Before you cue the X-Files music, ask yourself: If the O'Hare UFO sightings happened on November 7, why are we just now hearing about it?
When it comes to coverage by the national media, UFOs (or Unidentified Flying Objects), generally speaking at least, are not a story topping the agenda of your more credible news organizations. In fact, when it comes to such stories, the unwritten rule has always seemed to be that such reporting is best left to the supermarket tabloids.…
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— go to most recent comments26 - Glen Boyd
Holy Crap Jet! Those are really clear. The arrows weren't even necessary. Now if these are what you say they are, and they are from the source you claim, I need to give you some advice:
Remove em without delay (do you hear my nervous laughter here? LOL)
I wouldn't wanna see you get in any trouble over this if you know what I mean.
Thanx for letting me see them though. They are pretty amazing (especially the Coast Guard "cluster"---WOW!)
-Glen
27 - Dave Nalle
It's all swamp gas, I tell you, swamp gasssss...
Dave
28 - Jet in Columbus
Dave's right, that's all they were Dave, and no, I'm not going to repost the photos.
Glad you like them Glen
Jet
29 - sr
Dave. When I pass gas my wife thinks it's a UFO flying through our house. Of course it's just the dog.
30 - Glen Boyd
Dave,
Swamp Gas. Exactly. What you saw is swamp gas. That is all that they are. And that goes for you too sr. Or we may have to scatter your dog's little bones out in the desert.
-Cmdr. Glen
P.S. Glad the pictures are down Jet. Let me know if you see any guys in black suits and shades in the neighborhood okay?
LOL ---
31 - STM
"As the saying goes--We Are Not Alone...and apparently neither are you."
Obviously, though, we are ... the buggers have obviously taken one look at us, and decided: "Not much going on there, particularly upstairs, so why waste money on brain and anal probes when we have a wealth of material to work on in the US.
I'm not happy, mind. I'm glad they leave Sydney alone, but I'd love a flying saucer to go and do an anal probe in Canberra.
Prime Minister John Howard would be an excellent starting point.
32 - Glen Boyd
Be careful what you wish for STM. I know I've never been too keen on anal probes. Hell, I don't even like going to see my doctor.
-Glen
33 - James
Were the UFO pictures taken down, Jet?
34 - STM
Since the Prime Minister's about to get his arse booted at the coming election, an anal probe might be a good warm up for him.
35 - STM
Glen: "I saw what I would call a grey, football-shaped object up in the sky"
You didn't live near a park, did you, old boy, or a football ground??
36 - Glen Boyd
STM --
I was nowhere near a football park nor was the object I saw STM. Not unless the guy who kicked the "ball" could kick it high enough to soar up above the Olympic Mountains in Washington State and off into space. If thats the case, our Seattle Seahawks could sure use this guy (with respect to our own very capable kicker).
James --
I dont want to speak for Jet, but yes he took the pictures down. And yes they were very impressive. But I'm glad he took them down.
Especially if the main reason he put them up was so I could see them. Thats because I like Jet an awful lot. And to my eye those pictures looked a lot better than what I usually see out there.
So if these pictures came from a source even close to what he describes (and in my experience Jet's a pretty honest guy), I think it's definitely a good thing he removed them.
Like I said, I like Jet a lot.
-Glen
37 - STM
I have actually seen the odd Unidentified Flying Object ... usually around closing time in the Steyne Hotel on a Friday night.
That it tends around that stage to resemble either a Fellini movie or the bar scene out of Star Wars might have something to do with it.
Pardon me for being silly, Glen, I was just giving you a gee-up about the flying footy.
38 - Glen Boyd
No problem STM. And pardon me for sounding a bit mellodramatic in that last post.
If you can't keep a sense of humor when you're writing about this particular subject--rife with kooks and hoaxsters as it is--then you'd be pretty much liable to lose it. So I've always tried to balance the two in my experience.
For me the key in trying to understand this thing has always been to maintain a somewhat skeptical mind and to try to seperate the wheat from the chaffe. At the same time, that skepticism has to cut both ways.
Which for me, simply means that for every nut-job out there with a story of being anally probed while circling the rings of uranus in a spaceship--there is an equally outlandish official "explanation" from official channels which doesn't always line-up with the facts. With respect to Dave Nalle (one of my favorite writers here on BC), I file the "swamp gas" right next to the one-armed swiss farmer/"contactee" who calls down spaceships and photographs them at will.
So yeah, its a tangled web where maintaining a sense of humor is absolutely necessaey.
But some of our governments "official" statements regarding it's own interest in UFOs just don't line up with the facts.
