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27 miles (43 kilometers) southeast of Mobile,
videotaped the silver sphere as it hovered above
her house.
     Two days later, on Monday, February 9, 1998,
the UFO returned to Robertsdale.  Ms. Edwards said,
"It looks just like a bright light, but it's real big.  And
it looks like nothing I've ever seen before...a small,
circular-looking silver object against a blue sky."
     Fox Channel 10 TV aired the Edwards video
during their evening broadcast on February 9.
     On Wednesday, February 11, 1998, Pat Crumbley
and her husband Buddy were driving on Interstate
Highway 10 in Milton, Fla. (population 7,216) about
16 miles (26 kilometers) northeast of Pensacola when
she spotted the silvery UFO.
     "About 15 degrees off the horizon I saw a silver
ball-shaped object," Mrs. Crumbley reported.  "About
one-half inch (one centimeter) in diameter at arm's
length."  She was so startled that "it took a couple of
seconds to say, 'Buddy, look!'  As he turned to look, it
just disappeared."  (See CNI News, Volume 3, Number 24,
Part 1.  Many thanks to Mike Lindemann of CNI News
for letting UFO ROUNDUP quote from his news story.
See also Filer's Files #6 for 1998.  Many thanks to
George A. Filer of MUFON for the information.)
BLACK HELICOPTER STALKS
UFO OVER AN IOWA FARM
     On Monday, February 2, 1998, at 10 p.m., Susan
Landers, 50, her daughter Melissa Edgewick, 27, and
son Michael Landers, 20 were at the family farm near
Sioux City, Iowa (population 80,505) about 200 miles
(320 kilometers) east of Des Moines when Melissa
"heard the sound of jets but did not see them."  She
"then heard a high-pitched hum but did not locate
the source of the noise."
     "Next a dark-colored helicopter came over their
house at less than 50 feet altitude.  No markings were
observed.  Very large motor," reported Beverly Trout
of Iowa MUFON, who interviewed the family.
     "About 15 minutes later, the mother heard the
copter and stepped out onto her bedroom's second-
floor deck (balcony).  The copter was overhead, and
she could see its bottom and could feel vibration in
the house."
     Michael Landers, standing outdoors on the south
side of the house, "could feel the disturbance 'wind'
from the rotors.  At first, the copter was right over
their house."
     Susan Landers "described two white lights--one at
each end and a red light in the middle.  Since she was
aware of the green light requirement on aircraft, she
specifically looked for a green light.  There was none on
the copter."
     "After the copter left, all three watched through
binoculars a bright orange ball move from the east to
the southwest and then to the northwest of their
residence.  At one point, the ball stopped, then moved
back to the southwest."
     A week later, on Monday, February 9, 1998, at
11:45 a.m., Mrs. Landers and another son, Todd, 33,
were driving to Sioux City when they saw a strange
object hovering about a half-mile away.
     The UFO was "200 feet above a nearby hill" and
"perhaps at 500 feet altitude."  Both witnesses
described it as "a rectangular 'refrigerator' shaped
object, perhaps a little smaller than a mid-sized car."
     At first they thought they were "looking at the back
end of a helicopter, but they saw that it had no wings.
It was moving very fast and was a dull metallic gray
in color."
     Todd Landers described the UFO "as a refrigerator
laying horizontal," while his mother described "some
sort of energy bands coming from the top and bottom
of the object, each had extended outward for about
one-third the size of the object."
     The glow created a shimmering effect, which
Todd Landers described as "like looking through a fire."
     Five days later, on Saturday, February 14, 1998,
Michael Landers and Melissa Edgewick were returning
home at 9:30 p.m. when they spied a UFO they
described as "a 40-foot triangle" hovering above the road.
     The UFO "was at about a one-and-one-half telephone
pole in height" (33 feet or 10 meters--J.T.) above the road
with "three bright white flashing lights at each corner of
the triangle and a red light in the middle.  The object
moved from the east side of the road to the west side,
and at one point the bright light from the object
reflected on the nearby trees."  (Many thanks to
Beverly Trout of Iowa MUFON for these reports.)
TRUCKER VIDEOTAPES UFO
IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO
     On Saturday, February 14, 1998, truck driver
Bill Sauter of San Diego, California was driving his
rig on Interstate Highway 10 near Deming, New
Mexico (population 10,970) about 100 miles
(160 kilometers) west of El Paso, Texas.
     As he was listening to his CB radio, "he heard
talk about a strange object in the sky."
     Since he always carries a video camcorder with
him, Sauter pulled off the highway and stepped down
from the cab.  Spying the UFO over the desert, he
lifted his camcorder and began shooting footage.
     "It just picked up speed and--woosh--it was gone,"
Sauter told Channel 10 TV news in San Diego."  He
reportedly described it as "something out there that
was not a missile and wasn't a blimp.  It looked like
a (Boeing) 747 but without wings."
     Pictures of the UFO may be found at the San
Diego UFO Information homepage at this URL:
http://www.arroweb.com/n6rpf/sauter.html  (Many
thanks to Paul Cook for this news story.)
BLACK TRIANGULAR UFO
SPOTTED IN MICHIGAN
     On Thursday, February 5, 1998, at 7:45 p.m.,
high school senior Greg Parkins, 18, was driving
through Howell, Michigan (population 8,184),
located 57 miles (91 kilometers) west of Detroit,
when he spotted a strange object in the sky.
     He described the UFO as "a black triangular
object...heading west and paralleling Mason Road
and at an elevation of 55 to 60 degrees.  Noted
that the object had three real white blinking lights
at the three points (corners) of the triangle."
     Greg "pulled over to the side of the road to get
a better look" and estimated that "the object was the
size of a quarter held at arm's length...Although he
made a point of looking for them, no navigational
strobes--red, green or white--were seen at any time.
He estimated the speed of the object to be 60 miles
per hour."  (See Filer's Files #6 for 1998.  Many thanks
to George A. Filer of MUFON and Dave Parrish,
Michigan director of Skywatch International, for
this report.)
NEW UFO FLAP RATTLES
FOUR STATES IN AUSTRALIA
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