Three California witnesses had an unusual experience during and after they watched a 30-foot-long and 20-foot-tall cone-shaped object with portholes that had either landed or was hovering slightly above their ranch, according to witness testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) database.
A fourth witness arrived later and was there for the final event.
It terrified him so bad that his eyes watered and his voice cracked, insisting that we immediately leave towards the house. He cannot believe what he saw and both of us have had several sleepless nights.We can verify and confirm our credentials. WE have absolutely no idea of what we saw and my brother, as educated as he is, can not give a logical explanation of what we saw and I think this is why we both are so disturbed by the incident. We cannot report it in fear of ridicule and do not want to utilize our names. We both are heavily connected at the local/state/federal political level. If you have any questions, I did leave my email address. Hope you have some answers, because we do not!
We aren't alone in this universe.
I think it would shake the crap out of the world if we simply couldn't deny that anymore. Maybe make us get along better?
Those aren't aliens. You don't build freeking portholes for a craft which is going interstellar. Any sane alien would use cameras with screens on the inside; mostly to protect from radiation and any stray material such as microasteroids. Sure it may have some kind of force shield, but you can bet that aliens with any sense would use failsafe systems much like we do. After all, our automobiles do not crash very often, but that doesn't mean we don't install seatbelts.
The space shuttle has portholes.
You don't build freeking portholes for a craft which is going interstellar.
Maybe if the portholes use something that's transparent but as durable as the rest of the hull?
For anyone who'd ask "why bother?", I'd like to point out that many people have a different experience looking at a monitor linked to a telescope as opposed to peering through the eyepiece itself.
People were ridiculed by the authorities and general populace during the Dark Ages when they reported that rocks fell out of the sky. How is that possible? If they were up there they would have fallen a long time ago, right?
Some concepts are beyond the ability of the average person or many authorities to accept. Sir Arthur Eddington, an English astronomer, said that the universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.
I agree, klaatu, as I get older, the universe grows increasingly stranger.
Its unlikely that we'll be visited by aliens for another few thousand years. We just started emitting radio waves a hundred years ago. Our own galaxy is 100,000 light years across. So if you believe Einstein, its going to take a while before the rest of our galaxy is aware of our existance.
Assuming there are a small number of other intelligent, high-tech life forms in our galaxy, and they have light speed travel, we've got at least several thousand years before we should expect visitors, assuming we live that long of course.
crypto, I'd like to find the small number of intelligent life forms in my city, never mind the galaxy. There seems to be a shortage around here, so I hope we get some visitors soon!
Did any of you see what city in California? I read the article twice but could not find the city. I find that strange?
Yes, the space shuttle has portholes. It's not even an interplanetary craft. It's not designed to spend more than a month in space, it's not designed to travel through the asteroid belt and has no serious gamma ray or cosmic ray shielding.
The space-shuttle is basically a very HIGH altitude rocket-powered jet/glider.
Carrying this thought experiment a little further, I wonder if the presence of a high oxygen atmosphere could also be a good indicator of a life form.
Oxygen is a fairly volatile gas that reacts with other substances, so the fact that our planet has had an oxygen rich atmosphere for 500 million years or so could be another indicator of a life process - at least a life process complex enough to digest something and emit oxygen as a waste byproduct.
If thats the case, then its entirely possible advanced aliens have had more than enough time to spot our planet and come find out whats brewing.
I think you should call your mommy.
It must be a slow news day when articles from the examiner are concidered noteworthy here on the vine.
What are you doing here, then? Slow news day for you? This is one of my forms of relaxation, so, if you don't dig it, search for seeds elsewhere.
I admit, I seriously doubt the story's valid and consider this to be in the realm of "entertainment."
No offense to any believers out there, just being honest.
For me, though, I can still have fun with some diehard skeptics that are more cynical than me with the "what ifs" that I see, like in #1.4.
There is a good reason for scepticism. If you check the MUFON website, in California alone over the past week there have been 16 reported sightings. Unless there are more aliens coming to california from space than from mexico, all/most of them are not aliens. This guy didn't give a county, let alone a name; the only setting information we are given is a ranch somewhere in California. Sounds like a hoax to me.
I admit, I seriously doubt the story's valid and consider this to be in the realm of "entertainment."
The validity of this particular, or any particular, story about seeing UFOs does not impact my belief that we're not alone in the universe.
This could be silly nonsense. And it would still be almost infinitely impossible that we're the only sentient life form in the universe.
I agree with Kim - for anyone who can honestly say that we, humans are the only intelligent life force out there in a universe that is beyond ones ability to even imagine the size or complexity of it is a bit strange.
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We cannot report it in fear of ridicule.
They're right about that alright.
Actually I have found that wearing shoes when you go outside stops abductions. i do it every day and I have NEVER been abducted.
Great logic, there DeFex. That must be why I've never been hit by a car either. They're special shoes, ya know?
I too have worn shoes every day and have not received even one romantic proposition from George Clooney.
I'll be sure to stop that @!$%# right now.
Ya high minded knucklehead. Phrases like portholes for going interstellar, any sane alien would use cameras inside, to protect from radiation & microasteroids??? & ofcourse aliens would have the same sane rationale that we have.
Any sane alien would read your comment & think you're a knucklehead.
It goes without saying.
