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From: Ian Darlington CUFORG <cuforg@interweb-design.co.uk> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 21:58:47 -0000 Fwd Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 11:43:57 -0500 Subject: CUFORG: Skywatchers Newsletter --Issue 2, Part 2 Skywatchers Email Edition -- Issue 2 -- Sept.'98 - Jan. '99 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 'SKYWATCHERS' is a quarterly publication from the Cornwall UFO Research Group (C.U.F.O.R.G.), which was founded in 1995. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ PART TWO +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ C.U.F.O.R.G. SIGHTINGS Date/Time: Autumn 1996/5.15pm Location: Teynham, Kent Type/Size: Disc Case No. 116 (DG) REPORT A man was walking through Kent orchards to Teynham Railway Station on an Autumn evening in 1996, when he looked up and saw a disc-shaped object about 3000ft high up in the twilight sky. The object had a central white light on the underside and its outer edge had dull green, white, yellow and raspberry coloured lights. The witness immediately accepted that it was a UFO and felt "strangely calm" about it. He was surprised by his own reaction. The object was about =BC mile in front of him which would place it approximately over the village of Teynham. He observed the UFO for a few minutes then found himself close to the railway station unable to remember how the object had disappeared from his sight. He suspects he has several seconds or minutes of 'missing time'. No after-effects were noticed. * * * * Date/Time: 7th January '98/1.45am Location: Grampound Rd, Truro Type/Size: Ball of Light REPORT "On returning home from work at 1.45am, I entered into Grampound Road Village, very bright circular light flew over the top of my car at a considerable height. It came from the rear and flew forward in front of my car. I could see it above my car through the glass sunroof. As it got some distance in front, it appeared to drop in an arch behind some houses that were in front of me, I then lost sight of the object." * * * * Date/Time: 8th Feb 1998/3-4pm Location: Falmouth Type/Size: Ball of light Case No. 126 (DG) REPORT A lady in Falmouth got up in the early hours to let her cat out and whilst doing so, saw a bright white light surrounded by a halo in the sky towards Swanpool Beach. Between the stationary light and halo was a bell-shaped transparent 'film'. The object made no noise. The witness felt 'they' were aware of her and afterwards she felt bewildered and 'changed' in some way. She also noted that her dream recall and creativity has increased since the event. This lady had another strange experience on Saturday 31st January 1998, which is recounted here in her own words: "I had just got up. Put on the TV, flicking through the channels. On Channel 4 there was football (I think it was American). As I was watching the picture changed. For a moment I thought that we had gone back to the studio to discuss the game. I found myself looking at three men, they seemed normally dressed. The one nearest to me was looking 'side on' and appeared to be looking at something that I couldn't see. The man in the middle of the screen looked towards the man nearest to me and appeared to ask or tell him something. The third man didn't seem to move. All of this time there was no sound on the TV, although there had been sound for the football. Behind the three men covering the background were silver tubes, they covered the complete background. I hope I have made this as clear as possible. After seeing the UFO on the 8th February, I wondered if the two incidents were connected. While I was looking at the above I had the feeling that I was looking inside a spaceship. The picture was on the screen for about half a minute. Then it was back to the football." * * * * Date/Time: 24th March 1998/4-4.30pm Location: Truro Type/Size: Large low-level cigar Case No. 127 (DG) REPORT A mother was waiting to pick her children up in the carpark of Treyew School when she noticed a very black cylindrical object float past, in the gap between two houses. At first she thought it was a helicopter, but discounted this because of its shape, lack of noise and lights. * * * * Date/Time: 2nd Nov. 1990/11.45pm Location: Cairo Airport, Egypt Type/Size: Disc, 3 inches AAL Case No. 119 (DG/DJ) REPORT This sighting first came to our attention when the witness approached the CUFORG desk at the 1997 conference. He was curious about an object he'd seen whilst flying over Egypt eight years previously. The plane he was in had just started approaching Cairo airport (20 minutes from touchdown), when he looked down at the lights below and saw a disc-shaped object 3 inches in diameter at-arms-length (AAL). It appeared "like an old-fashioned hub-cap" and was flying in a zig-zag pattern on the left hand side of the plane, in the same direction but much faster. The object was dull silver in colour and had no lights (he assumed he could see it because the moon was shining on it). The witness is confident it was not another plane a balloon or a reflection. He estimated it was about 1000ft below the plane (which had begun its descent). No after-effects were noticed. * * * * Date: 11/7 28/7 1998 Time: 1am Location: Holland Length of Time: 5-10 