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(Email Interview)
GLOWING UFO SIGHTED IN
FORT WORTH, TEXAS
     On Saturday, March 28, 1998, at 11 p.m., Mike H.,
a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, and his son,
Charlie, 17 "were driving on Texas Highway 287 south
and approaching (Interstate Highway) I-30 out of downtown
Fort Worth (population 447,619) when we watched an
unusual object over the Trinity River area."
     "At first we thought it was just an airplane," Mike
reported.  "But then we noticed that the object had several
very intense rapidly-strobing green, red and white lights,
all three strobing at the same time, almost the way it
looks when a police car pulls someone over."
     "We noticed that there were no other lights visible
on the object during the strobing effect.  Then, suddenly,
the light turned to an all-green light, then all white.  This
lasted only about a second, then back to the strobing
effect again.  We did notice the object darting back and
forth rapidly.  Sometimes it appeared to jump from side
to side, causing the light to strobe here, then suddenly a
few feet (away) in another direction."
     "It also darted off about a half mile in one direction,
then suddenly dart up 1,000 feet (300 meters), then back
in the opposite direction.  Then it changed course, moving
at an incredible speed in an easterly direction...Then it
suddenly turned and went in the opposite direction."
     With Mike driving east on I-30, son Charlie kept the
object in view "for another five minutes" until they "lost
sight of it."  (Email Interview)
UFO SEEN APPROACHING A
JETLINER IN OKLAHOMA
     On Saturday, March 28, 1998, at 8:30 p.m., Hal A.
was outdoors near his home in McAlester, Oklahoma
(population 16,370), on Highway 270 about 128 miles
(205 kilometers) south of Oklahoma City, when he
spotted an unusual light in the sky.
     "I spotted a solid color orange-yellow light traveling
northeast," Hal reported.  "I watched it for about two
minutes.  I first thought it was a satellite, but at the same
time a commercial jet--it had (standard FAA) blinking red
and white strobe lights--was traveling southwest on the
same flight path."
     "The yellow object passed underneath the jet, and
was so close it lit up the bottom of the plane!"
     "I thought they were going to collide up to that
point.  The object traveled for another five minutes and
then blinked out.  Just disappeared."  (Many thanks to
Jim Hickman, vice president of Skywatch International,
for this report.)
SAUCER TOUCHES DOWN NEAR
SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA
     On Thursday, April 2, 1998, at 12:30 a.m., editor
Stefan Duncan of American UFO Newsletter (AUFON)
was staked out on the shore of High Rock Lake ten
miles (16 kilometers) east of Salisbury, North Carolina
(population 23,087).  Using a pair of 7X10 binoculars,
he scanned the night sky.
     Salisbury is on Highway 29 about 115 miles
(184 kilometers) west of Raleigh.
     Stefan then spotted "a light in the sky, not blinking,
of white, yellow, red...At times it appeared like it had
a line of light running across, like looking at Saturn
straight on with its rings."  (That is, a sphere with an
illuminated raised rim--J.T.)
     The Saturn-shaped UFO "rose vertically, hovered
and remained stationary for five minutes.  Then the
object began to descend straight down until it
disappeared behind the trees" two miles away.
     At 1 a.m., Stefan reported, "The object rose
vertically from the same position of the treeline about
two inches high (in the field of view) and remained
stationary.  It was the Saturn shape again.  It brightened
for about ten seconds, then resumed its regular shine."
     At 1:25 a.m., a smaller object "with the same
brightness" detached itself from the UFO.  "It flashed
brightly twice."  He described the scene as resembling
this:
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     "They stayed in this position for about thirty seconds,
and then reformed into one object.  Then the object took
on the Saturn shape.  The light blacked out."  (For the
full story see, American UFO Newsletter #5 for 1998.
Many thanks to Stefan Duncan for this report.)
UFO FLYBY WITNESSED IN
VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA
     On Wednesday, March 11, 1998, at 12:25 p.m.,
MUFON member Dennis Hawley was standing in a parking
lot in Virginia Beach, Virginia (population 393,069) when
he spotted a UFO.
     "The UFO was flying very high and fast before
disappearing into the haze." Dennis reported, adding that
he "originally thought the object was a balloon, but realized
it was flying too fast and straight.  The UFO was first
observed to the southeast flying in from the Atlantic Ocean
about three miles away.  The object flew on a straight
course to the northwest."
     He described the UFO as a "metallic disc, glowing and
extremely fast" and estimated it to be "about the real size
of an airliner."
     Virginia Beach is on Highway 58 about 110 miles
(176 kilometers) southeast of Richmond, the state capital.
(See Filer's Files #13 for 1998.  Many thanks to Dennis
Hawley, George A. Filer and Rick Atristain, Virginia
state MUFON director, for this report.)
COUPLE SIGHTS TRIANGULAR
UFO IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN
     On Thursday, March 26, 1998, at 9:15 p.m., Kenneth
and Katarina M. "were enjoying the clear evening" at
their home in Brighton, Michigan (population 5,686).
a town on Interstate Highway I-23 about 30 miles
(48 kilometers) west of Detroit.
     "Suddenly, we noticed something unusual coming
from the north," Katarina reported.  "An object passed
over our heads in a straight-line direction.  The object
had a V-shape with real bright white-yellowish lights
underneath.  We watched it for about four seconds
until it passed behind our house.  The object made no
sound at all."  (Many thanks to Tim Hagemeister of
NACOMM for this report.)
UFOs SEEN FREQUENTLY IN
EAST KILBRIDE, SCOTLAND
     East Kilbride is fast becoming the Gulf Breeze
of Scotland.  UFOs have been reported daily there
during the past two weeks.
     According to the East Kilbride News, "Dozens
of residents have reported strange objects, including
a pancake-shaped flying saucer, hovering above the
town."
     "David Cornes, 59, of Murray spotted three military
jets chasing a flashing UFO the evening of January 25,"
1998.
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