1 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:04,800 Hello and welcome to the program UFO Warning. 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:07,920 In this episode, we're talking about the Stephenville UFO 3 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:10,240 messengers. That's correct, the Stephenville 4 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:14,160 UFO Messengers. Now, in 2008 and 2009, there 5 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:17,200 were series of UFO sightings in Stephenville, TX. 6 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:19,920 The sightings were widely reported in the media and 7 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:22,800 attracted the attention of UFO investigators and the public 8 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:25,310 alike. Witnesses described the UF O's 9 00:00:25,310 --> 00:00:27,870 as being various shapes and colors, including triangles, 10 00:00:27,870 --> 00:00:30,110 rectangles, circles, and even saucers. 11 00:00:30,550 --> 00:00:33,070 Some witnesses said that the UF O's were silent. 12 00:00:33,070 --> 00:00:34,790 What others said they made a humming noise. 13 00:00:35,230 --> 00:00:38,190 The UF O's were seen in a variety of locations, including 14 00:00:38,270 --> 00:00:40,910 over the town of Stephenville, in the surrounding countryside 15 00:00:40,910 --> 00:00:44,790 and near the local airport. The US Air Force investigated 16 00:00:44,790 --> 00:00:47,990 the sightings and concluded they were likely caused by military 17 00:00:47,990 --> 00:00:50,310 aircraft or other conventional objects. 18 00:00:50,590 --> 00:00:54,440 As you can imagine, however, many of the witnesses and the 19 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:57,800 UFO investigators disagree with this conclusion and they had 20 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:00,600 evidence to show why. Now we're going to get into some 21 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:02,720 of the articles that were written at the time this 22 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:04,760 happened and then some articles written. 23 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:08,840 Looking back, it turns out that this events being featured in an 24 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:13,360 upcoming Netflix documentary. And so that's cool that people 25 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:16,020 at least are going to be reminded what happened to me. 26 00:01:16,020 --> 00:01:19,100 This is just one of the most fascinating cases out there. 27 00:01:19,300 --> 00:01:22,420 So let's go ahead and get into this first article from NPR. 28 00:01:22,940 --> 00:01:25,820 So just to give us a little more perspective on what was going on 29 00:01:25,820 --> 00:01:28,180 there at that time, I want to look at this article from 30 00:01:28,180 --> 00:01:31,220 npr.org. This is dated January 16th, 31 00:01:31,220 --> 00:01:33,380 2008. So this would have been right 32 00:01:33,380 --> 00:01:34,740 when these things were first starting. 33 00:01:35,220 --> 00:01:38,340 It says dozens claim they spotted UFO in Texas. 34 00:01:39,060 --> 00:01:41,300 It says faster than a speeding bullet and bigger than a 35 00:01:41,300 --> 00:01:43,260 Walmart. That's how residents near the 36 00:01:43,260 --> 00:01:47,850 West, TX town of Stephenville described an object that they 37 00:01:47,850 --> 00:01:50,490 spotted in the Sky One night last week. 38 00:01:50,970 --> 00:01:54,010 Dozens of people, including a pilot and a police officer, said 39 00:01:54,010 --> 00:01:57,370 a UFO hovered over the farming community for about 5 minutes 40 00:01:57,530 --> 00:02:00,650 last Tuesday before streaking away into the night sky. 41 00:02:01,290 --> 00:02:05,410 Pilot Steve Allen saw the object when he was out clearing brush 42 00:02:05,410 --> 00:02:07,450 off a hilltop near the town of Selden. 43 00:02:07,990 --> 00:02:10,669 Alan described the unidentified object as being an enormous 44 00:02:10,669 --> 00:02:13,950 aircraft with flashing strobe lights and it was totally 45 00:02:13,950 --> 00:02:16,550 silent. He said The UFO speed away. 46 00:02:16,550 --> 00:02:21,230 It's more than 3000 mph, followed by two fighter jets 47 00:02:21,550 --> 00:02:23,470 that were hopelessly outmaneuvered. 