Our UFO testimonial that doesn't get published.

[Charles]

I and one other colleague decided to write down a testimonial of a phenomenon that we (and three others) can not explain straight away. We sent it to a Belgium UFO testimonial site . But my colleague continually received an error message, and finally decided to send it by E-mail.
It still didn’t get published.

All we hoped for was to get in touch with other witnesses. Or to wake up witnesses to at least write something down. It is long passed by now, and I guess we will no longer be able to reach out for other witnesses who happened to scan that particular Belgian site.
It also gave me some time to explore that particular site. It is full of "info" about star- and indogochildren, and stuff about Nibiru, It makes one think whether this site is a conscious decoy (kind of vacuum cleaner too for testimonies) or whether it is simply incredibly badly updated and seriously misinformed. But fact is that our testimonial got not published yet.

Here it is (free translation):

On Wednesday December 12 2007, we were witness (four colleagues and I) of a strange phenomenon that happened some 40 degrees above the horizon from the building where we were working in the environment of Gent.

From behind some fleecy clouds – it was otherwise a rather clear afternoon – many balls of light, as in a random swarm, were drifting slowly upwards and towards our location.

They moved at a slow pace (from North East to South West), and in a different direction as the wind was blowing. The latter we could estimate from the movement of the clouds (coming from North West).

Once they started to pass our building straight above us (about 15’ later), we left the building to follow their track outside. I noticed that some of them seemed to move relative to each other. Later on, and entirely independent, a colleague said the same thing. Shortly afterwards they disappeared one after the other.

It could be said that the air was more nebulous over there. Considering the time, it is unclear to us whether these balls of light were reflecting the sunlight or were giving of light by themselves. The sun was to the left of us and already low when we looked straight up to these disappearing balls of light.

At first we thought about a balloon release. But compared to a bypassing airplane, and the fact that these balls were above the clouds most of the time, these objects were simply too high and too far away to be able to still discern them as balloons.

Also, with the release of balloons one would expect them to be of equal width (or dimensions). But there was variation in their estimated width.

For instance, there was one vertically positioned pillar of light that was at least 10 times as big as the others. This one was also positioned, more or less, in the centre of that random swarm. It was also the last one that we perceived before they disappeared from sight, and it had the shape of the blade of a spear with the point directed upwards.

The possibility of the release of weather balloons was also proposed (because of their often silvery color and dimensions). But we do not understand why so many of them had to be released.

We wondered whether anybody else has seen this phenomenon (we speak about a densely populated area), and what kind of plausible explanation could be given for it. We are all scientists with healthy working senses. Can anybody help us?

After some research the phenomenon we have seen is almost as two drops of water with the UFO invasion in Mexico, now almost exactly one year ago, of which you can watch two youtubes over here:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fVIG8tBrApc
http://youtube.com/watch?v=zIGSLM83pE0

Kind regards,

XXX

In that first youtube, you can also see how certain balls of light break loose of that random swarm and start their own little journey (towards three quarters into that movie).

Any remarks, also about that Mexico "invasion" are more than welcome.

Thank you.

 

[Alana]

But fact is that our testimonial got not published yet.

Perhaps you could write it in English well and e-mail it to SOTT editors to publish? Since they archive all "weird" and "unusual" phenomena. Just an idea. I don't know how much it will help you about finding others from the area who witnessed the same thing though. It depends on how many in the area read SOTT ;)

 

[Charles]

But fact is that our testimonial got not published yet.

Perhaps you could write it in English well

Yes, my English translation, turned out a little awkward. But was it really that bad? Width --> size maybe ?

It is so much easier to just write down what you have to say in a non-native language than to read something in your own language and try to translate it as literally as possible.

... and e-mail it to SOTT editors to publish? Since they archive all "weird" and "unusual" phenomena. Just an idea. I don't know how much it will help you about finding others from the area who witnessed the same thing though. It depends on how many in the area read SOTT ;)

Before I would do something like that, I'd have to be almost 100% convinced. Only than, will I feel that it is valuable to be archived by Cass. And with what we have seen, I am not 100% (almost) convinced.

We received an answer from the BUFON site to which we had sent our testimonial. One person was dedicated to do some digging. They came with info on wind directions being present on several heights on that day and hour, which was like we stated for ... the movement of clouds. Than, it was also stated that the direction of clouds can become deceptive when using certain references, like the roof of a building, as wind can often move through clouds. And that this is never the case with balloons.

So yes, their final conclusion was that we probably saw balloons. And that the bigger one (with the shape of the blade of a spear) must have been a cluster of ballons, or balloons tied together with their threads.

I admit that I still consider such explanation, especially because of the time of the day and the possibility for reflection of the sun light. But the other things do not support such hypothesis. They were too big to be considered as balloons on the height they MUST have been (higher than fleecy clouds). And some moved relative to each other, much like it can be seen in
_http://youtube.com/watch?v=fVIG8tBrApc

I understand that as an organizer of such a site there are two strategies that come to mind. Either you publish EVERYthing, OR you try to publish worthy material. And in the latter case one should try to sharply discriminate amongst all the testimonials that are send to that site. And to even use the knife of discrimination in such way that one would also start cutting away valuable material. So be it.

But if you see WHAT kind of testimonials that ARE published on their site, and the ones that are not, I can only conclude that something wants to ridiculize UFO siting testimonials on that site, and debunk (and NOT publish) a lot of others.

Still ... we rest ... our "case."

We will leave the question open. To me personally, this has had the effect of making me way more alert and aware for such unexplained aerial phenomena.

As an interesting side note I should add that the slightly more "official" Belgian web site for UFO testimonees has decided to close down, few days ago. And this because of ... (huh) too few sightings ??

Something just doesn't fit. No matter from what direction I take a look at it and try to see a more wholesome picture, it still doesn't fit. Aaarghhh

 

[Alana]

Yes, my English translation, turned out a little awkward. But was it really that bad? Width --> size maybe ?

It is so much easier to just write down what you have to say in a non-native language than to read something in your own language and try to translate it as literally as possible.

Actually it's not that bad :) I should have been clearer here, that i meant it needs to be presented in a way that people who will read it will understand where exactly it took place, because when you write "a strange phenomenon that happened some 40 degrees above the horizon from the building where we were working in the environment of Gent", Irini from Cyprus for example has no clue where that is ;). And don't worry about being 100% sure of what you saw. If you go through the Haunted Planet section of SOTT, you will read that most people who saw lights or other weirdness that they can't explain, say exactly the same thing. But thankfully, they still report it. Reading those articles will also give you an idea on how to report it. SOTT editors will proofread it for you i suppose, before they publish it.

Also, include the interaction with the BUFON, the answer they gave you and your thoughts on it, as you write above so well.

Of course others might have different suggestions, and the above are just mine. If you don't feel comfortable with it, don't do it. I just feel that all of us people should be able to share and discuss every weird thing we encounter, and make all of this info public, since the PTB goes to such lengths to keep us in the dark.

For what is worth.

Irini

Edit: Btw, December 2007 was full of strange lights reports, as archived by SOTT.