New Compelling Sightings

[67fortsmithufos]

You are right -- I have never heard about this sighting, and it is just the kind of thing I am asking about. But again, and no offense meant, that was 40 years ago.

So,where are these kind of sightings today. If they are happening today and are being under reported, how do we find out about them? Because if we, who are interested in this topic, aren't hearing about these kind of experiences, you can bet the general public isn't.

The O'Hare sighting generated the most hits ever on the Chicago Tribune Website, yet for the most part media ignores the whole issue, in effect turning their backs on profits. I find that very strange. You have to ask yourself, "Who owns the media?" and "What's the motivation?"

[nikki630]

Originally Posted by 67fortsmithufos

The O'Hare sighting generated the most hits ever on the Chicago Tribune Website, yet for the most part media ignores the whole issue, in effect turning their backs on profits. I find that very strange. You have to ask yourself, "Who owns the media?" and "What's the motivation?"

Anyone who follows any kind of alternative media sources knows the mainstream media is very selective about what they print and how prominent any story is, UFO related or otherwise.

I love a good conspiracy theory as much as the next person, but I try to keep things in perspective. The O'Hare incident may have been ignored simply because of the stigma attached to the UFO phenomenon. Of course it could be being ignored for more nefarious (I have always wanted to use that word) reasons as well.

But I don't actually expect to find credible compelling UFO sightings such as yours, in the mainstream press whatever the reason. However I would expect respectable researchers and groups such as Mufon, to display them prominently and make them easy to find and therefore easy to disseminate. But as best as I can see they don't. If they are happening, they are buried in with less compelling reports. Which brings me back to my original question -- how do we find out about recent compelling sightings ?

[Poi]

Thanks, Brian. I'll try to find the ghost photo soon.

Since you and Brandon are in Houston, I can tell you that during our second sighting, we were sitting on a Farm Road just outside of East Bernard, Texas and looking at the huge craft sitting over Rosenberg. I've never found going to Rosenberg compelling or fun so it's kind of hard for me to imagine what on earth was going on there, (LOL) but I checked local news at the time and found no reports. I even thought about calling the local police to see anything if strange occurred that night, but I opted to not do that. There was some large part of me that didn't want to know we really saw what we think we saw.

Which is why I think we don't see reports of the compelling sightings sometimes. I think there are numerous reasons, but one is indeed because the media is complicit in covering them up. With the internet there is certainly and avenue for instantaneous reporting, but those individuals who saw the O'Hare bugger didn't seem to get on the internet media bandwagon very quickly themselves. I don't know when the first report came out, but others were slow to respond until the mainstream media finally picked up on it. It's my guess that most people, even those who wish to actually see UFOs, have to confront their belief systems full in the face when they actually do see them. No one walks away unaffected and it takes time to process.

The first two friends we mentioned our Lake Travis sighting to laughed in our faces. These were really good friends who knew we weren't fanciful conjurers of exotic tales. But their derision probably said something about their ability to accept a new paradigm. So in a way, I think we hinder ourselves as much as the media does. Something tells me that sightings are meant to be of a personal nature in the end. If that's the case, it doesn't matter whether they come before a crowd or an individual. They are whatever they are, they come to whomever they do, and each person is left to open his head to the infinite.

Fortsmith, I never heard of your sighting either. Must have been incredible.

Nicole, I can't answer your question. I think we're just left to slog through whatever we can find through Peter Davenport, Brian Vike and others like them. They do try to highlight what they feel is compelling through radio interviews and clearing house reports at different sites.

[67fortsmithufos]

Originally Posted by nikki630

Anyone who follows any kind of alternative media sources knows the mainstream media is very selective about what they print and how prominent any story is, UFO related or otherwise.

I love a good conspiracy theory as much as the next person, but I try to keep things in perspective. The O'Hare incident may have been ignored simply because of the stigma attached to the UFO phenomenon. Of course it could be being ignored for more nefarious (I have always wanted to use that word) reasons as well.

But I don't actually expect to find credible compelling UFO sightings such as yours, in the mainstream press whatever the reason. However I would expect respectable researchers and groups such as Mufon, to display them prominently and make them easy to find and therefore easy to disseminate. But as best as I can see they don't. If they are happening, they are buried in with less compelling reports. Which brings me back to my original question -- how do we find out about recent compelling sightings ?

Nicole,
I regularly do a Google News search for "ufo". There are anywhere from a couple to several new stories every day, some compelling, some not. Most of the reports are out of the UK or other countries and tend to be written in a serious journalistic style. The occasional story from domestic sources is almost always penned in that comically derisive style that we've all grown accustomed to. Case in point: Every story I have read about the O'Hare sighting (you want compelling!) included the ridiculous quote by the clown in the tower, who wasn't even an eyewitness. Enough said, compelling reports are being filed daily, you just have to dig a little.