48 00:02:23,910 --> 00:02:26,990 Alan said it took the aircraft just a few seconds to cross the 49 00:02:26,990 --> 00:02:31,230 section of the sky, that it takes him 20 minutes to fly in 50 00:02:31,230 --> 00:02:34,270 his Cessna. The veteran pilot said the UFO, 51 00:02:34,270 --> 00:02:38,690 an estimated half mile wide and and a mile long, was bigger than 52 00:02:38,690 --> 00:02:41,930 a Walmart. The Stephenville Empire Tribune, 53 00:02:42,130 --> 00:02:45,290 which was which has written about the mysterious object, 54 00:02:45,610 --> 00:02:49,490 said about 40 people saw the thing, though some were too 55 00:02:49,490 --> 00:02:53,130 sheepish to admit the sightings until others came forward. 56 00:02:53,410 --> 00:02:56,730 Law enforcement officer Lee Ray Gaten said he was walking to his 57 00:02:56,730 --> 00:03:00,930 car when he saw a red glow that reminded him of pictures he's 58 00:03:00,930 --> 00:03:04,850 seen of an erupting volcano. He said he saw the object was 59 00:03:04,850 --> 00:03:09,110 suspended 3000 feet in the air. Gaten said he was so awestruck 60 00:03:09,110 --> 00:03:11,590 that he called his son to come and see, but he didn't talk much 61 00:03:11,590 --> 00:03:14,910 about the sightings until he saw a story about a UFO in the local 62 00:03:14,910 --> 00:03:17,870 paper. Military officials, however, 63 00:03:17,870 --> 00:03:20,030 were skeptical. They said the residents were 64 00:03:20,030 --> 00:03:22,630 letting their imagination run while and passed it off as an 65 00:03:22,630 --> 00:03:25,670 optical illusion. They said it was likely nothing 66 00:03:25,670 --> 00:03:29,070 more than a reflection of sunlight on 2 airliners. 67 00:03:29,670 --> 00:03:32,710 Officials at a nearby Air Force Base also said the fighter 68 00:03:32,710 --> 00:03:34,830 pilots didn't chase down anything that night. 69 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:38,200 The incident was really similar to a UFO sighting a little more 70 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:41,200 than a year ago at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. 71 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:45,440 As many as 12 United Airline employees spotted the object and 72 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:49,280 filed reports with United. So you can see here at the time 73 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:52,360 people were reporting this saying, and at least NPR was 74 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:54,800 taking it seriously. Now let's go on to this next 75 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:58,040 article to look at some more of these sightings. vice.com The 76 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:01,960 title says 15 years ago UFO sightings rocked a small Texas 77 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:05,030 town. The mystery remains In 2008, 78 00:04:05,030 --> 00:04:08,830 sightings in Stevensville, Texas are explored in the first 79 00:04:08,830 --> 00:04:12,510 episode of Vice Studios new Netflix show Encounters, written 80 00:04:12,510 --> 00:04:15,550 by Nathaniel Gianowitz. It starts off here, says 81 00:04:15,550 --> 00:04:20,670 Stevensville is often referred to by locals as the Milk Capital 82 00:04:20,670 --> 00:04:23,270 of the World. But after the events of January 83 00:04:23,270 --> 00:04:26,590 2008, the Texas town of Stephenville became known for 84 00:04:26,870 --> 00:04:30,630 something otherworldly and Messenger is the first episode 85 00:04:30,630 --> 00:04:33,470 of Vice Studios and Netflix's new series Encounters. 86 00:04:33,820 --> 00:04:37,620 Residents of Stephenville and the surrounding area recount 87 00:04:37,620 --> 00:04:39,820 seeing something strange in the sky. 88 00:04:40,380 --> 00:04:43,860 One witness called it an orb, another referred to it as a 89 00:04:43,900 --> 00:04:48,100 flying Dorito, yes, as in Three Sided Tortilla ship. 90 00:04:48,500 --> 00:04:50,820 I think what they meant was that was kind of a like a delta 91 00:04:50,820 --> 00:04:55,900 shaped craft, but even with such wild descriptions, the socalled 92 00:04:55,940 --> 00:04:59,020 Stephenville Lights and is considered one of the most 93 00:04:59,020 --> 00:05:01,020 credible UFO sightings in modern times. 