-Caveat Lector- >From http://www.pioneerplanet.com/seven-days/1/news/docs/014768.htm - Published: Friday, September 17, 1999 Unidentified flashing object a puzzle for Menomonie man ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- GARY DAWSON STAFF WRITER ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- MENOMONIE, WIS. Did an unidentified flying object with bright flashing lights visit the Menomonie area early Thursday morning? James Emerson, who lives on a farm about two miles west of here, isn't sure but said some kind of airborne craft hovered to the southeast of his house for more than a half hour about 4 a.m. It reappeared once more before dawn. Dunn County Sheriff Robert Zebro, whose deputy sent to the scene also observed the lights, said he isn't sure what the object was but theorized it was either a helicopter or northern lights. Emerson, a road construction cement worker recovering at home from back surgery, doesn't agree. ``No, not a helicopter, when it sat there in one spot for a half-hour or 45 minutes. ``It wasn't northern lights either. I know the northern lights. It was a bright glow like the sun,'' he said. ``It was weird. I don't know what it was and I wasn't drinkin' either.'' Emerson said the sheriff's department told him it might also have been reflections off Mars and Venus, but he discounted that, too, because the planets were not lined up at that position in the sky. ``The wife (Renee) was getting up for work about 4 a.m. I got up with her,'' Emerson said. ``I was looking out the window and saw this flash, a red light way up in sky but like it was on the other side of the county.'' That would have been to the southeast. He said the object had red, blue and yellow flashing lights and would move sideways back and forth, alternately shoot high up in the air and then descend, hovering down just above the treetops. He called the sheriff's office, and the deputy who responded and observed the object described it in his report as a craft with green, red and white lights. ``He couldn't identify it. He thought it might be a helicopter,'' Sheriff Zebro said. ``Or they had another theory, that it was the northern lights or aurora borealis.'' The deputy left, saying he would try to get closer to the object. Then, 20 minutes later, Emerson said, the object reappeared, this time with a bright yellow light that pulsated and went from bright to dim. ``I called back down to the sheriff's office and said, `You ain't going to believe this, there's another one.' '' He said the sheriff's office told him they would check it out but he didn't hear from them again. Gary Dawson, who covers western Wisconsin, can be reached at gddawsonpioneerpress.com, toll free at (800) 739-3921 or at (715) 381-1808. -- Dan S DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
