UFO History: December 5, 2014

Having just returned home from a screening of Conclave, I decided it was time to dive into my daily trip into the world of the unexplained and continue some work on my Disclosure Project. So far, I have received good feedback and would love to hear from you with thoughts or ideas for this. 

My idea is to continually share historical sightings and current events surrounding the phenomena when they occur. While there have been a ton of sightings of strange “drones” as they are being labeled, I feel that those are saturating the airwaves. 

So far, I have discovered what I already knew, the United States government has covered this topic up for a long time. The lies in just the State Department and CIA FOIA archives clearly spell that out. 

Now on to today, December 5. The following event was captured by a youtuber by the name of Streetcap1, who constantly monitors the NASA cams from the ISS. 

On December 5, 2014 he caught this red glowing orb directing a beam of light toward the earth. Honestly, the red orb type UFO/UAP is somewhat common near the ISS, the fact that it is directing a beam toward the planet is a touch concerning. 

What may be more concerning is the silence from NASA or the space station astronauts on the subject. If these are, in fact, some type of unknown craft, it would be more than a national security issue, it would be of global concern. But, if they are from human technology, the world population also deserves to know what type of weaponry has this potential. 

I understand that there is a fine line involved, but covering it up or denying it when the evidence comes from internal government systems is something that should raise a flag. At least it does to me. 

Check back tomorrow for our next installment and keep your eyes on the sky. 

UFO History: December 4, 2019

For our entry today, I returned back to the UFO Sightings Daily website to find something interesting. 

This account comes from Chicago, Illinois and took place on December 4, 2019. It was originally investigated by MUFON case #104897. 

Witnesses state that around sunrise multiple giant glowing white orbs hovered over Lake Michigan. One eyewitness watched as the objects hovered in place before sliding horizontally and then shooting straight up in a vertical line before vanishing. 

The eyewitness statement: 

Driving on a clear morning, (I) pulled over to view the sunrise over Lake Michigan near my home. Dotted in the sky hovering objects over water, shining brightly, no clouds, commercial jets flying much higher on approach to O'Hare with recognizable red flashing tail and wing lights.Took just a few photos, watched for 5 mins. As (the) objects hovered in place, then shot across the sky horizontally and straight-up at speeds not achievable by modern aviation known to me. I have witnessed other objects over Lake Michigan especially in 2012 during the NATO Summit held in Chicago during President Obama's administration. Over 3-days I witnessed major activity during early morning hours, capturing unbelievable photos that were so disturbing I never reported and only have a few photos to this day. I felt strongly that objects knew I had taken photographic evidence and rarely shared experience.

The report of giant orbs is not uncommon. These UFOs are one of the top 3 most commonly seen. These reports vary but all have similar traits regardless of the size including the fluorescent glow.. 

This type of sighting also appears to be common near water with the amount of sightings leading many to dive into research into underwater activity aka USO activity. 

Currently in 2024, multiple glowing orange orbs have been observed across the globe. Have you had one? If so, drop us a line here at the Ringmaster’s Realm.

UFO History: December 1, 1977

For today, December 1st, I decided to go a little different direction with the historical sighting. While there were a bunch, one report on Think AboutIts caught my eye for many reasons.

While this one didn’t have lights, or an airborne craft, this one hits home for many different reasons. Reported by famed Cryptozoologist Loren Coleman, this report has some eerie similarities to a creature that does share some UFO history. 

The report surfaced in Mysterious America and hails from an area near Beason, Illinois. What is strange is no time of day was given, but there was a hospitalization involved. 

A woman on her way to work spotted a tall figure standing on the roadway; it resembled a man with a pair of huge dark wings. The witness reportedly collapsed and had to be hospitalized. No other information was available. 

In fact, a deeper dive into this story yields basically no other information, although it will lead you into accounts of large winged humanoids inside Illinois. 

While this may not be a traditional report, there are many times where a connection between UFO activity and strange creatures can be found. Do you have either type, or both? If so, drop us a line and we will follow up on it.  

UFO History: November 30, 2020

Looking into UFO History for November 30, I found an interesting encounter that took place back in 2020. I got this information from the UFO Sightings Daily blog. 

This sighting took place on the small remote island village of Cali in Colombia, daylight. 

While this location is secluded and close to the jungle, a daylight photo of the craft was received. The eyewitness of this event not only caught a picture, they got a close up of the disk moving over a few huts. 

This is an interesting sighting because of the remoteness of the natives in the area. They would lack the technologies that many other sighting locations boast. While details such as size, visible propulsion, or sound are missing, there was a mention that the craft did land at some point. 

