-Caveat Lector- We are about to go on a Journey. All Aboard http://sites.netscape.net/gsussnzl/homepage ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 03, 1999 4:43 PM Subject: CAUSupdate: A Major Event? > Dear CAUS Members: > > Wednesday night/Thursday morning, during my appearance on Art Bell's Coast to > Coast, Peter Davenport of the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) in > Seattle reported, what appeared to be, a "major event." Several unidentified > and unconventional aerial objects were spotted as far north as Canada and in > Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona and Utah. The objects, ranging in number > from 1 to 7, left glowing trails and at times were seen to "break apart" and > shoot off in different directions. Several of the callers to NUFORC and > Art's show, reported some form of maneuverability, including what one witness > described as a "U-turn." The reports occurred from 9-9:30 p.m. PT though a > report from Utah placed the objects still in the air about three hours later. > > Interestingly, while the objects were being reported, military activity was > also being observed in the same general area as the sightings. And to add a > touch of the bizarre, blackouts were reported in Nevada and Northern Arizona. > > > Could the three events be related? Was it merely a coincidence that all > three occurred at the same time. Does each have an independent prosaic > explanation? Is eyewitness testimony readily susceptible to > misinterpretation? Well, you be the judge... > > CAUS thanks Jerry Rolwes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Washington State MUFON Director > for the following two reports: > > "I was listening to the Art Bell Show last night and Peter Davenport's report > on the series of calls he was taking from citizens re: the "Major Event," > occurring over the Western United States. > > I called Peter Davenport and reported to him that I had contacted the > Fairchild AFB Command Post and was informed there were no reports from > eastern Washington. > > In my pursuit of an explanation as to what happened last night, I did > something very easy to do. I called the Air Force Public Affairs office for > the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD), Peterson AFB, Colo. They > control the management for the Cheyenne Mountain Command Post complex. They > can be reached at (719)-554-3714. I spoke to a USAF Major Nouis. > > The bottom-line is this. It was a spectacular event, but anything but a major > UFO event. Major Nouis reported that it was a Russian rocket body item; NORAD > catalogue item number 25761. Specifically, it was a center motor part from a > Russian SL 12 rocket launched 28 Feb 99. It reentered the earth's atmosphere > at 10:11 PM Mt. Time/ 0411 Greenwich mean time. Speed upon reentry was > approximately 17,000 MPH. > > I hope you will all report this on your various programs and web sites and > let the citizens and listeners make up their own minds. I asked Major Nouis > about the comment made by some callers that the USAF said this item was to > reenter in a few more days and "What would the USAF come up with for an > explanation this time?" Major Nouis stated that these items are reentering > the atmosphere worldwide on a very frequent basis and some more of the junk > may be arriving in a few days. I'm certain if he went further, and I did not > ask him to, he could get a projected reentry list of all junk ahead of time. > It is not classified. > > Gentlemen, it just doesn't take that much to check these things out. Mr. > Bell, I would assume that with a little research you could get a 24 hour duty > officer phone number from NORAD and call them while your on the air. That > would lend itself to some quite incredible real time broadcast journalism. > And I feel most listeners would really appreciate that aspect. > Before, we in this UFO research business start declaring something a "major > UFO event," we may all wish to check out the facts. > > I even went to the trouble of trying to call the Nevada and Utah Highway > Patrol offices, but was too early. Major Nouis said "It was possible that a > piece of the motor could have crashed along the Nevada/Utah border." Which > was reported by one of your callers. As to the power outages--has anyone > called the local power companies to see what they have to say as to why the > outages occurred? > > Accuracy in UFO research is not that difficult to come by with a few phone > calls. I hope this info will be of value." > > > "Please reference my earlier e-mail with the information from NORAD on the > reentry of Russian rocket body material NORAD catalog #25761 with a reentry > time of 10:10 Mt. time 1 September 99. > > Mr. Davenport called me around noon today and was concerned I was coming to a > too quick assumption about this "major UFO event." He requested me to check > out the Art Bell Shows lady caller from the Portland, Oregon area concerning > the Oregon Air National Guard (ANG) F-15 fighters quickly launching and > departing south in "pursuit of something." > > Again, I simply picked up the phone and called the command post for the 142nd > Tactical Fighter Wing Portland, Oregon ANG. I attempted to speak with > Civilian Mona Jordon, 142nd ANG Public Affairs Office. I was not able to get > her. So I asked to speak to the on duty supervisor of flying (SOF). I > explained the comments made by Mr. Bell's caller about the late evening > launch and recovery of a sizable number of F-15's. > > The following was provided to me by Oregon ANG Major Hook, on-duty SOF. > > (Paraphrased) "We launched a package of six F-15 aircraft last night on 1 > September 99. The first aircraft launched at 8:30 PM and last one off was at > 8:45 PM. None of the aircraft launched went into military power (afterburner) > as was reported by the woman caller. The fighters were then recovered an hour > and fifteen minutes to one hour and twenty minutes later. They were not in > pursuit of any unidentified boogies. They were launched as part of a two week > phase of night flying training which was published in the local area Portland > press." As reported by Major Hook. > > It just didn't take that much to make these telephone calls to the active and > ANG USAF organizations. I have done this to attempt to prove a point. Before > everyone starts making assumptions about USAF operations--just pick up the > phone and call these folks. They are easy to talk to and the material is > easily verifiable. Mr. Davenport expressed concern over the strange power > outages throughout the country. I asked him if anyone had called the civilian > power companies to ask the reason for the outages. He stated he did not have > time to call in that the flap was still going on. > > I asked Major Nouis of SPACE COM Public Affairs if it was possible that the > one couple who called in and said they saw a crash along the Utah/Nevada > border could that have been the Russian space debris. He said yes it was a > possibility, but we took it a step further. Question: Could the debris, even > without fuel, create an explosion with light. His answer was yes. You have > metal returning at hyper velocity. The kinetic energy alone could give off > heat energy regardless of what it would hit, but if it hit stone there would > be even more given off. > > This information takes away a lot of the strangeness of the reported events. > There may well have been other unrelated events, but here's the prime thrust > of what occurred. I doubt this is a very major event. I hope that Mr. Bell > and Jeff Rense will air this aspect of the alleged flap tonight so that the > listeners can make up their minds based on what information I have acquired. > We need to quit speculating before we check issues out. It's > counterproductive for any of us to look bad." > > So is the Russian rocket booster re-enty a cover story? Were the jets on > military exercise? What was the CAUS of the coincidental blackouts? Will we > ever find out? > Does anyone really care? > > Stay tuned. > > Peter A. 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