Subject: Triangular UFO's
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Date: Fri, 23 Dec 1994 03:10:26 -0500
From: Joe LeSesne
Subject: Strobing?
Within a day several reports from friends and family have come to me.
Two from staunch skeptics of the paranormal. Some backrounmd info: I and
all parties concerned live in Pittsburgh, PA and one night my sister was
on her way inside her house when this very bright light shown on her.
There was no source she could pinpoint, just an extremely bright light
which was tight (only shown on her and a small area surrounding her), the
light apperared to come from a low angle but as she said for the short
time it was on she couldn't pinpoint it. Her fiancee' is a real skeptic
and he had the same thing happen to him on the way into the house.
Blindingly bright light which stayed on for about a second and had a tight
focus. Light too bright to pinpoint in such a short period of time. THEN
tonight (or this morning) the very same thing happened to a friend of mine
in my driveway (the other incidents happened at my the couple's house
which is mile from here). Anyway he too is a big skeptic of the paranormal
yet he yelled for me and asked "Did you see that? Did you see that!" To
which I responded, "See what?" and he related the same details as above
but he said the light had a somewhat greenish color. I then told him
about my sister and soon to be brother-in-law's sighting.
Some nights before we were in my driveway and spot a craft (won't
call it a plane yet) which had 3 lights on it in a triangular formation
and a red "beacon" light underneath. Now what drew our attention to it was
it's wobbly motion at first. It seemed like it was floating like a falling
leaf. (since we live on a flight path to the Pittsburgh Internation
Airport which is about 3 miles away, we see planes and helo's all the
time). We ran out into the street to get a better view and at the same
time it came out from the trees it was behind at a fairly rapid (but still
within normal aircraft flight characteristics) speed. The craft seemed to
be at about 2,000 feet but it is hard to estimate distances at night. All
the while no sound was heard until it was directly above us. It slowed and
paused in mid-air for a second and emitted a real low but audible rumble
which seemed to come on instantaneous, as if someone said "OK, turn on the
sound". Most jets, civilian and military are pretty loud at this height
when they are directly above you. Anyway all of us agreed it was strange
but pretty much agreed that it was somekind of military aircraft. We could
see a faint outline of an elongated, acute triangle with rounded edges but
it was very faint the only wreason I think we saw it was because the
underside reflected no light and the backround was brighter due to the
clouds. Had this been a clear night I doubt we would have detected an
outline. Anyway, has anyone else had any sightings of unusual nature in
this area recently? If so let me know.
Joe
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Hi Joe,
A couple of recent UFONet postings may be of interest to you:
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BBS: Stairway to Heaven BBS
Date: 05-12-94 (20:54) Number: 22
From: JOHN A HAYES Refer#: NONE
To: ALL Recvd: NO
Subj: Escondido, California Conf: (164) UFOIntSigh
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From: Christine Sandhu Conference: 42 , The Mufon Pu
*@SUBJECT:Recent sightings in the Escondido, California area.
A possible UFO flap may be begining in the Escondido, California area.
My sister has sighted the same UFO three times in the last 2 weeks. It
appears as an orange light at first and closer up as a triangle shaped
craft with lights on the corners. She saw it very close up and stated
there was no sound...
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BBS: Stairway to Heaven BBS
Date: 06-12-94 (00:56) Number: 12
From: JBOUCHARD@DELPHI.COM Refer#: NONE
To: ALL Recvd: NO
Subj: Indiana Sighting - early Conf: (579) AltUFORepo
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Subject: Indiana Sighting - early 70s
My daughter and I saw a triangular-shaped craft fly very low over our yard.
It had rounded corners and lights in the corners and though it just skimmed
the trees it made no engine sound - only a "whoooosh"-like noise. It was
not flying fast and there were one or two others in the area at the same
time but not as close. It almost seemed as if they were surveying the area.
There were newspaper reports soon after that confirmed our sighting but we
never reported it. Is this a common shape???
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"Is this a common shape???"
I think the answer to this question is becoming increasingly obvious. There
are many similar reports to the above.
The Indiana sighting from the early 1970's is almost identical to the craft
you describe and implies that such craft have been around for some 20 years,
however, there are reports of triangular shaped craft which go back to the
early 1940's, at least.
The precise pencil-beam light is particularly interesting. This is a
characteristic reported in the Belgian sightings from 1989:
"Starting early Dec 89 the BAF has been contacted on several occasions by
eyewitnesses who observed strange phenomena in the Belgian airspace. On some
occasions they described the phenomena as a triangle-shaped platform up to
200 feet wide with 3 downward beaming projectors, hovering at +- 100 m
above...On the first occasion the F16 arrived +- 1 hour after the visual
detection. Nothing was observed. On the second occasion, pilots could
identify a laser-beam projector on the ground."
There is a picture file in .GIF format which is available from BBS's and ftp
sites and is a photograph taken in 1990 (by a policeman, I believe) in
Belgium. It is generally entitled BELGUFO.GIF and shows a triangular shaped
craft with rounded corners. The craft has one light at each corner and a
central light.
"...a triangle shaped craft with lights on the corners."
"...a triangular-shaped craft...It had rounded corners and lights in the
corners..."
"... an elongated, acute triangle with rounded edges... which had 3 lights
on it in a triangular formation and a red "beacon" light underneath."
"...a triangular shaped craft with rounded corners. The craft has one light
at each corner and a central light."
It's just _too_ much of a co-incidence, isn't it.