by Roger Marsh

Telepathy has a running history in the study of UFOs when witnesses testify they communicate with non-human entities without speaking. Eleven of the 241 cases logged into the recently-released book, UFO Cases of Interest, from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), include testimony the witness communicated or somehow interacted with the object.

Some describe telepathy, others intuition, the ability to summon a craft, or where the object reacts to the witness in some way.

Testimony varies and includes reports like this first case in January 2017 when the witness suggests the object was “summoned.”

A Mississippi witness at Canton reported watching and videotaping a group of “glowing, hovering orbs,” according to testimony in Case 81498.

The witness was standing outside talking to a neighbor at 1:21 p.m. on January 9, 2017.

“I saw this orb start flying around,” the witness stated. “It disappeared. Then when it reappeared, it came back with 15 more. It swirled above us for a few seconds and then disappeared.”

The witness says this is the second time she has seen UFOs and that she had summoned them.

“I know how to do it. The first time I did it, I saw the orbs, but then they morphed into a bird-like creature with white bodies and black tipped wings but continued to glow. They swirled above me and my neighbor, flew into a formation and then disappeared.”
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Mississippi MUFON Field Investigator Richard Hoffman investigated this case and closed it as an Unknown-Other.

by Roger Marsh

​UFO encounters may be frightening as witnesses observe never-before-seen objects moving in incredible ways. But some sightings are further stressed when the object morphs into different shapes.

Four shape-shifting UFO sightings were listed in the recently-released book, UFO Cases of Interest: 2018 Edition, by the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON).

A New Mexico witness at Albuquerque reported watching a boomerang-shaped object just 500 feet away that hovered and seemed to change shape while moving, according to testimony in Case 82456.

The witness was outside walking north on a lunch break at 12:30 p.m. on March 2, 2017.

“A light gray shape caught my eye,” the witness stated. “The object was approximately 500 feet away, and about 50 feet in the air over a building. At first, I thought it was a flock of birds, and I said, ‘That's interesting. What kind of birds would those be?’ It seemed to be moving east in a slow flutter. Then it disappeared, like it folded back into the sky.”

The witness thought that was strange.

by Roger Marsh

​Filmmaker Jeremy Corbell released documentary “Hunt for the Skinwalker” to a motivated, anxious and often salivating audience on iTunes September 11, 2018.

The eager response was triggered by the idea of a film version of scientist Colm A. Kelleher and journalist George Knapp’s 2005 book of the same name that detailed a private industry study of a Utah ranch where paranormal and UFO activity was rampant. The family who purchased the ranch endured a series of bizarre interactions with unseen forces. They stayed just short of two years.

Now inject the idea that private industry took the situation seriously and deployed seasoned scientists to study the ongoing events and report back on exactly what the unseen forces were. But as it turns out, those unseen forces weren’t having any of that.

“Something lurks,” Corbell says in the film, “and if you hunt it, it hunts you back.”

by Roger Marsh

A French witness at Burnhaupt le Bas reported watching a hovering silver sphere that quickly disappeared, according to testimony in Case 86596 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

The witness was driving on double-lane RN 83 toward Mulhouse at 8:02 p.m. on July 28, 2017. The testimony and investigator’s notes were translated from French with Google Translator.

“Suddenly I saw a huge silver or chrome sphere that was very polished (shiny) in the sky right in front of me,” the witness stated. “She appeared like that, suddenly. I immediately eliminated the possibility that it was a plane, a helicopter, a hot-air balloon or other. She was huge and was hovering. As the RN 83 is downhill at this point, the sphere was straight on the horizon in front of me, so no need to lift the head, and much larger than when I see the moon or the sun in the sky. I was at the same time on the phone and told my interlocutor, live. The sky had absolutely no clouds. I unlocked my iPhone, which was paused, wanted to take a picture, but it stubbornly refused to take it while my storage capacity is still great. I was stubborn and there, the photo button was gone from my screen Then, I wanted to take a video in speed because the sphere was deteriorated since my essay photo, like a hologram, which starting from its center, disappeared or disintegrated, and instead I saw the blue sky, as if the sky filled the sphere. Remained only as a pretty thick hoop (the thick contours of the sphere) and at the moment when I clicked to activate the video mode, the sphere disappeared instantaneously all at once, leaving only an immense azure sky, as before its appearance. Then, a few seconds later, I saw, but much farther and higher in the sky, a whitish and perfectly circular cloud, which at first was very distant, then came closer, but while staying far away. In no case could it be the moon because she was on the other side. I can easily take a picture of where I was if you want, maybe you can get a picture of its approximate size (huge).”

France MUFON National Director Pascal Fechner closed this case as an Unknown – Other. 

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by Roger Marsh

An Oregon witness at Ontario reported watching a hovering triangle, according to testimony in Case 89165 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

The witness was driving to Vale at 9:15 p.m. on December 23, 2017.

“We just passed Ontario Municipal Airport,” the witness stated. “We both at same time looked up above our car, maybe 100 feet up max, as a triangle-shaped craft turned bright red and as if it knew we were looking. It appeared like it was hovering for a split second and then rocketed so fast away from us, like Mach 5 or 6 – it streaked out of sight. This is within a mile or two of Malheur Butte Volcano. We both think this may be somehow related. We both at the same time said, ‘OMG, did you see that?’”

Oregon MUFON State Director Thomas Bowden closed this case as an Unknown Aerial Vehicle.

