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From: Masinaigan@aol.com [Joseph Trainor]
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 12:39:45 EST
Fwd Date: Sun, 08 Feb 1998 15:03:47 -0500
Subject: UFO ROUNDUP, Volume 3, Number 6
UFO ROUNDUP
Volume 3, Number 6
February 8, 1998
Editor: Joseph Trainor
BLACK HELICOPTER CHASES
UFO OVER BROOKLYN
On Sunday, February 1, 1998, at 4:20 p.m., Alex
Cavallari, New York state director of Skywatch
International, was at his home in the Sheepshead Bay
section of Brooklyn, N.Y. when he spied a luminous
red-orange sphere in the sky.
"It was a nice day, and I had to go outside on the
roof of my house to adjust my radio antenna because
some high winds had shifted its position," reported
Cavallari, who is a ham radio enthusiast with the
call letters KB2NYV.
Cavallari saw "a small orange/red colored light dot
in the eastern sky" near Nostrand Avenue. Thinking
it was a smudge on his glasses, he immediately
cleaned the lenses and looked again. "I scanned the
sky for a couple of seconds and, all of a sudden, the
UFO appeared. It just appeared from nowhere."
"This time it was much bigger and clearer," he added.
"But the size or diameter of a cigarette (1/4 inch)
(0.5 centimeters--J.T.) at arm's length. I went inside and
got my camera," a Minolta 35mm with 12X maximum
zoom.
Returning outside, he looked for the UFO again and
"it just appeared and swooped down in front of me and
then it stopped for about three seconds and then it
disappeared."
At its point of closest approach, the UFO "was
bigger than the moon." Setting the camera on
maximum zoom, he scanned the sky through the
viewfinder, hoping for another glimpse of the UFO.
Six minutes later, turning to the north, he spied
"a small colored dot" over Avenue X. "I aimed the
camera, and it turned to the left, west, and it is right
in front of me. I take one picture. The UFO started
to move forward and down towards me and then
stopped. It was the size of a basketball when viewed
at arm's length--a bright red, orange, yellow and white
orb. It appeared to be a solid mass of light."
Keeping the camera on it, Cavallari shot two more
photos. "Then it flew for the right, north, stopped for
about a second, and was no longer visible."
At 4:20 p.m., Cavallari was in the house washing
up "when I heard the sound of a helicopter over the
house. I went and got the camera and walked out
onto the back porch. There was what looked like a
black helicopter hovering directly over my house at
about 1,500 to 2,000 feet."
Aiming the camera, Cavallari shot one photo of
the black helicopter before running out of film.
"The helicopter did not appear to have any numbers
or identification on it," he reported. "It did make a
'typical' sound a helicopter makes. It hovered for about
two minutes. During that time, it appeared as if it was
spraying" some sort of mist "from the bottom of the
helicopter onto the ground and houses below."
While watching the helicopter, Cavallari's glasses
became covered with some of the mist. Carefully he
wiped them off and retrieved a sample of the mist.
Then "the helicopter turned and dipped its front
end as if it was looking at me. It hovered in this
position for about thirty seconds and then turned as
it hovered and headed towards the (same) direction as
the UFO sphere/orb. It headed for the southwest,"
towards Neptune Avenue and Brighton Beach.
Copies of the UFO and black helicopter photos
are available in digital form. Readers can send a
request to XELAUFO@aol.com. (Many thanks to
Alex Cavallari for letting UFO ROUNDUP quote from
his report.)
(Editor's Comment: The helicopter in the photo
appears to be a 1997 Bell 407 Long Ranger. Note
the odd-looking sprayer under the aircraft's "chin.")
STRANGE TUBE-SHAPED UFO
APPEARS IN LEANDER, TEXAS
On Saturday, January 24, 1998, at 3:20 p.m.,
D.B. Michael was at his home in Leander, Texas
(population 3,398) when he received a phone call
from his brother, Dave, asking him to hurry outside,
"You've got to see this!"
Leander is on Highway 183 about 23 miles
north of Austin, the state capital.
"He and (D.B.'s son) Daniel were in their
backyard, which joins mine." Hurrying outside,
D.B. "observed the object moving in a northerly
direction," describing the UFO as "a cylinder object
that was positioned upright, not oblong."