Aliens? That's the key....Maybe they're so "alien" that they don't have any concept of "cameras" and "monitors" like we do.
The biggest mistake most people make when dealing with "aliens" is to assume they think and act like we do. It's very possible their brains aren't even wired to understand primitive Earth based electronics.
Think about it....Ancient Mayans had mind boggling technology and engineering prowess...but they had no concept of the wheel.
Another thing to think about is, What if their cameras and TV's were so badly distorted by the force field around their ship, they had to resort to portholes...
Good points, Sam. You're absolutely right.
hmmm just watched a show about undersea subs, probing shipwrecks, oddly enough, the cameras are behind glass portholes, to protect them from the pressures of the sea, so I would think that a ufo, would have the cameras behind portholes, to sheild the cameras from micro-particles, stray electromagnitic interference, ect. a flying cone, must be the 2009 line of hydrid ufo's,, hmm I wonder how much of a Government bailout went to the big 3 UFO makers
how much of a Government bailout went to the big 3 UFO makers
More than they'll ever admit, no doubt. Those alien CEOs are super-greedy.
Of course, no one had a cam on a cell phone to take a picture.
I know. That is a great disappointment. A photo or video would have opened this one right up. I especially like the wormhole effect that they saw.
ya... pictures or no story is what I say. Especially with today's day and age... like the cellphone camera thing... you're right jbird
that was my ship,I just went out for a fly over and decided to stop for a minute.Yes I saw those people looking at my ship and that's when I decided to blast off again.
That was my ship
I wish that mainstream media took these sightings more seriously. It amazes me that we don't see CNN, BBC, CBC, NBC, national newspapers, etc., inundated with these sightings (the ones like NASA's tether incident at least).
But, you're right, Gladbutterfly. People are afraid of being ridiculed and/or ostracized.
You also have to remember they don't want to incite fear like what happened with the War of the Worlds radio broadcast.
your right, made up fake storys seem to scare people.
I was hoping to see pictures, suspenseful report .
Yes, photos would have been good, Star. There's a good video of spheres on another seed I posted yesterday.
The media does not want to incite fear? ..... ...... SWINE FLUE OUTBREAK 2009!! WINTER STORM 2009!!!! DROUGHT 2009!!! x10000 other articles. If the media had credible evidence, i doubt they would give a rats ass if it scared people.
I used to be a skeptic about UFO's 'til I saw one in 1973 in Charlotte, NC. I was so amazed I stopped at a neigbor's house to get someone else to verify the sighting. He drove, his wife sat in front. "OMG", the wife said as the red green and blue lighted orb silently zipped along, hovering pretty low above the trees. Then it started getting further away, gradually, until it looked just like a tiny star. We called police and radio stations and found there were others calling in. A co-worker saw it near her farm as well. I found out that UFO's are often seen near chemical plants--there was a chemical plant just a mile or so away from my house.
I do not believe that we Earthlings are the only beings in the the Universe.
Thanks for your story, Eliana. The universe is a strange place, and we have not even begun to find out yet how strange.
Some things are just beyond our understanding. Especially those things that take place after a case of beer and smoking a couple of joints. =)
In all seriousness I do believe these sightings happen. I wish someone had thought to document. Surely one of them had a cell w/camera ?
speaking of which... driving home one night after smoking a joint, I could see lights flashing around the bend, I slowed expecting to see a ambulance or police car. I as came around the bend.. I didn't see the usual rooftop lights I was expected, I was confronted by lights from near ground level up to about 16 feet. white, blue, yellow, and red. and spanning the entire width of the road. OMG my heart started racing I slowed and approached.. no way could this be really happening. finally I was close enough to make out someone standing in front of the lights.. everything became clear... It was a police man waving me ahead.. standing in front of.. a police car, fire truck and ambulance... I have never been so glad to see a cop when I was high... and ya know.. the police should tell people, that all of their lights flash now.. not just the rooftop bar.. headlights.. turnsignals.. high powerstrobes... ect.. so anyway.. for a couple of minutes... I was seeing a UFO
lol, jim, great story. I'm sure a good percentage of what people see as ufos have occurred under similar conditions:-) Now you know what you'd feel like if you did see a ufo tho, right?
of course, I am still not sure if I was dissapointed or relieved that it was not a UFO. I do believe they exist, just not sure if they are Terrestial or Extra-terrestial in nature, the military has some pretty fantasic stuff that could account for many sightings, but some remain unexplained, mainly the apollo spacecraft and space shuttle encounters.. shouldn't you brief an astronaut on classified spacecraft before he sees it out the window? so he doesn't blab it to the american public on accident? but if they are real, that brings up a whole set of topics to ponder
Yes, the old story is fast unravelling, and the new one hasn't finished knitting yet. Interesting times.
It quite often happens that people don't want to leave to get their cameras because they might miss the event. I know I'd be rooted to the spot, so unless I had a camera on me, and even then, I'd miss the shot too. There are a lot more good shots now, since camera phones started proliferating.
I couldn't see the article. It said it would be ready in five minutes. He must'va had to change something on it. I noticed he was from my state who takes care of that page on UFOs in the Examiner. I've seen some strange things here.
Hmmm. I just checked now, and it still says '5 minutes'. Now I'm intrigued.
Yeah Glad. I'm wondering what is going on there.
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