| More than 40 UFO sightings from across Howard County have been reported to a national research center since the mid-1990s, according to a database published late last year. | By George Myers Kokomo Tribune 1-3-19 |
Showing posts with label Kokomo. Show all posts
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Saturday, January 05, 2019
Dozens of UFO Sightings in Kokomo
Friday, May 14, 2010
MY UFO EXPERIENCE: Marine Veteran Spots 'Bright Glowing Orbs' Near Kokomo, Indiana
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Reader Submitted Report
[Unedited]
5-1-10
Hello,My name is Xxxx Xxxxx. I witnessed something yesterday morning that I could not explain, and after my work day ended last evening, I decided to do a web search to see if anyone else might have posted anything on the internet about witnessing this event as well.[Unedited]
5-1-10
First, let me say that I have been an airplane / aviation aficionado since I was a boy of 10 years old. I am 39 presently. I can almost identify any aircraft past or present just by sight. I grew up in Xxxx, XX just North of Grissom AFB, and joined the Marine Corps at the age of 18. It surprised no one that I went into the Marine Air Wing, and spent my time in the Corps on multiple Marine Corps Air Stations or Naval Air Stations. I became an avionics electrician, and flew as an aircrew member aboard a KC-130 Hercules aircraft.
I would also like to say that I have always been interested in Astronomy, getting my first telescope also at the age of 10, and still own a very high tech model to this day. I took two years of astronomy in high school, and another year at the University of California, Irvine. I've also taken a workshop just a few short years ago at IUK as they have an outstanding telescope array for this particular area of Indiana.
I am very knowledgeable about FAA Regulations, and the strobe lights that all aircraft, military or otherwise, are required to have and operate while in flight. I have had friends and loved ones throughout the years see something in the night sky thinking it's a UFO, and I have easily dismissed this by pointing out to them the strobe lights, or aircraft flight patterns, either fixed wing, or that of a helicopter.
I have also pointed out to numerous people that the planet Venus is NOT a UFO, as it seems commonly mistaken to be since it appears to alternate colors due to the diffraction of light in Earth's atmosphere when the planet passes through certain apogees and angles. I am very well aware of the different planets' positions and constellation locations as they relate to the changing seasons and time of year. I often point these out to my four children, whom all have taken an interest in astronomy as well.
I am presently employed as a Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx xx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxwhere I am working on my XXth year, being employed with Xxx Xxxxx xx Xxxxxxx. I do not drink, and have never taken any illegal drugs. I state this only as a precursor to say that what I witnessed yesterday morning between 0430 and 0500 on my way to work I am somehow at a loss to explain or to understand.
I live approximately eight miles due Xxxxx xx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xx. I typically leave for work in the early morning between approximately 0430-0440 as my report time is 0500. I was driving South on US 31, and as I was driving, I noticed two bright amber lights in the sky that appeared to be further South of Bunker Hill toward the Kokomo area. I was between Pipe Creek Elementary School, and County Road 500 when I first noticed these two bright lights.
At first glance, I dismissed them as aircraft, but then I noticed that they did not appear to be moving. I slowed my truck down to examine them better, and quickly noted that there were NO strobe lights on them whatsoever. I knew that there are no planets during the late spring / early summer in this particular position in the early morning sky, and thought that they were perhaps something else. I was amazed that their apparent magnitude was easily a 1 or a 2 on the brightness scale for celestial bodies. I knew that they were not stars, and as they were stationary and not moving, I knew they were not meteors or falling space debris either. I thought perhaps they were military flares, but there were NO aircraft anywhere near, and they appeared to come out of nowhere. I also noted that the GARB did not have any landing field lights on, nor were their tower lights in a circular pattern as they are when night operations are being conducted. There appeared to be no military activity at all, and no aircraft visible anywhere near the horizon or above where the lights suddenly appeared.
As I continued driving Southward, I noticed that two vehicles had pulled over to the shoulder and the occupants were out of their vehicles looking toward the lights as well. I was glad to see that I was not the only individual that noticed the strange, peculiar nature of what I was witnessing. They were bright, amber lights that appeared to come from nowhere, one being approximately 45 degrees Southeast of US 31 at an altitude of approximately 900 feet; The other appeared to be 30 degrees Southwest of US 31 at an altitude of approximately 1100 feet.
I witnessed these bright, glowing "orbs" in the sky for approximately 3-4 minutes, then the one to the left at the lower altitude suddenly vanished. Approximately five (5) seconds later, the higher one to the right vanished. I felt a knot in my stomach immediately upon seeing this, because I knew that I had just witnessed something that did not make sense with my understanding of aircraft, military and otherwise, and of astronomy. I was disturbed about it when I arrived at work, and asked several other staff members that I work with if they had seen anything strange in the sky just South toward Kokomo. As dismayed I was that no one stated they witnessed it, I did take solace in the fact that I saw at least two other persons along the side of the road that knew as I did; That they were seeing something very uncommon and unusual.