The men shot several photos of the UFO with
their two 35mm cameras while "the object stayed
vertical without any rotation."
"We followed it on U.S. Highway 183 heading
off at (county highway) 2243 East. We then travelled
on 2243 East and pulled off the road. It passed over
us...We then commenced east again intending to go
to Interstate (Highway) 35 and intercept it again."
Just then, "a dark helicopter was observed flying
for the south at an altitude of about 500 feet," he
added, "Reaching I-35, we looked about but found
nothing. We traveled west on Highway 29. We
observed three jet aircraft that appeared to be in
V formation...in a flight that that would have
intercepted the object if it had continued in the
direction of travel last seen by us." (Many thanks
to Steve Wilson Sr. for this report.)
MYSTERIOUS LIGHTS SEEN
IN SAN BERNARDINO
On Saturday, January 24, 1998, at 9:30 p.m.,
Doris W. was at home in San Bernardino,
California (population 164,164), a large city
on Interstate Highway 10 approximately
63 miles (101 kilometers) east of Los Angeles,
when she got a real surprise.
When her son came home from work, Doris
reported, "I opened the door and behind him were
three large lights like the colors of the sky when
seen first thing in the morning."
Doris noticed "that the three lights were side
by side in a straight longitudinal position."
"I asked my son what they were. He turned
around to look and immediately got his camera."
Meanwhile, Doris went across the street and
alerted her neighbors. Soon there were six people
on the sidewalk, looking up at the lights. "One of
the lights moved eastward and vanished. The other
two were in the southern part of the sky. When a
jet approached us, they disappeared without a
trace." (Many thanks to Tim Hagemeister of
NACOMM for this report.)
THREE-DAY UFO FLAP HITS
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA
Skywatchers just south of Pensacola, Florida
(population 58,615) had their patience rewarded
when a red spherical UFO appeared for three
nights straight over the Gulf of Mexico.
Pensacola is 195 miles (312 kilometers) west
of Tallahassee, the state capital.
On Thursday, January 29, 1998, Roy and Elsie
Pollock of Florida MUFON spied a UFO over the
city at 6:22 p.m.
"It was a typical red light 'Bubba,'" he reported,
like those seen on many occasions in nearby
Gulf Breeze, Florida. "It appeared approximately
halfway between the horizon" and the zenith, and
"gradually moved north and rising until it was the
same elevation in the sky as the moon. It moved
perhaps 15 to 20 degrees to the west and then
changed direction to an east/southeast movement."
"The object was a mostly brilliant at times red
red light--it pulsated from very bright to mediumly
bright and occasionally will disappear completely.
Pulse rate is about 7.5 times per second...It
hovered rotating and silently over the Shoreline
Park area."
The following night, Friday, January 30, 1998,
Anne Morrison and her fellow skywatchers set up
camp in Pensacola Beach (population 4,000)
on Highway 399 just south of the city.
"We were at Pensacola Beach, at water's edge,
at the Dunes Hotel at 6:07 p.m.," she reported.
"Looking to the northwest at approximately 30 to
40 degrees elevation. As we watched...it very slowly
moved higher in the sky, pulsing randomly. It was
slowly coming towards" the beach "and took eight to
ten minutes to come directly over our heads. Then
it moved to the east of us...then disappeared."
The 12 skywatchers then saw "another steady
red object in the east, but only five to seven degrees
above the horizon and over the Gulf (of Mexico). It
remained in this position for about three minutes,
then disappeared. There were 12 witnesses, eight
of whom have a great deal of experience seeing the
Gulf Breeze red object."
The next night, Saturday, January 31, 1998,
at 6:27 p.m., the skywatchers went to the last public
parking lot on Fort Pickens Road in Pensacola Beach.
"We had barely arrived when we saw a steady
red light to the north/northwest at about seven degrees
above the horizon. The red light made a long arc above
us and was not as bright as the night before." The UFO
"remained in view for 22 minutes. It moved very slowly,
appearing higher in the sky and going more east."
(See Filer's Files #5 for 1998. Many thanks to George
A. Filer, Ray Pollock and Anne Morrison of MUFON
for these reports.)
