UFO flys over New York City

[cbdo2007]

VIDEO: "UFO" Flys Over New York City

New York, NY -- A mysterious shiny object floating high over Manhattan Wednesday sparked speculations UFO's floating over the city's West Side.

Dozens of people were stopped in the middle of the sidewalks of Chelsea looking up in the sky.

Confused and some with unsettling feelings no one could decipher whether the object was a balloon or a lost ship trying to find its way back to space.

The city says its help line 3-1-1 received dozens of phone calls about a mysterious object in the sky.

video at link: http://www.digtriad.com/news/watercooler/article.aspx?storyid=149234&catid=176

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This is from another article with HD video:

But, according a September 13 press release for the book Challenges of Change by retired NORAD officer Stanley A. Fulham, he predicted that a fleet of UFOs would descend upon Earth's major cities on Wednesday, October 13.

Fulham stated the extraterrestrials would neither land nor make any communication with Earth on Wednesday. But their presence would be "the first in a series intended to avert a planetary catastrophe resulting from increasing levels of carbon-dioxide in the earth's atmosphere dangerously approaching a 'critical mass.' <...> They are aware from eons of experience with other planets in similar conditions their sudden intervention would cause fear and panic."

He says their contact with Earth is part of their process of leading mankind into accepting the "alien reality and technologies for the removal of poisonous gases from the earth's atmosphere in 2015, if not sooner."

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/wpix-ufo-sighting,0,2283967.story

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This is the real deal people! I really think they're about to make contact with us!!!

[Ian David]

1. Duh. They're regular helium balloons tied together with string. n/t

[grantcart]

5. But they are unidentified balloons. lol

[hendo]

7. Yup, which makes them Unidentified Flying Objects ;)

[tridim]

33. Or a safety helmet, signed by all the rescuers.

[Ian David]

41. LOL! I saw that! n/t

[Kalyke]

43. It's a balloon, Carl!!

:rofl:

[Gold Metal Flake]

45. +1

[kenfrequed]

49. Hmmm...

Maybe they were made of some highly reflective mylar. If all three of them were tied to the same set of strings they might jump and dance a bit like that. I wish there was some indication as to how far away they are so that we can finger out how much string there is.

They would have to be really shiny to be that bright that they can be seen at whatever range they were seen at. The regular ones you buy for a birthday party would not reflect far enough during the day.

I would say whatever they are, they are still unidentified at this point. Honestly we really need to unburden UFO's from little green men at this point the ufologists and super-skeptics sort of prevent anyone from doing a proper job at figuring out what the hell they are.

[Ian David]

53. Mylar party balloons

More:
http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=silver+mylar+party+balloons&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS334US334&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1760&bih=744


See also:

Debunkers Launch “Great UFO Hoax”

On January 5, 2009, report debunkers Chris Russo and Joe Rudy, “we set out on a mission to help people think rationally and question the credibility of so-called UFO ‘professionals.’” The pair launched a hoax, in the form of flares dangling from helium balloons, over New Jersey. Their “Morristown UFO” received extensive media coverage. “Unexplained Red Lights Spotted in Skies,” hyped Fox News, for example. The simple hoax even snookered Bill Birnes, publisher of UFO Magazine and lead investigator of the History Channel’s UFO Hunters . (See “How We Staged the Morristown UFO Hoax,” April 1, 2009. Online at skeptic.com , feature; accessed April 2, 2009.)

Similar hoaxes are common. According to Margaret Sachs in her The UFO Encyclopedia (New York: Perigee Books, 1980, p. 30), “Because of the scarcity of reference points in the sky, these hoaxes have often caused as much confusion as legitimate research and weather balloons.” Many such hoaxes have been uncovered.

<snip>

The refusal of some observers to accept the evidence that they were fooled highlights one reason such hoaxes have limited success: they tend to appeal most to debunkers; others are not so likely to get the desired message, but instead conclude that the tricksters are just mean-spirited s. It surely isn’t helpful when Russo and Ruddy state: “Now, you may be thinking that UFOs are only seen by a mullet sporting, tobacco chewing, dolt whose highest aspiration is to make an appearance on the Jerry Springer Show , but in fact doctors, lawyers and even pilots report seeing flying saucers, flying triangles, and aerial shapes of all manner of an unidentified nature. Even over the skies of an affluent suburban community in New Jersey.” Please, let’s have less gratuitous disparagement of poor, rural folk and more exposés of Bill Birnes’ ineptness.

