MUFON 6982

20-25ft circular craft UPDATE 1 some thoughts: 7th of May 2007. I've added a link to my web page below. What is the answer to the UFO enigma? I don1t 1bleedin1 know! [excuse the lingo]. I1ve personally chewed on this problem for the best part of 40 years! I1ve read lots of books on the subject 1 in the end they just do your head in. Every possibility seems to have been covered by these various authors. The best brains in the world [academic, scientific, military etc] have had their say and still no answer is forthcoming! This subject seems to be a 1taboo1 area. I1ve read the Streiber [Whitley] books 1 very interesting], but even he doesn1t know/can1t get a handle on who or what these UFO/aliens are 1 and he has had personal close contact with it/them! Progress in this field is very poor/appalling for the amount of effort that has been fired at this problem. No solution is in sight/forthcoming. A lot of people seem to be hustling a dollar writing books 1 even the UFO web pages are full of ads [hustling the dollar syndrome]. Whoever comes up with the answer will be pretty famous 1 its like the search for planet 1X1. The 1powers that be1 won1t inform you of anything 1 even if they know 1 they like to have the inside track to themselves 1 secret. Its like a 1rubic cube1 problem with only one solution that nobody has found yet. UFOs seem to be like 1ghosts1 or 1fairies1. Most/nearly all photographs are very poor quality. Eyewitness testimony seems to be the major factor here [myself being an example]. As an example: take the Near Death Experience [NDE] 1 the only real proof of survival after death is if you find yourself there when you are actually dead yourself 1 the problem being that you can1t come back to tell/prove to anybody else the truth of the matter! It seems/appears to me that these objects [UFOs] are coming from other dimensions of existence beyond our own. Maybe we are seeing the 1end of our age1 and the breaking down of the 1veil1 between the worlds? I think the ancient mystics had a handle on this subject and likely nearer the truth of the matter. This is a tough nut to crack! The modern world/era is very materialistic [science is the popular religion 1 basically an atheist view 1 unless they discover God or replicate him/her/it in a test tube]. Our 1mind-set1 seems to be warped 1 we seem to have gone off the rails somewhere! The object I personally saw [UFO] looked very real to me [like an advanced flying machine of the future]. People who see these things [UFOs] are seen as 1strange1 1 have a screw loose 1 made it up etc. UFO abductions are more dream-like than real 1 take Streiber as an example 1 he doesn1t know the answer/solution either 1 and he1s at the rock face/cutting edge! Religious people see it as a visit from the angles of hell etc [it just doesn1t fit into their world view 1 so they ignore or avoid mention/talking about it 1 at least in public! Science can1t make head-for-tail out of it. After 60 years of research we are no nearer a solution than when we started. If this was a test we would get an 1F1 grade 1 total failure. Are UFOs real: YES! What do we know about them: very little/nothing. Where do they come from: don1t know. Does anybody really know the answer: NO. What does it all mean: don1t know. Where has all the research got us: nowhere. Does the intelligence world have a deep interest in this subject: yes, but even they are flummoxed by the subject. Where is the UFO subject heading: cul-de-sac. Is an answer forthcoming: not really. How many more books [academic, new-age etc] on the subject will be printed: thousands. Even 1Jung1 authored a book on the subject in the 150s. In the final analysis this is a conundrum/riddle/enigma/mystery! The whole subject taxes the human mind-set to the limit 1 with the best brains [academic/scientific/religious] coming up with no definite answers. This doesn1t bode well for human intelligence. Analogy: there are more questions than answers and the more you understand the less you know. What is needed here is a quantum leap in intelligence/consciousness that is not available at the present time. It is like an answer looking for a question. This whole subject is now 1global1 1 its everywhere/all-pervasive 1 books, magazines, cartoons, TV, cinema etc. The first generation who tackled this subject are now dying-off 1 maybe they1ll find themselves in the NDE world and know all the answers now! What could the answer possibly be? Thinking about it I1ve come up with the following possibilities: Earth, Solar System, Nearby Stars, Milky Way Galaxy: possible. Other Dimesions/Celestial Powers/Spiritual Powers: yes 1 this is probably nearer the mark. But how would I know? I don1t! I1m just another geek who saw a UFO forty years ago and am still amazed that I actually did see one. Proof at this point is beyond the human