This sighting also creates an interesting question, how often are there sightings in remote areas that lack the technological advantages that most of the modern world have? These locations would be prime observational platforms for otherworldly beings that are here to potentially study humans. 

What do you think? Would the more secluded regions of the world be valid areas to focus research on? Let us know what you think in the comments.

UFO History: November 29, 1989

When deciding what to use for today in UFO history, I stumbled upon one of the most intriguing UFO/UAP flaps in history. While this event started on this day, it lasted for some time. Personally, this is quite fitting considering some of the activity that is being experienced today in 2024. 

The Belgian UAP wave was a series of sightings of triangular UAPs in Belgium, which lasted from 29 November 1989 to April 1990.

The Belgian UAP wave began in November 1989. Reports were filed, most many weeks after the events. Many of the reports related a large object flying at low altitude. Some reports also stated that the craft was of a flat, triangular shape, with lights underneath.

The Belgian UAP wave peaked with the events of the night of March 30th, 1990. On that night, one unknown object was tracked on radar, and two Belgian Air Force F-16s were sent to investigate, with neither pilot reporting seeing the object. No reports were received from the public on the date. But over the next 2 weeks reports from 143 people who claimed to have witnessed the object were received, all of them after the event. Over the ensuing months, many others claimed to have witnessed these events as well. Following the incident, the Belgian Air Force released a report detailing the events of that night.

At around 23:00 on March 30th, 1990, the supervisor for the Control Reporting Center (CRC) at Glons received reports that three unusual lights were seen moving towards Thorembais-Gembloux, which lies to the southeast of Brussels. Glons CRC requested the Wavre gendarmerie send a patrol to confirm the sighting.

Some later reports stated that, approximately 10 minutes later, a second set of lights were seen moving towards the first triangle. Traffic Center Control at Semmerzake tracked one object on its radar, and an order to scramble two F-16 fighters from Beauvechain Air Base was given. In reports after the event, multiple witnesses claimed that the phenomenon was visible from the ground, and described the whole formation as "maintaining their relative positions while moving slowly across the sky".

Over the next hour, the two scrambled F-16s attempted nine separate interceptions of the targets. On three occasions, they managed to obtain a radar lock for a few seconds, but these were later shown to be Radar-locks on each other. The pilots never reported seeing any of the claimed sightings, saw none of the claimed manoeuvres, and never got a lock on any objects apart from the other F-16.The other contacts were all found to be the result of a well-known atmospheric interference called Bragg scattering.

After 00:30, radar contact became much more sporadic and the final confirmed lock took place at 00:40. Following several further unconfirmed contacts, the F-16s eventually returned to base shortly after 01:00.

Members of the Wavre gendarmerie who had been sent to confirm the original report, describe four lights now being arranged in a square formation, all making short jerky movements, before gradually losing their luminosity and disappearing in four separate directions at around 01:30. They also reported that a low engine noise was heard and that it seemed to have a stick coming out one end with a turbine on it, which has led many to conclude the object was a helicopter.

UFO History: November 28, 1980

With news breaking that there were UFO/UAP sightings here in Virginia Beach, I have to admit that I am a little disappointed I found out on X and did not encounter it myself. I will continue to look throughout the evening and will update if I see anything.

For our encounter today, we are turning back the clock to 1980 and the Alan Godfrey UFO Abduction Case. I found this on the Latest UFO Sightings webpage. 

The case took place in Todmorden, near West Yorkshire on November 28, 1980.

This is based on the experiences of Police Constable, Alan Godfrey and what he would encounter on a routine patrol. While out on the damp streets he encountered a bright, diamond-shaped object, that was suspended eerily above the ground. It was silent, massive, and unlike anything he had ever encountered. He tried to radio the station, but couldn’t raise anyone on the radio. 

He described the object as being 20 feet high and 14 feet wide, silent, yet possessing a force that affected the area in its vicinity.   Being a seasoned officer, he did sketch the object in his investigator journal. He also experienced time loss, losing roughly 30 minutes and discovering a split boot and an unexplained red mark on his foot. 

After the encounter, Godfrey underwent regression hypnosis where he remembered a beam of light, a strange room, and being surrounded by small beings and a humanoid figure. This account created a wide array of media attention, both good and bad. Attention that would cause a lot of personal distress for Godfrey throughout his life. 

To this day, no one knows exactly what transpired on this fateful night in Todmorden, but it does add to the compelling accounts that continue to come out on this topic. We all deserve the truth on the UFO topic, and hopefully the pressure many of us are providing can help lead to full disclosure. 