UK MEN SPOT A UFO OVER
GREAT BENTLY, ESSEX
On December 3, 1997, at 8 p.m., two men,
one 18, the other 34, were walking in Great Bently,
Essex, about 55 miles (88 kilometers) northeast
of London when they spied a strange light in the sky.
"To start with, it was very small," the younger
witness reported, "Only about the size of a normal
aeroplane light. But as it got closer to us, it got
bigger and at one point it was much bigger than
a coin held at arm's length."
"We saw it up close for thirty seconds, but it
was in view for at least a few minutes. It passed
directly overhead at one point. The colour was white.
The object seemed to be giving out light all over its
surface."
"It came from the northeast and departed towards
the southwest. It wasn't very high up. It was much
lower than a normal plane, probably only about 100
feet (30 meters). It traveled much faster at first, but
seemed to slow down when it passed over me."
(Email Interview)
ITALIAN COUPLE VIDEOTAPES
A UFO OVER CASSINO
On Tuesday, January 20, 1998, at 7:20 a.m., an
Italian husband and wife spied a UFO over the small
city of Cassino, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south
of Rome.
The UFO was also seen in Cervara.
When they first saw the UFO, "it moved slowly
from near the ascendant (zenith)" and flew in a
horizontal trajectory.
Five minutes later, the silvery object returned,
and "when the phenomenon repeated itself, the
spouses got a camera and filmed it for seven
minutes on videotape."
The case is being investigated by Giovanni
Ascione, Antonio Cecere, Mario de Luca and
Enzo Paliotti of Centro Italiano di Studi Ufologici.
(Grazie a Edoardo Russo di CISU per questo
rapporto.)
TWO TRIANGULAR UFOs FLY
OVER NORTHERN TASMANIA
On Monday, February 2, 1998, at 11:55 p.m.,
witnesses in Devonport, on Australia's Bass Strait
on the north shore of Tasmania "spotted two bright
light triangular objects ripping through the night sky."
"The first object sped past at an incredible speed,
at a low altitude on a westerly heading. A few seconds
later, another white triangular object flew past on the
same course and bearing. However, this object
appeared to have a green light or glow following it.
The objects appeared to be identical in shape and
colour. There was no sound. The objects were
definitely a right-angle triangle shape, that appeared
to be like the broad swept-back wing of a Stealth
or delta-winged American" aircraft. (Many thanks to
Ross Dowe of Australia-New Zealand National UFO
Hotline for this report.)
CASHMAN SOLVES MYSTERY
OF THE CHESHIRE LIGHTS
A recent UFO has now been identified, thanks to
the investigative work of Mark Cashman, assistant
director of Connecticut MUFON.
On Friday, January 16, 1998, motorists spotted
mysterious bluish-white flashes near Cheshire,
Connecticut, about 25 miles (32 kilometers) south
of Hartford. Mark Cashman subsequently talked
with two of the eyewitnesses.
The incident took place between 10:45 and
11 p.m., Cashman said. "The other witness indicated
that the cars were driving west on (Highway) 691,
heading for (Interstate Highway) I-84, and the flashes
were about 15 degrees behind the car, which would
mean that the (initial) Sleeping Giant (state park)
location just wasn't possible."
"I plotted the sight lines on a map based on
information taken from the witnesses," he added,
"and the sight lines converge at the densest part
of Meriden, Connecticut."
Cashman then contacted the power company
in Meriden and learned that "86,000 customers in
that area were without power and transformer
problems" as a result of the ice storm "could have
caused the flashes."
"An arcing power line and certain kinds of
transformer problems can cause extremely bright
blue-white flashes of the kind reported." Based
on this information, the recent Connecticut UFO
should be classified as "identified." (Email
Interview)
BLACK HELICOPTER FLYBY
IN LEBANON, INDIANA
On December 28, 1997, a farm family living near
Lebanon, Indiana (population 12,059), located on
Interstate Highway I-65 approximately 27 miles
(43 kilometers) northwest of Indianapolis, reported
a black helicopter flying very low and very fast
over their property.