More:
http://www.centerforinquiry.net/blogs/entry/debunkers_launch_ldquogreat_ufo_hoaxrdquo/

[kenfrequed]

73. hmm

until the last couple of years I found CSI to be a pretty obnoxious organization. Of course I appreciated them when they went after obvious frauds (televangelists, cranks, scams, and pseudo-scientists) but there was a time when they seemed less scientifically rigorous and more driven by an almost apriori knowledge of what was true and what was not.

Looking at their website more recently it seems a bit cleaner and less full of publicity hacks using inductive reasoning (ie. "I can accomplish this stunt this way with this trick, therefore anyone else who has done it must also be accomplishing it this way")

Again, lately they seem to be a bit more scientific rather than merely skeptical, which is good.

[sufrommich]

2. I think any real UFO sighted around New York City would have

a couple of F16s next to it within minutes.

[notadmblnd]

8. Well obviously your have forgotten 9-11-2001

[sufrommich]

10. Actually, 9-11 was my point. nt

[Pathwalker]

3. Photos and video don't count, we need DNA.

without it, we can't be sure. :rofl:

[Ichingcarpenter]

22. Ballons don't have DNA

Anyway Maybe the 'aliens' don't have DNA but are automatons?



I think we do need close encounters of a second kind
encounters that leave direct physical evidence of any kind
There have been a rare few of those.

I think this UFO was easily identified for what it really was.
Three metallic ballons.

[Wickerman]

4. Actually, I think they are coming to take away Whitman, O'Donnell

Palin, Bachmann, the Pauls, Paladino and Angle. That's just the first trip. Next trip, Rush, Beck and the rest of Faux News.

[Angry Dragon]

14. Are they the poisonous gases talked about

in the second article??

[Kolesar]

18. Fred Phelps

[Jamastiene]

62. Hey, don't harsh my buzz.

I was hoping they were coming to take me to my home planet. I certainly don't want THAT bunch THERE. :wow:

[onehandle]

6. It was the Conan Blimp.

[Stevenmarc]

9. Shiny objects over Chelsea, maybe it was just a bad batch of E

[sinkingfeeling]

11. Neat. I would say there were 3 objects, not just one.

[Renew Deal]

19. Check the LA Times link

There are like 12.

[cbdo2007]

23. Yeah, and at one point they move far away in a triangle formation and then come back together.

Hard for any kind of balloons to do that.

[meow mix]

25. wow cool, obviously its secret military craft that they are not keeping very secret lol

why would someone fly thier secret shit over a major city?

[nmbluesky]

12. New Picture

[LoZoccolo]

13. John Lennon said that he saw a UFO over New York too.

Score one for Oasis.

[glinda]

27. I saw something weird about four nights ago. Am used to having seen

satellites once in a while but saw a multicolored light that occasionally was white move forward and backward in a small small in the sky, then it started to take off and totally disappeared altogether. It was pretty weird but fascinating no matter what it was. I live in the country.

[no limit]

36. If only they had cameras in the country.

[sufrommich]

37. Or the technology to see UFOs entering the Earth's

atmosphere.

[glinda]

55. I have a camera but was outside on my deck. Happened over just about two minutes so.....

[catzies]

54. What you did there. I saw it.

;)

[glinda]

66. You saw something like that?

[catzies]

69. No, I was replying to someone famous here for their Oasis support. n/t

[glinda]

71. Oh......

[BeFree]

15. Environmentalist Attack?

Aliens are enviros? Who knew?

Or are they just conscientious farmers?

[Radical Activist]

17. It all makes sense now. Al Gore is an alien.

[BeFree]

20. Me too

Most enviros are aliens. If we weren't all aliens would would be insane.
Insane like most everyone else.

[hunter]

16. Damned cloaking device is on the fritz again.

Could be worse...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardis

[leveymg]

21. The aliens are unfathomably intelligent. The just assumed the form of balloons so as not to alarm

us. Exclusive photo of what the ship really looks like:

[Count Olaf]

24. alien reality and technologies for the removal of poisonous gases from the earth's atmosphere 2012

maybe I am crazy, but I hope this is true.



Calvin: Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.

[d_r]

26. at least we won't have to worry about global warming

I, for one, welcome our new transcender overlords.

[glinda]

28. me too

[arcane1]

29. "whether the object was a balloon or a lost ship "

Because of course those are the only two possibilities :eyes:

[Nordmadr]

30. If they are here to show how stupid we are and to help, good.

I see 4 dots, which in all reality is hardly proof of alien life. I laugh though when people say there are no UFOs. It probably isn't an alien craft, but if you can't identify it, by definition, it is a UFO.

