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Police flooded with UFO sighting reports residents see large, tube-like object over Somerset County
nj ^ | May 13, 2010 | Stephen Stirling

Posted on 05/14/2010 9:59:01 AM PDT by JoeProBono

SOMERVILLE -- Somerville police were flooded with phone calls this morning after residents reported seeing a large tube-like object fluttering through the sky. Police said they were swamped with phone calls after a flurry of callers reported to radio station NJ 101.5 that a UFO was flying above the area. Residents then began calling the Somerville Police Department to report the object.

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TOPICS: UFO's; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: kooks; newjersey; solarballoon; ufo
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An unidentified object floats over Somerville and Bridgewater causing a flurry of phone calls to Somerville police this morning - Photos by David Gard/For The Star-Ledger


1 posted on 05/14/2010 9:59:01 AM PDT by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono

Well you see, swamp gas reflected off the light from the planet venus and.....


3 posted on 05/14/2010 10:03:04 AM PDT by Grunthor (Over YOUR dead body!)
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4 posted on 05/14/2010 10:03:43 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: MPJackal

It’s a solar balloon.
http://www.spectrum-scientifics.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=1260

How to make your own.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/833648/huge_solar_balloon_easy/


5 posted on 05/14/2010 10:04:03 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (?)
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To: JoeProBono

Had to one up me eh? That is pretty funny. I hope he is not offended I short changed him.


6 posted on 05/14/2010 10:06:39 AM PDT by MPJackal ("From my cold dead hands.")
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Here’s a bigger one some teenage boys made.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sb0_3MlNxc


7 posted on 05/14/2010 10:07:43 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (?)
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To: JoeProBono
You too can get your own UFO for only $6.60 from Amazon.


8 posted on 05/14/2010 10:08:07 AM PDT by mnehring
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To: JoeProBono

The aliens have landed, its over, we are so screwed, oh no, panic, wail, gnash teeth, steal, maim, kill, repeat.


9 posted on 05/14/2010 10:10:18 AM PDT by HerrBlucher (END THE WAR ON LIBERTY!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Your explanation sounds better than LGM’s.


10 posted on 05/14/2010 10:10:29 AM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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To: JoeProBono
but regardless, it did not cause any problems whatsoever.

The aliens didn't vaporize us so move along, nothing to see.

Looks like a balloon.

11 posted on 05/14/2010 10:10:58 AM PDT by bgill (how could a young man born here in Kenya, who is not even a native American, become the POTUS)
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS

My first thought from seeing the picture was a solar balloon. We should all build more!


12 posted on 05/14/2010 10:11:47 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (?)
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To: JoeProBono

It’s an interplanetary craft alright. Just look at that bend. Nothing like that could occur on Earth, by cracky! And that reflection off its head means it got there after you had seen it.


13 posted on 05/14/2010 10:11:49 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: MPJackal

God has a great sense of humor. It is just not as cheap as yours.


14 posted on 05/14/2010 10:12:25 AM PDT by bmwcyle (Thank You God for Freeing the Navy Seals)
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To: mnehring

I would think this sort of ‘kite’ is a danger to flight lanes around metro areas ...


15 posted on 05/14/2010 10:12:51 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Obots, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when they are deceived.)
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To: bmwcyle

Ouch. Hopefully it is more tolerant than yours.


16 posted on 05/14/2010 10:14:14 AM PDT by MPJackal ("From my cold dead hands.")
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To: HerrBlucher
They have landed and here they are! Photobucket
17 posted on 05/14/2010 10:14:48 AM PDT by ontap
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To: bmwcyle
And thanks for harshing my Friday morning mellow.
18 posted on 05/14/2010 10:15:55 AM PDT by MPJackal ("From my cold dead hands.")
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19 posted on 05/14/2010 10:27:29 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: JoeProBono
Slightly different view:


20 posted on 05/14/2010 10:28:58 AM PDT by frithguild (I gave to Joe Wilson the day after, to Scott Brown seven days before and next to JD Hayworth.)
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