FAA blames UFO report on weird weather

CNN ^ | 01.02.07

[Calvin Locke]

...over O'Hare airport...

Osama Obama "star" as described by the LSM, but witnessed by the hoi polloi?

[kenth]

The NUFORC sighting report:

http://www.nuforc.org/webreports/053/S53541.html

[Candor7]

unless the supposed picture or pictures ever materialize, the FAA is probably correct.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Doubtful. Trained eyes saw it.Here is a more objective report:

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/

[Golden Eagle]

I've been reading about some of the experiments they are doing in defense labs with light bending to produce invisibility.

Invisible from human sight from a single line of view, but O'Hare Airport probably has a phase array or multiple source radar system that couldn't easily be fooled in such close proximity to the terminal.

It's funny, because in places like Russia, Mexico, Norway, China, and Japan, there isn't even a debate about the existence of UFO's. Plenty about what they might be, but zero about the fact they exist.

There is no doubt, that UFO's exist, what they are is always the question. Could this have been man made, by a governmnet? Better chance of that than coming from another planet, but if our government says they have no proof anything other than a cloud existed, and we as citizens have nothing physical to offer ourselves, it simply goes down as a UFO, and under the circumstances the most logical explanation would be clouds, IMO, as the one known undisputed fact is there was an atmospheric condition at the time.

[babygene]

Let me see if I Understand the FAA's conclusion...

Round weather hovers, and then shoots up through the clouds. Yea, that would do it.

[Golden Eagle]

[Pro-Bush]

Wow - you are so enlightened.

[babygene]

"as the one known undisputed fact is there was an atmospheric condition at the time."

What an absurd thing to say. If you look outside your window right now, there is an atmospheric condition... Duh!

[Golden Eagle]

What other facts do you have to offer? As they stand, there was a ongoing weather disturbance, and a few people saw something strange in the sky. If you think I'm skeptical it was anything else, you're right, because this story is currently being driven by absolute moonbats like Rense.com, and right now there is nothing else tangible to the story.

[RinaseaofDs]

With one eye-witness, I'd agree with you.

The fact that there was an atmospheric condition is not in dispute. The notion that the atmospheric condition could have caused multiple, highly trained, eye-witnesses with several hundred years of experience in aeronautics to see a spinning disc is almost certainly in dispute.

I'll take the eye-witness testimony of a bunch of pilots over the conjecture of a donut-snarfing FAA geek on most days.

I will admit, however, that the FAA official may not, in fact, eat donuts. That he's or she's a pencil-neck government droid, however, is in evidence.

[Golden Eagle]

The notion that the atmospheric condition could have caused multiple, highly trained, eye-witnesses with several hundred years of experience in aeronautics to see a spinning disc is almost certainly in dispute.

So exactly who are these "multiple, highly trained, eye-witnesses with several hundred years of experience in aeronautics" you are referring to? Seems to me you're taking something in print by a liberal newsrag a little to close to undisputed fact, if in fact they even made such a claim?

I will admit, however, that the FAA official may not, in fact, eat donuts. That he's or she's a pencil-neck government droid, however, is in evidence.

Well I just so happen to work with FAA officials on a regular basis, and I'll take the word of the highly trained technical professional folks I know over the limp wristed liberal journalists at some Chicago newsrag any day.

[babygene]

All I said was your statement was absurd.

"as the one known undisputed fact is there was an atmospheric condition at the time."

Of course there was an atmospheric condition at the time... There is always an atmospheric condition, where ever you are.

As far as what these people saw, I have no clue... However neither do you, so why don't you stop pretending to be such an expert.

[JennysCool]

I actually know one of the people that witnessed it

Do they swear the Canarble Wagon was nowhere in the vicinity? :-)

[tkathy]

Riducule and sneering quiets the truth tellers down.