According to Lawrence R., the "helicopter passed
directly over our place. It stirred up a pack of coyotes--
they started yapping and howling in the field beyond
our barnyard." (See Farm and Ranch Living for
February/March 1998, page 47)
L.A.'S BRENTWOOD SECTION
HAS A MYSTERIOUS PAST
What do Monica Lewinsky, O.J. Simpson and
Cindy Crawford have in common?
They all live in Brentwood, an upscale neighborhood
in the west end of Los Angeles.
Monica Lewinsky, key figure in the current White
House scandal, arrived at the home of her father,
Dr. Bernard Lewinsky, at 12224 Darlington Avenue
on Tuesday, February 3, 1998.
"And when the upscale Brentwood district was
recovering from the notoriety and gawkers brought
by the O.J. Simpson case, the juggernaut of news
coverage descended for a second time upon
Bundy Drive, Gretna Green Way and other streets
familiar to trial watchers." (See USA Today for
February 5, 1998, page 3-A.)
"'It's a little deja vu,' said Elaine Katz, 40, strolling
past the scene with her leashed saluki-shepherd
mix, Shayne."
"Retired schoolteacher Joan Taylor, 75, struggled
in vain to pull her family's Scotch terrier past the
staked-out journalists. 'He wants to see what's going
on,' Taylor said, 'I can hardly drag him home.'"
(USA Today, February 5, 1998, ibid.)
"Lewinsky's father, Bernard, lives just a few
blocks from the condo where Nicole Brown Simpson
and Ronald Goldman were knifed to death in 1994."
Nicole's condo is at 875 South Bundy Drive.
"The oncologist's home is also not far from
O.J.'s old estate" at 360 North Rockingham Avenue
"where the media camped out for months before
and after his sensational murder trial."
"Los Angeles Police Department Sgt. Terri
Brinkmeyer said cops expected 'a media circus'
in Brentwood. 'But we're used to that, especially
in this area.'" (See the New York Post for
February 4, 1998, "Circus Is Back in Brentwood,"
page 3)
Probably neither the Lewinskys nor O.J. nor
supermodel Cindy Crawford, who owns "a 4,000-
square-foot, four-bedroom, Spanish-hacienda-style
home in Brentwood" (See the Globe for February 10,
1998) are aware of the strange events that occurred
in the district back in January 1934, which resulted
in some wild claims and a mysterious disappearance.
In 1933, self-styled inventor and mining engineer
G. Warren Shufelt came to Los Angeles, hoping to
interest backers in his "radio X-ray" device, a kind of
early-day subterranean sonar.
Visiting Brentwood, then a new post-World War
One subdivision, Shufelt tested his invention and
discovered underground tunnels running south to
Santa Monica and the ocean. He also discovered
tunnels deep beneath Dodger Stadium, the Central
Library and Fort Moore Hill, now site of the Los
Angeles Unified School Distrct headquarters.
"To understand his find, Shufelt said he took his
secret to Arizona, to a famous Hopi Indian leader
known as Chief Greenleaf."
"The Hopi tale the chief told him begins about
3,000 B.C. with a highly advanced race known as
the Lizard People. According to legend, after a
fire or meteor nearly destroyed their culture, the
mysterious race built three underground cities
along the Pacific coast."
"The capital of this underground world was said
to be beneath downtown Los Angeles. (Another
city was under Mount Shasta and nobody knows
where the third city was.) Caverns and tunnels
housing a thousand families supposedly were
created with an unknown chemical solution that
melted bedrock. Tunnels and rooms were said
to be filled with gold--then a symbol of long life
rather than wealth--and lined with a cement
superior to any known to modern man."
"The legendary lost city of tunnels was built
in the shape of a lizard, also a Hopi symbol for
longevity." (See the Los Angeles Times for
July 22, 1996, "L.A. Scene--The City Then and Now"
by Cecilia Rasmussen.)
The Brentwood tunnel supposedly runs parallel
to Sunset Boulevard, turning south beyond Bundy
Drive, crossing San Vicente Boulevard and passing
under the Brentwood Country Club before heading
for Santa Monica.
Shufelt announced his plans to excavate the
reputed "temple room" under Fort Moore Hill.
(See the Los Angeles Times for January 29, 1934.)
