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Texas Town Abuzz Over Dozens of UFO Sightings
Tuesday, January 15, 2008


Jan. 14, 2008: Standing near the area where he saw a large silent object in the sky, Ricky Sorrells talks about the sighting in Dublin, Texas.
Jan. 14, 2008: Standing near the area where he saw a large silent object in the sky, Ricky Sorrells talks about the sighting in Dublin, Texas.
STEPHENVILLE, Texas — In this farming community where nightfall usually brings clear, starry skies, residents are abuzz over reported sightings of what many believe is a UFO.

Several dozen people — including a pilot, county constable and business owners — insist they have seen a large silent object with bright lights flying low and fast. Some reported seeing fighter jets chasing it.

"People wonder what in the world it is because this is the Bible Belt, and everyone is afraid it's the end of times," said Steve Allen, a freight company owner and pilot who said the object he saw last week was a mile long and half a mile wide. "It was positively, absolutely nothing from these parts."


While federal officials insist there's a logical explanation, locals swear that it 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. People in several towns who reported seeing it over several weeks have offered similar descriptions of the object.

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"You hear about big bass or big buck in the area, but this is a different deal," Sorrells said. "It feels good to hear that other people saw something, because that means I'm not crazy."

Sorrells said he has seen the object several times. He said he watched it through his rifle's telescopic lens and described it as very large and without seams, nuts or bolts.

Maj. Karl Lewis, a spokesman for the 301st Fighter Wing at the Joint Reserve Base Naval Air Station in Fort Worth, said no F-16s or other aircraft from his base were in the area the night of Jan. 8, when most people reported the sighting.

Lewis said the object may have been an illusion caused by two commercial airplanes. Lights from the aircraft would seem unusually bright and may appear orange from the setting sun.

"I'm 90 percent sure this was an airliner," Lewis said. "With the sun's angle, it can play tricks on you."

Officials at the region's two Air Force bases — Dyess in Abilene and Sheppard in Wichita Falls — also said none of their aircraft were in the area last week. The Air Force no longer investigates UFOs.

About 200 UFO sightings are reported each month, mostly in California, Colorado and Texas, according to the Mutual UFO Network, which plans to go to the 17,000-resident town of Stephenville to investigate.

Fourteen percent of Americans polled last year by The Associated Press and Ipsos say they have seen a UFO.

Erath County Constable Lee Roy Gaitan said that he first saw red glowing lights and then white flashing lights moving fast, but that even with binoculars could not see the object to which the lights were attached.

"I didn't see a flying saucer and I don't know what it was, but it wasn't an airplane, and I've never seen anything like it," Gaitan said. "I think it must be some kind of military craft — at least I hope it was."

Confirmed - they are here and living comfortably in Montana

they're....not there

The aliens made me type that. They hate grammatical errors.

Thank you- I was hoping I wasn't the only one who cringed at the title.

There.....here....where?

Aliens, of course. Who else would be looking for the "the ultimate tips for the single guy" thread and then the very suspicious "why does the earth look like this thread"?

Get out your tin foil hats.

Jay

Today, almost every single person walking the face of this earth is carrying a camera.
Video cameras, cell phone cameras, etc. So with all that going on, NO ONE HAS EVER got a real, decent picture. Nope, IMO there aint nothing to it. Just a bunch of attention whores, tin foil hat wearers, or good honest folk who were simply mistaken. Sometimes people see what they want to see even if it isn't they're. ;)

Quick. Give them drivers permits and landscaping jobs!

Haven't they learned English is the "Universal" language...Geez....:rolleyes:

These are not the droids you are looking for.

/waves hand

Oh yeah, well what about this one I just took? Huh? Huh? Scary isn't it?

http://www.hufos.net/images/maybe_a_fake_ufo.jpg

no papers thus illegal alien, we have lots of those..this new ?
guess we need to re-think the 'fence'
Rika

Sam, I think we found who messed up your bushes.

They're just here "To Serve Man"....

I grew up in Stephenville. Lots of dairies in that area. I'm quite certain that a large cloud of methane gas has something to do with this.

Here, there and everywhere. Ahhh, Revolver;)

so these folks saw a fart..oops I mean saw someone pass gas ?
Rika

It wasn't that Chinese guy again talking about his frying saucer?

Bevis and Butthead pondered the existence of beings from outer space on a re-run a few weeks ago:

Bevis: Do you believe in aliens?

Butthead: I believe in illegal aliens.

Bevis: I believe in Mexicans.

It's Beavis!!!

It's a grammatical thing.