[Skip Intro]

31. Same things over Mexico, India, Germany. Links:

Mexico:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKzzsM-__sg&feature=related

India:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5ncXJJIw60&feature=related

Germany:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Dmp2psyMp0&feature=related

Mexico again:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=020Wgbw-PcU&feature=related

[cbdo2007]

42. Phoenix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymCmI-MvIeU

[jdp349]

64. 99 luftballoons

god damn I wish we'd make first contact and the aliens were members of the intergalactic super chill club and let us join.

[Ruby the Liberal]

70. Russia and Malaysia

Russia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFxS1-P8aXc&feature=player_embedded#!

Malaysia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nno_u9w5u5E&feature=player_embedded#!

[Nordmadr]

32. Plus, they don't have to take away carbon dioxide, just the

republicans. :)

[Matariki]

34. Hmmm. Man makes claim that there will be UFOs on 10/13.

Perhaps same man releases a bunch of weather ballons from some Chealsea rooftop? Sounds like he has some skin in this game.

Not that I don't think it's likely there is life more advanced than humans or that there are ufo sightings. This just looks like ballons and the connection to that guy's prediction is fishy.

[Gin]

38. I say....come on down....we need all the help we can get

[Nordmadr]

39. Yeah, I was just wondering what is known about Mr. Fulham

and if this was noted anywhere else over major locations as he stated? Who benefits? I guess all of us if he is right, just his book sales otherwise.

[Jamastiene]

63. Actually, the crescent moon could be clearly seen

in broad daylight the other day. I'm sure a few stars were visible too. That IS a possibility in this case.

[flvegan]

35. I, for one, welcome our new Transcendor overlords.

Na-nu na-nu, baby.

[Turbineguy]

40. The space aliens think

teabaggers are a new type of comedy show.

[Gormy Cuss]

44. Everyone! Repeat after me:

Klaatu barada nikto



Can you say "Publicity stunt?"

[Matariki]

46. LOL - yep, stinks of publicity stunt.

Release the balloons. Plant guy on a crowded street with camera and someone to point up at the sky. Film crowd's reaction and send the result off to news corps.

Book sales ensue.

[The Backlash Cometh]

47. Beam me up!

They sound like humanitarian scientists.

I wonder what they subsist on. We're too polluted to be a food source.

[felix_numinous]

48. Someone has to invent a better ufo camera.

These vids make me dizzy.

[hedgehog]

50. What if the increasing amount of CO2 in the atmosphere

results in strange flickering lights?

:think:

[hunter]

51. I wasn't worried until I heard them singing, "So long and thanks for all the fish."

:scared:

[Phoonzang]

52. Uh oh. UFOs....New York?

Only a matter of time until this thread goes in the 9/11 forum. O8)

[ProdigalJunkMail]

56. MIB said it best :

"Damn, what a gullible breed."

sP

[JuniperLea]

57. UFO were a highly underrated band...

IMHO, of course!

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Wq91zQyc2yg/SWqH8f3uv1I/AAAAAAAACBw/hJBM9vuilaM/s400/UFO+-+Lights+Out.jpg

[Owl]

58. Hilarious! LOL!

[JackRiddler]

59. Sorry, I accept only grammatical woo.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

60. oh lord...LOL n/t

[Jamastiene]

61. Did anyone hear them say "ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US?"

:hide:

I've actually seen a UFO before too, but even I think it's fun to joke. If they do ever make contact with us, I hope they are prepared for America's politicians. If not, they will be duped, pillaged, plundered, and find themselves at war.

I, personally, hope they really DO look like the "greys." I think those are just adorable looking. I know. Nuts. But still...there HAS to be life out there. It CANNOT just be us. Why would they want to visit out backwards asses, though? I don't know.

[orleans]

65. TURN ON COAST TO COAST RIGHT FUCKING NOW!11!

(oh wait...it's an hour too early...
george and his guest last night never mentioned anything about this happening today...?)

[Lucian]

67. People are stupid when it comes to the acronym "UFO."

UFO = unidentified flying object. That could be anything you don't know the ID of flying in the sky.

:banghead:

And if you're going to submit a video, don't be shaking all the damn time.

[stuntcat]

68. how'd that guy make it to adulthood without knowing 3 from 5?

:scared:

[cbdo2007]

72. I love that this is still on page 1 of GD a day later.

[Shining Jack]

74. Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon?

Up, up and away
My beautiful, my beautiful balloon...