When I did an internet search last evening, I found multiple sightings of a similar consistency with that of what I witnessed yesterday morning (April 30, 2010). I cannot understand or make sense of what I saw. I was involved in Desert Storm, and had been involved in multiple combined arms exercises while serving as an aircrew member in The Marines. What I am quite certain of is that what I witnessed WAS NOT military aircraft flares. The lights appeared to come out of nowhere, and as quickly as they appeared, they disappeared. I knew after reading several of your postings that others have witnessed this same type of occurrence. I thought that I would share my experience as well full well knowing how unusual this event was.
I do not mind if you use my sighting of this event on your blog or website, but I would ask that you do not print either my name or occupation . . .. Thank you.
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Witness Says F-16's Chased UFOs Over Kokomo
By mbex77
ATS Member
6-10-08
We live about 25 miles north of Kokomo. We were never interested nor did we believe in UFO's. I guess we had never had a reason to think about them. However, our lives, on January 16, 2008 changed forever! ATS Member
6-10-08
On January 16, 2008 between 9 and 10 PM, my son was driving home from Denver, IN when he noticed an object with two lights hovering above our home. I was inside with my pregnant daughter-in-law and my two other children, ages 13 and 16, and I never heard any sounds at all. As he approached the object, he was totally freaked out and scared because the object was so near to our home. He started flashing his lights at the object and the object appeared to notice him because it tipped to one side and slowly moved across the road but stayed near. It stayed right above the neighbors barn. The object did some other strange things but I wont go into that here. My son ran inside to get us and we were able to go outside and see the object. It continued to slowly move to the other neighbors field. The object was here for maybe 10 minutes before the jets and other aircrafts started coming and flying around it. We never see this kind of air show here! We were amazed and not a little bit scared!
After about 15 minutes the object lit up brightly and just disappeared or left so fast we couldnt see it with the naked eye. We called the sheriff and made a report. We had no idea what this was at the time but we know that it was not anything we had ever experienced or seen before. We filled out a report on HBCC.org and with MUFON. But this wasnt the end!
On January 22, 2008 between 7and7:30PM, my son and his wife were laying on their bed watching TV when the object came back and made itself visible to them through their bedroom window. It was as if it was trying to get his attention. They ran into the living room and told us what they had just seen so we got the video camera out again and tried to video it. We got a few minutes of footage. It was absolutely amazing.
Since that night we have seen lights and objects repeatedly. The greatest show I think though besides the first one when the object was being chased by the jets, was on April 16, 2008 around 9:30 or so. We saw many lights in the sky and then 4 huge orange balls of light that were spectacular and scarry. I have no idea what is going on in this neck of the woods but I only know that what we have been seeing cannot be from this world.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Kokomo Mystery Boom: Police Initially Confirm Debris Field!
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4-16-08
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Mysterious Lights, UFOs, Sonic Booms, F-16s and an Earthquake
By Frank Warren
© 4-19-08
Working backwards, most by now are aware of the moderate earthquake (5.2 on the Richter) that was centered near West Salem Illinois, but was felt in surrounding states, literally as far as Atlanta. © 4-19-08
For the purpose of this article, the temblor was felt strongly in the neighboring state of Indiana; indeed initial reports were unclear about the epicenter, some stating that it did in fact originate in the Hoosier state.
I bring this to light because two days earlier (Wednesday the 16th) “loud explosions” (and earthquake like tremors) occurred near Kokomo, Indiana, accompanied with “strange lights”; some reports described “a bright light,” “fireballs,” and “flaming, falling, debris.” In response to the hoard of calls received by local police stations, the first notion was that a plane crashed; a massive search was initiated by emergency personnel to no avail, according to Larry Smith, Howard County’s emergency management director.
The search was conducted between Kokomo and Indianapolis, near U.S. 31 and County Road 300 North in Tipton County and by some reports included up to “50 emergency vehicles” from two counties, as well as city and state resources; barring a plane crash, Smith speculated that a meteor might have come crashing down; however, nothing turned up to support that dogma either . . . at least nothing from officialdom.
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In talking to a nearby resident by phone who’s lived there his entire life and who’s had feedback from friends and family that live in Kokomo etc., he stated that this incident was unprecedented!
The explosions were so loud, and literally “earthshaking,” people ran out of their houses to see the streets filled with their neighbors fearing some major disaster!
After the initial explosion(s) scores of people got into their cars and converged near US 31 close to Sharpsville looking for the source of “falling, flaming debris.”