seconds Size AAL: head of needle Type: Ball of Light REPORT "I was about to go to bed, I walked over to the curtains and was just enjoying the view for a minute. Then I noticed something in the sky, it was a small light which at first I thought was a searchlight of a helicopter, but then it made a very fast bend, first going down and then shooting up very fast. Then I lost sight of the object." There was one object sighted which made no sound. Its colour was white "like a normal light". The shape was not sharply defined and was quite bright. The weather conditions were a clear sky and dry, the sighting unfortunately was not filmed or photographed, there were no other witnesses and the object was viewed through a glass window. The witness reported no physical side effects but has had unusual recurrent dreams that they do not think are related to the sighting. The object did not seem to be aware of the witness. * * * * Date: 21/7/98 Time: 4am Location: Falmouth Length of Time: 2 mins. Size AAL: 1cm & =BD cm Type: Triangle and orb REPORT "I was awake and decided to get up. I went to the bathroom then downstairs to put the kettle on and put the cats out. I pulled the curtains in the dining room and saw a clear starlit sky. I stood looking at a star formation, it was first getting light, then I looked westward and saw a bright light moving; I got the binoculars and watched the light move in a zig zag movement then travelling very fast in a straight line across the sky. At one point I could see a more defined shape as it came out from behind the trees. It disappeared out of sight. Then I looked westward and could hardly believe my eyes because another light was travelling NWW - SSE by this time I was through the kitchen door out the back door and standing in the drive. The object was travelling very high and fast and very bright and was soon out of sight. The first object was shimmering and sort of pulsating and spinning. The second object was so bright and fast. (The atmosphere) was so still and silent I started to feel unsure of being outside because of what I had seen was no human aircraft but something very fast and bright." There were were two objects which made no sound. The colour was a bright, greenish light. The first object was more defined than the second and both were very bright. The weather was clear sky with no wind or rain. The sighting was not filmed or photographed and there were no other witnesses. The objects were viewed through a window and binoculars. There have been no side effects, no recurrent dreams and the objects did not seem to be aware of the witness. * * * Date: 25th July 1998 Time: 1.50am- 2.14am Location: Falmouth Length of Time: 20 minutes Size AAL: Unknown Type: Ball of light REPORT "Having been at a barbecue I returned home, went upstairs to bed I sleep in a loft conversion. There were a few stars but by and large the sky across Flushing, across to Roseland was overcast. From the corner of my eye my eye picked up a light. And then became more visual I watched it for several minutes before I phoned my neighbour. She came over and witnessed the light's movements backwards, forwards shooting at odd angles diagonally backwards then circularly. At approx. 2.14am what appeared as a small star moved off towards Penryn." There was one object seen, but the witness stated that at one point it seemed like two. It made no sound and appeared as a dim light above the cloud similar to a laser. It was dim until it veered off at speed "like a moving star". The weather was overcast with no wind or rain. * * * Date: 25/7/98 Time: 2am - 2.30am Location: Chacewater, Truro Length of Time: 15mins Size AAL: Unknown Type: Oval lights REPORT "I was walking home at 1.45am Sunday morning when I saw a big flash. I looked up to the sky and there were two objects in the sky floating around each other getting brighter then dimmer, then I wouldn't see and then they would come back again. I ran to the front door, got my key out of my bag and ran upstairs to my gran who was sleeping. I woke her up and begged her to get out and have a look, she did and so did my younger cousin. I watched for a while and then went to bed, but couldn't sleep. I pulled the curtain back and there were about three shooting stars." There were two objects that made no sound, they were alternately dull and bright white and shaped oval. There were scattered clouds with no wind or rain but with some fog/mist. The sighting was neither filmed nor photographed and there were two other witnesses. The objects were viewed both through a window and from outside. There were no reported side effects or recurrent dreams and the objects did not seem to be aware of the witnesses. The gran watched the lights for ten minutes and "thought it was weird". * * * Date: 30th July & 4th August 1998 Location: Foxhole Type: Experience REPORT A lady telephoned the UFO Hotline at the beginning of August to report some unusual experiences that her 3 year old daughter had been having in their new house. A few days later CUFORG chairman Dave Gillham, along with Ian & Elaine Darlington visited the lady in her home. Unfortunately, due to being upset the little girl was staying with her grandmother. The child awoke late one night screaming, saying she didn't like the "monsters in the room" with "big