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What are these mysteries that have been depicted in ancient drawings, described in the Bible and seen  by  countless  people  in  the  twentieth  century.  Will  proof of their origin be forthcoming in the twenty-first century?  For those who love a mystery and are genuinely interested in the phenomena, here are a few points to ponder........
 
It is my honest belief that many so-called  sightings  have  originated  in  the  mind  for perhaps different reasons. It is also my belief that some people have reported sightings or abductions simply for the sport of watching peoples reaction.  I  also find it  amazing  that  anyone  would  take  someone's statement of abduction for granted, without extensive investigation  which  would include a background  check  of  the abductee,  ruling  out  a  history  of  fraud,  sport  or  mental  illness.  With  that  said, I  am intrigued with reputable sightings by reputable persons. I am fascinated by the various descriptions in the  Bible of  flying objects that  brought  messengers  from  God.  But  before  you  think  these are all messengers  from  God,  what  about  the  sons  of  God  coming in to the daughters of men and was discussed in a earlier segment? These appear to be messengers of Satan; now what?
 
Now again before we get carried away,  should  we  not consider  there  are  other  worlds unrelated to Heavenly beings or Satan, or  are all created by God? There are people who truly believe that our world is the only inhabited existence?  Is  there anyone who isn't aware that we have not begun to reach the end of space? I love to invade mans discoveries  and  then  search beyond  for no  man has or will ever cease to know that he knows nothing as he learns more.   To  seek  is  to  explore  and  explore  is  to  discover  and  discover  is to learn.   As we learn, we discover that we are  without knowledge and wisdom for we continually destroy or hide that which has been found . If we deal only with reputable witnesses in this segment,  then are we seeing objects that are of  another dimension?  Are  they  propelled  through  time  and  space  by  some  means  that we are yet to discover?   Why  do  we  have scientists that can not accept  there is probably  things  beyond  their  knowledge that does exist, but their ego is  self-limiting?  Other  scientists  have the ability to look outside the tunnel and are more adaptable to expansion of awareness. We have had a president of the United States,  astronauts,  policemen  and  many  other  respected   professions  with  impecable  reputations see the objects. But we are also experiencing our government or other entities that put out so much misinformation  and/or  put  information  in  the  hands  of  unstable  persons,  and  certainly someone  gives  outlandish  tales  to  the  public  to make  all stories look  like they are being invented by the demented.   
   
Around 1962 while living in Sacramento, CA,  I  was  lying  on the  lawn  one night just gazing at the stars and enjoying the cool of the late evening.  I  became  aware  of  what  looked like five or six stars  playing  tag in the north eastern sky.  I  sat  up  and gazed for several minutes watching what appeared to be star games.   I  called several  neighbors  to  join  in  and ended up with about a dozen people  watching the light-show.  We  all  watched in awe as the lights  appeared and  disapeared  at  will,  streak off in formation and vanish.  Several nights brought the same type of display at different  sites  but  each  from the general area of sky. One night we had most of one city block watching the lights. What were they,, I don't know. One thing I'm sure of is that we had no aircraft that could manuever the degree of arching or the spectacular rate of speed they were able to exhibit. 
  
I now limit my study of the phenomena to educational stations on t v,  or to first hand accounts of persons I encounter.  I find the same curiosity when speaking with people in general;   some  weird  tales  that  I find hard to believe,   some  that  are  probably true and some that appear  to be from those seeking fun and sport.  Where  are the  serious  open-minded scientists without ego problems. You guys know they exist, now release what you know to the public. One bit of sympathy for the governments stance; How many people would go over the edge one way or  another  if they  knew there were visiting aliens? And as a point of thought; are we the alien?   Did  God  create  man/woman,  bringing  them  here from  another  place?   Where  did  the  first  creation  of seeds,  plants,  animals, etc. originate?  I  think  we  are  relatively  naive  in  our  search  of complexities.  I believe we as a race cannot accept that  God is truly a scientist beyond our comprehension,  so  therefore  it  is  easier  for  some to say  there is no God.   That leads me to believe that those who can not accept that there is a creator,  probably  are afraid there is.   Explore the thought. I believe in God, therefore I have no fears.  If God invented/created all,  and man possibly was brought from another place then who put the first ones in other places. That of course leads to, who created God or where did he come from? The branch of science that believe we all ascended from the ocean at one point or the other and gradually evolved will tell us God and all creatures evolved from some other ocean out of our universe perhaps? Then what or who created that zone. Is this a ridiculous train of thought; not really, it is simply expounding on the theory that there are no concrete answers,  although intelligence will continue expanding yet we will never be able to find even a small iota of the mysteries of who we are, where we've come from, where we're going or what was the real beginning. nd for the atheist and desbelief in creation, then what did  the universe begin with? How do you create/make something from nothing? Come on, you must have something to make something. Even the air you breathe is created by atmosphere. Try going to 25,000 feet and breathing without oxygen.

