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MUFON of Georgia Update
January 10, 2010

Please note that some of the current Georgia reports listed below are preliminary in nature and have not yet been vetted or fully evaluated at this time.  All times listed are EST or EDST, as applicable.

19 December 2009, 10:04 PM, Douglasville – A thirteen-year old girl and her brother saw “strange lights” in the sky and after observing more closely, they could see a dark triangle-shaped object, darker in color than the night sky (which had more of a purplish color).  The object had three yellow lights on the corners and one red light in the center, all on the bottom side.  It displayed both fast and slow movement, appearing to go below a tree-line, but then turned and moved back behind their house (distance unknown).  The report has very little in the way of details such as size, distance, or duration.  The kids’ mother verified the basic account to MUFON SIP dispatch.  SSD/FI S. Bass is looking into the report.

30 November 2009, 10:50 PM, Hahira – A male resident was driving home from work when he saw a lighted, diamond-shaped object coming towards his vehicle, a few hundred feet above the ground.  Trying to get a better look, witness stopped his car in the middle of the road, after which it passed over his vehicle and zig-zagged slowly in the opposite direction.  It was very foggy at the time, however he could see the lights on the 4 corners.  ASD/FI R. Howard is trying to reach the witness to further investigate.

26 November 2009, 6:45 PM, Martinez – A 39-year old resident of Martinez was observing the Space Station fly over when, about two minutes afterwards, he and four others saw a silver round or spherical object moving quickly across the sky, stopping suddenly, then zipping back the other way.  The object appeared silver in color and star-like in size.  Eventually the object moved out of view to the west.  Witness was excited to have seen such a remarkable display, and wished he could have had a video camera with him.  ASD/FI D. Marchant is investigating.

13 November 2009, approx. 3:00 AM, Dade County – Standing on the ramp to their porch at their home, a couple in Rising Fawn was enjoying the dark night sky and stars before retiring for the evening.  In the northeastern sky they noticed two yellow star-sized lights fade into view and move slowly and steadily southward across the sky.  One light seemed to be slightly brighter than the other.  After about 30 seconds they faded back out in the same manner as they had appeared.  SSD/FI J. Alexander is assigned this case.

8 November 2009, approx. 5:00 PM, Chatsworth – While working n his yard, a resident of Chatsworth, a longtime skywatcher he says (age 55), noticed the unusual appearance of four parallel jet contrails in the sky.  Now focusing on this unusual scene, he noticed two jets in the area of the contrails; one of them lower, making the expected engine noise.  Attention now fully engaged, the witness then saw, coming out of the southwestern sky, what appeared to be a large, bright, yellow star when a “halo of sorts encircling it,” moving northeast very slowly at a very low altitude.  He compared the altitude to that typically used by small aircraft (Cessna, etc.)  With no sound whatsoever, the object proceeded in a straight line.  This course took it over the witness’ house, altitude unknown but estimated above 500 feet, and his observation period was estimated as at least 2-minutes.  The lack of sound was particularly striking to the witness.  Echoing what MUFON often hears from witnesses, he states, “I have never reported anything like this before…I hope someone can investigate this, because I do not think that this was a normal craft.”  Georgia FIs M. and L. Moore are following up this intriguing sighting.

31 October 2009, approx. 5:20 AM, Cairo – Unable to sleep due to his wife’s trouble sleeping, due in turn to her severe cold, a professional musician living in Cairo, GA (about 20 miles east of Bainbridge and 15 miles N of the Florida line) took a hot cup of coffee and headed out into his backyard to enjoy a clear but mild (71 F) early-morning sky full of stars.  After watching a unusual falling star (which broke into about 4 pieces and burned out), now watching for additional ones, he noticed a bright star-like object which seemed much larger and brighter than the surrounding stars.  Moving steadily on a southeastward straight-line path, the speed appeared to be slower than a falling star but much faster than an aircraft should be.  The object took about 10 seconds to cross the sky.  Approximately one minute or so later, a second identical object came across, moving along an apparently identical course and at what seemed to be the same speed.  ASD Ralph Howard is assigned this case.

21 October 2009, 9:40 PM, Thomas County – A woman and her grandson in Meigs, Thomas County, GA observed a red “dot-looking object” moving fast and steadily, across the sky from south towards the north.  Few details were provided in this report.  Case is assigned to SSD/FI J. Alexander.

