Dozens in Texas Town Report Seeing UFO

**PorkChopSandwiches** · 01-15-2008, 05:02 PM

STEPHENVILLE, Texas (AP) - AP Video 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.

Machinist Ricky Sorrells said friends made fun of him when he told them he saw a flat, metallic object hovering about 300 feet over a pasture behind his Dublin home. But he decided to come forward after reading similar accounts in 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."

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.

One man has offered a reward for a photograph or videotape of the mysterious object.

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."

***If you have time to point your gun at it, why can't you take a damn picture of it

fricnjay · 01-15-2008, 05:17 PM

I call bullshit on this. Texas has the largest concentration of military aeronautical companies in it than any other state, except maybe California. First you have one of the biggest NASA facilities in the world, Lockheed Martin, Bell Helicopter, Northrop Grumman, and even Boeing. Some of the worlds most innovative aircraft have been design built and tested in Texas. I am sure this is some new aircraft that is being tested and people just don't know what to make of it.

DemonGeminiX · 01-15-2008, 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fricnjay

I call bullshit on this. Texas has the largest concentration of military aeronautical companies in it than any other state, except maybe California. First you have one of the biggest NASA facilities in the world, Lockheed Martin, Bell Helicopter, Northrop Grumman, and even Boeing. Some of the worlds most innovative aircraft have been design built and tested in Texas. I am sure this is some new aircraft that is being tested and people just don't know what to make of it.

**PorkChopSandwiches** · 01-15-2008, 06:02 PM

Can you get me a pic FJ

fricnjay · 01-15-2008, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PorkChopSandwiches

Can you get me a pic FJ

ha ha

I'll see what I can do

**PorkChopSandwiches** · 01-15-2008, 06:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fricnjay

ha ha

I'll see what I can do

Noilly Pratt · 01-15-2008, 06:43 PM

Rumour spreadin' a-'round in that Texas town
'bout that shack outside La Grange
and you know what I'm talkin' about.
Just let me know if you wanna go
to that home out on the range.
They gotta lotta nice girls ah.

Have mercy.
A haw, haw, haw, haw, a haw.
A haw, haw, haw.

**PorkChopSandwiches** · 01-15-2008, 06:44 PM

ZZ top???

fricnjay · 01-15-2008, 06:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PorkChopSandwiches

ZZ top???

Yep and let me tell you, its one hell of a shack.

chainsoar · 01-15-2008, 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fricnjay

I call bullshit on this. Texas has the largest concentration of military aeronautical companies in it than any other state, except maybe California.

Doesn't it also have the largest concentration of drunk rednecks seeing things?

I'm just going on past "UFO" sightings.

ps if anyone here is from Texas please don't shoot me

**PorkChopSandwiches** · 01-15-2008, 06:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chainsoar

Doesn't it also have the largest concentration of drunk rednecks seeing things?

I'm just going on past "UFO" sightings.

Isnt it always a redneck who sees these things?

fricnjay · 01-15-2008, 06:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chainsoar

Doesn't it also have the largest concentration of drunk rednecks seeing things?

I'm just going on past "UFO" sightings.

ps if anyone here is from Texas please don't shoot me

*shoots chainsoar* YeeeHawww

chainsoar · 01-15-2008, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PorkChopSandwiches

Isnt it always a redneck who sees these things?

My point exactly.

"Me n' mah cousin Billy-Bob done seen this thing that looked kinda like one of them cigar things. Only it was flyin'. We was sober, we'd only been inhalin' moonshine fumes for 16 hours straight"

Southern Belle · 01-15-2008, 10:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noilly Pratt

Rumour spreadin' a-'round in that Texas town
'bout that shack outside La Grange
and you know what I'm talkin' about.
Just let me know if you wanna go
to that home out on the range.
They gotta lotta nice girls ah.

Have mercy.
A haw, haw, haw, haw, a haw.
A haw, haw, haw.

My favorite ZZT

Quote:

Originally Posted by PorkChopSandwiches

Isnt it always a redneck who sees these things?

Hey watch your mouth talking about rednecks

justhangingout · 01-15-2008, 10:50 PM

If intelligent life is watching us, why don't they just stop in at some nation's capitol for a visit - why always some backwater town (not rednecks, Belle!).

01-15-2008, 05:02 PM	#1
PorkChopSandwiches Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Online Posts: 52,003 Thanks: 6 Thanked 440 Times in 180 Posts	Dozens in Texas Town Report Seeing UFO STEPHENVILLE, Texas (AP) - AP Video 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. Machinist Ricky Sorrells said friends made fun of him when he told them he saw a flat, metallic object hovering about 300 feet over a pasture behind his Dublin home. But he decided to come forward after reading similar accounts in 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." 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. One man has offered a reward for a photograph or videotape of the mysterious object. 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." ***If you have time to point your gun at it, why can't you take a damn picture of it __________________ A Teabelly Original

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Noilly Pratt exsisto mei diligo servus Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: SW Canada Posts: 4,049 Thanks: 22 Thanked 12 Times in 8 Posts	Rumour spreadin' a-'round in that Texas town 'bout that shack outside La Grange and you know what I'm talkin' about. Just let me know if you wanna go to that home out on the range. They gotta lotta nice girls ah. Have mercy. A haw, haw, haw, haw, a haw. A haw, haw, haw. __________________

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