To me. these statements ring with pretty much the same cadence:
"I did not...have...sex with that woman"
"I am not a crook"
"The Air Force is not interested in flying saucers"
-Glen
39 - fire
The truth is that the government lies about ufo's. Why would they tell the truth the one thing there afriad of is not having any power. And if they told us the truth they would lose all power, rules and authority over the world.
40 - Pete
Just stumbled on your blog Glen, but apparently not soon enough to peruse Jet's personal photo stash. Dammitol! Why so fickle? Isn't your reluctance to share "really clear" UFO pics with the rest of us pert near what you (Glen) accuse UA and the FAA of? We'll never crack the lid on this if there aren't a few good men willing to stand OUTSIDE in their underwear. Lasses, best to stagger your exposure with the lads, if you're so inclined.
41 - Clavos
And if they told us the truth they would lose all power, rules and authority over the world.
And that would be because once the government tells the truth, the aliens are released and can take over the world, but if the government continues to lie, the aliens are powerless to move in on us?
Yeah, that makes a lot of sense...
42 - Ben
So, this was at the airport. Lots of RADAR. Should have been all over it. I have not seen anyone asking about recordings of the RADAR at the time. What up with that?
43 - Alex Bonwit
Glen, UFOs do exist, in that there are things in the sky that are foreign to many. It is quiet a jump, however, to assume that these things are the result of space aliens visiting our planet.
I strongly urge you to read a fantastic book on the subject, "The Demon-Haunted World" by Carl Sagan. It is the authoritative text on the subject of 'alien encounters,' and explains that there is no evidence to suggest that we are being visited by otherworldly beings.
While I understand and share your fascination with this possibility, I would suggest instead looking into legitimate scientific efforts such as SETI (the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence), which scans the sky in an attempt to find an intelligently constructed radio transmission emanating from elsewhere in the universe.
As it stands now, however, given what we know about the laws of the universe and the chance of a nearby solar system possessing a planet hospitable for life, it is highly unlikely that another life form could have reached our tiny planet. Even if they could, It is unlikely they would even know we are here at all. While this planet is our entire world, it would be an insignificant speck to any interstellar travelers skirting the edge of our solar system.
So while I encourage you to look, and find it well worth it myself, I also strongly encourage you to think critically about all claims and ideas, whether they come from the FAA or from your own mind. As Carl Sagan said, "For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."
44 - Clavos
At last, a voice of reason!!
45 - Phillip Winn
Shhh, Clavos, don't go an interrupt the fun with reason and logic and all that.
This can never end well. My wife believes that UFOs are something other-worldly, and we've just had to agree to laugh about it, so I don't go around thinking she's stupid, and she doesn't go around thinking I'm stupid.
At least as far as I know.
46 - Jet in Columbus
Uh, as Glen will tell you the photos are fairly convincing, but I presented only a few.
There are also photos of a Chinese patrol on horseback with discs in the background that the airforce captured while the images were being transmitted via satelite to Bajing.
There's several of a traffic jam at the entrance to an airbase at sunset with several discs in the sky.
I even have one in the airforce files of a 1950s porn photo of a nude muscle guy on a beach with a UFO in the sky behind him that was never released.
I'm tempted to re-post them again, but I'll have to delete the serial numbers etc. so that the source can't be traced back.
These military photos had telemetry codes and source materials included.
Let me think about it a while.
Glen what do you think?
47 - Merper
The way I see it, with the trillions of star systems out there, if not even one possesses beings with the capability to fly light years to other planets, then that doesn't bode well for our own future.
48 - slan
So, Jet, show me those pictures. I never got to see them, all I've seen is a couple of comments about how great and clear they are.
49 - JV
Had to chime in (& I'm not trolling, just asking a serious question).
There's a paradox: "If they're so smart why are they so dumb?"
What I mean is, how could any being with technology so advanced that it can traverse the universe choose to:
1) Be seen/sightings (after all, we can only send people to the moon, yet we routinely observe things light-years away, besides, just park your ship & watch TV to learn about life on this planet just like we earthlings do)
2) Cut up cows & leave 'em on the ranch (for goodness sake, just steal them, do your thing, & throw them in the middle of the Pacific never to be seen again--jeez!)
3) Abduct people (our limited technology already allows noninvasive scanning (even on cows)--why all the probing already?)
4) Make crop circles (or are they just jerkin' us around?)
I don't mean to offend, but these things just make little sense.
While I agree there is life on other planets--there's just too many planets out there that there's got to be some other living creature--but how can the above phenomena be attribute to advanced intelligence? Isn't more likely that our limited intelligence is the culprit?