  
Erich Von Daniken made much of the  world  aware  of  the  many  mysteries  of  space as well as our world, back in the seventies. He was  instrumental in  tweaking our  curiosity  and  I  found some of  his  theories intriguing,  however my feelings are that he had not done enough scientific research before  writing  his  theories,  and the world of science or laymen never forgave him for that.   The following article of a well known researcher will be interesting to most people who have studied the phenomenon.


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UFO Evidence Home > Pilot Sightings > Article / Document  Pilot Sightings of UFO Phenomena: Review of lecture by Richard Haines Jason Cowland, Victorian UFO Research Society, Australia 1998 original source  |  fair use notice Summary: A Review of a lecture by Richard Haines. Dr. Richard Haines is a Senior Research Scientist at the NASA-Ames Research Centre. He is best known for his work with pilots and their UFO sightings. Over the last 30 years he has been investigating the subject, he has amassed over 3000 pilot sighting reports.

Dr. Richard Haines is a Senior Research Scientist at the NASA-Ames Research Centre. He is best known for his work with pilots and their UFO sightings. Over the last 30 years he has been investigating the subject, he has amassed over 3000 pilot sighting reports. During his introduction he mentioned that his research has taught him a lot more about Science, Engineering, Optics and Human behaviour He has also investigated photographic evidence of UFO's but stresses that UFO photos are easily faked, however, points out that there are good UFO photographs.

Dr. Haines commenced the lecture by asking the audience a few questions.

How many pilots are present?
How many people have a science background or education?
How many people have seen what they believe is a UFO?
And finally how many reported the sighting?

Once a show of hands were displayed they dramatically dropped off when the final question was asked. Dr. Haines strongly urged people to report sightings so they can be investigated.

A series of slides were shown to demonstrate the diversity of aircraft and airframes from the Wright Brothers to virtually present day. These included the likes of vintage bi-planes to the P-51 Mustang. Instrument panels were also shown to give the audience an idea of progress in technology amongst aircraft and cockpit instrumentation and how the volume of information required by a pilot is significantly different than before.

According to Dr Haines there are a number of reasons why he has focused on pilot sightings. The main one being their professional reputation and their excellent training. Also the fact that pilots will have thought of all the possible answers to what they saw before reporting a UFO. Pilots also have the unique ability to establish distance of a UFO to background, that is, the sighting can take place while the plane is above the UFO, therefore giving the pilot a point of reference in relation to the background. Finally, pilot reports are usually confirmed by ground control giving the sighting greater credibility.

During his 30 years of investigations Dr. Haines has established a percentage break down of what type of pilot has reported a UFO. From his 3000 odd reports from 1916 (WWI) to October 1996, military pilots have reported 52% of these sightings while commercial pilots represent 40%, private pilots 7% and less than 1% for test pilots. Of these sightings, most are seen in good weather and 30% are during the day while the remaining 70% account for the night. Approximately 3% of the total reports have experienced electromagnetic effects on instruments when a UFO is close to the aircraft; even dimming of the cabin lights has been reported. These effects have lasted for 5 seconds up to a staggering 180 minutes of flight time.

The rest of the night centred on the 1978 Valentich case. Dr Haines displayed the flight plan which Valentich logged for his flight to King Island as well as a map to illustrate the most probable route Valentich would have taken. After explaining the details of the flight plan and the journey of the flight, a weather map was shown for both the morning and the afternoon of the day of disappearance. This let the audience know of the near perfect flying conditions that were present during the night of 21st October 1978.


The most interesting revelation came when Dr Haines critically examined the official radio transcript. While slowly dissecting each word of the radio transmission recorded between Valentich and Melbourne International Airport (Tullamarine) on the night in question. Dr Haines was quick to point out that the words in brackets were words in which the official could not identify 100% (due background noise etc.). The night finished with Dr Haines reciting some UFO cases he has heard of and personally researched himself. One interesting account was that of a B-52 Bomber crew back in 1952, who witnessed some strange spherical objects around their aircraft. Upon reporting this sighting they were interrogated and the whole case was silenced. The crewmember then told Richard Haines that because of his experience after the sighting he would never report a UFO sighting again.

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