Important to point out that police officials in the course of their investigation contacted both the Indianapolis International Airport and the Grissom Air Reserve Base to inquire about the possibility of a downed aircraft, explaining the reports of explosions and mysterious lights; at no time (initially) did either entity attribute the presumed explosions and light phenomenon to aircraft, civilian or otherwise, specifically in relationship to an airplane crash of some sort; they stated emphatically that they “had no planes in the air!”
Along with the Air Force statements, an AP report states:
“Major Brian Martin, a spokesman North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, said none of the thousands of manmade objects – spent rocket vehicles, satellites – that government tracks re-entered the atmosphere over the U.S. on Wednesday night.”I offer the a fore mentioned points, because “the next day” Tech Sgt. Darin Hubble with the 122nd Fighter Wing of the Air National Guard, stated,
“military officials are investigating if F-16 training might explain the Kokomo booms and lights and similar reports Tuesday over Logansport.Later in the day this preliminary statement was confirmed as “fact” by the 122nd.
Training often includes pilots shooting flares and can produce sonic booms that shake the ground below. We’re allowed to do training missions in that area and our F-16s are equipped with flares that erupt in order to evade heat-seeking missiles."
Although the more significant event(s) occurred on Wednesday night, and after sifting through various news reports, there were in fact similar accounts occurring “Tuesday night” (over Logansport northwest of Kokomo) as well, i.e., strange lights, tremors and booms.
It seems there is a pattern to these type of episodes, that is the “knee-jerk response” by military officials is to deny everything, ala “Stephenville” and or the “Phoenix Lights” events; although at least in this instance they didn’t wait “a week or two” before offering up the “familiar flare scenario.”
Personally, “at present” I don’t discount the “flare explanation”; however, one would think that since folks live so close to Grissom Air Force Base, they would be accustomed to “training missions” as well as being able to identify military aircraft. Granted, this isn’t going to be true for everyone, but out of the dozens of “first-hand reports” I’ve listened to and or read, people weren’t talking about F-16s, or any other military (or civilian) jet aircraft.
I find this very peculiar; I by no means am an expert on aviation or F-16’s in particular; however I can “distinguish” one from a good distance, most often during the day when the noise threshold is much louder due to traffic and daytime activity. Moreover, given the fact that the 122nd is stating they went “supersonic” (mach 1 or above) this would have made a tremendous amount of noise; I find it very uncharacteristic that this wasn’t predominant if indeed a “training mission” was the origin of all the commotion.
Additionally, the Military Operations Area (MOA) for the 122nd encompasses “Grissom Air Force Base” (north of Kokomo); however, “it does not include airspace over Kokomo,” or in this instance “south of the city.” Given the fact that this is a rural area, and the city of Kokomo would stand out at night against the surrounding countryside (from the air), the odds of flying over the area in question “by accident” are slim in my view.
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Even within the designated MOAs, according to the “Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment”:
“The Hill Top MOA is geographically located within the ROI, but is above the 8,000-foot ceiling of the airspace controlled by the base. The Twelve Mile MOA, located approximately 15 NM from the base, extends from 500 feet above ground level (AGL) up to, but not including, 9,000 feet AGL, and is in effect from 8 a.m. to 30 minutes after sunset, Tuesday to Saturday. . . . The Twelve Mile MOA, the Hill Top MOA, and the MTRs are owned by the 122nd Fighter Wing of the Air National Guard and are used primarily by F-16 aircraft.”The AFCEE also states that MOAs are subject to Air traffic Control (ATC) and are governed by the FAA under “Rules of Flight.”
That said, if F-16’s from the 122nd were the cause of the hullabaloo below Kokomo then there exists a severe dereliction of procedure on a number of levels; for example, if this was a training mission as stated, not only were the F-16’s outside the MOA, the exercise took place during a prohibited time period. Moreover, even within an MOA, F-16’s are prohibited from going “supersonic” during training missions.”
On top of that, all air traffic in a controlled airspace i.e., an MOA, is monitored and supported by ground communications, navigational aids, and ATC services; why then when emergency services contacted both Grissom AFB and Fort Wayne International Airport Air Guard Station before midnight on Wednesday did they “deny” having any aircraft aloft?
It’s certainly “plausible” that a “sonic boom” could have caused the “explosions” people heard and the “tremors” people felt that night; however, Colonel Jeff Soldner, the commander of the 122nd Fighter Wing in Fort Wayne, says:
“People in the area also reported seeing something akin to a fireball . . . since the training missions tend to be conducted at an altitude of 20,000 feet, the flares won’t be visible during daytime missions. they burn out long before anyone would see ‘em”This seems to contradict “eye witness accounts.” If the flares were ejected at the altitude stated, how is it that people reported flaming debris low to the ground? So much so that the culmination of the reports gave emergency personnel a search grid within a few block radius.
Finally, individual reports also suggest strange lights (UFOs) were also seen before the major event, as well as after; there seems to be much more to this story then the “official explanation” allows for.