Posted on 01/02/2007 2:58:07 PM PST by BenLurkin
CHICAGO - Federal officials say it was probably just some weird weather phenomenon, but a group of United Airline employees swear they saw a mysterious, saucer-shaped craft hovering over O'Hare Airport last fall. The workers, some of them pilots, said the object didn't have lights and hovered over an airport terminal before shooting up through the clouds, according to a report in Monday's Chicago Tribune.
The Federal Aviation Administration acknowledged that a United supervisor had called the control tower at O'Hare, asking if anyone had spotted a spinning disc-shaped object. But the controllers didn't see anything, and a preliminary check of radar found nothing out of the ordinary, FAA spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory said.
"Our theory on this is that it was a weather phenomenon," Cory said. "That night was a perfect atmospheric condition in terms of low (cloud) ceiling and a lot of airport lights. When the lights shine up into the clouds, sometimes you can see funny things."
The FAA is not investigating, Cory said.
United spokeswoman Megan McCarthy said company officials don't recall discussing any such incident from Nov. 7.
At least one O'Hare controller, union official Craig Burzych, was amused by it all.
"To fly 7 million light years to O'Hare and then have to turn around and go home because your gate was occupied is simply unacceptable," he said.
November 7th? This happened on election day? Maybe it was some time travelers from the future who came back to look at the day when everything started going down hill.
"paging ET, Mr ET, please meet your party at concourse C"
We have something happening in UFOs, and perhaps one day they can be explained, but most folks won't say a thing about them, even if they see one. The theory that they are vehicles from another planet, or another space time, has never been proven.They may be a natural phenomenon for all we know.
We simply do not know what they are. But they definitely ARE. They exist as a phenomenon.
Too many good people have sighted them for anyone to conclude that nothing is happening except the viewer going bonkers-whacky.
This made the ABC radio news on the hour last night. That may be the only substantiateable part of the story.
So far so good. Now we have to read up on Husserl and Heidegger.
LAST FALL?
LOL!
And talking about it NOW?
Looking for attention?
SIGHTING OF DISC-SHAPED OBJECT OVER O'HARE AIRPORT, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AT 16:30 HRS. (CENTRAL) ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 07, 2006
DECEMBER 07, 2006 UPDATE: NUFORC has received a second report about this incident from a senior aircraft mechanic, who was taxiing a Boeing 777 at the time of the sighting, and who witnessed the object. His report is here.
ORIGINAL REPORT: The National UFO Reporting Center has received the following information from a single source (see below), who, for the time being, wishes to remain anonymous, and who prefers not to reveal for what entity he works. We have received documentation about the alleged sighting, which satisfies us as to the veracity of the report, and as to the credentials of the party reporting the incident.
We have delayed release of this case, principally because an investigation was begun almost immediately after our receipt of the initial report, and because we were hoping to obtain addition documentation about the sighting, before it could be concealed, or destroyed.
At approximately 16:30 p.m. (Central) on Tuesday, November 07, 2006, Federal authorities at O'Hare Airport received a report that approximately a dozen witnesses were observing a small, round disc-shaped object, metallic in appearance, which hovered over Gate C17 at that airport.
The object was first spotted by an employee, working on the ramp, who was engaged in "pushing back" Flight 446, departing Chicago for Charlotte, NC.
The employee reported to his supervisors that the object appeared to be almost directly above his location at Gate C17, it appeared to be perfectly round, and that its size was approximately equal to a U. S. quarter, held at arm's length. The object had a metallic appearance, according to the first witness, and it appeared to him to be spinning.
The first witness apprised the flight crew of Flight 446 of the existence of the object above their aircraft, and we believe both the pilot and copilot were witness to the bizarre object, as well. The witness also contacted his supervisors, who also witnessed the object, which was visible for approximately 2 minutes.
At the end of that time, the object was seen to suddenly accelerate straight up at a very rapid pace, and it "shot" through the solid overcast, which was at 1,900 feet at the time. The witness added that the object appeared to leave a "hole" in the clouds, where it had streaked upwards through the overcast.
Both the Federal Aviation Administration and Transportation Security Administration were apprised of the event at the time it was occurring, and FAA personnel in one of the towers at O'Hare may have witnessed the object, probably with binoculars. The FAA apparently reported that the object was not visible on radar, although that fact has not been confirmed at the time of this writing.