eyes". She said they were funny shaped eyes and the "monsters" were not very big (tall). After further questioning it transpired that the beings seem to have touched the girl on the tummy and she had a pain there. However, her mother questioned whether her daughter said this because she had the pain first. Between the two experiences, the child's mother believes she wtinessed a UFO at the back of the house. It was a large circle of light with a smaller light inside it and appeared to be above the cloud. It was a very pale mint green, dull "as if shining through fog". The lady claimed she felt no fear at the time as she "knew it didn't want me, it was (my daughter) they wanted. That seems a funny thing to say." Following the experience, the child has developed a fear of falling to sleep at night in her bedroom and has since become quiet and subdued at times, before which she was very lively. Also, a number of seemingly ordinary occurrences have bothered her, such as a noise on the television and being frightened of a swimmer in goggles. She has also had the recurring "bad dreams" most evenings during the experience events. Since meeting the child's mother and despite offering any support and help they may require, we have heard nothing more from the family and can only conclude that either the experiences have stopped or the little girl has overcome her fear. * * * * Date: 24th August '98 Time: 10pm Location: Truro Viewed time: 20 minutes Size AAL: star REPORT Four of us were in a parked car, but only two of us could see the object. We noticed a large helicopter in the sky which was following in trajectory a moving light. Each time the helicopter drew to within a reasonable distance the light disappeared. It reappeared ten minutes later only to repeat the same sequence of events. * * * * Date: October '78/'79 Time: 5,30pm Location: Praze-en-Beeble REPORT A very bright, white light was approaching from the east. As it neared I noticed another light behind that was moving in an arc like fashion (backwards and forwards). The speed at which it appeared to be moving was very fast and as it reached overhead it suddenly disappeared. * * * * Date: 23rd August '98 Time: 10.15pm Location: Truro Viewed time: 2 minutes Type: Changing shape Size AAL: Tennis ball REPORT I went into the back garden to observe the night sky, prior to possibly taking my telescope out. I then became aware of a strange object proceeding from north to south which appeared cloud like and moving fast. The object then proceeded to change its shape, elongating, until its appearance now resembled a circle. I felt very uneasy with a strange feeling of its awareness of myself. I then went to the front of my house just in time to observe the object proceeding southeast; it emitted no sound or lights. The object reminded me of a cobweb moving very fast. The object was last seen as a rod shape. The same phenomena was again observed from the back garden less than a week later, where its maneuvers were from due south to due north. * * * * Devon Investigation : Saturday 11th July 1998. Researchers: Judith M Jaafar & Malcolm Robinson, S.P.I. This case not only had information concerning UFO's but also contained elements relating to ghosts. Due to witness confidentiality, I cannot disclose in which particular town in Devon these incidents took place, nor am I at liberty to disclose the true identities of those individuals involved. What I can do is give a brief outline of what happened. At a later date, I shall be doing a full write-up of this case. For now though, here are some of the salient details. Malcolm Robinson. REPORT It took us just under 5 hours to reach our destination in Devon, in conditions that were wet and wild to say the least. Arriving at the location, we were met by witness, B.P. Who made us feel most welcome, after which we sat down to hear a most fascinating tale of strange goings on that have occurred in the witness' home. B.P. informed us that these strange events started in November 1991, and consisted mostly of ghostly manifestations in his home. It was around this time that all family members found it hard trying to sleep. B.P. related the time in which he woke up with 'something' pushing against his chest. He couldn't see what was causing this pressure. Most strange events tended to occur between the times of 03:00am and 03:30am, and all family members felt and sensed that 'something else' was in their room, with them. One night, B.P's wife woke up and saw what appeared to be four 'people' in her room. The only thing was, they were transparent and were wearing what appeared to be old fashioned clothing. Incredibly though, standing further back from them, was what she described as a tall 'grey' creature, similar it must be said, to the oft-reported greys of UFO lore Footsteps could also be heard pacing the hallway during the night, footsteps which couldn't be accounted for by any member of the family. B.P.. also stated that on some occasions he could smell the faint aroma of tobacco smoke, yet nobody in the house smoked. (B.P. and his son used to be smokers but gave it up some years ago). B.P.'s son also told us that on one occasion, in the early hours of the morning, he encountered a strange 'being' or 'thing' standing in his doorway. He could only describe it