Pity....
Posted on 01/24/2008 8:40:09 AM PST by mnehring
FORT WORTH — So much for aliens in Texas dairy country.
At least that's what the military said today, reporting that 10 F-16 fighter jets were training in the Stephenville area the night dozens of residents reported seeing a UFO.
Although Air Force Reserve officials at the Joint Reserve Base Naval Air Station in Fort Worth initially said none of their planes were in the area Jan. 8, they said today that they had made a mistake and wanted to set the record straight "in the interest of public awareness."
Some residents aren't buying it, though, saying the military's revelation actually bolsters their claims because several reported seeing at least two fighter jets chasing an object.
"This supports our story that there was UFO activity in that area," said Kenneth Cherry, the Texas director of the Mutual UFO Network, which took more than 50 reports from locals at a meeting last weekend. "I find it curious that it took them two weeks to 'fess up. I think they're feeling the heat from the publicity."
From well-respected business owners to a county constable, several dozen people swear that what they saw was larger, quieter, faster and lower to the ground than an airplane. They also said the object's lights changed configuration, unlike those of a plane.
"I guarantee that what we saw was not a civilian aircraft," Steve Allen, a pilot and freight company owner, said today.
Allen said that the planes' training area in the Brownwood Military Operating Area that includes Stephenville's Erath County does not include the airspace where he saw the object. Also, Jan. 8 was not the only day sightings were reported.
Anne Frazor, who owns a fabric store in Stephenville, about 70 miles southwest of Fort Worth, said many in town have seen military aircraft zoom overhead from time to time as part of training operations. But she said that is different than what she saw Jan. 8.
"I couldn't begin to say what it was, but to me it wasn't planes," Frazor said.
Since the reported sightings two weeks ago, the 17,000-resident town has had some fun with the international publicity. Some high-schoolers made T-shirts that read "Stephenville: the new Roswell" on the front and "They're here for the milk!" on the back. A picture features flying saucer beaming up a cow.
This week Tarleton State University is even hosting a lecture by a UFO researcher on the U.S. government's secret response to UFOs, based on previously classified documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.
The U.S. Air Force says it has not investigated UFO sightings since 1969 when it ended Project Blue Book, which examined more than 12,600 reported UFO sightings — including 700 that were never explained. That program started a few months after the 1947 crash near Roswell, N.M., which the government said it was a top-secret weather balloon but others involved later said was an alien spacecraft.
"What we want is the government to admit there are UFOs and what they know about them," Cherry said.
It's the alien equivalent to teens going out cowtipping.
“Not too compatible with life in anything resembling humanoid form.”
What does humanoid form have to do with extraterrestrial life?
“It’s amoeba.”
Welcome, spelling police person.
I do not think your analysis of sound is correct but even if it is, the craft appeared to be stationary (hovering).
Pity....
What, exactly, is the author inferring about the character of the police?
That's the whole point, it really doesn't talk about it, not in a pointed sense anyway, unless you consider "The heavens and the earth", about "it". The Bible revolves around our little corner of the galaxy.
Devout Christians would probably label what I just said as heresy, but throughout my life I have read as much as possible about it and have yet to find anything that says other star systems do not contain intelligent life forms.
Having said that, I consider myself a Christian in the absolute sense of the word.
Welcome, spelling police person.
I’m not a big fan of the spelling police, but in this case the original poster was seeming to make a claim of superior intellect, therefore the misspelling matters.
” I’m not a big fan of the spelling police, but in this case the original poster was seeming to make a claim of superior intellect, therefore the misspelling matters.”
Your point is taken.
I don’t think it discredits his original point, though, in the least. misspelling that word doesn’t change the estimate on number of stars in the universe, nor the implications thereof regarding the viability of maintaining that earth is the only planet with life on it. He could mispel evry werd in tha sintins and it wudnt chanj nuthin.
As usual this is another attempt of the Air Force to convince the sheeple its nothing so move along, they did the same thing about the Phoenix lights claiming it was a group of A-10s that had dropped parachute flares before landing.
I am beginning to suspect the rise in UFO reports is similar to approaching asteroids like the one that will get very close to Earth around next tuesday like about .94 EU (Earth Units or roughly 334,000 miles.
Now there actually could be a logical explanation and that is its really a top secret weapon psy-ops device like Project Bluebeam that is being “tested” before its to be used...somewhere.
LOL exactly, barbie ET on TV sells ad time to the male segment, but....
“Hey, at least I’m not with the grammar police!”
Your humor is appreciated! I had wondered if spellingpoliceperson needed hyphenation, actually.
” Are you saying that any extraterrestrial life would definitely not be in humanoid form?”
Everything I can offer on this is just speculation, of course. I see no reason why humanoid form is needed. As long as there is some way to manipulate objects and a body which can deal with construction needs, the main issue is the brain.
Just using terrestrial species’ physical abilites, I would wonder if, given the right mental development, why some insects couldn’t begin to develop more advanced ways of manipulating things, as use of tools is a huge step down the road.
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