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Sean Cahil (Cahill), USN, Retired Master-at-Arms (Original Post) sprinkleeninow May 2021 OP
Hearing about a lot of UAV activity around our naval assets recently pecosbob May 2021 #1
This added to the mix of all other goings on. sprinkleeninow May 2021 #2
When you see one, then you know. Champp May 2021 #3
Great read! Thank you. Kid Berwyn May 2021 #4
My aunt was into UFOs in the late 60's early 70's. I attended a convention in NYC with her and sprinkleeninow May 2021 #5
Good on her! Good on you! Kid Berwyn May 2021 #6
Dr. Hynek! I remember him being mentioned! sprinkleeninow May 2021 #7

pecosbob

(7,537 posts)
1. Hearing about a lot of UAV activity around our naval assets recently
Tue May 18, 2021, 04:51 AM
May 2021

UAVs that appear to both fly and submerge. This both bothers me and worries me. As a former cold warrior my thoughts go first to the Russians.

Kid Berwyn

(14,876 posts)
4. Great read! Thank you.
Tue May 18, 2021, 08:34 AM
May 2021

The history is far more involved. The essence is that we are faced with something we don’t understand. And if you’re interested in defending the United States, you’d better pay attention.

sprinkleeninow

(20,237 posts)
5. My aunt was into UFOs in the late 60's early 70's. I attended a convention in NYC with her and
Wed May 19, 2021, 12:43 AM
May 2021

a couple of her friends. One thing that piqued my interest was the Nazca phenomenon.

Kid Berwyn

(14,876 posts)
6. Good on her! Good on you!
Wed May 19, 2021, 12:57 AM
May 2021

Your Aunt sounds like a remarkable person. Learning about things that are on the “edge of reality” shows the two of you are very brave.

The subject is fascinating on so many levels. I’ve been reading about UFOs since 1966, when I was 9 years of age. I lived in Michigan, where a flap was in progress. The newspapers weren’t afraid to print stories on what people reported. While we don’t know many answers, yet, we can learn and share, think and talk.

Here’s one of Dr. J. Allen Hynek’s favorite cases:



Papua New Guinea Sighting (1959)

William B. Gill, an Anglican priest with a mission in Bosinai, Papas New Guinea, observed craft-like UFOs — one with Humanoid figures on top — on two consecutive evenings, June 26-27, 1959. About twenty-five natives, including teachers and medical technicians, also observed the phenomena. They “signaled” the humanoids and received an apparent response. This was one of sixty UFO sightings within a few weeks in the New Guinea area.

Continues...

https://closeencounterproject.wordpress.com/papua-new-guinea-sighting/

More...

https://www.theblackvault.com/casefiles/father-gill-1959-papua-new-guinea-ufo-sighting/

Here’s audio of a lecture he made years later in Australia:


sprinkleeninow

(20,237 posts)
7. Dr. Hynek! I remember him being mentioned!
Wed May 19, 2021, 01:19 AM
May 2021

I don't recall the whole experience, but it was interesting. Some unexplainable phenom. My ma knew I was going and she dint throw a fit. I had parents that taught to consider all sides of anything, then come to a reasonable conclusion. As long as whatever it was, not harmful to myself or others.They imparted being non-judgmental and were not fond of legalism in the Faith.

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