94 00:05:01,750 --> 00:05:04,830 They began when Steve Allen and a couple friends were enjoying a 95 00:05:04,830 --> 00:05:08,550 few beers by campfire one night and something caught their eye. 96 00:05:09,150 --> 00:05:13,350 All of a sudden I see some real bright high intensity light off 97 00:05:13,350 --> 00:05:16,910 to the east, headed our way at a high velocity of speed. 98 00:05:17,310 --> 00:05:20,950 The lights were so bright it was unlike anything I'd ever seen. 99 00:05:21,510 --> 00:05:23,830 It was almost blinding to look at them, said Allen. 100 00:05:24,070 --> 00:05:28,190 Then what amazed me is there was no wind noise, no engine noise. 101 00:05:28,470 --> 00:05:30,930 There was silence when it came past us. 102 00:05:30,930 --> 00:05:33,410 I developed the most peaceful, easy feeling I think I've ever 103 00:05:33,410 --> 00:05:35,610 had in my life. It was almost like a religious 104 00:05:35,610 --> 00:05:38,130 experience, like I was at one with whatever. 105 00:05:38,130 --> 00:05:41,770 It was something I've never heard, something I've never had 106 00:05:41,770 --> 00:05:46,450 before since it was unreal. Now that's a little concerning 107 00:05:46,450 --> 00:05:48,370 to me. I think these things are almost 108 00:05:49,250 --> 00:05:54,290 affecting people physically in their brain. 109 00:05:54,710 --> 00:05:58,070 We talked about Gary Nolan's work where they did, they read a 110 00:05:58,390 --> 00:06:01,710 test on these people that had had encounters with UFOs, some 111 00:06:01,710 --> 00:06:02,870 of the ones that have been injured. 112 00:06:03,110 --> 00:06:06,550 And the commonality they found was that there was this middle 113 00:06:06,550 --> 00:06:10,150 range of the brain in the center of the brain, right where kind 114 00:06:10,190 --> 00:06:12,190 of like where your pineal glands located. 115 00:06:12,550 --> 00:06:16,070 And this is an area of the brain that generates these feelings of 116 00:06:16,350 --> 00:06:19,950 euphoria, that of this connectedness with God, 117 00:06:19,950 --> 00:06:24,560 whatever. And so it seems like these 118 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:28,840 entities, whatever they are, are using that part of our brain, 119 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:32,480 this part of our brain that was designed to allow us to have 120 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:37,320 these feelings of love and euphoria and being in love and 121 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:39,880 communicating with God, all these things that really seem to 122 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:43,240 make us human, that part of the brain that we don't even fully 123 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:45,640 understand how it works. But it's almost like they're 124 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:49,480 invading this area of that part of the brain and manipulating 125 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:51,720 it. That's what I think, because how 126 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:54,520 would you have this real feeling about this thing if you'd ever 127 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:56,400 met it, if you had no idea what it was? 128 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:59,480 Anyway, it goes on and says Then just as quickly as it arrived, 129 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:01,960 it disappeared. A few seconds later, Allen 130 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:04,920 claimed that 2F16 jets came in hot pursuit. 131 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:08,760 And in my head I'm wondering, is it or the world's what was going 132 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:09,520 on? Alan said. 133 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:13,120 A few miles West, local police constable Lee Ray Gayton was on 134 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:16,880 his way to rent a movie for his wife's birthday when something 135 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:19,600 caught my attention, he said. I saw what happened. 136 00:07:20,190 --> 00:07:23,070 I call it a bubble or an orb. It was a reddish orange, fiery 137 00:07:23,070 --> 00:07:25,270 looking thing, really big, said Gaiden. 