Comments on: BalloonFOs

By: MandyDax

MandyDax — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:40:18 +0000

How about this?

Geese + Duct tape + Battery-powered LED arrays

(or ducks and duck tape and lights…)

By: Wayne

Wayne — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:04:05 +0000

Troy,
You’re from Stephenville?? Who’d have thought there’d be two of us on this page. My parents were just showing me the ET article (no pun intended) last weekend and I was going to post about it here.

I must agree, the eye witnesses for the most part don’t inspire confidence, and serve mostly just to reinforce most people’s perception of folks from rural areas. It would have been nice to have some comments from an astronomy professor from the local Tarleton State University or something.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:57:36 +0000

When I was a kid, my family would make the candle balloons and launch them. We nearly laughed our butts off when the local radio station would get calls about UFOs. Maybe this is a hobby I’ll take up again.

By: Gareth (bujin)

Gareth (bujin) — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:34:54 +0000

Re: Paul’s comment

Yeah, we didn’t just have one sighting. We had loads! There was one in my home town (Wrexham) as well as one in Stratford-upon-Avon on the same day, and a few other places too. All around the same time as your Watford one (end of July).

Naturally, the media went bonkers over it. Must have been a really slow news day!

By: Troy Curtis

Troy Curtis — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:57:01 +0000

Oh yeah, well there are REAL UFOs in my hometown:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080114/ap_on_fe_st/odd_ufo_sightings

You know they are real because the Mutual UFO Network is holding a meeting there on the 19th to fill out “sighting forms”. You can read more at the local paper’s website (requires registration):

http://www.empiretribune.com

Best part? One guy estimates that the 1-1.5 mile wide aircraft was about 3500 ft in the air and he says “I estimate it was traveling about 3000 mph!” Good eye man! Let’s see a weather balloon do that!

I’m so proud!

I sincerely hope you see the sarcasm in my post

By: Jeffersonian

Jeffersonian — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:35:53 +0000

Hey, if it’s
-an object
-it’s flying
-you haven’t identified it,

Then it’s a freaking UFO!

Aliens shmaliens.
(another neologism)

By: Quiet Desperation

Quiet Desperation — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:58:42 +0000

— made out of shopping bags and candles

Great! That’s exactly what drought stricken areas with plant life drier than ancient bones needs! Wheeeee!