13-140-AN1 (San Francisco, California)

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Date of Sighting: Summer of 1969 or 1970

Time of Sighting: Evening

Duration of Event: In total, approximately 30 minutes

Location of UFO: San Francisco, California, USA

Shape of Object: Saucer

UFO Report:  My friend, Rachel and I were sitting on the cement steps of a house that had burnt down on the small hill.

Rachel and I were talking when we noticed a strange light, moving erratically in the sky, across the San Bruno Mountains.  It would shoot straight up, stop suddenly (as the saying goes…stopping on a dime) and then shoot in a totally different direction.  The light kept up these movements for at least 5-10 minutes.  I remember saying to Rachel, “Look…..there’s an UFO”.  We watched its performance in awe until the UFO shot away.

We continued talking for quite some time (perhaps 30 minutes) after the experience when I had this over-whelming feeling that I needed to look up above me.  As I did, I saw a large, round disc, directly above Rachel and me.  It was so large, it obscured our view of anything else.  I felt if I raised my hand, I could touch it so I tried but it wasn’t as close as I had thought.  I noticed there were no marks, writing or seams on the disc.   It was completely smooth, burnt orange in color and totally silent.  I then heard Rachel start to scream.  At this time, unknown to us, both of our sisters, Jean and Yvonne and our friend, John, were on the street, in front of our house.  They heard our screams and thought we were being attacked. So they ran down the street and went behind the houses, only to be greeted with the sight of the burnt orange disc, hovering over Rachel and me.  I don’t really recall much else except all of a sudden, Jean, Yvonne and John were standing with us, underneath the disc.  Someone yelled for us to run and when I looked at Rachel, she was standing in place, running but not going anywhere.  I’ve seen this in cartoons but never in person.  John picked up Rachel and threw her over his shoulder and ran.  As we ran across the top of the small hill, the disc followed us, silently.  We could see figures moving inside the UFO via small openings in the middle of the UFO. We stopped at the section of the hill, which would have taken us back down into the street.  At this time, I told everyone I was going to go get binoculars so I ran down the hill, across the empty lot, and jumped the fence to the back of our house.  As I ran up the back stairs and I reached for the doorknob, I suddenly had this feeling that I wasn’t suppose to see them so I literally took my hand off of the doorknob as if it were hot to the touch.  I then turned around, ran down the stairs, jumped the fence and ran up the hill, back to my waiting friends and sister.  Jean asked me where the binoculars were and I said I couldn’t get them.  She seemed to accept that answer, even though it didn’t make sense then and certainly doesn’t make sense now.

We were still standing on the small hill, closer to the street with the burnt orange disc still hovering close by.   Then suddenly, the disc shot straight up and literally disappeared from sight.  The 5 of us just stood there  dumbfounded.

Later that evening, the 5 of us were still on the hill, trying to see if we could see the UFO again.  From the top of the small hill, we could see many of the streets.  We had a very good view of Mansell Street.  We noticed a  light coming down the street.  It was a single, bright light, going very, very slow.  We really weren’t sure what it was but I remember John saying he thought it was a motorcycle while I though it was a bicycle.  Whatever it was, it turned right on Bowdoin Street, which was a dead-end.  It stopped at the end of the street and shot straight up into the sky and disappeared from sight.  We never saw it or the UFO again.

Side note:  The next day, Jean asked her father, REDACTED (now deceased), who worked at the San Francisco Airport as a TWA mechanic, if anyone reported lights in the sky on the evening of our encounter.  He told her no one had reported lights or anything unusual during the time we had our sighting.

I also found a report of someone else reporting a  light in the sky above San Bruno Mountains during the summer of 1970.  Not sure if it’s the same date and time as our sighting but it’s seems to fit what we saw and experienced.