"The city gave Shufelt permission to drill down
to 1,000 feet, but after only reaching 350 feet,
drilling stopped for fear of a cave-in. Breathless
newspaper accounts were never followed up,
and Shufelt disappeared." (Los Angeles Times,
July 22, 1996)
A local psychic of the 1930s, Edith Elden
Robinson of Paco Rivera said she had a vision of
"a vast city...in mammoth tunnels extending to
the seashore," with a few running under Brentwood.
(Editor's Comment: Prehistoric tunnels have also
been found under Rome, Italy, apparently predating
the Etruscan period, 1300 to 300 B.C. The
Etruscans, a.k.a. the Rasenna, founded "Roma"
on the site of an earlier city--Saturnia.)
from the UFO Files...
1967: UFO CHASES AIRLINER
OVER PERU
On February 2, 1967, a Douglas DC-4 airliner
owned by Faucett Airlines took off from Piura in
northern Peru. The four-engine propellor airliner
was headed south to Lima, the national capital.
Flying the DC-4 was Captain Osvaldo Sanvitti
and a crew of six. There were 52 passengers
on board, including Colonel Alberto Rosell of
the Peruvian Army.
As the DC-4 flew over Chiclayo, Capt. Sanvitti
reported, "We were at an altitude of 7,000 feet
when I suddenly noticed a luminous object to the
right of the plane. It was beginning to get dark
(about 7 p.m. February is summer in Peru--J.T.)
and the object, which emitted a very strong light,
was shaped like a reversed cone. It was more or
less at eight miles (12 kilometers) from the plane,
flying at the same speed, same altitude and
keeping the same direction. In other words, it
was flying in line with our plane as if it wanted
to observe us closely."
"As I was observing it myself," he reported,
"I saw it making a number of movements, all of
which were done at a fantastic speed. It darted
vertically in the air several times and then returned
to its original place. I alerted my crew and then
I told the passengers to watch the UFO. I told
them that, in my opinion, it was observing us."
"The object followed us for a while to our right,
making ascending and descending maneuvers from
time to time, but always following our plane in a
parallel route. Then, suddenly, it flew towards us
like an arrow, passing above the plane. While
doing this, it emitted flashes of vivid colors."
"When it approached the plane, it had a bluish
light on its upper part and a red light below. But
when it passed above us, I saw that its lower
section was shaped like a funnel. I estimated
that the upper section, which was the largest, had
a diameter of about 230 feet. After passing above
us, the UFO took a position to our left, at a distance
of two miles from the plane."
Picking up his microphone, Capt. Sanvitti tried
to contact the tower at Aeropuerto Jorge Chavez
in Lima. He wanted to report the sighting, but all he
got on the radio was static.
Meanwhile, in Lima, airport manager Edwin
Boris "was very worried by the fact that Capt.
Sanvitti was not in touch with us. I was unable to
make any communication either with him or his
plane."
Back on the DC-4, things were getting pretty
scary.
The radio was still out. Even worse, the
cabin and cockpit lights began to flicker and grow
dimmer.
"The crew and passengers of the DC-4 suddenly
noticed a second UFO flying next to the first one.
'The two objects were flying over our plane,' continued
Sanvitti's testimony 'They both had the same size
and shape. I was beginning to tell the control tower
that there were two UFOs around us when suddenly
both left at a fantastic speed in one blow and
disappeared. It was our last sighting of them."
Immediately the DC-4's power was restored.
At Chavez airport, Boris "could hear his (Sanvitti's)
voice explaining what had happened. He was
saying, 'A UFO has flown around us, observing us.
The passengers are frightened.'"
Amazingly, this was Capt. Sanvitti's second
UFO encounter. In 1953, while piloting a small
plane over Barcelona in Venezuela he spotted
"a silvery saucer-shaped object." (Many thanks
to Antonio J. Huneeus for letting UFO ROUNDUP
quote from his article, "Peru's Most Incredible
Close Encounters," Unsolved UFO Sightings,
Winter 1998 issue, pages 64 and 65. Copyright
1998 by Antonio J. Huneeus, all rights reserved.)
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To our readers in Norway, I hope you're
enjoying today's Sun Pageant in Narvik. The festival
celebrates the "return" of the sun to the city.
The sun has been below the horizon, and Narvik
has been cloaked in Arctic night, since the end
of November.
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See you then.
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