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    Default UFOs what are they and why are they ignored?

    And now for some lighter fare…maybe?

    I may regret this in about 12 seconds…….

    People all over the world are seeing something but what are they and where do they come from. Communists and Capitalists alike report seeing strange objects in the sky. Even Presidents have seen them.

    Continuing to pretend that they don't exist is like ignoring the elephant in the livingroom.
    Odd things have been discussed throughout human existence, they crop up perhaps in the bible and in much older records, they have been portrayed in medieval and renasance paintings, described in Irish tails and by American Indians. People have reported them from all the world over and serious science continues to ignore them, but that doesn't change the fact that something is there.

    I am not obsessed with the subject but I do wonder why it is so ignored.
    I unfortunately saw one in daylight but very near to sunset. What I saw was not a trick of swampgas or any trick of light. If I could have explained it as imaginings or a trick on the eyes then I would not be writing this.

    It was brief but not so brief as to not see details. I hadn't seen one before the encounter and haven't seen one since. Nor did I want or expect to see what I saw. But enough preamble and on to what I saw.

    The year was 1967 and it was a clear summer late afternoon, the sun had not gone down in the west but the east was beginning to have that deep velvet blue of dusk. Yes and no mind altering or intoxicating substances were being imbibed. We were travailing in a car at about 40MPH toward a small town, the town I lived nearest to in fact and I was very familiar with the terrain and surroundings. When it came into our view it was moving very slowly across the top of a grove of trees, the only trees in an agricultural area. The trees were perhaps 40 feet tall with one single house nearby. We were several hundred yards away and the driver slowed…a bit of shock I guess. The TV antenna from the house was visible at a level below the object. It continued to move in an easterly direction and once clear of the trees dropped to an altitude of only about 12 feet. It appeared to be about 35 feet long and disk shaped. It was made of what appeared to be made of a silvery metallic substance with some small dark round ports above the centreline but it gave off a blue radiance that seemed to engulf the craft. It crossed the road in front of the house and crossed a deep weeded ditch between the road and a railroad track embankment. The railroad embankment was rather higher than all of the surrounding land, being perhaps 25 feet high. There the object stopped for a moment and slowly elevated its forward end to about a 35° to 40° angle. When it did this I noticed that it was not disk shaped as I had first thought but was actually a rather sleek and rounded triangular shape. It just sat hovering at that angle for a moment. Then the glowing field sounding it began to change to a green then orangish and suddenly it shot away at fantastic speed, it was just a streak of light. It curved to the south and made a radical turn to the east and was out of sight in only a couple of seconds. I clearly saw it pass over the lights of a city that I knew was over 35 miles away and the altitude of the object was several thousands of feet before it was out of its curve. I would estimate its overall dimensions as about 4 to 5 feet wide at the nose to about 15 feet wide at the rear and about 30 to 35 feet in length. It seemed to be only 6 to 7 feet in the height of it body. It was therefore much smaller than almost any airplane in the area and certainly was no biplane crop-duster.

    In summery what I saw was a craft of unknown origins which looked and behaved like nothing I have any other familiarity with.

    I don't know who was driving, who holds the title, where it came from or where it was going, but it would be cool to have one in the driveway.

    More than 3/4ths of the population believe in or have seen these sorts of things…but what the heck are they and who owns them? Are they a government secrete or little green guys or what?

    Now the tough part for some of you guys…………..Any THOUGHTS?
    and I mean real ones.


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    *crickets*
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    Quote Originally Posted by Goofball
    *crickets*
    Hey, don't look at me. Where I live, the black helicopters can get to my house in about 3 minutes....
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    I think the reason nobody cares about UFO's is because people are already preocuppied with all the crazy stuff that has been going on lately.

