Boy, the DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY really IS doing a good job.
Posted on 04/19/2004 3:32:44 PM PDT by presidio9
The truth is out there. And it may have zoomed over Winnipeg last month. Three air traffic controllers at Winnipeg International Airport were among the witnesses who reported seeing an unidentified flying object streak thorough the sky on March 28 about 9:45 p.m.
"I don't think this was the 5:15 from Mars on an approach, but certainly we have to classify it as unexplained. We don't have any evidence to classify this as an extraterrestrial. It's puzzling," said Chris Rutkowski, a Winnipeg UFO researcher.
Didn't appear on radar
Rutkowski interviewed the three air traffic controllers who saw the object.
"It sounded a little like an airplane ... but they were absolutely positive (it wasn't)," he said, adding the object did not appear on the airport's radar.
One eyewitness, who asked to remain anonymous, said the object looked like a bright red point of light travelling low in the southwestern sky.
"I don't particularly believe in Martians but I have an open mind. There is something else out there," the man said.
It seemed to be flying at more than 400 kilometres per hour from west to east, he added.
"It was kind of angling away," he said.
He watched the object for 30 seconds, until it imploded into a smaller white light then disappeared.
Another witness, who also asked not to be named, said he had no idea what the object was.
"I've seen a lot of things and we can't find an explanation for this," he said.
Rutkowski said there were nine reports of UFOs that were similar in description from across Canada that same night.
"So in this case, now we have very qualified multiple observers," he said.
There are about 700 documented UFO sightings each year in Canada, he said.
Rutkowski is hoping to locate more people who saw the object.
Boy, the DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY really IS doing a good job.
I have no idea, as I wasn't referring to that.
I got a hat like that once in Tijuana! It was all blurry too til I sobered up! ;-)
No way, the earth is the center of the universe, and we are the infinite, supreme intelligence, and no other life exists. And we know this because we are so intelligent. Out of trillions of star systems why would anyone believe there is life outside of our planet?
It's just a shame that many make the giant leap from an UNIDENTIFIED Flying Object to one that they IDENTIFY as an extraterrestrial intelligently controlled object.
It's not a shame, it's human nature.
However, I wasn't referring to those types. I was referring to trained, credible professionals such as air traffic controllers, pilots, cops, doctors engineers etc...
Please ping me when you decide to be a bit clearer about whatever point you were trying to make.
My pleasure RS. If you will bring you're attention to my first post above, you will note it says, "No doubt, more qualified than you have seen objects that have not or cannot be identified." I did *not* say or even imply that these credible individuals IDENTIFIED these objects as extraterrestrial intelligently controlled objects.
I only stated that these individuals are more qualified to distinguish an identifiable object and are more qualified than most to say that the object they observed was not identifiable. For example, I feel that a professional air traffic controller that watches aircraft for a living, is probably more qualified than most to say that what they saw flying was unidentifiable or not. I never suggested that they were more qualified to determine if these objects were extraterrestrial intelligently controlled objects.
It's a large leap to go from there "must be" other life to that other life visiting here.
Again, my statement above didn't say anything about visiting this planet.
To set you straight, and for the record, I do believe there is a good chance of life outside of earth, and yes, there is a chance that this planet could have been visited at some point in it's history, but due to the lack of hard evidence, I would say that it's very unlikely. But I will not say it has never happened, as I have no proof of that either.
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