remit. Its just not possible at this time and probably never will be at the human/state level. At least the subject keeps us busy thinking. If you come up with the answer they will give you the Nobel Prize and then kill you [kill the messenger], so this will prevent the average punter from putting forward the actual real answer in the first place. The real answer here probably lies at the MIND/SPIRITUAL level with very few people indeed being upto the task. In the modern world 1spirituality1 has died. If you are not 1spiritually1 inclined you have probably died years ago - the truth is hidden from you and always will be. You will find yourself going around in circles just like the Israelites who wandered the desert wastes for forty years 1 a jinxed generation 1 cursed for having a bad mind-set to start with. The proof of the pudding is in the eating 1 we have been wandering around in the wasteland for the past sixty years with each new book, academic, scientist etc adding their blah-blah-blah to the mix/stew. Every con-artist and money-grabber under the sun has been attracted to this subject 1 new-age guru1s, prophets, know-alls etc adding to the delusion 1 a heady mix/potion 1 with many going over the edge into madness 1 serves them right! There is only one truth though there are a hundred versions of it. Good answers are simple 1 few find it 1 the door is indeed narrow! The rest go into the abyss or approach too near to the light and get burned. These days honesty, truth etc are in short supply and in recent times has become evident even at the highest religious/political level of society. The 1system1 seems to be collapsing all around us 1 religious, political, economic 1 not to mention the climate 1 the real news is being suppressed at the highest level 1 they just don1t tell you the facts anymore 1 bubble-gum news is the order of the day. People of caliber/nobility have become extremely rare and/or don1t make it to the top anymore. Just observe the 1system1 and you will see it all around you! The modern god is money 1 people worship this god and will do anything to get it in one form or another. Many of these will become the richest people in the graveyards. The bottom line is that we are 1mortal1. The hope is that their may be something beyond in another dimension11. http://homepage.eircom.net/~reidr1/index.html Sighting occurred in 1967. UFO (flying saucer) seen first at a distance of 1 or 2 miles. Approached and came up the middle of the street [floating/wobbling]. Hovered overhead at a height of about 20ft [could see the understructure of the machine]. Clear window on the side of craft. Craft rotated 180 degrees and window went to other side. Could actually look into the craft through the window (just whitish interior). Sighting occurred at around 10pm - craft kind-of blended into the dark sky background. Noiseless. Looked like something out of a film. 12 years of age at the time of sighting. Amazing sight and left me with a sense of wonder at the time. Also seen by my 13 year old brother who can confirm the sighting. At the time of the event we were out for a walk in local area. First thought the object was a plane/helicopter - bright white spotlight underneath the craft [turned off as it approached]. Knew immediately that it was a typical UFO [as seen in some of typical pictures of disc shaped objects]. Machine shot straight up into the sky at high speed. Dark metallic blue colour [no visible markings to identify it]. Looked like a flying machine from 200 to 500 years into the future! Are UFO's real: yes! Seeing is believing. Impressive, very visual, unmistakable as UFO/actual flying machine. Seen at very close proximity - less than 20 ft from the ground. Circular shape [about 20ft in diameter and about 14ft high]. Hovered above houses in local area - just above the roofs. At one point directly overhead! Have read extensively about the subject over the years. Conclusion: UFO's are real. Origin: other dimensions. UFO's probably related to NDE's [near-death-experiences]. Is there a cover-up. No - its an open secret. We are not alone. Humans are not just biological creatures - we are also spiritual beings. There is a bit more to the universe than science/religion tells us. Are they aliens? No - we are the aliens! Science & religion can't seem to address this subject. What's the answer? I don't know. People are definitely seeing these things. After 50 years we don't seem to have made much progress in this field of study. Source may be other dimensions/spiritual abodes/possibly nearby stars/possibly from within our galaxy. Our galaxy has 200+ billion stars. Our universe has 100+ billion galaxies. Other universes may exist. The creation is a big place indeed. See the link to my astronomy web page [copy & paste into your browser]. http://homepage.eircom.net/~reidr1/index.html