I also found this interesting document on the CIA FOIA page from November 28, 1967, you should check it out.

UFO History: November 27, 1976

For our entry for November 27, we discovered an interesting sighting on the UFO Evidence website.

This sighting took place on November 27, 1976 in  Milbank, South Dakota around 1900 Hrs. The account was compiled by field investigator William M. Moore and appeared in the APRO Bulletin, Vol. 25 No. 5 (Nov. 1976)

With temperatures hovering around zero degrees, eyewitness Mike Foss left a local auto body shop in Milbank intending to return home by car. He was travelling south on highway 77 out of Milbank, he suddenly noticed a "tremendously bright, brilliant orange light" - perhaps better described as "a light without a source" -off to the west. 

Foss stopped for a better look. (Note that he did not leave the car, nor did he notice any peculiar effects on the car's electrical system or engine.) At first thinking that he might be witnessing a helicopter he was not immediately apprehensive about it: however, he soon realized that whatever it was he was observing, was clearly not any sort of helicopter he was familiar with. 

Once he returned home, he was outside with his father and realized that whatever he had left behind in that field was now perched a few feet in the air neatly between the hog house and the barn, about 100 feet from where they were standing. For the next twenty to twenty-five minutes, the three Fosses watched as a large, somewhat egg-shaped object, blue at its base, but flashing multicolored lights (mostly red) higher up and having two protruding legs or antennae, as it first hovered between the hog house and the barn, and then drifted (or appeared to drift) slowly straight away from them and off to the southwest, diminishing in size and intensity until it finally disappeared in the distance. 

The changing colored lights on the body of the object were described as being somewhat like a color-wheel used to light up Christmas trees in different colors, except that the colors did not change rapidly, but seemed to "melt" into one another. Orange, white, blue, red, and green were noted.

This strange object returned again on three separate occasions between the initial sighting on November 27, and its most recent appearance at about 8:00 P.M. Saturday evening, December 11th. On two of these occasions, it was sighted only at extreme distances as a bright orange light maneuvering off to the southwest of the house. Because of this distance factor, no positive identification could be made.On the third occasion, the sighting was strikingly similar to the first. Again the object positioned itself between the barn and the hog house, again the weather was clear and cold, and as before, it remained in the area twenty to twenty-five minutes following the same pattern of slowly receding to the southwest. On this occasion, Mike's automatic police radio band scanner was on in the living room. At the appearance of the object, Mike noticed that the scanner had locked on to frequency seven and was emitting bursts of static. Frequency seven is a VHF frequency (approx. 140 MHz) used by the Minnesota Highway Patrol.

This time, Mike Foss called Milbank police and asked that a car be dispatched. Police Chief Ben Amsden personally came out but by the time he arrived, the object was only a bright light in the distance. (Amsden, however, did notice an orange glow in the vicinity of the Foss farm while proceeding toward it in the squad car.) Also reported to have seen the object, this time in the area of the KMSD radio tower about two and one half miles from the Foss house, are Mr. Don Adams, bartender at the local VFW club, and his wife.

UFO History: November 26, 1967

 Not actual picture. This sighting was from Cleveland in 2012

For our dive into the UFO/UAP phenomena for November 26, we found an interesting report on the Think AboutIt website.

This sighting took place on November 26, 1967 in Maple Heights outside of Cleveland, Ohio. This object, described as a glowing white sphere roughly 200 ft in diameter, that was visible for roughly two to three seconds traveling across a residential area toward a valley just south of Cleveland Hopkins Airport. 

From the eyewitness, “Glowing white, round shape as viewed from the ground directly below. Elongated at sides when viewed from end at distance. No other lights other than objects glow. If you took a fifties car full wheel cover and placed it with the flat end toward the ground.and the “domed ” end toward the sky and viewed it from a distance, that would be the shape of the object as it appeared to speed off west. The “dome “was not that pronounced though. It tipped from side to side slightly when it was speeding west.”

This was summarized as a fast moving cylindrical object moving silently at approximately 300-500 feet in altitude.  The sighting took place around 1900 hours. 

While the eyewitness was not identified and admitted to never reporting the incident to official authorities, but, some of his/her background was presented. They have a degree in law enforcement and have served in the police force, fire department, and EMT service. This adds credibility to the sighting. 

Have you had any sightings of UFOs/UAPs or even strange creatures stalking your surroundings? Drop us a line here at the Ringmaster’s Realm, and maybe we can help you spread the word. 

UFO History: November 25, 1957

November 25, 1957 is an interesting day in UFO history. While there was no definitive evidence produced, there were two separate incidents reported that have some similarities in substance, although they took place in different areas of the world. 

