A wave of UFO sightings is occurring across the Midwestern
US, according to reports being received by George Filer?s
Filer?s Files. In Evansville,
Indiana, witnesses spotted a group of UFOs that looked
like ?a fleet of plates, all gray except for the lights, flying
through the air on April 13, 2001.? They go on to say, ?We
saw [them] real early in the morning at 2:27 am. The discs
were hovering there for about 20 seconds, then they took off
towards the north. They had numerous lights on the bottom
that were a reddish color and turned green when they left.
They had many weird-looking fins that were in the shape of a
spiral that led into the center, which constantly opened and
closed. They were very quiet except when one dropped a few
hundred feet and that only sounded like a jet engine far in
the distance.?
Four cities in Michigan were visited. In Warren, ?It seemed as
though heaven spilled a bucket of fireflies,? according to the
witness. On March 22, he saw a wave of lights traveling west
that broke into separate ?V? shaped formations, moving at
about the speed of a passenger jet. He says, ?I heard the
roar of jets north of them probably coming from Selfridge
National Guard Base. A neighbor who thought the world was
ending also witnessed the spectacle.
?As they were descending, they seemed to see the police
chopper on its rounds and slowed till it passed. This occurred
behind me as I was turning to look at the chopper (which is
why I saw the UFOs) so I cannot confirm this. This I can
confirm: as they traveled west and became distant I could
see clearly that they [were] assembled on an even plane;
prior [to that], they were at varying heights. They didn?t
speed up or slow down, they moved [at] constant [speed].
Then they vanished at light speed once they were all in a
nice little row.?
In East Lansing, Michigan, a witness says, ?I was walking
around my town at night around 10:30 p.m. on April 13. I
glanced up in the clear sky and saw a triangle formation of 3
saucer-shaped objects. The saucers flew overhead silently
and very quickly. I have seen these saucers more times than
I can remember in East Lansing. They seem to be a common
occurrence. They always fly silently, but at varying speeds.
Sometimes they fly so fast, it seems impossible.?
Another sighting, by 3 thirteen-year-old girls, took place in
Riverview, Michigan: ?My two friends and I were standing
outside at one a.m. on April 11 when we observed 10 saucers
flying close to the ground, rapidly switching places with one
another. We were swinging on m old swing set when all of a
sudden, my friend pointed into the sky. There were 10 bright
orange-colored saucers. They weren?t all that far from the
ground?only 100 to 300 feet. We stood in awe of them.
They moved fast, constantly switching places with each
other.?
In Gaylord, Michigan, a couple was sitting in their hot tub at
10:15 p.m. on April 14. The wife said to her husband, ?Is that
Cassiopeia?? She explains, ?As I was looking, I saw what I
first thought was a shooting star. But as I watched, it didn?t
fade like most shooting stars. As I focused on it, I saw a
cluster of 4 lights and a cluster of 3, both in a ?V? formation,
moving swiftly across the sky, east to west, not fading. I
thought, as they approached the rooftop of my house, that
they seemed to move closer together, but the light from
them never dimmed. There was no sound.?
There were also two interesting recent sightings in Wisconsin.
In DePere, a witness reports that on April 11, ?a disc
approached from south to north, flying over us, and then
made a hairpin 180 degree turn above us, heading south
again. The disc passed less than 300 feet above us. We
could see it was darker than the background night sky. It
was outlined with many small red lights. The craft made no
sound, but we could feel its presence getting stronger as it
came closer and diminish as it left.?
During the second Wisconsin sighting, in Rothschild, an object
with 4 lights was seen hovering and when approached, it
sped away at an extreme speed. This took place on April 13
at midnight. The witness states, ?The object had 4 bright
lights on it and appeared to be hovering about 100 feet
above the ground as we approached. When we got close, the
object sped away. We tried to pursue it, but?the object?s
speed was too fast and within seconds it was out of sight.?