50 - real
"CLAVOS" I BET YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE IDIOTS in the 1800s WHO THOUGHT THE WORLD WAS FLAT. The truth is nobody knows shit. Now thats logic for you.
51 - Rob
I wish I went to Digg earlier and caught this article, so I could have seen Jets pictures. Sounds like they were incredible.
It's my first time visiting here but that was a very interesting article Glen and all of the comments after were also very interesting. I'll make sure to come back!
52 - JO
glen and jet, why such the tease?? just leave them up. if people do come to your door, you would have an amazing story. You are being scared of something which in all likelihood will not happen. if you are afraid of the 1 in 1 million chance the govt will knock on your door, you might as well not cross the street for fear of being hit by a car. you should also play the lottery. lets see them
53 - Howard Dratch
The Earth is ready for some help before They have to tear it down for an inter-galactic by-pass. It could be that the state of the Earth is becoming noisy, violent and annoying to a peace-loving universe. Or traffic is, indeed, building up and, like annoying billboards, nasty, little planets with wars, violence and electro-magnetic noises need cleansing once in a while.
But, if there were really going to be substantial visits from other of God's creatures, Pat Robertson would have been informed by his pal, God, on his private line.
If God and Pat didn't know, it could not have happened.
Could it?
54 - Jet in Columbus
The simple explanation is that these images were never meant for the general public. They've been converted from the original files to .bmps and then again to .jpgs and have lost definition in the process.
I'm working on deleting the file names so they can't be traced back.
I may post them later, I'll let you know.
No teasing.
Jet
55 - snk
I am very curious to see the photographs.
If you can, e-mail them to me [Personal contact info deleted]
Or post them :D
thanks,
keep up with the good work.
56 - duane
Dear Mr. Jet in Columbus,
I represent a group of federally funded UFO researchers. We have been made aware of claims that you are reputedly the custodian of photographs, the possession of which may constitute a violation of certain national security restrictions or that may lead to the compromise of proprietary information damaging to the U.S. government, as well as to commerical entities within the U.S. It is incumbent upon you to preserve the integrity of this material, and we strongly urge you to take the following course of action:
(1) Do not further discuss the material, do not further display the material.
(2) Do not relinquish possession of the material, subject to exception only as per item (5) below. Do not transmit any portion of the material through electronic means.
(3) Do not delete any versions of the material from computer storage media. Restrict access to your computer storage media through password protection. We recommend that you simply shut off your computer systems for a brief time, subject to Item (5) below.
(4) Keep hard copies of the material away from heat sources, moisture, and bright light. Do not write on or otherwise annotate the photographs.
(5) Put hard copies of the material into a single, large, unmarked envelope. Do not fold the photographs or any accompanying documentation. Seal the envelope. Wrap the envelope in moisture-proof plastic. Place the package inside a briefcase, backpack, or any similar carrying device. There is a McDonalds franchise at the Easton Town Center. After removing the package from your carrying device, leave the package under the dumpster, the green one, in the back. Verify that the package is placed well out of sight from a person standing in the vicinity of the dumpster. The dumpster will not be disturbed until Tuesday (9 Jan), so please deposit the package at that location no later than Monday (8 Jan). After you place the package, leave the area immediately. Do not try to contact me. Do not speak to any employees or customers at McDonalds or any other local businesses as regards the contents of the package or the manner by which these contents are being delivered.
I will contact you again within one (1) week pursuant to delivery on or before the specified date to initiate arrangements to have the contents of the envelope returned to you. If you follow these instructions, I am confident that we can work out a mutually beneficial arrangement, the details of which will be provided to you at a future date.
Mr. Jet, your cooperation in this matter is imperative.
57 - Rob
LOL @ duane
58 - Clavos
OMG, Jet. You're in deep doodoo, now!
59 - mh
uhh the pics are up for me.. but I agree you should take them down... I dunno, I trust the government to an extent but we lose our basic rights on a regular basis on cell phone logging, and other rights being takin away so yea... I would take them down but thanks for sharing VERY VERY COOL
60 - Phillip Winn
Cute pictures, Jet. That's all, just "cute."
61 - The Truth
Jet's pictures are fake.
62 - Jet in Columbus
Okay, click My URL and I'll be taking them back down in about an hour
Have fun...
63 - Ruvy in Jerusalem
Jet,
Just checked out the photos on your web-site. I have a nasty feeling I know who these dudes are. If they are who I think they are we should be looking very hard with telescopes of all kinds for a rather large planet in the far distance way past the sun, but not quite a third of the way to Alpha Centauri...
64 - Jet in Columbus
Phillip are you refering to the guy in the photos?