138 00:07:25,270 --> 00:07:27,550 It was three. It was these bright lights 139 00:07:27,790 --> 00:07:30,390 flashing like a pulsating thing like that. 140 00:07:30,470 --> 00:07:33,030 They had spread out. There was 11 or 12 lights that I 141 00:07:33,030 --> 00:07:34,830 was able to count. All of a sudden these things 142 00:07:34,830 --> 00:07:39,230 just shoot off at blazing speed. Shortly after he saw two fighter 143 00:07:39,230 --> 00:07:42,230 jets, he said they were flying in the same direction, the same 144 00:07:42,230 --> 00:07:45,190 path as these lights. The sightings of Stevensville 145 00:07:45,190 --> 00:07:49,580 quickly became the talk of the town, and MUFON, a US based 146 00:07:49,580 --> 00:07:52,820 nonprofit dedicated to research of UFOs around the world, came 147 00:07:52,820 --> 00:07:55,900 to investigate the sighting. The group invited people who had 148 00:07:55,900 --> 00:07:58,420 seen something to come and tell their stories, expecting a 149 00:07:58,420 --> 00:08:01,820 handful of people. Instead, dozens of other 150 00:08:01,820 --> 00:08:05,660 witnesses appeared, claiming to have seen odd things in the sky 151 00:08:06,020 --> 00:08:09,740 around Stephenville. Soon, TV crews from Japan to 152 00:08:09,740 --> 00:08:11,420 Brazil were descending on the town. 153 00:08:11,900 --> 00:08:15,140 At first, the Naval Air Station in the region denied that any of 154 00:08:15,140 --> 00:08:18,020 its planes were in the area at the time of the sightings. the 155 00:08:18,020 --> 00:08:21,940 US military would later change their tune and claim there were 156 00:08:21,940 --> 00:08:25,420 actually fighter jet training exercises in the area, blaming 157 00:08:25,420 --> 00:08:28,460 the initial denial on a communications error that led to 158 00:08:28,460 --> 00:08:30,500 the dissemination of false information. 159 00:08:31,020 --> 00:08:33,980 Imagine that. Some witnesses also alleged that 160 00:08:33,980 --> 00:08:36,179 members of the government attempted to intimidate them 161 00:08:36,179 --> 00:08:38,020 into keeping quiet about what they saw. 162 00:08:38,620 --> 00:08:40,940 What's unique about the Stevensville sightings, said 163 00:08:40,940 --> 00:08:43,780 Robert Powell at Nanotechnology Engineer and UFO Investigator, 164 00:08:44,260 --> 00:08:48,050 is the accompanying radar information that appears to 165 00:08:48,050 --> 00:08:50,610 cooperate the sighting of Allen and Gayton. 166 00:08:50,650 --> 00:08:52,330 I don't think there's any appearing about it. 167 00:08:52,330 --> 00:08:55,090 I mean, it's there. I mean, this sentence should 168 00:08:55,090 --> 00:08:59,890 read information that cooperates the sighting of Allen Gayton 169 00:08:59,890 --> 00:09:02,250 because it does. Via Freedom of Information Act 170 00:09:02,250 --> 00:09:04,930 request. Powell received primary radar 171 00:09:04,930 --> 00:09:08,850 data from 5 different antennas in the region from the FAA. 172 00:09:09,330 --> 00:09:13,280 With that information, Powell explained that he first tracked 173 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:17,360 down the routes of the two F sixteens, which had transponders 174 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:19,200 because they were government aircrafts. 175 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:22,600 I wonder what happened to that F35 that crashed last week. 176 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:28,320 So once I identified where the F sixteens wore, I went to start 177 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:31,440 looking for objects that did not have transponders, he said. 178 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:36,280 What I find is radar data that confirms that Steve Allen and 179 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:41,000 Lee and Leroy Gaton have told me there are two radar points that 180 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:44,360 showed an object moving without a transponder. 