Originally posted by JayinAR
reply to post by Signals
I would say that it was more than over the top and sensational.
In fact, I would say it was downright insulting.
I apologize for that. Call me naive but I didn't expect quite the negative reaction to that title. I have requested to the Mods to change the last 2
words from "Delusional Phonies" to "Possibly Delusional". That may not be enough, but as we have seen from some of the responses it can be
argued.
Now, back to the topic...
I read both of your threads (the first two, as I said I found the crop circle re-visit very interesting when originally posted, subscribed to it
actually). Diamond shaped HUGE craft would take our government being involved to the extreme I will admit. Of course there where eyewitnesses of
"orbs" but those are tough to analyze one way or the other. And we did have hot air balloons in 1977. Goofballs in UFO-shaped hot air balloons
playing pranks? I don't know...
This is one I find VERY interesting however if I may quote your thread-
March 5, 1977 - Lonnie and Debbie Stites
At about 11:30pm on the evening of March 5th Lonnie and Debbie were to deliver a load of wood to a turkey house north of McNatt, Missouri. They never
made it. According to the witnesses, they were headed to the farm and noticed some peculiar red lights in the distance. Coming closer, the lights rose
in the air directly in front of their truck and proceeded to shine lights on their truck. Meanwhile, a "man" dressed in green coveralls ran down the
hill towards the highway waving his arm at the two...until he was eventually standing right beside the highway. Mind you this is nearly midnight and
according to the witnesses this man in coveralls is waving at them in SUNGLASSES. The witnesses couldn't tell how the sunglasses adhered to his face
as he appeared to have no ears! And oh yeah, he was wearing a skull-cap (pulled so tight that there wasn't a wrinkle in it.) Anyhow, they drove past
where they were going in a state of shock. In all they went about 20 miles out of their way to avoid the object and refused to go back.
This is the kind of account that I, as well as many of us,
WANT TO BELIEVE. I still maintain eyewitness accounts can be very inaccurate, but
that is compelling!
I want to pose a question to you. Could the reason you sited these 2 threads (cases) to this thread, ie. the reason you find them as important, have
anything to do with the event happening close to where you live? And, in fact, involving people you know or at the very least people that were in your
community?
The reason I ask that is because I want to share with you 2 of the cases I felt in the past meant a lot to me.
The first one is brief, and I won't use names. When I was 9, my Mom got me my first pet - Ralph the dog. Ralph barked all day when we were in school
and our Landlady and the neighbors complained. I was forced to give Ralph away to a teacher friend of my Mother's, but was allowed to visit him from
time to time....their house was a block from ours. Anyway, the teacher's husband told me about a UFO sighting he had recently had, where several
colored lights had chased his car for several miles on a dark country road (no, not the police
it was in the sky) As a young boy, I believed
it and it's always stuck with me. He believed it of that I am sure.
The second one I'm sure you've heard of.
1897 Aurora Texas
There are some that believe aliens are actually buried in an old graveyard in the town! And of course there is the well, and the contents, etc. And
the fact that it happened in 1897....Anyway, Aurora is very close to where I live. After I saw the tv show about it, I found the property and actually
drove by it, but no one was home. And the town will not let anyone dig up the graveyard.
Those 2 cases for some reason are the most compelling to me. Could it be because I have a personal attachment to them? Is that what makes them seem
more believable?