13-137-FB1 (Holts Summit, Missouri)

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Date of Sighting: 12-24-13 

Time of Sighting: 12:46am

Duration of Event: 2 minutes

Location of UFO: Holts Summit Missouri 65043

Shape of Object: Other (Explain Below)

UFO Report: Antonio & Team hello; Okay, here is your report, This may be same object I said via Twitter, which I have  seen several times, in Nov-Dec 2010-13, as often, it was at great height, at night hard to estimate but perhaps 5000 ft, travelling west to east dead on, several times as loud as jets at same altitude (actually this is how I know they are coming), this occasion the craft appeared disk like in front with concave back end (in past sightings was grey metallic silver lead color disk and up close in past sighting have seen a ring or row of rectangular windows with figures inside), with red lights on either side (also has a flashing white light below, though this time I did not recall seeing this), this time however it came over ejecting small lights like stars to me (my vision not great require glasses to drive as I cannot read road signs clearly, until right on top of) but, in pictures, which I snapped with my powershot 2500 camera (16mp) they appear as boomerang shape, tiny craft I believe, dropping these about every mile as it crossed the sky above me.  It went behind my roofline out of sight at 12:48am (noted time when came back inside).  Please note, I have seen this craft, MANY times over the years since it landed, I believe, from the sound when it took off, on my apartment roof in 2010.  Regarding the pictures, I have 4 good ones of the items dropped, for some reason ‘mother craft’ was not visible in the shots of it, and the video I attempted to take of it ( thus my reason for switching over to taking single shots).  I believe, it will be back on either New Years eve, or the few days following, as it has been every year at that time (though it never arrived so early before, so perhaps this will be the only visit??).   As I have said, I have seen this UFO many times, I think my number of visits, indicates they have so s interest in this area, perhaps in me personally…  Oh and would attach pics but, have no clue how to get those from camera to my ipad, new ar this.

13-136-FB1 (Clarke Summit, PA)

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Remain Anonymous: Yes

Field Investigation Requested: no

Date of Sighting: Winter 2001

Time of Sighting: about  4:15 pm

Duration of Event: 5 minutes

Location of UFO: Clarke Summit, PA, USA

Shape of Object: Triangle

UFO Report: I was driving on the highway that runs parallel to a commercial street to the left of the highway. The highway is about 400 meters to the right and 80 meters above the town. My friend said “holy X! What is that?” And pointed above the town. I thought at first they were helicopters in formation flying about 200 meters above the town. We took the next exit and went back and pulled over overlooking town. They lights were in a triangle formation just hovering but making no sound. It was beginning to get dark and there was fog and haze covering the commercial street. We sttod and watched them for nearly 5 minutes. It was either 5 single flying objects or one VERY large object. It would have to have been over 150 yards long and 60 yards wide. Eventually we got in the car and drove into the town that the lights were hovering above. We could not see them above us when we got down there. We went back to the highway but whatever it (they) was wasn’t there anymore. If it was helicopters, why no sound? We were very close and why would they be there hovering in formation anyway?

13-134-AN1 (Covina, CA)

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Remain Anonymous: no

Field Investigation Requested: yes

Date of Sighting: July 21, 2013

Time of Sighting: 3:00pm Duration of Event: over two minutes

Location of UFO: Covina, California

Shape of Object: Saturn-like

UFO Report: Sorry but my file was too large to send via this site but i have it on YouTube i just think it is better quality on the original and not on YouTube but I’ll attach the link in this message.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-o7e6e1X3A&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

13-133-AN1 (Unknown)

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Date of Sighting: TBD

Time of Sighting: TBD

Duration of Event: TBD

Location of UFO: TBD

Shape of Object: Sphere/Orbd

UFO Report: Witness submitted five photo for analysis. Photos appear to be lights in the sky. Witness does not require anonymity.

Evidence Submitted: Photos

Investigative Status: Information Only.