At roughly 2200, multiple soldiers around Eglin Air Force Base in Florida witnessed three objects in the sky. These objects were seen by multiple crew members of a USAF B-66 Destroyer and tracked by ground RADAR before disappearing. 

In 1957, these objects would not be drones and the civilian population would not have been able to have access to objects that could be both visibly seen and tracked on RADAR. 

Incredibly, later in the same evening people in Mogi Mirim, Brazil also encountered three unknown objects passing over their city. While the objects were present, the town saw power to all the lights in their city go out during the incident. 

It is completely possible that these two events are unrelated, but there are similarities as both have three unidentified objects. What do you think, are they related?

UFO History: November 24, 2018

 

As I dive into UFO history for this series here at The Ringmaster’s Realm, I have found huge holes in finding cases. So, I’m going to use The National UFO Reporting Center and their database to help spread the word of different sightings. 

In these cases, if by some chance you were a witness or have further information, please pass it along to us or the NUFOC. 

Founded in 1974 by noted UFO investigator Robert J. Gribble. The Center’s primary function over the past five decades has been to receive, record, and to the greatest degree possible, corroborate and document reports from individuals who have been witness to unusual, possibly UFO-related events.  Throughout its history, the Center has processed over 180,000 reports, and has distributed its information to thousands of individuals.

The first sighting occurred on November 24, 2018 in Ridgeville, SC  when a driver saw what they described as a  fire truck with all red lights going crazy in the middle of the road sitting in the middle of the road. After some time the craft vanished. No other details or descriptions are available at the moment. 

This sighting occurred at roughly 0345 in the morning. Which would present  a darkness that could distort vision. Unfortunately, with no other description other than a rectangular shape or specifics about the location, weather conditions, or surroundings. It would be hard to decipher anything from this report. 

However, also on November 24, 2018 on the other side of the United States in Scottsdale, AZ another more traditional sighting took place around 2200. In this encounter, a light surrounded by a hazy aura moved intermittently across the sky. 

This is a more traditional sighting report considering the shape and details about the aura. In a sighting near Potomac Mills Mall in late 1997, a green hazy orb was seen flying through the sky near interstate 95. 

Do you have more details, or your own sighting? Help us at The Ringmaster’s Realm bring these to light and assist in global disclosure by passing it onto us for publication. 

UFO History - November 23, 1953

 November 23, 1953 was an active day for those that follow Ufology. Not only did Guy B. Marquand, Jr., took a picture of what was originally described as a flying saucer, the USAF had an encounter with some type of craft off Lake Michigan. 

(Riverside UFO from National Archives)

Riverside, CA. 

Marquand originally claimed he took the picture along a mountain road, where he and two friends had watched a “flying saucer” fly by at a high rate of speed. Unfortunately, this sighting was later recanted and was an admitted hoax, although the investigation data from the time is a bit of a mess. 

The admitted hoax claimed that the object was a hubcap thrown in the air, yet, there are experts that have broke down the picture over time and claim that they don’t match the dimensions of the hubcap. 

Lake Superior, MI 

The headline reads “On Nov 23, 1953 A USAF Jet Disappears intercepting a UFO Sighting over Lake Michigan.”

Well not really, but that would be fitting. What is true is that on the evening of November 23, 1953 an Air Defense Command Ground Intercept radar controller at Truax AFB became alerted to an "unidentified target" over Soo Locks. A jet piloted by 1st Lieutenant Felix Moncla, Jr. was scrambled to intercept.

With ground control monitoring the situation and directing the pilot and his F-89 toward the object, the plane could not catch up. For roughly 30 minutes, Moncia followed over Lake Superior until the blips on the RADAR screen overlapped. Soon their biggest fears were realized when the blip disappeared and no targets remained on the scope. 

With no communications present and the last visual sighting being about seventy miles off Keweenaw Point in upper Michigan, a search and rescue team was dispatched. This came up empty as no trace of the plane or the pilot were ever found. No debris, no oil slick, nothing was ever found.

Officials at Norton Air Force Base Flying Safety Division issued a statement shrouded in speculation, that "the pilot probably suffered from vertigo and crashed into the lake." However, no evidence was presented to back this statement. 

The Air Force continued to speculate, first calling the unknown radar target at first as a Canadian DC-3, before changing it to a RCAF jet. Canadian officials threw water on this notion quickly claiming that there were no Canadian aircraft in the airspace over the lake at any time during the chase. 

Eventually, the Air Force finally changed the story; the F-89 had exploded at high altitude. A plausible explanation except for the lack of debris found by the initial search and rescue team. In fact, not much can be found about Moncia’s mission in official documents, with only brief mentions to Moncia and an unidentified target. 

