that the witness, inAlmena, Wisconsin, on February 12 of this year, said he was outside when thedogs began to bark. They moved to the southwest where the witnesses noticed ared light moving at them at a high rate of speed. As it flew closer, they sawone red light and two white lights. Following that craft was another, aboutfive seconds behind the first.
At that point thewitness said there was a low, deep hum that was felt more then heard. Both thecraft’s lights were blinking in no real pattern. The witness did takephotographs, saying that some were blurred but in a “zoomed” in picture, therewas a definite triangular shape.
Wisconsin MUFON statedirector Fred Kohler investigated and said that the photographs contained agreat deal of additional detail. He said that the body of the craft looked moreU-shaped than triangular. He closed the case as an Unknown.