Object Details: Unresolved

13-131-AN1 (Santa Barbara, CA)

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Date of Sighting: 2010

Time of Sighting: 8pm

Duration of Event: 10 minutes

Location of UFO: Santa Barbara, CA

Shape of Object: Sphere

UFO Report: One evening while walking my dog in suburbs of Santa Barbara I notice what looked like 2 stars or planets close to the moon. They were bright in the sky but the size of a planet relative to moon but very close- like a finger’s width away…I tried to recall constellations and recent blogs about planets being close and visible and could not come up with anything. As I watched and went through my virtual, cerebral files the spheres/stars suddenly just went- poof- and disappeared.

Evidence Submitted: None

Investigative Status: Information Only.

Object Details: Unresolved

Case Files: The Official Podcast of Aerial Phenomena

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The first episode of our official podcast, Case Files, is now available.

“API Case Files” is a new podcast about the scientific investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena (also known as UAPs or UFOs). This podcast is about educating the public about UFOs and sharing API’s efforts to investigate and study the phenomena.

You can download and/or listen Case Files

A review of Aerial Phenomena by Examiner.com

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Posted by Jack Brewer, 21 Aug 2013

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“You can tell when something is not moving forward anymore: when the doubts you have about it don’t go away,” writer Antonio Paris quoted author Jeffrey Eugenides as stating to begin the final chapter of Paris’ book, ‘Aerial Phenomena: Reviving Ufology for the 21st Century’. It was easy to envision why Paris chose that particular quote, as by that point in the book it was abundantly clear he had much more reason to doubt the legitimacy of stories circulating around the UFO community than believe them.

Antonio Paris is the founder and director of Aerial Phenomenon Investigations (API). According to its website, API is dedicated to conducting systematic investigations, research and analysis regarding UFOs and other aerial phenomena. The group is poised to bring more science and credibility to the study of UFOs.

Though Paris’ book is just a 150-page easy read, it offers readers clear and specific explanations as to how API approaches an investigation and the tools it uses. A former soldier, former special agent for the Department of Defense and having earned two science-related degrees, Paris designed a six-step investigative process that employs scientific principles and sound research practices. The resulting procedures guarantee uniformity, continuity and the creation of a functional – and accessible – data base.

A large portion of the book is dedicated to sharing the specific results of 50 cases, the investigations of which were conducted over the course of a year and involved some 2,000 hours of work. The vast majority of the cases were solved for all practical purposes. A small percentage defied currently available explanations, yet simple lack of information obviously contributed to that being the case to a large extent. Paris documented how most UFO sightings and related reports were misidentified terrestrial objects, natural phenomena, hoaxes or outbreaks of hysteria.

The author explained how his experience at attending UFO conferences and public meetings allowed him to observe a community stagnating in fantastic yet unsupported claims. Paris subsequently found UFO organizations to be poor sources of accurate information while promoting sensational speculation. Such organizations had tendencies to conceal collected data and avoid cooperating with one another, individual researchers and the public at large. In one circumstance, Paris explained, “I was offered a leadership position in another UFO group, but the offer was conditional: I would have had to dismantle API.”

As one reaches the final pages of ‘Aerial Phenomena: Reviving Ufology for the 21st Century’, they might well empathize – after his experience with certain questionable members of the UFO community and his extensive investigations that time and time again showed nothing of profound interest – if Antonio Paris were to ask UFO Land, “Is this all ya got?”. However, he portrays neither cynicism nor sarcasm as he brings his book to a close with visions of moving ufology forward, sincerely seeking cases of interest while apparently committed to conducting transparent and credible research.

While some readers might find themselves disappointed there are no sensational stories within the book, others are certain to find themselves refreshingly pleased with the fact. The author provides realistic case documentation and candid assessments of ufology, circumstances that, along with his organization’s commitment to scientific investigation, would make it quite interesting should he ever inform us he has identified a situation of particular interest. Readers should find themselves motivated to point API in the direction of what genuine unknowns might be out there.

‘Aerial Phenomena: Reviving Ufology for the 21st Century’ by Antonio Paris is currently available on the API website and through Amazon.

