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From: Rory Lushman <Oubliette@currantbun.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 10:41:33 +0100
Fwd Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 18:15:29 -0400
Subject: Re: Sheffield UFO Incident 2?


 >From: Marc Bell <MARC@wufog.freeserve.co.uk>
 >To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@globalserve.net>
 >Subject: Re: Sheffield UFO Incident 2?
 >Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 20:04:13 +0100


 >My opinion is also swayed by the fact I have seen one of these
 >craft recently at close quarters with two witnesses present. It
 >'blinked' out against a clear blue sky. Perhaps someone on this
 >list can name a 'man made' craft that can do this.

Firstly you need to define how close, "close quarters" is.
Witness reliability of distance is very poor.  Saying it blinked
out gives the impression it was a long way from the observer.
Planes blink out. Planes heading towards you with a spotlight on
(yes they have them on during the day) then suddenly turning
away can give the impression of blinking. A plane that reflects
sunlight, can also blink off as it turns away.

You describe it as a craft; on what do you base this
observation. I have seen many things that to the naked eye seem
"weird."  But get a pair of binoculars out and "Hey Presto",
mystery solved. I was watching some white balloons fly over my
house yesterday, I could see them through the binoculars.
However, to the naked eye, they looked like a spinning, white
bright object.

 >It is also interesting to note that I was on a mobile phone link
 >to Chris Martin talking about sightings we had made earlier that
 >day (on video) and one of the witnesses a few seconds prior to
 >this was telling me she'd love to see one really close up.... I
 >can't explain it.

A classic case of, 'if you want to see one you will'. Remember
the LWT TVprogramme I was part of. We were all out in the
country talking about UFOs when all of a sudden a few of the
guests started pointing to the sky and shouting UFO. It was
quite clearly a plane, I could see the wings. These were the
very people who say they look at UFO sightings rationally before
making a judgement.

They had made their minds up on the spot that this was something
unusual. So much for rational research.

Cheers

Rory Lushman.