[nikki630]

Originally Posted by 67fortsmithufos

Nicole,
I regularly do a Google News search for "ufo". There are anywhere from a couple to several new stories every day, some compelling, some not. Most of the reports are out of the UK or other countries and tend to be written in a serious journalistic style. The occasional story from domestic sources is almost always penned in that comically derisive style that we've all grown accustomed to.

Well Duh!!!! why didn't I think of Google news? I Google almost everything else in my life. I will give that a try. Thanks

Originally Posted by 67fortsmithufos

Case in point: Every story I have read about the O'Hare sighting (you want compelling!) included the ridiculous quote by the clown in the tower, who wasn't even an eyewitness. Enough said, compelling reports are being filed daily, you just have to dig a little.

LOL -- of course they do. We all know the reason for this as well: "UFOs are silly and no matter how credible the sighting may or may not be, they are at best only worthy of ridicule" But lets spend fifteen minutes talking about something IMPORTANT -- Paris Hilton . SIGH !! could we be more closed minded ????? Oh well -- I will check out the Google news idea and maybe start compiling a collection of what I consider compelling reports.

I would still be interested in hearing other ideas about finding compelling reports about UFOs.

[tommyball]

Here's a link I just found to a news clipping site at The Paradigm Research Group.

-todd

[Tommy Allison]

I'm of the mind, that with the prevelance of cellphones, and the fact that most now have cameras, we should be seeing a deluge of cellphone captured UFO sightings.

Unfortunately, the quality stinks, and of course nobody can see anything, or really analyze the footage properly.

[tommyball]

There are a ton of UFO videos on YouTube and of course the quality is terrible.

I also tend to wonder where all the spectacular UFO videos are, what with the prevalence of video cameras and video-equipped cell phones. However, now that I've had some first hand experience videotaping an aerobatics show I can understand why there is no deluge of quality videos.

My brother graduated Florida Tech earlier this year as a flight/airport management major and he wanted to show the family what he had learned in his aerobatics class and requested that I videotape it.

He flew in a single engine plane over the Florida coast in the sunny afternoon and did a routine that kept him below approximately 2500 feet.

I had a horrible time trying to track him with my Canon miniDV, and this was following something that I could identify and knew where it was supposed to be! The bright ambient light of the beach made the LCD screen useless and the small viewfinder was not much better. I've heard that in nighttime scenarios the light output of the viewfinders causes a similar effect in that it makes a person's night vision difficult.

I still wonder where the great UFO videos are, but now I realize that it's probably not as difficult as it sounds.

-todd.

[auntiegrav]

Originally Posted by tommyball

He flew in a single engine plane over the Florida coast in the sunny afternoon and did a routine that kept him below approximately 2500 feet.

I had a horrible time trying to track him with my Canon miniDV, and this was following something that I could identify and knew where it was supposed to be!

-todd.

Yeah, it's hard to do by hand. That's why NASA and the aircraft testing companies use lasers and reflectors on test aircraft to track them with telescopes, as well as television systems that can track objects by contrast.
Some of the better cameras have an anti-shake feature that can help a little, but it has its limits.

[Goody]

I would have to say that what I experienced last year was by far the best thing i've ever been witnessed to in my entire life: If i'd had a camera & filmed it, it would have been some truly incredible footage....

This is taken from a post I made over in the 'Youth & UFO's' category.

'I've experienced a few unusual things in my time & in all honesty my strangest experience would have to be something I 'saw' traversing the night skies early last year. It is as follows:

Around 10:00pm I was heading home from my good mates house about 250 metres from my house heading roughly North-East. The night sky visibility was unbelievably clear considering my neighbourhood is littered with street lights...anyhow to the sighting.
By now I'm walking with my head pointed directly up to the stars and bathing in the awe of it all when passing very fast through my field of vision is this anomaly: 'It's a 'ball' of a golden/bronze coloured- extremely-brightly luminating light travelling at a very, very fast pace & oscillating between 2 points which would be about a 'foot' apart if you held your arms up 30 centimetres apart. Due to it's oscillating manner it looked asthough it was 'zig-zagging' through the sky! This object was brighter than any star or planet currently visible & may well have been moving at an estimated altitude of around 30,00feet or so...Hard to tell.
I was so excited I chased it (yeah I ran quite fast) down the road towards my house gawking & grinning as this was by far the coolest thing i'd ever seen in my life! It disappeared over the trees behind my house which was disappointing, but my guess is from spotting the anomaly to it's disappearance was a total of about 2 1/2 minutes.'


The fact in my opinion that this object was very very bright, appeared to be in our earths atmosphere & was travelling extremely fast in a zig-zagging fashion leads me to believe that I witnessed something absolute in reality; I am not a liar & have absolutely no reason to contribute falsified information into this field.

I guess i'll never know....but 1 thing is for sure: It was UNIDENTIFIED.