as looking something very similar to the children's cartoon character, 'Captain Caveman'. Unnerved, he pushed against this 'presence' and told us that it felt as if he was pushing against warm jelly, or warm air, but that there was a distinct substance to it. He said that it had long, straggly hair and looked decidedly hideous. After a few seconds, this presence started to decompose, as if to frighten him even, and then just 'melted away' and was gone. As the weeks progressed, more and more mysterious events unfolded in the home, and deciding that enough was enough, the family sought out the services of a Spiritualist who visited their home and conducted some form of 'cleansing ceremony'. This appeared to work for a few days, and things were decidedly quiet, but sadly events erupted again. B.P. went on to inform Judy and me of the time when the family heard distinct moaning and screaming coming from the son's bedroom, noises which were full of cursing and obscenities. Their initial thought was that their son had lost control and was upset at something, then they realised that their son wasn't at home! Upon entering their 26 year old son's bedroom, the terrified couple encountered....nothing!! On another occasion, B.P's son was coming home when he observed that all over the house were streaks of light. ''It was like a laser-light show'', he said. He also saw these streaks of light in some of the rooms in his house as he approached ever closer. B.P. and his wife have also seen what they call 'balls of light' appearing in their home. They are the size of tennis balls, although on other occasions they appear to be the size of ping pong balls. These lights will move around the house and then suddenly 'pop' into nothing. At no time have any members of the family been able to touch these balls of light. They again called for the Spiritualist chap to visit their house, where he again conducted a cleansing ceremony. This time it appeared to work, for no more apparitions were encountered, although the family did state, that although they have not encountered any ghosts over the past few years, they can still 'sense' them!! It was around the time that the ghosts began to depart, that B.P's son started to encounter the typical small grey appearing in his bedroom. He said that on a number of occasions he would wake up to find this small head with those big black wrap-around eyes, looking at him. But it was the way in which this head looked over him that proved most interesting to him. He stated that it moved in a very peculiar manner. B.P's wife also informed us of the time in which she had a strange dream, a dream of meeting, (as she called it), 'aliens'. Upon waking up, she experienced a painful feeling on the side of her head. Over the course of the next few days, her hair all fell out on this spot, and she was left with a small circular 'bald spot' on her head. She went to the doctor about this, but he was unable to offer her an explanation. However, her hair did return, but incredibly, not as you would normally have it. It grew back pure white! Thankfully, her normal hair colour did come back eventually. It was around this time that B.P. was in a situation which warranted the use of hypnosis. He couldn't recall where certain important documents were, and as they were vitally important to his legal 'situation', he felt that he should perhaps use hypnosis in an effort to retrieve those memories. And so he went along to visit a female hypnotherapist. However, this visit was to prove more incredible than he could ever imagine. For under hypnosis, B.P. related seeing 'alien creatures' with large cat-like eyes. He also told of seeing a saucer-like craft which contained a door or a hatch, and which was dark inside. He saw what looked like a radar screen in front of him, and then felt that he was travelling in this craft and seeing clouds passing below him as he looked out of a window. This, and other recollections came tumbling out during his hypnosis session. I should point out, that prior to this hypnosis session, B.P. had never witnessed any what could be termed 'aliens' in or around his home, and he still hasn't. It was only under hypnosis that these strange events unfolded. The family had no prior interest in UFOs, hadn't bought any books, but admitted to watching the odd T.V. show concerning them. At one point, as B.P. was relating these events, he started rubbing his head and complained of a 'soreness' just above the eyes. This only lasted a few minutes and then it subsided. One of the most fascinating episodes that B.P. related, concerned the time in which the whole family encountered something strange in B.P's bedroom. Things had become so bad that the family had started sleeping in the one bedroom. The mother and father slept in the main bed, whilst the son slept on a mattress at the side of the bed. This night B.P. woke up to find the whole room lit up by a shimmering glow. He awoke his son, and as the son diverted his gaze in the direction of the main source of light, he claimed to have seen a large grey 'being'. (B.P. did not see this being). They both looked at the mother, who was lying flat on the bed with her arms outstretched with her eyes shut. She was mumbling something but they couldn't make out what. As it later transpired, they