Great Britain has been getting the lion's share of sightings the last couple of month's. Here is a story from ABC television affiliate - KLTV in Tyler Texas. A viewer saw "flat, metallic object hovering about 300 feet over a pasture". He said he had been teased by his friends. He had not reported the incident till he saw some similar sightings in a local newspaper the Stephenville Empire-Tribune. Tyler is about half way between Dallas, Texas and Shreveport, Louisiana in East Texas. The actual sighting was in Stephenville Texas, which is a short distance from Dallas.
And finally covering the same ground an AP story with some more details and comments by local officials and the fact that one observer used the a rifle scope to view the object:
Two articles about the recent sighting in Kolkata (Calcutta) which do not draw any immediate conclusions - Planet Venus? or Comet Holmes? The planetarium director says it could be an optical illusion or clouds:
A new blimp got people excited as it worked its way through some wind at low altitude on its way to the World Series at Fenway Park. What do people do when they see something? They call the police. It is notable because it is a new type of blimp and is just starting to fly around. Look for the red and green running lights, and the distinctive display for advertising.
Still another slow day for news. Shirley MacLaine has a new book, and she claims a friend of hers who happens to be a Presidential candidate observed one at her house. It is a story, but not one we want to follow, but it may be compelling because it is the intersection of politics, celebrity and UFOs, a seldom seen configuration of unlikely events and people. We have enough trouble already with the rock group UFO which skews our research to follow up on this.
UFO Digest has a long article about a couple in the Canary Islands who had an unusual hours long experience back in September, which interestingly enough was not their first. Their take on the story is a little odd, and there are no photos of anything but a "re-creation" of an image of a triangular craft, which after several hours of observation in the daytime is sort of odd. But then, footage like that might show up on cable on some kind of special, so we will keep our eyes open for "UFOs - Canary Islands".
The University of New Hampshire is going to have a lecturer about some Air Force material that was uncovered using the Freedom of Information Act. But the subject extends way back to the 1950's and is part of an ongoing trend to revive old stories with a new look.
There is a story about some night-time sky divers being mistaken for a UFO, also in UFO Digest, but there is something wrong with the story since the English is either scrambled or submitted by a person not very fluent in the language. It says something like there were reports of UFOs, but it turns out that it was really a parasail crew zooming in on a stadium at night with flares and banners from a beer company. Quite spectacular, but not extraterrestrial. Perhaps there were reports of spacecraft, since at a distance of a mile or more, it would be difficult to tell. Turn down the volume on the video below, unless you are familiar with Portuguese, because it does make the viewing a little difficult, with all the yelling from an enthusiastic announcer. It looks like a tough way to make a living, flying through the sky at a high rate of speed in the dark, and also aiming for the stadium to land in. Don't confuse the flying insects for UFOs, but after about 10 seconds you can start to see the outlines of the parasail. About 1 minute 45 seconds you can see the flares.
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