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     On Friday, March 27, 1998, at 2:40 a.m.
Honolulu time, a mysterious explosion of
bluish-white light, accompanied by a roaring
sound, lit up the night sky west of the
Hawaiian Islands.
     On Oahu, the explosion was seen by
dozens of people at Waimea, Waialua and
Kawailoa Beach.
     On Maui, police received reports from
witnesses in Lahaina, Honokowai, Puukolu
and Honokahua.
     On Hawaii, or the "Big Island," as locals
call it, the flash was seen by witnesses from
Upolu Point south to Kailua Kona.
     A pilot for Aloha Airlines "witnessed the
object while in the sky.  He was obviously very
excited and very moved by the experience.  He
said the object came within two miles of his
(cargo) plane and lit up the entire sky...He said
it created an increase in temperature that was
felt by everyone in the cabin."
     On the Big Island, Lana Kirkwood "was awake,
sitting in her living room, reading a book" at 2:40 a.m.
"when suddenly 'the whole sky lit up--a big flash of
white light that lasted about three seconds' and was
then followed 'by a big sound like a thunderbolt but
there was no storm.'"  The explosive roar lasted for
an estimated four to five seconds.
     Ms. Kirkwood "thought it was an earthquake or
a volcano about to explode."
     "Big Island police said the light, which was seen
in all districts of the island, made the night sky as
bright as day."
     The U.S. Coast Guard identified the object as
"a big meteor" and said it had "determined the source
of the light after an investigation."  (See the newspaper
West Hawaii Today for March 29, 1998.  Many thanks
to Joan Ocean for forwarding the news story.)
SILVER SPHERE UFO SEEN
IN NORTHERN LOUISIANA
     On Sunday, April 5, 1998, Ms. Kathy D. and
her stepdaughter were driving south on Highway 9
in Louisiana, from Junction City (population 749)
on the Arkansas state line to Homer, La.
(population 4,152) when they spotted something
unusual in the sky.
     "We noticed a strange reflection in the sky,"
Kathy reported.  "At first I thought this was the sun
reflecting off an aircraft.  But after looking at the object
I could tell it was no airplane.  It was a sphere, that I
at first believed was a weather balloon.  But when it
began to move randomly,  I knew that it was not a
weather balloon."
     "I pointed it out to my step-daughter, and we both
watched it disappear."
     "In a matter of ten to fifteen seconds, the object
reappeared ahead of us...It moved away from us,
turning toward the left and traveling at what seemed to
be great speed.  It then disappeared again, and we
didn't see it again...I have never witnessed anything
like this before."  (Many thanks to Tim Hagemeister
of NACOMM for this report.)
LARGE SAUCER SEEN AGAIN
IN LAGRANGE, GEORGIA
     On Tuesday, March 31, 1998, at 7:10 p.m., a
17-year-old boy was playing baseball with his friends
in LaGrange, Georgia (population 25,597) when he
witnessed the sudden flyby of a large saucer.
     According to investigator John Thompson of
MUFON, the witness "was facing northeast and saw
a large white disc-shaped UFO fly by very fast.  The
UFO climbed at a steep 70-degree angle and
disappeared behind a large cloud at blinding speed.
The egg- or plate-shaped UFO was about a mile
away and an apparent size (at that distance--J.T.)
of three inches.  It shot across the sky to the north
in a second or less.  The other boys did not see the
UFO."
     Thompson said he believes this saucer to be the
same UFO seen in July 1997 and by LaGrange High
School students camping out in September 1997.
     "I believe this giant UFO is regularly penetrating
airspace over the Troup/Heard (County) corridor in
western Georgia," Thompson said.  "Before darting
away, it creates a large flash, as it breaks into light
speed.  When loitering, it flies well below the 2,500-foot
radar ceiling so that the FAA in Atlanta and Columbus
can't 'track' it."
     LaGrange is 64 miles (106 kilometers) southwest
of Atlanta.  (See Filer's Files #14 for 1998.  Many thanks
to John Thompson and George A. Filer of MUFON for
this report.)
ANOTHER UFO SIGHTED IN
WESTERN KENTUCKY
     On Monday, April 6, 1998, investigator Clint Stone
of Kentucky MUFON spotted a UFO while skywatching
in Henderson (population 25,945), a small city on the
Ohio River about 144 miles (230 kilometers) west of
Louisville.
     "I observed an UFO that had a color of white light and
and a flashing red one," Clint reported, having scanned
the night sky from 8 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.  "It was coming
from the south with a light in the middle and two more
white ones on the right side.  It was heading northwest
(towards Indiana--J.T.) when it suddenly changed course
to due east.  It was almost as if it made a right-angle
(90 degree) turn to fly over my head."
     The UFO's lights made "erratic motions...chasing
each other like Christmas lights," he reported.  "The
colored lights were followed by a very fast bluish-white
light that only flashed every ten seconds.  The white/red
light soon sped out in front of the bluish-white light as
it headed off in the distance.  Soon after a total of three
lights were seen heading in the same direction.  All
had no sound."  (See Filer's Files #14 for 1998.  Many
thanks to Clint Stone and George A. Filer of MUFON
for this report.)
(Editor's Note:  Henderson, Kentucky is right across
the Ohio River from Evansville, Indiana, the center of
the big UFO flap two weeks ago.)
NEW UFO SIGHTING IN
NORTHERN VIRGINIA
     On Friday afternoon, April 3, 1998, salesman
James Rickert, 26, was having lunch with about a
dozen colleagues at a restaurant in downtown
Fairfax, Virginia (population 17,622) when they
suddenly spotted a UFO.
     Fairfax is ten miles (16 kilometers) southwest
of Washington, D.C., near the Capitol's Beltway.
     "I was eating outside on a porch at the restaurant
with 12 co-workers," Rickert reported.  "Three of us at
one table and many others eating at the restaurant saw
a green orb in the sky.  It moved along quickly and
steadily for about ten seconds, going across the sky,
then disappeared. Forty people outside also saw it.
A few dismissed it as a shooting star.  Those of us who
saw it longer know that it was not.  It glowed green and
was cigar-shaped."  (See Filer's Files #14 for 1998.
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