181 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:47,840 The two data points match the time and the geographical 182 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:50,800 location of Steve Allen's siding, he said. 183 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:55,120 This is outside of the military operating area, so it should 184 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:58,600 have a transponder if it is a military aircraft, but it 185 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:02,520 doesn't in the case of Leroy. I had about five data points on 186 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:05,800 the radar indicating there is this object, he said. 187 00:10:06,380 --> 00:10:09,020 It's not very often that you get radar data that just cooperates 188 00:10:09,020 --> 00:10:11,980 exactly what a witness said in terms of geographic location and 189 00:10:11,980 --> 00:10:14,220 time. These stories check out with the 190 00:10:14,220 --> 00:10:16,580 radar data. So there's absolutely no doubt 191 00:10:17,220 --> 00:10:19,860 that there's an object in the sky and that the object that's 192 00:10:19,900 --> 00:10:23,620 in the sky does not have a transponder code that tells you 193 00:10:23,820 --> 00:10:26,420 that you're dealing with something real, whatever it is. 194 00:10:26,980 --> 00:10:29,820 Wow, that's amazing. So they've got the white witness 195 00:10:29,820 --> 00:10:31,940 accounts. They've got the actual radar 196 00:10:31,940 --> 00:10:34,540 from FAA. They've caught the government 197 00:10:34,540 --> 00:10:39,180 lying and still we're told nothing to see here. 198 00:10:39,380 --> 00:10:40,980 Move along. Now let's go ahead and look at 199 00:10:40,980 --> 00:10:43,260 this next article. So I want to look at another 200 00:10:43,260 --> 00:10:46,100 article that was written back when all this stuff happened. 201 00:10:46,180 --> 00:10:49,340 This one comes from a BC news.go.com. 202 00:10:49,820 --> 00:10:53,340 The title says UFO investigators flock to Stephenville, TX. 203 00:10:53,700 --> 00:10:56,100 Investigators head to Stephenville, TX after residents 204 00:10:56,100 --> 00:11:00,060 confirmed sightings by a BC News Good Morning America. 205 00:11:00,060 --> 00:11:02,420 And that's dated February 9th, 2009. 206 00:11:02,890 --> 00:11:05,850 Then below that we have a subheading which dated January 207 00:11:05,850 --> 00:11:09,570 18th, 2008 and it has the same title. 208 00:11:09,570 --> 00:11:11,010 So this must have been an updated article. 209 00:11:11,010 --> 00:11:14,770 I'm assuming a team of 6 investigators from the Mutual 210 00:11:14,770 --> 00:11:18,530 UFO Network will be interviewing citizens of Stephenville, TX who 211 00:11:18,530 --> 00:11:21,890 say they spotted the UFO at sunset on January 8th. 212 00:11:22,370 --> 00:11:26,130 The Mutual UFO Network is a non governmental group interested in 213 00:11:26,130 --> 00:11:29,530 documenting UF O's. State Director Ken Cherry says 214 00:11:29,530 --> 00:11:33,560 that the network has received calls from fifty citizens who 215 00:11:33,560 --> 00:11:36,680 say they witnessed the UFO and that the number and credibility 216 00:11:36,680 --> 00:11:41,000 of the people is exceptional. The rural Texas town has 217 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,480 attracted worldwide attention after the sightings. 218 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:47,120 The Stephenville Empire Tribune, the local newspaper, has 219 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:51,200 received calls from as far away as Finland and Japan as people 220 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:54,080 remain fascinated about the reports of a bright object in 221 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:57,720 the sky that witnesses say was a mile long. 222 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:00,760 It remains the talk of the town in Stevensville High School 223 00:12:01,210 --> 00:12:04,090 Science Club is now selling tshirts to cash in on the craze. 224 00:12:04,410 --> 00:12:07,530 Stephenville prides itself on being the dairy capital, Texas, 225 00:12:07,530 --> 00:12:10,650 and the shirts that sell for $10 have a picture of a Holstein cow 226 00:12:10,970 --> 00:12:12,770 being beamed up to a flying saucer. 227 00:12:13,050 --> 00:12:15,570 More than 30 residents of Stephenville, TX claimed to have 228 00:12:15,570 --> 00:12:19,610 seen a UFO, described as a mile wide silent object with bright 229 00:12:19,610 --> 00:12:23,450 lights flying low and fast. It was very intense bright 230 00:12:23,450 --> 00:12:26,210 lights, said local newspaper Angela Joyner. 231 00:12:26,530 --> 00:12:30,290 The lights were like going like this, said Constable Leroy 232 00:12:30,290 --> 00:12:34,090 Gateman, making his hand gestures to describe what he saw 233 00:12:34,090 --> 00:12:37,450 when he spotted the UFO. Rick Sorells says he saw it 234 00:12:37,450 --> 00:12:39,370 while he was hunting deer in the woods. 