From: bhamilto@pcshs.com Date: Mon, 14 Jul 97 09:22:28 -0700 Fwd Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 13:57:26 -0400 Subject: In Search Of - Update On Monday July 28th FOX TV will air "UFOs - The Best Evidence Caught on Tape" at 8 PM. Some of this evidence will come from Phoenix. In further developments, the MUFON Journal has now published Richard Motzer's opposing viewpoint on the Phoenix Lights of March 13th. Richard feels that most of the lights, especially those seen in video footage, are flares lofted by the National Guard unit here. I have responded to that article with documentation. According to State Public Affairs Officer for the Arizona National Guard, Eileen Bienz, the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard did not shoot-off or drop any flares on the night of March 13, 1997. She has put this statement in writing. We did not see these lights at the altitude of 8,900 feet as stated in Richard's article as that would put them at a higher altitude than the Estrella Mountains. Our video itself shows these lights to be lower than the highest point of the Estrellas (4,515 feet) and in front of the mountains over the Gila River. Two of us viewed these lights through a 24x eyepiece of a Celestron telescope and saw no smoke, spark, or suspension apparatus such as a balloon or parachute. The lights came on in one sequence and went off in reverse sequence which you can plainly see on the video. If they were flares, then the first flare would have had a longer burn time than the last flare. A flare manufacturer looked at our video and now several military personnel familiar with flares who either saw the lights or the video has declared them - not flares. They have no relative motion and no descending motion. There were no aircraft in the vicinity of these lights and these lights did not illuminate the terrain. We will soon do a search of the terrain in the vicinity of one of these orb sightings to look for ground residue of any kind. So far, no one has recovered any parachutes of flare material. Luke AFB responses also indicate no knowledge of flares or any involvement with the Phoenix Light phenomena. Flares set off in the Barry Goldwater Test Range near Gila Bend are usually not visible from Phoenix due to releasing these flares at low altitude for training exercises and the impediment of intervening mountain ranges. People do not take note of them. We also have an additional piece of daylight video evidence we have not revealed yet as we are doing further analysis that show these glowing orbs are not flares and have no means of aerial suspension. We are receiving continuing reports of these lights and now have seen video footage from NY that resembles that we have in Phoenix and shows a remarkable cluster of lights over Oneida Lake. We are also receiving reports of a new configuration of a big triangle that has been seen now in this area by more than one witness and as little as 3 days ago. Rather than "fading into history" as Richard Motzer states in his article, this series of sightings will go down in history as a significant event. We are not saying what these lights or objects are, we are not stating they are extraterrestrial, we are stating what we find they are not. These objects very definitely seem to be in the category of unconventional flying objects. Sincerely, Yours truly, Bill Hamilton Executive Director SKYWATCH INTERNATIONAL Home e-mail: billh46088@aol.com, starmanbh@aol.com NOTE: CHANGE IN WORK E-MAIL: Work e-mail: william.hamilton@pcsmail.pcshs.com SKYWATCH website: http://www.wic.net/colonel/ufopage.htm ALIEN MAGIC website: http://members.aol.com/billh46088/newhome.htm "It is easier to ridicule than investigate, but not as profitable" - Alan ---------- TO LEAVE THE LIST, send a message to: majordomo@primenet.com with the one line message of: unsubscribe in_search_of <---- End Forwarded Message ----> Bill Hamilton Executive Director SKYWATCH INTERNATIONAL Home e-mail: billh46088@aol.com, starmanbh@aol.com NOTE: CHANGE IN WORK E-MAIL: Work e-mail: william.hamilton@pcsmail.pcshs.com SKYWATCH website: http://www.wic.net/colonel/ufopage.htm ALIEN MAGIC website: http://members.aol.com/billh46088/newhome.htm "It is easier to ridicule than investigate, but not as profitable" - Alan
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