Posted on 08/06/2026 5:19:38 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
There was nothing much happening in Jerome and Benno Leuer’s yard in Hamel, Minn. on August 11, 1948. It was noontime in the thick of summer and the boys, 10 and 8, were idly playing when, as they later described it, something overhead caught their eyes. They looked up and their jaws dropped.
Roughly 12 ft. up in the air was a dull gray, circular object, about 1 ft. thick and 2 ft. in diameter, slowly descending between them. They stood transfixed as the object settled onto the ground, making a clattering sound like metal hitting metal. The object rested there a moment, and then began emitting a high-pitched whistle that, to the boys, sounded like a teakettle. It spun in place once, then shot 20 ft. into the air, hovered for a moment, and ascended to 30 ft., maneuvering around tree branches and telephone wires in its path. Finally, it jetted out of sight.
Jerome and Benno ran inside and told their parents what they had seen. Their father notified the only authority he could think of: R.R. Sheridan, the local postmaster. Sheridan, in turn, called the FBI field office in St. Paul. To the family’s surprise, the bureau sent an agent. He interviewed the boys and inspected the yard.
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(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...
“The disappointing fact is that, based on the fundamental laws of physics, it is impossible for a massive body to attain the speeds or acquire the energy to travel any appreciable distance within or between any galaxy in the Universe.”
I agree, it seems to me after coming so far you would think they would do more than just buzz around spooking earthlings.
Pluto will be a surprise for them, too. It not being a “planet” with an orbit on a distinctly different plane of ecliptic.
Whitley Strieber I thought a good stand-in for Art on occasion. His voice and delivery were great for that sort of show.
Exactly!
For edification, all should go to YouTube and watch the video lectures by Richard Feynman and Brian Cox on this subject.
Good to know!...............
You don't even have that. You have aluminum foil.
?? In linked article Time called it Area 51 Nevada
They might have noticed people mocking their error and corrected it. When Jamestown1630 noticed it I went to the site and saw the same thing that she did.
that’s not what it said yesterday.
Strieber was good. There were several fill in hosts for Art who would have been vastly more entertaining than Noory. Noory inspired a couple of websites with names like “George Noory Sucks” that were often hilarious at his expense.
Some of us remain Team Pluto diehards despite it being maligned as the con artist of the Solar System.
Pluto is just being Pluto and there’s no harm nor foul in that! It’s others that are giving and taking away its honors. It’s planet enough for me!
Absolutely!
To quote The Dude quoting GHW Bush “This aggression will not stand, man!”
Team Pluto will not rest until the forces of organized Pluto hate are defeated and Planet 9’s rightful honors are restored.
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