Local pilot Steve Allen estimated that the strobe lights “spanned about a mile long and a half mile wide,” traveling about 3,000 miles per hour. No sound was reported. The small town of Stephenville, Texas, 100 miles southwest of Dallas, is mostly known for its dairy farms, but in the evening of January 8, 2008, dozens of its residents viewed something unique in the sky. Citizens reported seeing white lights above Highway 67, first in a single horizontal arc and then in vertical parallel lines. READ MOR E: Interactive Map: UFO Sightings Taken Seriously by the U.S. However, because the UFO was not seen on radar, the FAA called it a “weather phenomenon” and declined to investigate. The witnesses say it hovered for about five minutes before shooting upward, where it broke a hole in the clouds-enough that pilots and mechanics could see the blue sky. The news report became the most-read story on The Chicago Tribune’s website to that date and made international news. How Willie Velásquez Organized for Latino Voting Rights government declassified, released and confirmed videos showing encounters between UFOs and U.S. It moved three times the speed of sound and more than twice the speed of the fighter jets. Just this past April, the Pentagon released a report saying those who witnessed and reported UFO sightings also experienced injuries including radiation burns, brain problems and damaged nerves. Commander Jim Slaight of Strike Fighter Squadron 41 attempted to intercept the craft, but it accelerated away, reappearing on radar 60 miles away. Black Aces Commander David Fravor and Lt. The Lights Above the New Jersey Turnpike (2001) It takes a lot for motorists to stop alongside a highway to look toward. Then, in a few moments, a white Tic Tac-shaped object appeared above the water. It had no visible markings to indicate an engine, wings or windows, and infrared monitors didn't reveal any exhaust. Below are five of the most believable UFO sightings of the 21st century. When two FA-18F fighter jets from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz arrived in the area, they first saw what appeared to be churning water, with a shadow of an oval shape underneath the surface. For two weeks, the crew had been tracking objects that appeared at 80,000 feet and then plummeted to hover right above the Pacific Ocean. On November 14, 2004, the USS Princeton, part of the USS Nimitz carrier strike group, noted an unknown craft on radar 100 miles off the coast of San Diego.

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An image taken from a video released by the Defense Department’s Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program of a 2004 encounter near San Diego between two Navy F/A-18F fighter jets and an unknown object.

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