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Posted by Kelly Whitt Jan 15, 2008 |
On January 8, 2008, dozens of people in small communities southwest of Fort Worth and Dallas reported seeing a strange object in the night sky. Witnesses described it as nearly a mile in length, silent but lit with lights, and low to the ground. Some people have reported seeing the object on more than one occasion.
Major Karl Lewis of the Joint Reserve Base Naval Air Station in Fort Worth has read the reports. While he says there are no military aircraft from the area to explain the sightings, he feels nearly certain that the reports are due to normal aircraft. In the dark it is easy for your mind to play tricks on you and lights from two separate aircraft to appear to be two edges of one larger craft.
Astronomers are often asked about UFOs. Although they are something often seen in the night sky, in reality UFOs are not the focus of any astronomer's studies. But to be sure, many of them have spent a lot of time peering at the night sky, yet by and large they have not seen objects that they could not account for. Scientists are skeptical by nature, and the saying "I'd have to see it to believe it" holds true for most of them. Even then, seeing it would allow them to turn a telescope on it, measure its brightness and angle to the ground, and come up with a logical explanation for it.
Personally, I'd also have to see such a sight in order to believe it exists, and I would look forward to solving the mystery of just what the object was that beguiled so many. And while I can't ever recall seeing a UFO myself, I do have a story of a close encounter....