found out that just prior to them seeing this strange light, the mother had in fact, been dreaming of seeing this 'alien' in her bedroom and tried to wake up to tell both her son and husband. Anyway, a few seconds later, this swirling misty light-effect rolled up into a ball, as if a large vacuum cleaner was sucking at it. It then dissolved into a small funnel of light, and with a 'pop' was gone!! For more information on SPI ENGLAND, contact Malcolm Robinson at 41 Castlebar Road, Ealing, London, England, W5 2DJ. Telephone: 0181 998 4936. Pager 04325 345753. Or E-mail Malcolm at:judithjaafar@compuserve.com To keep abreast on information regarding SPI SCOTLAND and SPI ENGLAND, visit our Web site at: http://corpex.com/users/archmage/spi/spihome.htm * * * REPORT This sighting has just been sent to us by the author of Haunted Scotland. The year was July 1991, I was with a friend and we were night fishing at a place called Burstwick Ski-pond, just outside of Burstwick, near Hull, East Yorkshire. The night in question was a clear evening with a very good view of the night sky no clouds millions of stars, in the night sky At around 2am a very large bright light rose from an adjoining field, to a height just above the tree tops (about 50 ft from the ground and to be honest I cannot really judge the height or the speed of the object, whatever it was). It traveled very slowly across the field to the right off where we were fishing. The light or object disappeared from our view; it made no noise at all. Although I only saw a light, not being able to see any other details. On the other hand my friend saw it as a disk shape object with pulsating white lights around its centre, it was the size of a double Decker bus or thereabouts. We fished on nervously but there was no further sightings of this light which has left us totally puzzled. * * * REPORT The following sighting was received by e mail from a couple who live in London and were on holiday in Poole, Dorset Summer of '98 My wife and I both saw something very strange. It was 9.55pm second week of August 1998 and we were both looking up at the very clear dark skies, that we are not used to seeing in London. We saw between 15 and 20 very, very high objects traverse the sky in less than 2 seconds, direction East to West, height 50,000 ft. They did not travel in a straight line, but swerved to and fro and made sudden sharp turns. I have seen many shooting stars etc; they were nothing like that. The objects were pink-orange in colour and were slightly fuzzy in appearance, as if out of focus. Just as my wife and I were looking in amazement, a second group of 10-15 then followed the first group. They too behaved in a similar way to the first group. I am a keen aviation fan and seen many aircraft of various types. None have crossed the sky as quickly as those objects seen that night. * * * REPORT The following Sighting was received from Arthur Straffon from West Penwith, St. Just, Penzance. I was returning from the local Spar shop at around 8pm on the evening of Friday 4th December '98, the weather had been showery, but warmer than the previous day which had been frosty, when I noticed a light flash in the sky in the direction of the south east, towards Chapel Carn Brea. I had just reached the top of the Carn, and was walking towards my garden gate. The light flashed on briefly, and took the form of a straight band connecting a spot below my immediate horizon to a height of roughly 30 degrees in altitude. It appeared to be behind the low cloud, the centre of the band was a bright, straight line similar to that of a laser beam or a focused, powerful torch, although the colour was white and not yellow, the bluish-white you would see from an electric discharge or laser. The band itself was diffuse, and the beam was vertical, not inclined in any way. At first, I thought that the light from the control tower at Land's End airfield had been switched on, though there is not normally any activity there after dark (there are no runway lights). The tower light flashes quickly and as I expected, there was another flash, but after an interval of about 3 seconds. Although this flash was identical in form to the first, it was some considerable distance to its left, but seemingly from the same elevation or height. After another 3 seconds, there was a third flash, once again considerably over to my left by about the same deflection. Obviously this was not the tower light. There was no noise, and no further action. If the beam had been coming from an aircraft such as a helicopter, as sometimes I have seen, then it was completely silent and moving across the sky at a very fast rate. I have never seen anything similar before, and cannot offer any explanation for the occurrence. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ CONTINUED IN PART THREE +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ All material used herein is Copyright =A9 1998-1999 C.U.F.O.R.G. unless otherwise stated. C.U.F.O.R.G. reserves the right to edit submissions where necessary. No unauthorised reproduction, posting on the Internet, etc without permission. Please ask - requests will usually be granted providing full credit is given. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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