[babygene]

"Well I just so happen to work with FAA officials on a regular basis, and I'll take the word of the highly trained technical professional folks I know over the limp wristed liberal journalists at some Chicago newsrag any day."

You would be insane to "take their word" in a case like this. Ask your self, if the FAA had knowledge of an such an unidentified object, would they disclose it in public? Of course they wouldn't, it would cause mass panic.

So the FAA statement adds or subtracts nothing from the wittiness accounts. Zero, Zilch... For you to suggest that it does is laughable.

[spinestein]

[Maybe it was a delivery of the 2008 election results and they realized they were too early.]


Now that's FUNNY!

I'm glad I can always count on posters at Free Republic to see the humor in news of the day, and to comment on it intelligently. Not like some other websites where everyone is wound up so tight, sitting in front of their monitors, pecking away at their keyboards with their tinfoil hats firmly on their heads, worrying that government spy beams are going to give away their secret location to the alien overlords, who will then kidnap them in the middle of the night for embryonic implantation and butt probe experiments.

[spinestein]

[You would be insane to "take their word" in a case like this. Ask your self, if the FAA had knowledge of an such an unidentified object, would they disclose it in public? Of course they wouldn't, it would cause mass panic.]



This is the single most ludicrous thing that UFO/alien visitation believers perpetuate; the idea that if the government had knowledge of visiting aliens they would suppress that information for fear of causing panic. BULL!!! Every government official worth his wardrobe would be running to the press to get that information out for the simple reason that, in times of fear and uncertainty, the public turns to the government and extends virtually unlimited trust to their leadership.

Widespread public knowledge of alien visitation would mean vastly increased power for those in charge now, and if such visitation were happening, you can bet they'd be making sure we knew about it.

[Candor7]

I have seen similar cloud formations over the rockies, near Fort Collins, Colorado.

Thanks, they are neat pics.

[Candor7]

The notion that the atmospheric condition could have caused multiple, highly trained, eye-witnesses with several hundred years of experience in aeronautics to see a spinning disc is almost certainly in dispute. I'll take the eye-witness testimony of a bunch of pilots over the conjecture of a donut-snarfing FAA geek on most days.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

My sentiments also.

The FAA boys are under a lot of bureaucratic political correctness pressure when it comes to UFOs.Understandably so, because its their air space and they are supposed to be in control of it, warning aircraft away from hazards and intercept courses with other aircraft. Its their prime responsibility, and thousands of lives hang in the balance at any given moment across the country. They do a magnificent job too.

But on UFOs? They fold.

I know for a fact that an F-16 pilot from the Vermont Air National Guard out of Burlington chased one in 1997, and was left far behind.

As to what they are, I have no idea, but the fact is that we have an unexplained phenomenon, and it won't go away, nor will we ever have a chance to understand it until people stop making fun of those who observe them.

I am more prone to the idea that they might make the ultimate skeet target, using a High Powered rifle.

BTW, the FAA does not use the term UFO, they call them bogies or ghosts. And they also sequester any information they have about any sighting, and airline companies tell their staff not to talk about sightings because it would affect the public 's image of their air safety. The military treats UFO sightings by its personnel as secret intelligence. The FAA would like to know what they are as much as any of us.

[djf]

On one hand that makes a certain sense... - if the only tool you have is a hammer, just about everything you have to fix looks like a nail.

But... and here's the but...

The difference between a pilots (or airport workers) conclusions and say, the average Joes conclusions, in my mind have to be much more credible. Because THEY HAVE BY NOW SEEN 99% of the things that would possibly confuse a person who had less experience. Alot of things J6P would say "WOW!!" to, your average pilot or airport worker would say "No biggie. It's just a flock of iridescent swans" or whatever.

Add to that the fact that these people are, to a great extent, trained to be skeptics.

In the interest of full disclosure, I personally do believe in the phenomena. It is either something unearthly, or our own tech, but no doubt there are things in the sky that do not fit into classical aero tech.

But it remains to be proven.