Unknown object sighted over Texas

TNSpirits Brian

A large silent object has been causing local residents in one Texas town to keep their eyes to the skies with several dozen people including one pilot reporting the bizarre object float over Stephenville, Texas. One witness, freight company owner Steve Allen reported the object as being a mile long and half a mile wide. Mr. Allen told the Associated Press: "it was positively, absolutely nothing from these parts": Federal officials will not back down and insist there must be a logical explanation to the incident however locals who saw the object say it was quieter, faster and lower than your average airplane. One witness even reported that he saw the object hovering at around 300 feet and many also reported that the object changed its light configuration, unlike those of a plane. The main incident occurred on the night of January 8th 2008 and witness Ricky Sorrells stated the following to local newspaper the Stephenville Empire Tribune: "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.": Major Karl Lewis, a spokesman for the 301st Fighter Wing at Join Reserve Base Naval Air Station in Fort Worth, Texas said that no F-16's or other aircraft from the base were in the area at the time of the event. Lewis seemed to insult the intelligence of local people who observed the craft when he stated the object may have simply been an illusion caused by two commercial airplanes.

He explained that lights from the aircraft would seem unusually bright and may appear orange from the sun setting. Lewis also confidently stated he is 90% sure that it was an airplane and added that the angle of the sunlight can sometimes play tricks on you. The sighting has caused a lot of media attention since it first broke with the Washington Post and the Telegraph newspaper in the United Kingdom reporting on the incident.

TNSpirits Brian · Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:54 pm Post subject:

Amateur ufo investigators are to descend on a farming community in Texas where dozens of people reported seeing mysterious lights in the sky.A pilot, policeman and local business owners are among those who insist they have seen a large, silent object with bright lights flying low and fast over the town of Stephenville, 60 miles south west of Fort Worth. Some said they saw fighter jets chasing the craft, which was mostly spotted on one evening - January 8.The local airforce base said none of its planes were in the area last week. A spokesman has suggested that the UFO might have been an illusion created by sunset falling on commercial airliners. Unconvinced, local people insist the object was larger, quieter, faster and closer to the ground than an airplane. Steve Allen, a pilot and freight company owner, said: "People wonder what in the world it is because this is the Bible Belt, and everyone is afraid it's the end of times." Mr Allen described the object he saw as a mile long and half a mile wide. advertisement"It was positively, absolutely nothing from these parts," he said. Looking through the telescopic sights of his rifle, Ricky Sorrells, a machinist, said he saw a flat and seamless metallic object hovering about 300 feet over a field. Lee Roy Gaitan, an Erath County constable, said: "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.

" He added: "I think it must be some kind of military craft - at least I hope it was." The US airforce no longer investigates UFOs. Around 200 UFO sightings are reported each month, mostly in California, Colorado and Texas, according to the Mutual UFO Network, which plans to visit Stephenville next weekend. Fourteen per cent of Americans polled last year said they have seen a UFO.

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