Posted on 11/18/2005 4:53:57 PM PST by NewMediaFan
LONG BEACH — Look, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane!
What the heck is it?
That's the question ABC-7 News has posed to Long Beach police and local military experts after getting a copy of a tape that shows an unidentified object flitting through our skies last year.
The tape was made Dec. 25 by Long Beach Police Department helicopter pilots who caught sight of the glowing blob while on patrol around 11:30 p.m., said Sgt. David Cannan.
Because the officers could not identify the object, they took video that was forwarded to a local military base for closer scrutiny.
"We just asked them to take a look at it, in case it was a possible security issue," Cannan said.
It was not, however, classified as an invasion by little green men, silver ones or any other kind of imaginable space beast, the sergeant assured.
Julia Pfeiffer, a producer at Channel 7, said their news piece will take a look at the possible explanations for the item and the story will air either today or Friday.
"We are approaching it fairly seriously," she said, "but we're not doing this to scare people."
While neither military or local experts could tell the Press-Telegram what precisely the object was, theories include a possible prank or experimental military aircraft...
(Excerpt) Read more at presstelegram.com ...
Was it a minature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer on their way home, perhaps?
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where is the video?
"where is the video?"
The article says the report is airing today ... for those who can get ABC-7 in Long Beach.
Years ago we had great fun with the thin, light laundromat "dress bags", hydrogen gas, and a long slow fuse cord.
Same here ... thin laundry bag with a cotton ball soaked in lighter fluid. Hot air and off she goes!
That's great Boazo, and Car-vile is the perfect alien!
"it must be a non-USA craft, since the US military didn't know what the object was"
Not if it was a classified one-off prototype craft or other classified craft. :')
I'd have to see the video, but it's fairly cheap and easy to make a large balloon out of garbage bags or similar material and launch it at night so it glows. It's a fairly common prank.
Ping.
Nightime sightings are more subject to error IMO. Still, it would be fun to see the video.
The military isn't a monolithic thing in which everyone at every level is aware of everything the military has.
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