From: Masinaigan@aol.com
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 12:19:59 EST
To: updates@globalserve.net
Subject: UFO ROUNDUP, Volume 3, Number 7
     UFO ROUNDUP
Volume 3, Number 7
February 15, 1998
Editor: Joseph Trainor
ORANGE SPHERE UFOs FLY
OVER SOUTHERN SPAIN
     A three-day UFO flap rocked the Andalucia
region in southern Spain this week, with numerous
sightings of glowing orange spheres.
     On Monday, February 9, 1998, Juan Valiente
was at work at Fabrica de Cementes Ltda., a cement
plant in Torredonjimeno when he spotted a mysterious
orange glow at 8 p.m.  Looking directly at it, Valiente
saw "a spherical orange object rising in circles above
the plant."
     The following day, Tuesday, February 10, 1998,
at 1:42 p.m., Jose Antonio Martini Framit and his friend,
Mark Sanders, were driving north on autovia Jaen/Granada
near Pico de Magina.  Both men are members of the
Sociedad de Investigaciones Biofisicas (S.I.B.), a UFO
study group.
     "Halfway down the road we saw an incredible
sparkle," Jose reported.  "Like a flash of lightning that
illuminated everything.  My first reaction was to look out
the side window, and there it was.  In that moment, I saw
a very vivid, orange-colored sphere.  It was not the first
time I had seen one, but this time the object was much
more distinct."
     He estimated the UFO's size at that distance to
be 15 centimeters (7 inches) in diameter.  "The altitude
was approximately 500 meters (1,650 feet), and I saw it
below the clouds," he reported.  "The velocity was very
high, comparable to a meteor.  Its flight path was totally
horizontal.  Mark did not see the object, only the glow."
     The UFO was heading southeast.  Jose stopped the
car, turned and followed, hoping to keep the object in
view.  "We followed in the same direction, but it
disappeared before Mark could see it."
     The next night, Wednesday, February 11, 1998,
at the Fabrica de Cementes plant in Torredonjimeno,
night watchman Manuel Lopez was in his guard shack
at 7 p.m. when "something began rattling the windows."
Reddish-orange light poured through the windowpanes.
     Rushing outside, Lopez watched the orange-sphere
UFO fly away at high speed.  "I heard the loud clap of
its departure and felt the vibrations," he told investigators.
     At 1:40 a.m., Officer Baldomero of the Policia Local
was on patrol in town with another policeman when
"they saw 'an immense luminosity' of a white color that
flew through the night sky.  The light lasted between
15 and 20 seconds."
     Nearly a minute later, "they heard a tremendous bang
of four seconds' duration.  They did not observe an object.
The light appeared in the north."  The officers reported the
incident to the local cuartel of the Guardia Civil (Spain's
police--J.T.)
     Torredonjimeno is located 20 kilometers (12 miles)
west of Jaen, approximately 240 kilometers (150 miles)
south of Madrid.  (Muchas gracias a Antonio Salinas
Cervi y Miguel Angel Pereira de S.I.B. para esas noticias.)
MYSTERIOUS SKY BOOMS HEARD
AROUND MOBILE, ALABAMA
     On Thursday, February 5, 1998, residents of Mobile,
Alabama (population 196,278) reported hearing "loud
sonic booms" and "explosions."
     Mobile County 911 was flooded with calls.  Most of
the complaints came from Navco, Cottage Hill, Jackson
Heights and Tillman's Corner on the south side of the
city.
     According to the Mobile County Sheriff's Department,
a deputy at the substation in Theodore, Alabama
(population 6,509), on Highway 59 about 10 miles
(16 kilometers) south of Mobile, "saw the walls shake
when a boom sounded.  No one was injured and no
major damage was reported."
     Meteorologists at the National Weather Service had
no explanation for the noises.  The U.S. Geological
Survey's Earthquake Center in Boulder, Colorado said
the sound was not caused by earthquakes.
     A spokesman for the U.S. Air Force said the sonic
booms might have been caused by USAF supersonic
fighters "traveling from Texas to Florida."  He added that,
under "certain weather conditions," a sonic boom may
be carried long distances over water.
     Mobile is located on Interstate Highway 10 at the
head of Mobile Bay, approximately 170 miles (272
kilometers) south of Montgomery, the state capital.
(See the Miami Herald for February 6, 1998.)
(Editor's Comment:  Mobile Bay is thirty miles long.
That's a long way for a sonic boom to travel from the
Gulf of Mexico.)
RED UFO TRAILS A JETLINER
SOUTH OF LOS ANGELES
     On Tuesday, February 10, 1998, at about 8 p.m.,
James D. was relaxing at his home in Dana Point,
California (population 31,896), about 35 miles
(56 kilometers) south of Los Angeles, when he spied
a most unusual UFO.
     "Every night I try to go out in my yard and smoke
a cigar," James reported.  "At about 8 p.m. I witnessed
a red object keeping pace with a southbound
commercial airliner.  It seemed to be off the left wing
somewhere between 300 and 500 yards.  You could
clearly see that it was not a plane, as it was much
smaller" than the jetliner.
     "The jetliner was going in a southeasterly direction,
probably ten miles (16 kilometers) offshore," he added.
"It flew at between 15,000 and 20,000 feet (4,545 to
6,060 meters)  The object appeared off the left wing
from where I was.  It was at the same speed for
approximately four to five miles before it disappeared.
It was a red sphere.  It almost looked as if it was
chasing the plane, because the airliner was accelerating,
but the object kept pace.  As it passed to the south, you
could definitely see that the object was separate from
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