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    Quote Originally Posted by drone
    Quote Originally Posted by Goofball
    *crickets*
    Hey, don't look at me. Where I live, the black helicopters can get to my house in about 3 minutes....
    That's right Drone. I think Goofball doesn't quite understand the gravity of the matter. Up in Canada they simply don't have the same amount of aliens arriving illegally.
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    Quote Originally Posted by drone
    Hey, don't look at me. Where I live, the black helicopters can get to my house in about 3 minutes....
    3 minutes? Black helicopters come from Fort Campbell.


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    Israel and Syria have possibly considered negotiating secretly.

    That strikes me as far wierder than daft flying things.

    Honestly, my main point about UFOs isn't denying that they exist, but just that I don't care if they do.


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    If you like UFO related stuff, listen to Coast to Coast AM. It's on in the early AM, on AM.


    Reinvent the British and you get a global finance center, edible food and better service. Reinvent the French and you may just get more Germans.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vladimir
    3 minutes? Black helicopters come from Fort Campbell.
    Christians In Action are headquartered in Langley, VA only a few miles from Fairfax. The color of any helicopters they may or may not have has not been publicly disclosed. If you are made aware of that color, they may have to kill you -- and that creates annoying paperwork.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Seamus Fermanagh
    Christians In Action are headquartered in Langley, VA only a few miles from Fairfax. The color of any helicopters they may or may not have has not been publicly disclosed. If you are made aware of that color, they may have to kill you -- and that creates annoying paperwork.


    Yes and soon their missionaries will be at your doorstep with a choice. Do you take the Red pill, or the Blue one?


    The whole black helicopter thing is a different but slightly related topic. My dad used to talk about them, and I would just look at him . It made me happy when I saw them constantly flying over Campbell. Go Nightstalkers!


    Reinvent the British and you get a global finance center, edible food and better service. Reinvent the French and you may just get more Germans.
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    How do you motivate your employees? Waterboarding, of course.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fisherking
    Thanks Vlad but I am in Europe, do they have an English language affiliate you know of in Germany?

    I posted the story because everyone seems to have opinions (theirs or some they heard and liked) on a wide range of topics. Some may have no opinion on this at all but it could be an opportunity to think about things in a different way.

    I am most curious as to why it seems to be so forcefully ignored.

    Do you think we might be someone else's science experiment?
    http://www.coasttocoastam.com/info/wheretolisten.html

    That's the web site. They used to have a shortwave station but last time I heard about that was over a decade ago (maybe two). They’ve interviewed David Darling, a UK astrobiologist before so they do have an international reach. Regardless, it seems like the entire program is available at their web site, I'm sure commercials are included.

    Personally I'm not too impressed with the new host. Too much weird/improbable UFO stuff and it's not as heavy on the science as it used to be. There used to be more variety to the program too. There may still be but I don't listen to it often. Art Bell was a much better host and it seemed like he went more into the mysteries of the Earth and universe without being so, spaced out.


    Reinvent the British and you get a global finance center, edible food and better service. Reinvent the French and you may just get more Germans.
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    How do you motivate your employees? Waterboarding, of course.
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    Wellll, the entire population of MexicoCity witnessed UFOs a few years back, lots of video footage as I recall. Anyone that has seen footage of the event has the option to dismiss it as an elaberate hoax perpetrated by geniouses with access to a multiple variety of laser equipment and such (skys btw were fairly clear of clouds, but is always smog there), or come up with their own explanation. The Mexican government went with the "no comment" for their explanation. So, maybe the Mexican AirForce is much more advanced than ours (and hiding the fact 'til they invade us ), or there really do exist craft from other areas of our solar system interested in us - they must be pretty disappointed by now, one would think.

    Did have my own experience, but was young (8 or 9) and suppose it could have been a weather ballon as my Grandmother said (she didn't see it), that made a 90degree manuever and shot away at such increadible speed that we (my cousin saw it with me) lost sight of it in a matter of seconds. This was in Southern Illinois (56' or 57' ?) - we were looking to see if we could spot "Sputnik". When we told Gram we had, she said it was the wrong time and night to see it.

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