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THE TEN MOST COMPELLING UFO CASES IN HISTORY
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in order of compellingness(?)
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1. "Hudson Valley," or the Westchester Wing, NY 1984
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Thousands of reports, mostly nocturnal, of large, silent, hovering
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object with series of rotating lights. Reports came from many highly
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credible individuals including meteorologists, news reporters, and
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police chiefs. "Planes in formation" theory still in contention;
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however, videos taken by area resident of both the object and a
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formation of planes shows distinct differences. Intermittent sightings
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to this day.
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2. "Cash/Landrum", outside Houston, TX 1979
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Two ladies and 5-year-old boy report diamond-shaped object belching
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fire from beneath, surrounded by CH-47-style helicopters. Soon after
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sighting, all three suffered strange maladies which were likened to
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radiation poisoning. Klass explains as hoax, saying that the witness'
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pre-sighting medical conditions were not released to him for
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examination.
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3. "Roswell Incident," outside Corona, NM 1947
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Object crashed in remote location on a large ranch in early July, 1947.
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Debris recovered by AAF, who issued hasty press release saying "Flying
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Disk" had been recovered. Press release retracted the next day, and
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press conference held at which it was revealed the object was, in fact,
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a Rawin sonde (a device used to calibrate radar). 30 years later, AF
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intelligence officer Maj. J. Marcel claimed that the object was "not of
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this earth", that the press conference was a sham. Interviews with over
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150 witnesses reinforce anomalous nature of object.
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4. "Army Helicopter", Mansfield, OH 1974
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Four National Guardsman aboard Bell UH-1H chopper report sighting
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large nocturnal object on collision course. Pilot-in-Command Capt.
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Coyne puts chopper in descent mode. Object stops in front of chopper,
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then continues westward travel, after which Coyne discovers that
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chopper actually rose 2000 ft. Klass' explanation of a bolide is not
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supported by testimony, circumstances, or scientific principles.
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5. "Bentwaters," Rendlesham Forest, UK 1979
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Three separate sightings of anomalous lights near a NORAD base in the
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UK. Official report filed by deputy base commander, who also taped the
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on-site investigation carried out by Air Police detachment. Occurence
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produced many witnesses, some of whom swear a craft was sighted. Invest-
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igation hampered by conflicting testimony, Britain's Secrets Act, grand-
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standing by one less than credible witness, and possibly the "Control
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Group" -- A US Senator began looking into the affair, but abruptly halted
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and would not communicate further with UFO researchers.
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6. "Washington Invasion," Washington, DC 1952
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Several fast-moving objects appear on radarscopes at three separate
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installations, including Andrews AFB. Interceptors scrambled, but don't
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find anything. Same thing happens the next night, this time objects
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confirmed by ground observers. Largest peace-time press conference in
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govt. history called to explain to reporters that radar traces were
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caused by thermal inversions, despite absence of proper weather
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conditions on the nights in question.
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7. "Great Falls Film", Great Falls, MN 1954
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Little League baseball coach films two objects streaking across sky
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near an AFB. Original explanation was that objects were F-100s on
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approach to AFB, but photo-analysis shows objects to be travelling much
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too fast.
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8. "Trent Photo", McMinnville, OR 1950
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Actually two photos taken by farmer with Polaroid camera, depict
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classic domed saucer. Foreground objects provide good references for
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analysis, which shows object to be around 30 ft. diameter, and at least
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1/4 mile distant. Shadows on foreground structure may be inconsistent
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with time of day provided by photographer; however, that is immaterial
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to analysis of the image's size and distance.
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9. "Travis Walton," Snowflake, AZ 1974
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Five woodcutters allegedly witness abduction of their comrade aboard
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UFO. Abductee reappears five days later, fails first lie detector,
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after which he and four other witnesses pass, one is inconclusive.
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Controversy surrounds suppression of first lie detector results.
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10. "My wife's sighting," Fountain Hills, AZ 1989
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My wife and another witness, a friend of mine, stood in my backyard
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about 1AM and witnessed a large, silent, hovering object with bright,
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multi-colored lights that strobed in a diamond-shaped pattern. The
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object then took off to the northeast and vanished in less than a
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second. (Where was I? ASLEEP, DAMMIT!) Interviewed separately,
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witnesses gave basically the same description. Cursory check with area
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airports, AFBs yielded no clues.
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___________
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This file was originally prepared by ParaNet for use in a talk by Maj. James
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McGaha of CSICOP. We bequeath it to the public domain.
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