A second witness described what was probably the same
craft. ?We were driving home Friday night, April 13, and when
we got near our house in Rothschild we looked up and saw 4
bright lights that resembled stadium lights. The lights were
hovering over a bunch of trees at 12 a.m. As we turn the
corner, the UFO made rapid movements and suddenly
disappeared. We tried to follow and find it but it quickly
disappeared.?
In Canton, Illinois, a witness reports, ?On April 7, 2001, we
were outside eating at 7 p.m. since it was so nice. We were
looking up, but the stars were not out yet but something
caught my eye. I pointed it out, so we all looked and saw a
flying triangular ship-like thing. It was flying with 4 or so
lights spinning?they were red lights! Then there was smoke-
like stuff near it, like from an engine.?
Missouri was the site of two reports. In Washington, Missouri,
a witness says, ?While driving north on Jefferson Street
through my town, my 9-year-old daughter noticed an object
in the sky on March 29, during daylight hours around 3:30 in
the afternoon. She said, ?Dad, what it that? It?s really shiny.?
I looked and couldn?t see it at first, but she continued to talk
about it and soon after I spotted it too. I pulled the car over
and got a very good look at it.
?The object was square from a frontal view, but thin from a
side view. The front of the object, while square, contained 4
circular shapes within it (like 4 dinner plates placed side by
side, two across, two down, to fill the square). The front was
chrome-like and extremely shiny. The backside of the object
was black and flat with no other markings. The object was
[standing] on end and slowly spinning horizontally, so that to
look at it while spinning was to see the shiny side of the
square, then the thin, then the black side, and so on?a
pattern of thick and thins. While spinning, the object traveled
north towards downtown at 125 feet, then made a turn to
head west near Busch Creek. The craft?s speed was varying
from 10 to 25 miles an hour. The overall size estimate would
be over 5 feet, with the thinner side maybe 1 foot thick. We
tried to follow, but it vanished.?
There were two sightings in St. Louis in April. On April 5, a
man and his son saw a flying object in the night sky at 9:56
p.m. At first there was a very large bright, oval-shaped light
coming toward them form the southeast. He says, ?The light
was much brighter than any airplane I had ever seen before.
So I called for my son to come and join me outside as I
thought he might know what type of aircraft it was. By the
time he arrived outside, the craft was over our heads. Neither
he nor I had any ideas as to what type of aircraft it was. We
live close to an airport so we see many airplanes and jets,
but we have never seen anything like this before. The object
was very large, perhaps 2 or 3 full moons in size.
?There was a large, bright, oval-shaped light in the front of
the craft and several other lights forming what appeared to
be a triangular shaped-craft. In the center of the object was
a red light. None of the lights flashed. The object was very
large but made a little soft humming sound. It wasn?t until the
object was overhead that we heard a sound. It seemed to be
gray or black in color, moving rather slowly, for we were able
to view it for about 3 minutes. There was haze around it,
perhaps due to the brightness of the front light. It flew over
our heads heading in a northwestern direction.?
On April 21, another witness had a sighting. He says, ?It was
approximately 8:10 p.m. Central time and I was looking to the
northwest from southern St. Louis. I saw a light coming from
over the tops of the trees. It looked strange, with 3 to 5
lights on the front of the craft. The lights were closer
together than an airplane?s and they were not blinking at all.
It made no sound as it approached straight toward me. As it
came closer and was almost overhead, I saw a circular
outline of the craft. It was definitely not an airplane shape. It
flew directly over me, and behind the building I was in. There
was never any sound, and my windows were open. The craft
was flying lower than any airplane should have been, but I
cannot guess the altitude. I would say it was a bit smaller
than a commercial airplane, as well. The weather was cloudy
and there was a mild thunderstorm approaching from the
southwest.?
Insight: Skeptics used to dismiss all UFO waves as a result
of ?mass hysteria? due to media reports. However, the general
media no longer reports UFO sightings, so knowledge of this
wave is confined to specialized media like Filer?s Files,
meaning that ?mass hysteria? is not the answer.
At present, there are also extensive sightings taking place in
Mexico and South America, and in Germany.