About Jack Brewer:

Jack Brewer’s interest in the paranormal and subsequent many years of navigating the UFO community led him to become convinced healthy skepticism was often sorely lacking. His research and writing integrate objectivity and relevant facts into assessments of the all too prevalent fantastic UFO dogma. His interests include such topics as alleged alien abduction and the intelligence community, which have been explored on his blog, ‘The UFO Trail’. Contact Brewer at brewer.jack@rocketmail.com.

13-130-AN1 (Portugal)

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Date of Sighting: 02/09/2013

Time of Sighting: 1 second

Duration of Event: 1 second

Location of UFO:  Represa (neer), Castelo Branco, Portugal

Shape of Object: Balloon

UFO Report: I was in the car back from holidays. It was at night and when I was looking at the other side of the window, to the dark sky, I suddenly saw a thing, bigger than a “shooting” star, and it pass very quickly, for about 1 second. When that phenomenon over, I couldn´t stop thinking what it would be … If everyone have an explanation for this phenomenon

Evidence Submitted: Photo

Investigative Status: Information Only. API does not investigate anonymous reports.

Object Details: Unresolved

Michael Frawley’s Book Review of Aerial Phenomena

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Aerial Phenomena: Reviving Ufology for the 21st Century by Antonio Paris – a book review by Michael Frawley

UFO.  What does it mean?  UFO stands for Unidentified Flying Objects.  The key emphasis being on the word UNIDENTIFIED.  But often people, including myself, have tied the acronym UFO to extraterrestrials.  This is not the case as you will learn by reading Aerial Phenomena: Reviving Ufology for the 21st Century, written by Antonio Paris, founder of the Aerial Phenomenon Investigations Team, published in November 2012.

First a little about the author.  Antonio Paris is a native New Yorker, from the city of New York, born and raised as well as attended college.  From there he joined the military as an Army intelligence officer for two tours in Iraq.  After his terms of service he decided that the Army was more of a chapter in his life.  He then moved to WashingtonD.C. and became a special agent for the Department of Defense in counter intelligence for three of four years.  He then decided that he could do the same thing for a consulting firm in the private industry.  He has worked for the same defense contract company, called Booz Allen Hamilton, ever since. A current Maryland resident, he commutes to D.C. every day.

Will you find all sorts of fascinating stories about visitors from outer space in this book?  The answer is no.  What you will find is a break down of the investigative process using a ‘nuts and bolts’ (as the author is fond of saying) core method.  That is, using scientific process to research and explain aerial phenomena sightings.

As Antonio explains, he and the API team are not out to debunk stories about unidentified flying objects or other aerial phenomena.  Rather their goal is to inform, educate, research, and investigate credible sighting reports.  This book breaks down the process from beginning to end of the investigative process that API uses to confirm or explain unusual reports.

Paris explains in his book what the investigative process is about, how the information is gathered, put to the test, and tools used when looking into these phenomena.  The book also gives detailed accounts of specific reports that the team investigated first hand, noting the account of the witness or witnesses, processes that were deployed to re-create a phenomena, how the information was gathered, and conclusions that were drawn based on the information provided.  Each case is noted as identified or unidentified based on the findings of each investigation.  Some of the API’s cases remain unresolved.  Many are resolved with a note as to how the phenomena actually occurred.

I’m not going to cite any of the details of these investigations from the book.  After all, that’s why the book was written!  Suffice to say that this book is not only a must read for the UFO investigator, but in my opinion, the methods devised by Antonio Paris and the API team apply to any investigation of the unexplained.  I highly recommend this not only for UFO researchers, but for paranormal and monster researchers as well.  Their scientific method can be applied to each field.

I find this to be a great book.  For the experienced investigator it’s a good reference and reminder to stay grounded and look for the facts.  For the enthusiast it’s a fun book of real life events and can help separate facts from fantasy.  The API team is self funded and sales from the book go to fund the research, and field investigations that the Aerial Phenomenon Investigations Team conducts.

– Michael Frawley

Article at I Must be Hallucinating