Would not an ARMY of world wide amateur astronomers have gathered a preponderance of supporting photographs?. Perhaps there is no real credence to it after all...except for the few of us that have been "Taken" during afternoon cocktails. :-)
If UFO's were true....
Started by barf, 12/15/2002 11:56PM
Posted 12/15/2002 11:56PM
Opening Post
Posted 12/16/2002 05:59AM
#1
Larry,
About 35 years ago as a young air traffic controller, late one night, I observed a brightly lite object in the western sky the size of a very bright star. As I watched, it had rapid movements and abrupt changes in its direction of flight over a large area of about 10 to 15 degrees as it dropped towards the horizon. I called the FAA communication center with the information. About 30 minutes later, I got a call from SAC telling me that it was a high altitude weather ballon reflecting sunlight back to earth. I forgot about this until recently. Then I realized that the amount of distance this object was covering, its changes in direction of flight, its speed as it quickly dropped towards the western horizon could not have been a weather ballon reflecting sun light. The next question that occures to me is why did SAC called me? They had no reason and if it were really a weather balloon, the proper agency would of been the NWS. Good try for the cover up, but sooner or later the truth will always be revealed.
Barry Clarke, retired FAA
About 35 years ago as a young air traffic controller, late one night, I observed a brightly lite object in the western sky the size of a very bright star. As I watched, it had rapid movements and abrupt changes in its direction of flight over a large area of about 10 to 15 degrees as it dropped towards the horizon. I called the FAA communication center with the information. About 30 minutes later, I got a call from SAC telling me that it was a high altitude weather ballon reflecting sunlight back to earth. I forgot about this until recently. Then I realized that the amount of distance this object was covering, its changes in direction of flight, its speed as it quickly dropped towards the western horizon could not have been a weather ballon reflecting sun light. The next question that occures to me is why did SAC called me? They had no reason and if it were really a weather balloon, the proper agency would of been the NWS. Good try for the cover up, but sooner or later the truth will always be revealed.
Barry Clarke, retired FAA
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