235 00:12:39,730 --> 00:12:42,370 You look at the trees and it was right there, Sorells told ABC 236 00:12:42,370 --> 00:12:45,050 News correspondent Mike von Fremd as he showed him the 237 00:12:45,050 --> 00:12:47,690 location in the woods where he spotted the UFO. 238 00:12:48,250 --> 00:12:50,890 Steve Allen, a 50 year old pilot, was at a campfire with 239 00:12:50,890 --> 00:12:53,690 friends and says the object was a mile long and a half mile 240 00:12:53,690 --> 00:12:55,650 wide. I don't know if it was a 241 00:12:55,650 --> 00:12:57,930 biblical experience or somebody from a different universe or 242 00:12:57,930 --> 00:13:01,090 whatever, but it was definitely not from around these parts, 243 00:13:01,090 --> 00:13:03,410 Allen said. Allen drew a sketch of the 244 00:13:03,450 --> 00:13:07,570 object, which he said traveled at amazing speed without making 245 00:13:07,570 --> 00:13:10,210 a sound. While drawing, Allen told Ron 246 00:13:10,210 --> 00:13:14,530 Frim that he saw an arch shape, converted into a vertical shape, 247 00:13:14,570 --> 00:13:16,730 and then split and made two of them. 248 00:13:17,220 --> 00:13:21,140 And then these two turned turned into fire and it was gone. 249 00:13:22,060 --> 00:13:23,700 That sounds like a shapeshifter to me. 250 00:13:24,180 --> 00:13:27,180 A spokesman for the 301st Fighter Wing in Fort Worth says 251 00:13:27,220 --> 00:13:30,740 no aircraft from his base was in the area, and says the objects 252 00:13:30,740 --> 00:13:34,540 may have been an illusion caused by two commercial airplanes. 253 00:13:34,860 --> 00:13:37,740 But those who saw the lights don't buy that explanation. 254 00:13:38,180 --> 00:13:41,060 It's an unidentified flying object, assisted a former Air 255 00:13:41,060 --> 00:13:43,420 Force technician. Some of Stephenville are a bit 256 00:13:43,420 --> 00:13:45,840 embarrassed about all the attention and it's crazy, said 257 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:48,880 one teenage girl in town. I like how they go to the one 258 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:51,800 teenage girl in town as a source of authority. 259 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:55,680 That is awesome. Now this article here is from 260 00:13:55,680 --> 00:13:59,720 wfaa.com talking about some of the sightings down there. 261 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:03,200 It says more UFO sightings in Erith County. 262 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:06,360 There are more fresh reports pouring in about UF O's flying 263 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:10,080 over Erith County rancher Ricky Sorrells has been seeing the 264 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:12,520 mysterious lights in the sky since January. 265 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:17,650 We all want to know what it is. There are more reports pouring 266 00:14:17,650 --> 00:14:19,450 in about UF O's and Erith County. 267 00:14:19,450 --> 00:14:22,010 In fact, there are so many reported sightings on Tuesday 268 00:14:22,010 --> 00:14:24,450 that an aircraft coordinated with spotters on the ground 269 00:14:24,450 --> 00:14:26,890 Wednesday, hoping to get the fresh video. 270 00:14:27,210 --> 00:14:29,130 I never watched Star Wars growing up. 271 00:14:29,130 --> 00:14:31,930 I was too busy hauling hay, said Ricky Sorelles. 272 00:14:32,250 --> 00:14:35,610 But the rancher and welder was among the first in January to 273 00:14:35,610 --> 00:14:38,250 take the heat for publicly admitting he saw mysterious 274 00:14:38,250 --> 00:14:42,090 lights over Erith County. Sorell said he has occasionally 275 00:14:42,090 --> 00:14:44,940 seen them since, including Tuesday night. 276 00:14:45,340 --> 00:14:48,260 They were huge, he said. But this time is different. 277 00:14:48,620 --> 00:14:51,620 Over the last few nights, many people have reported sightings. 278 00:14:51,940 --> 00:14:54,260 A stun family in Dublin shot a video. 279 00:14:54,620 --> 00:14:57,540 An organization called the Mutual UFO Network has an 280 00:14:57,540 --> 00:14:59,740 investigator in viewing interview witnesses. 