We hope to be able to release more information about the incident at some time in the near future. In the meantime, we would like to invite anyone who may have been personal witness to the event to submit a report of their sighting, using our Online Report Form. We would be most grateful if you would indicate in your report where you were located, at the time of the sighting, and what the object looked like, from your vantage point.
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Taxi Technician's Report( transcribed verbatim with spelling errors)
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Occurred : 11/7/2006 16:30 (Entered as : 110706 16:30) Reported: 11/21/2006 4:08:16 PM 16:08 Posted: 12/7/2006 Location: Chicago O'Hare Airport, IL Shape: Circle Duration:20 min ((NUFORC Note: This individual was interviewed, at length, by one of the investigators involved in the follow-up investigation. The investigators were highly impressed with the witness's credentials, and with the accurate description of the event. We deem this witness to be extremely highly credible.
We express our sincere gratitude to this witness for his having shared the information about his sighting with NUFORC, and with his fellow American Citizens. PD)) Chicago OHare UFO Report
Ok I have been hesitant about talking about this, but after hearing the report on Coast to Coast AM with Mr. Norey I can not be silent. I work for a major airline at OHare, I am a taxi mechanic. I have the job responsibilty of moving aircraft under there own power from gate to gate or the hangar complex for maintenance. We also accomplish the engine run-up testing needed. So I hope that does something for establishing a little of credibility for my report. I am still in absolute wonder and amazement at what I saw that afternoon.
Around 1630 a pilot made a comment on the radio about a circle or disc shapped object hovering over gate C-17 at the C concourse in Chicago. At frist we laughed to each other and then the same pilot said again on the radio that is was about 700feet agl (above ground level). The day was overcast with the ceiling being reported at 1600 feet if I remember correctly. I was taxing a Boeing 777 from the Intl Terminal to the Company Hanger on the North side of the Airport. As we passed the C Terminal on the Alpha taxiway we observed a dark gray hazy round object hovering over OHare Intl Airport. Is was definately over the C Terminal. It was holding very steady and appeared to be trying to stay close to the cloud cover. The radio irrupted with chatter about the object and the ATC controler that was handling ground traffic made a few smart comments about the alleged UFO siting above the C terminal.
We had to contiune moving the aircraft to the hangar. After parking I noticed the craft of no longer there but there was an almost perfect circle in the cloud layer were the craft had been. The hole disappeared a few minutes later.
For the rest of the night there were jokes made on the radio about the siting.
((NUFORC Note: This individual was interviewed, at length, by one of the investigators involved in the follow-up investigation. The investigators were highly impressed with the witness's credentials, and with his description of what he saw. We deem this witness to be highly credible. PD))
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http://www.nuforc.org/
Poor choices there. Try Alvin Toffler on paradigm shift.
Election day? Maybe they were absentee voters.
The White Zone is for immediate pick up and drop off of passengers only...there's no parking in the White Zone.
The Gray Zone is for immediate pick up and drop off of aliens only...there's no parking in the Gray Zone.
...even from a poor quality cell phone?
I looked a bit and didn't find anything.
ATC: "United three-four-seven...do you wish to declare officially?"
U347: (After a pause) "Ah....no. We don't want to report one of those."
ATC: "Delta one-zero-five...do you wish to report?"
D105: "Uh....I wouldn't even know what report to file."
ATC: "Uh...roger that. Neither would I."
Here's what well and truly pisses me off about this sort of thing...........
The witnesses are trained, intelligent, experienced....ANYONE would take their word in witnessing a car wreck, an assault, a robbery, etc. etc. etc......they'd all be selected for jury duty, for example. Intelligent professionals.
Yet.....let a 'UFO' come into the conversation, well then.......NOW they're idiots, rednecks, kooks, drunks, morons, tinfoil wearing twits.
Tell me.......what makes a solid professional suddenly an idiot just because he or she sees something like this?
Americans are stupid. We let the media and Government dictate what and how we are to think. God how I hate sheep.
What I find pretty amazing is that the same people who condemn UFO sightings usually have no problem whatsoever with ghosts, spirits, tarot cards, horoscopes, or any other supernatural occurrence.
They scoff at one thing and are in amazement of another, and yet, IMHO, both may be the same things.
You nailed it.
Because of today's climate I probably wouldn't report a UFO unless I had 8 x 12 color glossies and maybe not even then.
Been there. Done that.
Maybe it was the fumes from the fellow (or woman--can't remember which) that got kicked off for the massive flatulence.
LOL
That caught my fancy as well.
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