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F-16s at Scene of U.F.O. Sighting in Texas
NY Times ^ | January 24, 2008 | Mike Nizza

Posted on 01/24/2008 9:20:13 AM PST by King of Florida


Steve Allen points to the spot in the sky
where he first saw the U.F.O. in
Stephenville, Texas. He estimated that
it was “bigger than a Wal-Mart.” (Photo:
Jessica Horton/Stephenville
Empire-Tribune, via AP)

As the hype around a U.F.O. sighting in Texas garners an unusual amount of attention, a local Air Force reserve base stepped up on Wednesday with a statement that either completely debunks the story or fuels it further, depending on who you ask and when you ask them.

In the days since the reported sighting — which one witness said was of an object in the sky “bigger than a Wal-Mart,” with the addition of many, many strobe lights — officials at the airbase initially said that none of their aircraft were flying on the night in question.

But they changed their story on Wednesday: now they say that 10 F-16 fighter jets were indeed airborne between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. local time that night, on a training mission. That includes the 5-minute period when unidentified flying objects were sighted.

So is it time to say, “So much for aliens in Texas dairy country”?

Not if you ask The Associated Press, which published that line in an early version of its report before switching to a much more noncomittal lead paragraph.

One of the people expressing doubts about the F-16 explanation was Kenneth Cherry of the Mutual UFO Network, who asserted, “This supports our story that there was U.F.O. activity in that area.” He was apparently referring to one witness’s claim that the fighter jets were there to chase the U.F.O.

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To: King of Florida
Steve Allen sees flying Walmart

Landed Walmart 'mother ship' picks up Tie Fighters before heading back into orbit


21 posted on 01/24/2008 9:39:05 AM PST by Vaquero (" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
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To: squireofgothos
My God... a flying Wal-Mart... I’m scared...

As well you should be -- here's an actual Google satellite pic of the Stephenville, Texas Wal-Mart:


22 posted on 01/24/2008 9:40:32 AM PST by King of Florida (A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.)
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To: massgopguy
So how do they get all the Air Traffic Controllers to just start whistling and looking away from their screens like they were on The Simpsons?

The same way they all missed the planes flying miles and miles and miles off course during 9-11. They were all on union sanctioned breaks.

23 posted on 01/24/2008 9:42:04 AM PST by imd102
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To: Tennessee_Bob
They can have the phriggon' Rellim Reeb.

They'd just better stay away from the Ssenniug Artxe Tuots.

Seriesly.

I'll take my Hgalellihs to 'em ....

24 posted on 01/24/2008 9:42:47 AM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: ASA Vet

Didn’t catch that on the search for “UFO” or “U.F.O.”, then I realized too late that “UFO” wouldn’t have come up because of the four-character minimum on searches . . . .


25 posted on 01/24/2008 9:43:09 AM PST by King of Florida (A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.)
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To: King of Florida
what i don't get is, why didn't the f16 pilots see the ufo?

jk
26 posted on 01/24/2008 9:43:33 AM PST by jjw
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To: King of Florida
As well you should be -- here's an actual Google satellite pic of the Stephenville, Texas Wal-Mart:

So you're saying that not only the Wal-Mart itself, but also the cars and the parking lot, and some of the surrounding fields were flying that night.

Goodness, but that is a big UFO!

27 posted on 01/24/2008 9:45:13 AM PST by r9etb
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To: davisfh; Humble Servant

Or maybe the probe was just still warm from the last time they used it on you....


28 posted on 01/24/2008 9:46:21 AM PST by r9etb
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To: squireofgothos
My God... a flying Wal-Mart... I’m scared...

Must be China's new secret weapon. Probably air drops lead poisoned toys as it flies over...
29 posted on 01/24/2008 9:48:14 AM PST by JamesP81 ("I am against "zero tolerance" policies. It is a crutch for idiots." --FReeper Tenacious 1)
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To: King of Florida

With all the leaks from official Washington, there has never been a leak related to government knowledge about otherworldy craft?

That is all I need to know to realize “UFO’s” are from this world.


30 posted on 01/24/2008 9:49:59 AM PST by dinoparty
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To: King of Florida

I saw the witnesses interviewed on FOX that day.

They were quite matter-of-fact. The big UFO flew silently by. Then the F-16’s roared past in pursuit.

They couldn’t quite agree on exactly what the UFO looked like, but they certainly knew the F-16’s when they saw them.


31 posted on 01/24/2008 9:54:15 AM PST by sinanju
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To: King of Florida

in Texas, we measure time in beers and size in Wal-Marts.


32 posted on 01/24/2008 9:58:36 AM PST by Retired Greyhound
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To: goodwithagun

No abduction and butt probe?....In TEXAS?...........Those aren’t SPACE aliens...........


33 posted on 01/24/2008 10:01:00 AM PST by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: King of Florida
Steve Allen points to the spot in the sky where he first saw the U.F.O. in Stephenville, Texas.

That's proof enough for me!

34 posted on 01/24/2008 10:06:08 AM PST by OSHA (The Procrastinators Club is full of poseurs and frauds. Think about it.)
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To: King of Florida
I didn’t try a search.
I have my main page set on “threads” not “posts.”
That way when I scroll down I’m seeing each thread but not individual inane comments to every thread.
Bottom line is that I remembered the previous U.F.O. thread so just scrolled down to it.
35 posted on 01/24/2008 10:08:27 AM PST by ASA Vet
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To: King of Florida

My family has a ranch not too far from this area. Fighters jets are common in the area, everyone sees them constantly, so residents would not be likely to mistake a group of jets for something else. Putting together all the stories, I come up with this possibility:

People saw an undisclosed military aircraft or aircrafts being escorted by jets.


36 posted on 01/24/2008 10:11:11 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Nobody cares that you won't vote for so and so, and nobody cares if you don't vote.)
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To: r9etb

eewww...


37 posted on 01/24/2008 7:01:00 PM PST by Humble Servant (Keep it simple - do what's right.)
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