SUBJECT: EASTLAKE UFO REPORT - NEIL FILE: UFO2520 --------------------------------------- Date: Tue Apr 12 10:42:09 1988 From: NEIL GOULD (aa330) Subj: Re: Eastlake UFO report - Neil Well, I personally find the report of the sighting from the Coast Guard to be rather interesting. As has been suggested in the last upload ( ASTRONOMERS..UFO ), I haven't the foggiest idea what they were looking at. At the same time, what was observed doesn't necesarily imply the existance of extraterrestrials, either. While I agree that the report does make me rather skeptical that the observers were looking at Jupiter/Venus, it is important teocognize that we live in an age of mistrust, secrecy, and undercover operations as a way of life. UFO means exactly: "UNIDENTIFIED Flying Object". Given the objectives of our military; stealth aircraft, jts that can fly in unusual deflections from a given course, and so forth, there could be some terrestrial explanations as well. Yes, in my opinion, the sighting report may qualify as a UFO sighting. But to go any further than that without empirical evidence would be difficult to support. To be objective about this will require time. Time to absorb and compare, as well as to verify and test the accuracy of these reports. But without a way to repeat the event, conclusions will be hard to come by. Perhaps that is the real reason there isn't a lot of chatter about these things? - Neil --------------------------------------- ********************************************** * THE U.F.O. BBS - http://www.ufobbs.com/ufo * **********************************************