VIDEO: UFO siting in santa cruz california july 18th 2009

mandishot56
July 18, 2009
"this was really sketchy
orange things that changed colors floating in the sky and i have some pictures that u can zoom in on and it looks like they are flat-ish with a dome on top and it looked like there was 2 dark dots inside
THIS MADE ME BELIEVE IN UFO's
unless someone can prove this isn't real i will believe

Santa Cruz Residents Claim UFO Sighting

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Santa Cruz Residents Claim UFO Sighting
Posted: July 19, 2009 07:15 PM
Updated: July 19, 2009 07:43 PM

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - A YouTube clip claims a trio of lights over the Monterey Bay Saturday night may have been UFO's.

Santa Cruz residents Larry and Gail Wisler posted video of a trio of flickering dots Saturday on the website; in an email to KION news, Larry Wisler said the lights were "not a natural weather event."

Wisler wrote he and his wife spotted the lights three separate times Saturday night after 9:30 p.m.; he adds neighbors confirmed seeing the lights and friends of his daughter and a pizza delivery man also commented on the lights after the video was posted on YouTube.

Calls to the Watsonville Airport did not reach anyone Sunday.

(Source: KION 46)

The Book of the Damned (1919) by Charles Fort

From Wikipedia:

The Book of the Damned was the first published nonfiction work of the author Charles Fort (first edition 1919). Dealing with various types of anomalous phenomena including UFOs, strange falls of both organic and inorganic materials from the sky, odd weather patterns, the possible existence of creatures generally held to be mythological, disappearances of people under strange circumstances, and many other phenomena, the book is historically considered to be the first written in the specific field of anomalistics.

The title of the book referred to what he termed the "damned" data - data which had been damned, or excluded, by modern science because of its not conforming to accepted guidelines. The way Fort sees it, mainstream scientists are trend followers who believe in what is accepted and popular, and never really look for a truth that may be contrary to what they believe. He also compares the close-mindedness of many scientists to that of religious fundamentalists, implying that the supposed "battle" between science and religion is just a smokescreen for the fact that, in his view, science is, in essence, simply a de facto religion. This is a theme that Fort would develop more heavily in his later works, New Lands and Lo! particularly.

Fort was one of the first major writers to deal extensively with paranormal phenomena (see parapsychology), and in that aspect at least, The Book of the Damned should be considered an important work. It should be viewed as a formulative work, perhaps understandably, as it is his first major book. Though Fort's uniquely acerbic writing style is already in evidence, and there are plenty of interesting phenomena to read about, Fort's theories (as such) are only beginning to be developed, and Fort tends to ramble in this book more so than his later ones. Still, it's a very readable book for those interested in this subject, and a solid introduction to Fort and his works.

The first few chapters of the book deal largely with explaining Fort's thesis (as mentioned above). As a particular instance, he cites the strange glowing in the sky worldwide, which supposedly resulted due to the 1883 eruption of the volcano Krakatoa. Fort shows that such phenomenon had in fact preceded the eruption by several months, and suggests that the scientists, who had been puzzled by the phenomenon initially, used Krakatoa as a convenient explanation to something that they could not previously explain.

While Fort has a particular interest in strange "falls" - focusing quite a bit of the book on the falls of fish, frogs, and various unidentifiable materials - he does not focus exclusively on this category. He also has chapters discussing the findings of "thunderstones", which supposedly fell from the sky during lightning storms; a discussion of evidence for the existence of giants (huge oversized axes too big for any person to use) and fairies (so-called "fairy crosses" and "coffins"); a brief chapter on poltergeist phenomena; the disappearances of many people (including the supposed disappearance of several hundred people in a shelter during the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake; the bodies of the "missing" were discovered in late 2006; he also briefly mentions the famous case of the Mary Celeste, which he would detail much more in his later Lo!); a rather long section on a number of purported UFO sightings (this book was written well before 1947, Kenneth Arnold, and the start of the modern UFO craze); and sums up with a mention of the famous "Devil's Footprints" mystery in England in 1855, also citing a number of similar cases.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_the_Damned)

National Geographic: The Final Report: Heaven's Gate

Heaven's Gate was an American UFO religion based in San Diego, California and led by Marshall Applewhite (1932-1997) and Bonnie Nettles (1927-1985). The group's end coincided with the appearance of Comet Hale-Bopp in 1997. Applewhite convinced 38 followers to commit suicide, which he claimed would allow their souls to board a spaceship that they believed was hiding behind the comet.
(Wikipedia: Heaven's Gate)

UFO's Over North Phoenix's Deer Valley?

Unusual lights over north Phoenix's Deer Valley reported by dozens
Steve Hammons
April 22, 2008

PHOENIX – The Associated Press is reporting this morning that, "Red colored lights that formed a square and then a triangle were seen floating over north Phoenix. The lights were visible for about 13 minutes around 8 p.m. Monday."

