Here are a few UFO pics

On the night of July 2nd in 1947 something crashed into desert outside of Roswell, New Mexico. Soon after, the military closed off the area. The first announcement made by the military was that a flying saucer had crashed. Quickly after this first announcement the story was changed - what was thought to have been a flying saucer was in reality a weather balloon.

The episode was mostly forgotten until 1970 when Jesse Marcel, the major involved with the recovery of the crash, announced that the military's claim that the object was a weather balloon was a lie. Since the announcement, Marcel and dozens of others have maintained that the crashed vehicle was not a weather balloon, that actual alien bodies were recovered, and that they were all threatened into silence.

What really happened almost 50 years ago in Roswell? Read some of the accounts for yourself. See the facts, the exaggerations, and the lies. What do you think crashed?

 

 

Flying somethings in the sky

Flying somethings in the sky Tuk residents latest of dozens of Northerners who have seen UFOs Vera Ovayuak is a believer. The Tuktoyaktuk resident is one of five people who claim to have been followed by two UFOs along the ice road near Aklavik in the early morning hours on Feb. 22. "It hovered over the trees and then glided so smoothly down to the snow near the ice road behind us," she said. "When it started moving to the right, another one showed up." Ovayuak, who is the community's wellness co-ordinator, describes the unidentified flying objects as silver-grey with rows of windows. "The one in front had four big windows and the light coming out of them was bright blue," she said. "You could see the one in front real good." Ovayuak spotted the pair with her son Grant, along with Dorothy and Churchill Wolki and Lena Kotokak. She said they didn't stop their truck for fear of what might happen. "I think we panicked and we were kind of scared," she said. "We weren't about to stop." The unidentified craft disappeared after about 15 minutes when the group took a turn along the ice road. "We expected them to be there, but they were gone. Then we all got real quiet for about 20 minutes." Ovayuak's group is not alone. Reports of UFO sightings in Tsiigehtchic were also reported recently after CBC Radio broadcast an interview with Ovayuak. Jim Bronskill, a reporter with the Canadian Press who has researched the phenomenon, said that dozens of Northerners have reported similar sightings throughout the Arctic over the years. Bronskill said that UFO sightings from the NWT have been on file at National Archives in Ottawa since records were kept.

Sometimes dismissed as the Northern Lights, atmospheric irregularities, drug-use or overactive imaginations, mysterious lights in the NWT have been investigated by the Department of National Defence, among other government agencies. "I wasn't a believer of such things," said Ovayuak. "But now that I've seen them, I'd say never underestimate peoples' word. I'll never again travel without my camera -- next time, I'm going to take a picture," she added.

by Jennifer Pritchett Northern News Services March 10, 1997

 

 

More Lights in the Sky

More Lights in the Sky Alberta group looking into South Slave sighting A UFO watchdog group from Alberta has launched an investigation into recent sightings of unidentified flying objects in the Western Arctic. The investigation follows on the heels of more "flashing lights" sightings in Fort Resolution, as well as further reports from Hay River, Hay River Reserve and Fort Simpson. The Alberta Unidentified Flying Object Research Association began questioning eyewitnesses about the mysterious lights last week after they were alerted to the situation by a media organization. Investigator Cory Sine said this is the second case the private, not-for-profit organization has investigated in the NWT. "What we'll do is collect as much data on the sightings as we possibly can. We'll look at all the possibilities and we'll forward that information to the witnesses," Sine said. A single flashing red, green, blue and bright white light - like the ones which have been reported by Northerners in recent weeks - could have a simple explanation, Sine said. "A possible explanation" When low on the horizon, the spectrum of color contained in starlight could be refracted by the air and dispersed by turbulence. In simpler terms, the colors contained in starlight don't all reach the human eye at the same time. The phenomenon creates the illusion of a flashing light changing colors. Sine added that a star seen at tree level could easily "disappear" or move below the tree tops. As for the lights movement, it could simply be an optical illusion which occurs when the human eye has no reference point to help frame an object. The object may, therefore, appear to bob and weave in the sky. "I'm not saying that's the case, but it is one possibility," Sine said. He also said similar sightings come from Alberta when the planet Venus appears in the sky. It sometimes appears to emit colored lights and move around. Sine's organization, which has been investigating UFO sightings since 1994, keeps records of all the reports it receives. He said the other NWT sighting the group received was from Yellowknife last summer. Originally, the Calgary-based organization only looked into Alberta UFO sightings. WIth the rise of the Internet, Sine said his group has been looking into sightings all over the world.

by P.J. Harston news/north January 22, 1996

 

 

Strange Lights

Strange Lights 30 people watch lights blink, change color Strange lights in the sky - lights that blink, change color and move rapidly - are the talk of town in Fort McPherson. Dozens of local people said they saw the lights, which visited the community on several nights over the past few weeks, according to witnesses. "I didn't believe in UFOs before, but i do now," said Roberta Alexi, who was driving out of town the night of Jan. 29 when she saw them. "I didn't know what it was. I decided to turn around and come back," she said. "I was scared." Alexi isn't the only one who saw the light. On the night of Jan. 28, nearly 30 people stood along the banks of the Mackenzie River and watched the lights for more than an hour, according to several people contacted by the Inuvik Drum. Alexi said the light was "very high" and flashed blue, yellow, green, red and other colors. Suddenly, a smaller light appeared out of the mass before both lights sped off at incredible speeds. Fort McPherson Mayor Phillip Blake saw nearly the same thing about 10 years ago. Blake said he saw a fast-moving bright light with two small lights orbiting around it. "Pretty well the same thing people are seeing now," he said. Blake thinks he may have seen a UFO that night. "It's the most logical explanation, but how do you confirm something like that?" Some residents dispute the notion. Johnny Charlie said he was driving home on the Dempster Highway on one of the nights on which many claim to have seen the light. "I would have seen it, but there was nothing in the sky but a bunch of stars," Charlie said. George Blake hasn't seen one either. "I'm one of the unlucky ones," he said. He has a theory about the mysterious light. "It's somebody taking pictures of our land claims area," said Blake with a laugh. RCMP Const. Paul Joy has been called about the lights, but has not seen them himself. "I'm not a firm believer in little green men... at least, not in Fort McPherson," he said. Similar lights were reported far south of here in the Deh Cho and South Slave regions. On Nov. 13, a Fort Simpson elder went on CBC Radio to report a hovering light he had seen over the Mackenzie River. The light had changed colors from red to blue, white and green. After about a minute, the light sped off so fast that it left behind a trail of brilliant light. Trappers and motorists in Fort Resolution reported seeing lights follow them. A Fort Resolution resident went on national television two weeks ago to say mysterious lights caused vehicle engines to go dead. Once they left, the engines roared back to life. At least three groups - the Canadian Armed Forces, the Mutual UFO Network and another UFO watchdog - are investigating the phenomenon south of here. Michael Strainic, Mutual's national director, said the lights could be a new American military device undergoing covert testing in the North.

by Glenn Taylor Inuvik Drum February 8, 1996