Duane send me the longitude and latitude of the McDonalds,
You're right "truth" they're fake-if you want to see that I could do a hell of a lot better faking something than what's presented, check out the blimp I created for blogcritics by clicking here
Ruvy I've got the telescope warmed up, no what were the co-ordinates?
65 - Jet in Columbus
By the way that last comment towards "Truth" was sarcasm, as far as I know they're genuine.
66 - abcde
you discovered these images after you inherited the computer? You've got documents saying what's happening in each picture? Or did someone tell you?
"As the chase pilot tried to maneuver closer, the object dove straight at the ground and then vanised into the horizon before he could react."
67 - Jet in Columbus
Each image had an accompanying file number and reference number along with a discription of each (They're partially blotted out by me). Whether it's speculation on the investigator's part or not is anyone's guess.
68 - maccam94
Too bad there was so much quality lost in the conversions. Zooming in to 2000% in the shuttle photos reveals a classic disc shape, although strangely it looks as if landing legs are down. That's odd, because fixed landing gear creates drag (so it wouldn't be on a high-tech high-speed spacecraft), and they probably weren't extended for landing because they didn't land. Or maybe I'm just looking at some overmagnified blocky pixels. Wish I could get a look at the originals (just a zoomed in screenshot/crop of the object would be sweet, Jet).
Jet in Columbus, could you email me a couple snippets maybe? [Personal contact info deleted] I'd really appreciate it.
69 - Ruvy in Jerusalem
Jet,
I wish I had co-ordinates. If I did, I'd be making the discovery of the millenium, not the century.
The ancient Sumerians tell of a huge planet that came into the solar system from afar that caused a large planet that orbited between Mars and Jupiter to split apart, and move closer to the sun. The planet which split and moved closer to the sun on a different orbit is Earth and its moon. The Sumerians worshipped the inhabitants of the other planet, some of whom landed on earth and became "gods" using a superior technology that we can see traces of in Egyptian and Babyloninan steles.
I know it sounds like a nutty tale - but it is not my tale. It is ancient.
Notice how these saucers congregate around shuttle flights. They're checking out our own technology.
70 - Jet in Columbus
maccam94, somehow I don't think anything that can hover without wings or a descernable engine would have a problem with aerodynamics.
I unfortunately have an extreemly slow dial up connection, it took me forever just to download the photos onto my blog.
sorry.
Jet
71 - Glen Boyd
Wow!
Step away from your computer for a few hours and apparently all hell breaks loose...LOL...
So I want to clarify my concern with Jet posting up his pictures. My concern was based on the fact that I consider Jet a friend, and I was concerned with his well being. Since the source of these pictures is military, I was simply concerned that Jet could be unwittingly (and quite innocently) posting up something that the military doesn't want the world to see (particularly given the high quality of the pictures). My concern was that the military might not take too kindly to that.
We don't know what UFOs are. One poster here suggested that I think they are from space or something. I never suggested any such thing (although I'd include it as a possibility). It is equally possible that these are secret military craft. Hence my concern for Jet posting something that basically fell out of Air Force Dad's attache case.
Okay...now that said ---
Jet I think the cat is pretty much out of the bag.
At this point, it is probably in your best interest just to leave the damn things up now. If you are going to go public --- GO PUBLIC.
Maybe we should call George Norry about this (and I'm only half-kidding here).
If you'd like Jet, I'll host the photos on my site as well. You can PM me about this through the BC group.
What the F---?
Lets run with it.
Much more on this later.
-Glen
72 - Glen Boyd
I've just been informed that this article is off the bloody charts on Digg.
We at over 500 Diggs and on the front page.
Jet, keep the pictures up and let me host them as well.
We have most definitely gone public.
Whew!
-Glen
73 - Glen Boyd
Make that 656 Diggs and climbing ---
HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!
-Glen
74 - Glen Boyd
Jet,
We need to talk buddy.
These photos are freaking nuts (coulda done without the porn shot though --- LOL)
But the cats outta the bag here. The article is HUGE (656 Diggs and #4 on Google for "Chicago UFO"). At this point your best interest is just to keep them up. Weve gone public, like it or not.
I actually would be willing (eager even) to put these on my blog as well (giving you full credit of course).
PM me at the BC group when you can. This is just too nuts...
WOW!
-Glen
75 - Jet in Columbus
Glen, this is about your article, not my photos. I'm a little concerned that once these get out I could get into trouble so I've got to pull the plug, reluctantly, but I have to do it. I said I'd leave them up for an hour and I left them up a lot longer than I promised.
I hope you understand.
Your friend
Jet