The lights then moved to the east, according to witness reports.

Phoenix TV and radio stations as well as the daily newspaper, The Arizona Republic, have posted video and still photos on their Web sites this morning.

The Republic carried the story on the front page of their local "Valley & State" section. The Republic said one of its reporters, Anne Ryman, witnessed the lights and her description is consistent with other witness accounts.

The Republic also reported that one witness says he saw three jets flying in the direction of the unusual lights.

(from americanchronicle.com)

UFO probe leads to Capitola, CA

From santacruzsentinel.com:

UFO probe leads to Capitola, but not to answers
J.M. BROWN - SENTINEL STAFF WRITER
Article Launched: 03/26/2008 01:31:55 AM PDT

CAPITOLA -- Only two miles long, this tranquil seaside resort town of 10,000 people may not have as many utility poles as bigger cities, but T.K. Davis and Frankie Dixon say they have examined nearly every one of them.

At the behest of a loose-knit cluster of international UFO enthusiasts, the two former cops turned private investigators have scoured the city looking for the phone or power pole that appears in a photograph that allegedly captured an alien drone in flight.

Their efforts, though unsuccessful so far, have turned quiet little Capitola into the Internet epicenter of an intergalactic probe as the two men crisscross Northern California hunting down leads, appearing on national news programs and building their burgeoning business.

Although the former Santa Clara County sheriff's deputies have received more than 400 tips and 10,000 hits on their Web site since launching their investigation in the past few weeks, they haven't found a smoking laser gun.

They haven't talked to any supposed witnesses face-to-face -- including the man who allegedly took the photo that sparked all the speculation -- or found the pole that might lead them to potential witnesses who have yet to come forward.

"Right now it appears it's not true," the 62-year-old Davis, a Saratoga grandfather of newborn twins, said during a phone interview Tuesday from Reno, where he's been chasing down online reports of a sighting of a similar craft near Lake Tahoe.

A photo reportedly taken in Capitola on May 16 by a man named Raji, who said he was in town visiting his in-laws, shows an object that doesn't match the classic image of UFOs made iconic by sci-fi movies. The silver object in the photo is circular with four large metallic arms and appears to be floating over power or phone lines. It reportedly made a crackling noise as it flew.

Bloggers from South Lake Tahoe, Bakersfield and Saratoga also reported seeing the object or something similar last spring and summer after Raji posted it online. After being pressed for more information about the photo by the members of the international extraterrestrial Web site Open Minds Forum, Davis said Raji disappeared, rendering him virtually untraceable by the detectives.

Open Minds Forum members hired TK Davis Investigations to chase down leads. Much to the chagrin of their skeptical families, Davis and the 60-year-old Dixon, who lives in Capitola, have made numerous investigative trips, but none have led to any in-person interviews with alleged witnesses.

A blogger named Isaac has said he is familiar with the craft due to his former work with a government lab in Palo Alto, Davis said. Numerous other tips have come in, but the difficulty in verifying information has been getting bloggers to reveal their real identities, Davis said. Many who post reports of UFO sightings have been reluctant to give their full names because they are worried about what others might think of their fascination with the otherworldly, he said.

Capitola authorities looked into what has been dubbed the "California Drone" recently after international Internet interest became too much to ignore, Police Chief Richard J. Ehle said. But their probe turned up nothing.

Dispatch records from May 16, 2007, show no one called police to report seeing anything unusual. Ehle said he is highly skeptical that the photo or the UFO is real because he said there would have been several thousand people downtown for a concert that night, and someone would have called 911 if they saw something suspicious.

Still, he assigned an officer to look into the matter in case there had been a small plane or helicopter flying too low, a weather balloon had come crashing toward land or a crime had been committed. The officer was not able to locate Raji or identify where the photo was allegedly taken, but found a similar photo and dialogue online describing the purported Tahoe siting.

"I absolutely think it's bogus," Ehle said. "It has no merit as far as I can tell. You can find somebody to investigate anything if there is money in it."

Although Davis and Dixon have yet to find any tangible UFO evidence, Davis said members of Open Minds Forum have paid him handsomely through a wire transfer to keep probing, though he won't disclose how much. He said a recent Los Angeles Times article about his work on the case inaccurately reported that his fee is $100 an hour. He said it's lower, and that he has donated a lot of time to the investigation.

Davis also said his clients have not asked him to believe in UFOs, just to determine the authenticity of the photo.

"It's not you have to believe in these things," he said. "I look for dead-beat dads, follow cheaters and runaways. Our jobs is to basically use these same skills. We're just trying to locate the witnesses."

The detectives are collecting UFO information at www.tkdavisinvestigations.com.



(santacruzsentinel.com)