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(8829) Mon 31 May 93 3:04p
By: Titanium Knight
To: All
Re: * Close Encounter On Interstate 84
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From: titan@sys6626.bison.mb.ca (Titanium Knight)
Date: 31 May 93 09:38:52 GMT
Organization: System 6626 BBS, Winnipeg Manitoba Canada
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File: close84.txt
CLOSE ENCOUNTER ON INTERSTATE 84
By:Philip J. Imbrogno
In the past, the state of Connecticut has always been an area of few
UFO reports, however this is no longer true. Since 1985 the counties of
Fairfield and Litchfield and Hartford has seen a dramatic rise in the
number of UFO reports. This UFO is described as being a semi circle or
boomerang with multi-colored lights. Even more incredible the size of
this UFO has been reported to be the length of a football field!. This
UFO that has been seen recently in Connecticut is without a doubt the
Hudson valley UFO which is described in my book NIGHT SIEGE THE HUDSON
VALLEY UFO SIGHTINGS (Ballantine Books 1987).
For some reason unkown to this researcher the giant boomerang UFO has
shifted it's activities from New York to Nearby Connecticut. The most
recent sightings took place on May 26 of this year around interstate 84
one of the most heavily traveled highways in the northeast.
Between 9;30 and 10;15 PM more than 200 people phoned local and state
police to report a huge object with bright lights flying low over the
highway near the towns of Newtown and Southbury in Connecticut. Those
witnesses that called state police in Southbury were told that it was
nothing more than a group of Ultralight aircraft from Candlewood
airport flying in close formation and hanging colored lanterns from the
bottom of the plane. The police also told witnesses that the aircraft
were painted black so that all that can be seen is the lights. Many of
the witnesses to the phenomenon found it very hard to believe the
offical explanation.
One witnesses to the UFO was Mrs. Betty Proulx of Middlebury who said
that the object hovered over her house without a sound for over two
minutes.There was no doubt in her mind that what she was looking at was
one solid object.When Mr. Proulx heard about the explanation he could
not accept it since he was in the air division of the Navy. "It was one
craft and like no aircraft that I have ever seen in my life".
Another witnesses was Mr. Randy Etting a commercial airline pilot
with over thirty years of experience. Mr. Etting said that the idea of
the ultralight theory "is the prattling of idiots" Mr. Etting observed
the lights from his home in Newtown Connecticut at about 9:45 pm. He
said that there were at least eight lights of different colors flying
very close together and without a sound. As the object passed his home
he observed it in a pair of 7X35 binoculars. Mr. Etting told me that
the UFO was one object and he saw some type of heat waves coming from
the object which distorted the area around the lights. Mr. Etting
watched the object with neighbors and his son for over ten minutes as
it slowly drifted to the north west. All the witnesses agree that the
UFO was one solid object and round in appearance.
The Etting party was observing the UFO while it was passing close to
I-84. At this time over a dozen cars pulled over to view the UFO as it
passed overhead. One witness a Charlie Tuperman described what happened
that night.
"It was about 9:30 or so and I was driving East on 84 around the
Southbury area when I noticed these lights ahead of me. They were low
and it looked like a 747 was going to land on the highway.This thing
had about ten lights in kind of a half circle and the lights were
yellow, green, blue, white and red. This thing was going very slow and
moving from the east to the west. All of a sudden every one on both
sides of the road began slamming on their brakes and pulling over to
the side. It was a dangerous thing to do since there were several
trucks apparently trying the same thing. I pulled over and watched this
thing pass directly over the west bound lanes. I saw a dark mass behind
the lights and there was no sound. I saw the lights of a state tropper
just ahead of me and I fiqured he was called to see what was going on.
Then all of a sudden this thing gets real bright, I mean all the lights
just got ten times brighter for about ten seconds or so, then they
faded to where they were before and that is about as bright as a planes
wing lights. That really scared me. I wanted to get going because I
thought there was some type of invasion or something,I just wanted to
get home. Besides I was afraid of some trucker plowing into my car. I
watched it head west and lost it . I turnd on the radio for news, but
didn't hear anything about any UFOs on any of the local stations".
Close Encounter in New Milford
At about 10:00 after the series of sightings in the I-84 area. The
UFO was seen heading to the west. It was then seen in the New Milford
Connecticut area by a Robert Nellis his friend Jeff and Mr. Nellis dog.
They were all in Nellis car off a side road off Route 7 in the northern
area of New Milford. They were driving home after a long day of boating
upstate along the Connecticut river.The dog began to bark and cry and
at that point Jeff looked over to the northeast to see a number of
bright lights hovering over a stand of pine trees less than a quarter
mile away. They stopped the car and at that time their car radio began
to sound "funny" with all types of strange sounding static that
interfered with the station that they were listening to.