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by Roger Marsh

A California witness at Guerneville reported watching a rectangle-shaped object the “size of a Greyhound bus,” according to testimony in Case 86712 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

The witness and her husband were driving along a country road returning home from grocery shopping at 5:02 p.m. on September 15, 2017.

“I suddenly saw this object to the right in the sky about a half-mile to the north and above a hill,” the witness stated. “I said, ‘Stop, Slow down,’ so we could see this object. We slowed, and two cars came up behind us close so we had to continue, since road narrowed and no place to turn around. The object just sat there. but when I looked away it was gone. Happened quickly.”

The witness wondered what the object was.

“It was not a plane (no wings, or tail or wheels or noise.) Definitely not a kite. It looked solid. I've never seen a weather balloon that shape. I thought it must be a UFO since nothing I could think of matched. No motion either but one weird thing. As I said it was kind of Greyhound bus-shaped, except the ends were fuzzy, fading as I looked. I was not scared, just curious, and my feeling was, oh no, not again, as I had seen another much larger object five months ago. As we slowly drove on I kept waiting for it to reappear, but it did not. Kept my eyes on the sky looking back towards the place we had seen it. My husband did not see this but kept helping me guess what it could be.”

California MUFON Field Investigator Hady Felfly closed this case as an Unknown – Other. 

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by Kerry McClure

The Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) received a total of 734 UFO reports for the month of August 2018 where 464 originated in the U.S., according to statistics released September 1, 2018.
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The U.S. was the top reporting country at 464; Canada at 64; and United Kingdom at 60.

The four leading report states in June were Texas, 40 reports; California, 36; Florida, 33; and Colorado with 23. Other states with 10 or more reports include: Pennsylvania, 21; Ohio and New York, 20; Illinois, 18; Michigan, 17; New Jersey, 15; Missouri, 14; Indiana and North Carolina, 13; Oregon and Washington, 12; and Nevada with 10.
 
The Sphere remains the most-reported UFO shape at 124 cases. A Circle shape was the second-most reported at 76, and a Disc shape was third with 59. In 206 cases, the object was less than 500 feet away, and 116 reports include testimony where the object was less than 100 feet.

Most impressively, there were 26 reports of UFOs landing, hovering or taking off. No entity reports were received.
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The Miami Herald over the weekend made its endorsements in a local congressional race, an otherwise routine development that is making headlines for an odd reason: The candidate endorsed by the newspaper in the Republican primary not only believes in aliens, she claims to have been abducted by them, reports Newsweek.
 
The Herald does not try to dodge the issue in backing Bettina Rodriguez Aguilera for the 27th District. "We realize that Rodriguez Aguilera is an unusual candidate," the editors write.
 
"Last year, she told the Miami Herald-and several Spanish-language media outlets-that she believes in extra-terrestrials. She says when she was 7, she was taken aboard a spaceship and, throughout her life, she has communicated telepathically with the beings, which remind her of the concrete Christ in Brazil. There you have it."
However, the newspaper agrees with Rodriguez Aguilera that this is a "non­ issue" and irrelevant to the race.
 
The Herald instead praises her political and business background, along with her "Working Class Agenda." Rodriguez Aguilera tells the Washington Post that "what people care about is a candidate that can bring jobs," not anything she might have to say about extra-terrestrials.
 
One footnote on the latter issue: Rodriguez Aguilera says·she learned from the aliens that Coral Castle, a limestone tourist attraction in South Miami­ Dade, is, in fact, an ancient pyramid. (A Mississippi man is speaking out about his own supposed alien abduction decades ago.)
 
This article originally appeared on Newser: House Candidate: I Was Abducted by Aliens

by Roger Marsh

An Australian witness at Bibra Lake reported a barbell-shaped object hovering overhead, according to testimony in Case 84571 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

The witness was awoken by a brilliant light in the bedroom about 2:25 a.m. on June 21, 2017.

“I first thought it was next door rear lights, but too bright,” the witness stated. “The light went out but was replaced by a bright orange glow coming from the southeast of the house. I went in that direction and observed a dumbbell-shaped light and item in the sky at around 45-degrees. I looked at it for some minutes but was driven back inside by the heavy rain.”

The witness mentioned the sighting to a next-door neighbor, but they experienced nothing.

“There has been no press or TV mention. The object did not move while I was looking toward it. About an hour later the light went out. It was raining heavily throughout the sighting.

Australian MUFON Provincial Director Mike Robinson closed this case as an Unknown Aerial Vehicle.

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by Roger Marsh

An Arizona witness at Fountain Hills reported watching a very large, oval-shaped object move overhead, according to testimony in Case 84326 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

The neighbor came to visit the witness and they sat outside on a deck at 10 p.m. on June 9, 2017.
“She rose to go home and we both stood,” the witness stated. “I suddenly noticed this huge object defined by blinking lights overhead and moving very slowly. I would describe the lights as normal with earth-like reflections. It hovered silently as I gasped, ‘What the hell is that?’”

The witness first thought the object might be a drone.

“It went from the backyard, around my house, and over her house across the street. The object appeared to hug the hillside as the lights went out except for one soft white light. By now we were both positioned to observe. It fired up colored lights again, moved slowly and silently over the hill and was gone.”

Arizona MUFON Field Investigator Deborah Ann Crossland closed this case as an Unknown Aerial Vehicle.

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