281 00:15:00,060 --> 00:15:02,900 Ricky Sorel wants to know what those lights are. 282 00:15:03,220 --> 00:15:05,500 I'm tickled to death about it. I've got people calling me 283 00:15:05,500 --> 00:15:06,980 crazy. I saw them too. 284 00:15:06,980 --> 00:15:10,480 You're not crazy, said Sorels. Angela Joyner started writing 285 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:13,000 about the phenomena as reporter for the Stephenville Empire 286 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:15,760 Tribune. No longer with the paper, she 287 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:18,520 now travels the country as a UFO researcher. 288 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:22,240 Joyner said a small plane will start assisting spotters on the 289 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:25,200 ground with cameras. Back in January, folks around 290 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:27,720 Stephenville had a lot of fun with UF O's. 291 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:29,760 This time, with so many sightings, it seems to be a 292 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:32,080 little more serious. It tells you they're not a 293 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:34,360 conspiracy, Joyner said. They've seen, they've seen them 294 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:36,600 in Heiko, Stephenville, Dublin. Lots of talents. 295 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:40,050 For the record, Joyner and Sorrells are not saying they 296 00:15:40,050 --> 00:15:42,530 believe the lights are from spaceships. 297 00:15:42,770 --> 00:15:45,330 All we want to know is what is it? 298 00:15:45,330 --> 00:15:48,850 Sorrell said. That's really interesting that 299 00:15:48,850 --> 00:15:51,250 they've had so many sightings of these things. 300 00:15:51,570 --> 00:15:56,290 Now I want to go ahead and take a look at one more article here, 301 00:15:56,850 --> 00:16:03,810 and this is from discogs.com. It says looks like it's been 302 00:16:03,810 --> 00:16:07,290 online for about 16 years. It says Stephenville, TX. 303 00:16:07,780 --> 00:16:10,420 In this farming community where nightfall usually brings clear 304 00:16:10,420 --> 00:16:14,260 starry skies, residents are abuzz over reported sightings of 305 00:16:14,260 --> 00:16:16,180 what many people believe is a UFO. 306 00:16:17,220 --> 00:16:20,220 Ricky Shirell says that he saw a flat, metallic object hovering 307 00:16:20,220 --> 00:16:23,500 about 300 feet over a pasture behind his Texas home. 308 00:16:24,500 --> 00:16:28,020 Several dozen people, including a pilot, county constable and 309 00:16:28,020 --> 00:16:31,100 businesswoman, say they have seen a large, silent object with 310 00:16:31,100 --> 00:16:32,820 bright lights flying low and fast. 311 00:16:33,180 --> 00:16:35,620 Some reported seeing fighter jets chasing it. 312 00:16:36,230 --> 00:16:38,790 People wonder what in the world it is because this is the Bible 313 00:16:38,790 --> 00:16:42,190 bill and everyone is afraid it's the end of time, said Steve 314 00:16:42,190 --> 00:16:44,910 Allen, a freight company owner and pilot who said the object he 315 00:16:44,910 --> 00:16:47,470 saw last week was a mile long and a half mile wide. 316 00:16:47,870 --> 00:16:50,750 It was positively, absolutely nothing from these parts. 317 00:16:51,150 --> 00:16:53,790 Well, federal officials say there's a logical explanations. 318 00:16:54,150 --> 00:16:58,310 Locals swear that it was larger, quieter, faster and lower to the 319 00:16:58,310 --> 00:17:01,310 ground than an airplane. They also said the object's 320 00:17:01,310 --> 00:17:03,990 lights change configuration, unlike those of a plane. 321 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:08,280 People in several towns who reported seeing it over several 322 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:11,960 weeks have offered similar descriptions of the object. 323 00:17:12,319 --> 00:17:15,359 Machinist Ricky Sorrell said friends made fun of him when he 324 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:19,040 told them he saw a flat metallic object hovering 300 feet over a 325 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:20,960 Patchester behind his Dublin, TX home. 326 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:24,640 But he decided to come forward after reading summer accounts 327 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:26,440 and the Stephenville Empire Tribune. 