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On 6/18/2013 10:53 PM, Califbill wrote:
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On Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:11:32 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

That doesn't mean the relocated Yankees are the ones reporting the
sightings! My mom moved to the east coast of Florida after my dad
died. I don't recall her ever telling me she saw an alien or a flying
saucer in her retirement neighborhood.

There is a pretty active UFO group in the north east too.

I am not a "alien encounter" believer but if you stare at the sky very
long you will see something you can't identify.

I think there are more sightings and reports in rural areas, simply
because there are more military operations there and the people are
not as well informed.
Military aircraft in the crowded airspaces around metropolitan areas
act in a very orderly manner.
When you get out in the boonies, they do strange stuff.
Back when RSW first opened (the Ft Myers airport) they only had a few
dozen flights a day and there might be an hour or more without a plane
in the pattern.
We could get a free air show from the military pilots who used the
runway for practice "touch and goes" and other tricks.
They also did low passes at high speed over the beach areas. Sonic
booms were regular occurrences as they cranked it up to get back to
Pensacola, Eglin or Tyndall by dinner time.
Now that the RSW pattern is full most of the day, we don't see them
much anymore.

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Major metro areas in the Northeast could not see a UFO at night as they
can not see the stars either. Lots of light pollution.

My dad was working with a group of guys about a half dozen I think back
in the early 60's when they had an "encounter". The first folks on the
scene were US Navy, they kept the group over night and really threatened
them if they ever said anything.. It was in a very industrial area of
East Hartford CT, just about two miles outside of the City, near Pratt
and Whitney Aircraft, but this encounter was at a rail dock a couple
miles from there. Active "saucer", 50 feet above the ground. I remember
the night (or day, it was night shift) he came home but he never really
said too much about it.

Wow, lately it seems as if your dad sure had illustrious lives and did
just about everything!!