A bizarre incident occurred last Tuesday in the Texas town of Stephenville that was witnessed by dozens of residents. For about five minutes a massive craft, described as “about as big as a walmart” hovered overhead and then disappeared faster than a “speeding bullet”.
Pilot Steve Allen saw the object when he was out clearing brush off
a hilltop near the town of Silden. Allen described the unidentified
object as having flashing lights that went from corner to corner and
was strangely silent.
He said the UFO sped away at more than 3,000 mph, followed by two
fighter jets that were quickly outmaneuvered. Allen said it took the
craft only a few seconds to cross a section of sky that would have
taken him 20 minutes to cross in his Cessna.
The veteran pilot estimated the massive craft to be around a half-mile wide and a mile long.
Although officials were flooded with reputable reports, the military
quickly dismissed the sighting. The Stephenville Empire-Tribune
reported that around 40 people in all reported seeing it. The report
also noted that some people were too worried about being ridiculed to
admit what they saw until others started coming forward.
Police officer Leroy Gatin said he was walking to his car when he
saw a red glowing lights that reminded him of pictures he'd seen of an
erupting volcano.
He said the object was suspended 3,000 feet in the air. Gatin said
he was so awestruck that he called his son to come and see — but he
didn't dare talk about it until he saw a story about a UFO in the local
paper.
Military officials, however, were terse about the reports, saying
that they were all “letting their imaginations run wild”. Military
officials also claimed that what all of them saw from various angles
all across town was actually an “optical illusion”. The residents also
reported seeing two fighter jets approaching the object, but officials
at the nearest air force base denied that any of their pilots were
involved in the alleged incident.
Many credible people, including two former presidents, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, have reported seeing s UFO, which in their opinions, couldn't have possibly been a mere illusion. At any rate, it
is odd that 40 residents looking from a variety of different angleswould see the same "optical illusion". But whether what they saw was of terrestrial origin or not, is still up for debate.
UFO disclosure activists, including former Canadian Federal Defense
Minister Paul Hellyer, note that the military and other powerful
organizations rely on the “ridicule factor” to downplay the possibility
that advanced extraterrestrial life could have mastered space travel.
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Sources:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18146244
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/01/dozens-report-s.html