328 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:30,560 You hear about a big bass or a big bucking area, but this is 329 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:33,300 different, but this is a different deal, Cerrell said. 330 00:17:33,300 --> 00:17:36,140 It feels good to hear that other people saw something because 331 00:17:36,140 --> 00:17:39,140 that means I'm not crazy. Cerrell says he has seen the 332 00:17:39,140 --> 00:17:41,300 object several times. He said he watched it through 333 00:17:41,300 --> 00:17:43,980 his rifles telescope lens and described it. 334 00:17:43,980 --> 00:17:47,100 It's very large and without seams, nuts or bolts. 335 00:17:47,420 --> 00:17:50,380 I'm going to include a video there link at Buy Me a Coffee 336 00:17:50,860 --> 00:17:54,620 where Ricky Cerrell goes into a short description during an AP 337 00:17:54,620 --> 00:17:55,940 interview about how he was out hunting. 338 00:17:55,940 --> 00:17:59,390 And he saw this thing and how this thing just went from, you 339 00:17:59,390 --> 00:18:02,990 know, zero to, I don't know, 500 or something at a right angle. 340 00:18:03,030 --> 00:18:06,910 And describes how this large flying saucer just maintained 341 00:18:06,910 --> 00:18:12,390 its perpendicular configuration to the ground as it just shot up 342 00:18:12,390 --> 00:18:14,470 into the sky. Very much like what happened in 343 00:18:14,470 --> 00:18:16,870 Chicago as its writer had said it named the article. 344 00:18:17,390 --> 00:18:19,430 Searle said he has seen the object several times. 345 00:18:19,430 --> 00:18:22,510 He said he watched it through his rifle telescope lens. 346 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:25,920 Major Carl Lewis, a spokesman for the 301st Fighter Wing and 347 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:29,160 the Joint Reserve Base Naval Station Fort Worth, said no F16S 348 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:31,760 or other aircraft from his base were in the area the night of 349 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:34,560 January 8th, when most people were reporting. 350 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:36,760 Well, the fact is this thing went on for more than a night. 351 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:40,960 These sightings went on, it looks like for over a year now. 352 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:44,600 It goes the article finishes up there and talks a little bit 353 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:47,200 about you know what the constable saw people putting on 354 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:50,120 different rewards. The thing is, these encounters 355 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:55,240 over Stephenville, TX, they ran the gamut like they said, 356 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:58,320 everything from these giant delta shaped aircrafts, those 357 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:00,440 were the ones I think that were first seen and they got a lot of 358 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:03,240 press. But then after that you had 359 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:05,800 multiple sightings of what looked like red orbs. 360 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:08,840 You had the sighting that Ricky Sorrell talks about, this large 361 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:12,500 flying saucer. So whatever it was, it was an 362 00:19:12,500 --> 00:19:16,100 intense wave of UFO activity over this little town of 363 00:19:16,100 --> 00:19:18,380 Stephenville, TX and around there Okay. 364 00:19:18,660 --> 00:19:21,580 And it must have been impressive because it looks like one of the 365 00:19:21,580 --> 00:19:26,380 local reporters for that paper there, her life was redirected 366 00:19:26,460 --> 00:19:29,180 to she left her job as this newspaper reporter and went to 367 00:19:29,180 --> 00:19:31,460 work for MUFON. So whatever happened had an 368 00:19:31,460 --> 00:19:33,380 impact on people. As the one guy said, he felt 369 00:19:33,380 --> 00:19:35,700 like he had this religious experience and that's why some 370 00:19:35,700 --> 00:19:38,580 people consider these things to be some type of UFO messengers. 371 00:19:38,980 --> 00:19:43,410 But the question is if they were messengers, then what was the 372 00:19:43,410 --> 00:19:45,770 message? Until next time, this is UFO 373 00:19:45,770 --> 00:19:46,810 Warning Over now.