Project Bluebook would eventually become involved, but in the end, even their files conclude that this tragedy was merely an accident. 

What do you think about these two classic UFO sightings? Accident, facts, fiction, hoaxes? Sound off and let us know.

Bigfoot Chronicles (2013)

After a few days, I decided that I needed to be caught up with some of the films I had watched in recent weeks, but did not find time to review with everything that is going on. This past week was one of the worse for that. Next up from that list in the 2013 entry, Bigfoot Chronicles.

Plot/ A skeptical filmmaker is hired to document Bigfoot sightings. He travels to a hot spot of Bigfoot activity and pursues the wild beast. Along the way, he learns a lot about the illusive creature and in the process, he finds himself.

I am all for low budget cinema, especially when it involves a subject that sits close to my heart. In this case, though, I could have done without this one. This was one of the worst films on the subject of Bigfoot I have seen, with the famed creature standing as a mere afterthought to the dramatic elements and feelings of one of the characters. This one was nothing like I expected, and offered little to any viewer that was drawn in with title. The acting is uneven, the production values are lacking, and the make-up effects for the creature when it eventually makes it way to the screen are laughable at best. In the end, this was one that I wish I had skipped, there was nothing redeeming with it at all. Stay away; stay far away!

Devil's Bible (2008)

I have watched my share of crazy movies over the past few weeks, and decided that it was time to take a break from the different fictional worlds that I usually live in. Instead, I decided to venture into some documentaries for the week. First up for review is the 2008 entry, Devil’s Bible.

Plot/ At 165 pounds, and allegedly made from the skins of 160 donkeys, the Codex Gigas is the world's largest and most mysterious medieval manuscript. Filled with satanic images and demonic spells, according to legend, the cursed text sprang from a doomed monk's pact with the Devil. Now, Nat Geo follows a team of scientists as they embark on an unprecedented quest to unravel the secrets behind the book's darkened pages. Using ultra-violet fluorescence imaging, handwriting analysis, and a re-creation of the text, forensic document experts attempt to uncover the cryptic truth behind this ancient Devil's Bible.

Being a fan of the occult and the dark arts, when I saw this one on Netflix, I was sucked in. Of all of the artifacts that exist in the religious world, the Codex Gigas has to be one of the most interesting. While no one will ever know the truth behind the manuscript, this documentary does a great job at providing some clues while projecting some theories on who created it. It looked at religious history, some scientific theories, and the locations that house this amazing relic. Sure, this one is not perfect, as some of it is uneven and falls flat and some of the connections drawn by the filmmakers make little sense, but that is to be expected when dealing with an ancient and mysterious item. In the end, I did find this documentary entertaining and interesting, but it definitely is not for everyone. If you enjoy documentaries about a darker path, Hail Satan and check it out, if not, stay away.

Happy Birthday H.P. Lovecraft

Today was an interesting day. While my class was going over some practice solder boards prior to building their fiber optic voice link, I was reminded that it was H.P. Lovecraft’s birthday. Next to Edgar Allan Poe, Lovecraft is one of my biggest influences in my creative process and is a literary genius. While some of the adaptations of his movies have not been great, his influence can be seen all over horror cinema.

During the viewing of The Thing (2011) for my last review, I was reminded of that influence, as many of the creatures depicted in that film had many Lovecraftian traits. Honestly, I would prefer the aliens in this world being more Reptilian than Lovecraftian, as we would have a chance against the Reptilians.

Of course, the realm of Cthulhu is one of many different paths, and the ancients of the mythos are some of the most interesting ever created. But, were they created, or did they come from some lost part of history? Could Cthulhu be the ancients legends talk about from Planet X? Yes, that may be a stretch, but the fact that the Necronomicon made its first modern appearance in the works of Lovecraft, may be an insight to some other power and understanding at work.

Sure, I am speculating with this thought, but there is truly so much that we do not understand with history and science, that links are sometimes ignored that should be seen differently.

Now I can move onto one other topic that came up in class, a recent UFO sighting near Pittsburgh. One of my students captured an interesting red glowing orb moving erratically in the sky on Sunday night and captured a couple of images. While there is not a ton of detail, the fact that these sightings are on a semi-regular basis, does add some evidential proof. Couple that with the fact that this is a student at an aviation school, and the notion of a mistaken craft identity can be somewhat dismissed as well.

While the idea of UFOs and H.P. Lovecraft may be somewhat unrelated to most observers, to me, both have origins that lie at the heart of what is most likely Forbidden History.