They stopped the car and continued to watch the lights. At this
moment the lights began to move slowly towards them. They were amazed
at the size of the object, "larger than a football field". The dog
continued to bark as the object passed over their car . Neil looked up
and saw a very dark structure connecting the lights that extended
toward the rear of the object. He said it was teardrop in shape and the
lights in the front were in a half circle.The object was so large he
said that" it covered the sky and blocked out everything overhead" The
object he said was made of some type of "dark grey material with very
little reflectability". There was no sound and they estimated that the
giant UFO was no more than 500 feet above their car. The UFO then
passed over their car and then shifted towards the north. They both
noticed some type of flashing lights under the object that gave the
impression as if something was moving. They watched the UFO slowly move
away. The total duration of the sighting was ten minutes, however both
men arrived home forty minutes later. This is could be a case of
missing time, or the witnesses observed the object longer than they
thought. Neil would call me for several days after my interview with
him since he felt "uneasy and upset" about his Close Encounter. My
research team and I are still investigating this case and it seems that
it may be another of the many missing time cases that are escalating in
the area.
Photographic Proof
This UFO was so bright and large that it was only a matter of time
before someone would come forward with a photograph. To our surprise we
were contacted by a person of high standing in the Southbury area who
took a picture of the object as it moved very slowly over I-84 at about
9:30 PM. The photographer wishes to remain anonymous since his position
is very sensitive. He his a very highly trained college educated man
who fears that the publicity surrounding the photograph could hurt his
career. He gave us full rights to the photograph and his sighting
account providing we do not use his real name. We will refer to him as
David.
David was on I-84 on Official busines when he saw the lights. The
lights were in the northwest and heading east. As he watched, the
object tilted and all the lights got much brighter.He was pulled off
the road at the time and had his camera ready. The UFO was about 45
degrees above the horizon. Due to traffic he had time to take only one
picture. His camera was a 35mm with a 50mm lens at 1.8, the film type
was Kodacolor asa 400 and the exposure was 1/60th of a second, or
1/125. He was not sure of the setting, but feels it was 1/60th of a
second. The object then moved toward the east without a sound. During
an interview with this researcher, David told me that the he was sure
there was a solid object behind the lights. He also said that when the
object turned it looked like the lights on the sides were pulling out
from the main mass, but he realized that this effect was due to the
object changing posistion from his point of view.
What about the Photo:
Several photo-analysis experts are now looking at the photograph. Our
initial study showed that the image is without a doubt hanging in the
sky above the ground. Also the photograph was looked at by Dr. Willy
Smith a scientists and UFO researcher of some repute. Dr. Smith's
initial calculations show the object to be anywhere from 650-1600
across!
We believe that this photograph is one of the best nightime UFO
pictures taken in the past twenty years. There were quite a few
witnesses to the sighting over a twenty-five mile radius, all reporting
the same thing. A close examination of the original negative shows that
the lights are reflecting off of some type of structure in the central
part of the object.Also the lights are in a perfect half circle. There
is no doubt that what ever the UFO photograph represents it is one
solid object. We hope to get more data on the photograph and the
sightings in the weeks to come. I have taken an add in the local papers
asking for videos and photographs and sighting accounts from that
night.
A Rational Explanation?
What about the theory that the UFO is nothing more than Ultralights
from Candlewood airport. We questioned state police on this theory. An
officer stated that they made a mistake about the airport, it wasen't
Candlewood but Stormville airport. A flight instructor at Stormville
later told us that there is only one Ultralight at Stormville and it
only flys in the day since it is illegal for them to fly at night.
The UFO sightings in the Northeast continue. In the days to follow I
received several calls from witnesses who saw formations of military
helecopters in the sighting area. One witnesses took a pictue of this
formation. Is the goverment involved in the mysterious happenings over
the Connecticut area? Many of the residents feel that the goverment is
well aware of the UFO and is doing its best to play down the sightings
by explaining them away. I called nearby Bradley international airport
to find out if they had any information about the sightings. I was
informed by air traffic control that no formations or large aircraft
were tracked on radar at that location and time. I was also told that
unless the "aircraft" have transponders (a device placed in aircraft
that help identify them on radar) in them they would not be picked up
at that location at an altitude of less than 2,000 feet. I have enough
witnesses in different locations at the same time observing the UFO to
determine that the approximate altitude was between 1,000 and 1300
feet. Based on this information my calculations indicate that the span
of lights was at least 900 feet! Its apparent size in the sky was quite
large,this is evident by the image on the 35mm frame that takes up
almost half the negative. It is obvious from the photograph and by the
witneses statments that something more than ultralight aircraft was in
the sky over Connecticut that night.
If any of my readers would like to contact me concerning this series
of UFO sightings I can be reached at PO Box 4218 Greenwich, Ct 06830.
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