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From: Christopher O'Brien <tmv@pop.amigo.net>
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 21:19:11 -7
Fwd Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 19:44:49 -0500
Subject: San Luis Valley Update


Dear Investigator/Researchers:

After a numbing 8 weeks off-line dealing w/ a nasty cyber-virus
and a nearly trashed computer, I am back on-line.

First off, Enter The Valley (St. Martin's Paperbacks ISBN 0-312-
96835-3), the second of four books examining the San Luis
Valley, has finally been published. If ETV is not available at
your favorite bookstore, please let me know. Any comments and
feedback will be warmly appreciated.

Reports of unusual aerial activity in the greater San Luis
Valley area have increased dramatically during the first two
months of 1999. The following are several of the more
compelling cases:

Tue Jan 26, 1999 at 8:15 - 8:32 PM, La Veta, CO-Huerfano
County/La Veta MOA CE1 UNDER INVESTIGATION (Perkins)

PRELIMINARY REPORT "Seven witnesses" see a large craft hovering
over golf course near the town of La Veta, CO in the center of
the La Veta, Military Operations Area. Two witnesses claim
they were between "1/8 and 1/4 mile" away from the "600 foot"
craft which was described as "hovering" over small lake located
on a golf course across the street from their store. First
witness, a woman, had walked outside as she and her husband were
closing up shop and was startled to see what she initially
thought was "a 747 landing." Immediately she realized it wasn't
moving. The unconventional-looking craft appeared to have wings
and bright lights in the front. It was described as
translucent- looking and was accompanied by a low humming sound.
Initially structure was not visible. Then, after summoning her
husband, they both observed "orange-colored portholes" appear on
the side. Witnsseswatched as the object shot a probe-like beam
downward toward the lake. Trees obscured their view of the lake
surface, but they assumed the beam or tube was going down into
the water. More details will be provided after further
investigation.

FRI Jan 22, 1999 between 10:00 and 10:30 PM 2 miles S of
Costilla, NM turnoff MA1 (Paye/O'Brien) Two motorists
traveling north on NM 522 in separate cars, 9 miles south of the
CO/NM border, Taos County NM, claimed to have separate but
simultaneous unusual experiences. Brad Sleep, a UNM college
student was following his girlfriend, Sarah Fisher when he
witnessed what appeared to be a large meteor descending straight
down toward the ground. The object was white colored and had a
short tail. After descending quickly for a couple of seconds,
the object abruptly stopped, changed color to a reddish white
and hovered in a stationary position for "45-60 seconds" at
about "35,000 to 40,000' feet in altitude. He observed this
directly in front of him to the north. He slowed his truck and
Sarah, who didn't observe the aerial object, continued on.
Sleep pulled over to the side of the highway, turned off his
engine and climbed out of his pickup truck as the object began a
series of 12 to 15 , 6 degree wide lateral figure-eights. Each
figure eight tok approximately 3 seconds to complete. Then the
object headed to the SE, directly overhead, toward Taos. The
craft had a roar similar to a jet plane but sounded different.
"There was a reverberating hum that was different." Sleep
observed that a single object ". . . seemed to be responsible"
for the event, noting "if it was one craft, it sure wasn't
conventional." He also said the event "could have been some
kind of exchange between two objects."

Sarah, meanwhile claims that when she had proceeded "about a
mile" up the road from the time Brad stopped, a strangly lit car
went by that "was all lit up on the sides by light that wasn't
supposed to be thre." As soon as the lit-up car had passed her,
headed south, several small objects rained down on the upper
part of the driver side windshield. She thought the two events
were strange and after they had driven the remaining three miles
to town Brad told her of his sighting and she related her
experience. Brad didn't remember a car passing by him as he
stood outside his car watching the object.

Thur Feb 4, 1999, 9:30-10:00 PM San Antonio Mountain, Taos
County NM

 KRZA transmitter goes down for five days

Thur Feb 4, 1999, 9:30-10:00 PM between San Isabelle and N.
Crestone Creek Saguache County AN1 (O'Brien)

Two witnesses driving south on Highway 17 observe "a brilliant
orb of white light" hovering around 200' off the ground to the
east of them. At one point during the 35 to 40 second sighting
one witness (a retired career Air Force officer) noted the
object shot a beam of light at the ground "like it was looking
for a place to set down." There are no roads in the area where
the object was spotted. The following morning at 7:45 AM, the
ex-Air Forcer observed a dark grey van with smoked windows and
government plates headed into Crestone. He noticed that the van
had "no other markings . . . which seemed odd." He instantly
connected the van with the previous night's sighting. He felt
". . . they were looking for whatever we saw the night before."

Fri Feb 5, 1999 Baca Grande Development, CO Saguache County I
attempt to interview government scientists in grey van at a stop
sign. They claim they were "with the National Weather Service"
and decline to divulge why they were in the area. I counted 8
people in this particular van. They were dressed in dress
shirts and slacks and looked like scientists. Another Crestone
resident claims to have seen a second government van that
morning, but it was "dark blue."

Tue Feb 9, 1999 9:55 to 9:58 PM Northern/Middle San Luis Valley
CO FB1 (O'Brien)

Myself and another witness observe a fast moving unblinking
dull- orange orb travel NW to SE over the SLV. Object seemed to
be below 5,000' in altitude and was 2 to 3X the size of Venus
(at setting). Covered the 100 mile distance in about 3 minutes.

Sat Feb 13, 1999 at 3:05 PM SLV, north of Center, CO MA1
Saguache County (O'Brien)

Two witnesses observe a erratically moving silver reflection
that was visible three times--each time for several seconds.
Object seemed to be below 2,000' in altitude and made sharp
twisting turns. One witness described it as looking like "a
fishing lure in the sky." The second witness was able to focus
a pair of binoculars on the object and described it as being
"kind of rectangular-looking, but with no wings." 12 to 15
minutes later, a flight of 4 fightrs buzzed the area headed
north, the wrong way up the SLV, instead of down. The jets flew
over the same area where the object had been seen.

Sun Feb 21, 1999 at 10:15 AM Westcliffe, CO FB1 Custer County
(O'Brien) Two witnesses (one of them a pilot) report two jet
fighters, one in front of the other) flying W to E at 50,000' in
altitude at between 1,000 and 1,500 mph. Pacing the the second
jet was an object that seemed about 10,000' below the jets.
This object was rounded and was reflecting a goldish color. The
jets left contrails the third object did not. The pilot/witness
was puzzled by how fast all three craft were traveling. "They
were definitely flying faster than the speed of sound."

These are several of the more compelling reports I have fielded
these past two weeks. I am also investigating a claim by a
local law enforcement officer that "the guys on graveyard were
seeing weird meteor-like objects nightly for two weeks" (The
first two weeks in January.) More on these events later . . .


Christopher O'Brien
CAUS/Skywatch
tmv@amigo.net
http://home.amigo.net/tmv