19 October 2009, approx. 9:00 PM, Camden County – Taking out the trash at his home, a St. Mary’s resident noticed a very bright white object that was very high and moving quickly to the south.  After about 40 seconds it went straight up right, to the vicinity of the bright southern star, where there is a cluster of many stars.  This upwards movement took about two seconds.  The object appeared circular and fast-moving.  The witness, who indicates he is and has been a professional pilot for the last 25 years, noticed several commercial jets flying northwards at about the same time heading north out of Florida, and could see their flashing beacon lights.  The witness judged the unknown object to be slightly higher than the jets, but moving faster, and as bright as a star.  As a pilot, the witness stated he is “familiar with many jets and their movements…this was not like them and had no (flashing) beacon light.  It accelerated way too fast, straight up, and out of sight.  It didn't go up parallel, but straight up out of sight.  FI B. Trainor is following up on this case.

8 October 2009, approx. 9:07 PM, Loganville - A man was driving on US 78 towards Monroe (Walton GA) with and his girlfriend when he noticed a “large light” in the sky.  This was assumed at first to be a helicopter with a spotlight on it.  After a short time he asked his girlfriend what “that” was; she thought at first it was just a tower light, but then they noticed the tower light was flashing red.  The object appeared stationary and, from the size of the lights, appeared large.  The idea of a cargo plane was considered but again, it was not moving and seemed too big.  The witness noted the time as 9:15pm.  As they got closer witness could see that there were four lights, white, and very large in size.  The pulled over to the shoulder at a local church driveway and watched the lights.  At that point a small red light was observed at what seemed to abut two football fields in front of the main object, just floating there seemingly “dead in front of it,” as though “it was pulling the large object.”  The witnesses put their truck back onto the highway, made a U- turn, and put the windows down.  The primary witness states “all you could hear was a deep humming, not like a jet or a plane, but more like a electric current.”  Getting the better view from under this “massive craft,” the witness states his girlfriend described it as boomerang-shaped and that the lights were split, with two on one side and two on the other, with a gap in the middle.  The witness says he also saw and agrees with the shape described.  “There is no way a plane of that size could just sit there that heavy and without falling to the ground,” he states.  Because it seemed the object was moving more towards the west, witness got on Highway 78 headed west.  It seemed they were basically under the object but it was a little off to their right, and very low.  The girlfriend noticed it was moving slow but turning, and some trees were now in the way of seeing it.  The red dot in front of the craft was seen to split into another round dot, blue in color, both still appearing very small.  Although on the highway, witness kept his peed low so they could watch the object.  “All at once all four lights went out and the 2 small lights were gone as well.”  After resuming a faster (safer) speed, they found a safe spot and pulled over, got out of the truck, and stood around for about five minutes listening and viewing the sky, but neither saw nor heard anything further.  “When it vanished…it just went invisible,” the witness states.  “I have no idea what this was.”  The case is assigned to FI C. Schneider.

27 September 2009, approx. 10:18 PM, Fannin County – A small-business owner who lives south of McCaysville, GA, reports that he was standing at his kitchen sink preparing breakfast when he looked up and something in the sky caught his eye.  A thin, oval- or cigar-shaped, shiny silver something” was moving across the sky.  Moving to his back door and then out, he watched it and listened for any sound.  Hearing none, he went back inside and grabbed a pair of binoculars.  Outside, he got a good look at it, or as he put it “my first UFO.”  The witness states, “isn't it funny how when something like this happens your camera isn't right beside you.”  In all, the witness watched the object for an estimated 1-1/2 to 2 minutes, moving silently across the sky just below the clouds.  As the line of sight to the object approached his roof line, he repositioned himself to continue watching but eventually lost sight of it.  The 44-year-old self-described “avid sky watcher,” witness asked that MUFON “let him know if anyone else reports something near his location” (and we certainly will).  FI D. Sparry is investigating this case.

27 September 2009, evening, Kennesaw – Star-like white objects were being observed in the night sky by a Kennesaw resident, generally between 9PM and 1AM.  These have been seen looking to the south, and sometimes were in the same places as the previous night.  What grabs witness’ attention is the performance of inexplicable zig-zag, circular, U-shaped and figure-8 movements, and sometimes the objects appear to “strobe-light” in blue or red color.  Mystified, the witness has called the police, but been provided no explanations.  As Lockheed-Martin’s facility is not far away, he wondered if these could be testing of experimental military craft.  SSD/FI J. Alexander is assigned to follow up on this sighting.

24 September 2009, approx. 12:00 midnight, Atlanta – Driving south on Interstate 85 just north of Atlanta, a Fayetteville resident, his brother-in-law, and his 18-year-old son spotted, at about 45 degrees above the horizon, a very bright blue-green light in the night sky.  While the light itself seemed circular, they were unable to see any kind of shape associated with the light.  To witness it was obviously not an airplane, having no lights other than a single bright illumination and moving at a very high rate of speed.  The object moved from the east to the west, in a steady speed in a straight-line trajectory.  Witness stated, “There were in fact a few airplanes in the sky at the time, and this object was going much faster and was a lot brighter than anything else around.  I have lived close to the world's busiest airport for much of my life and am familiar with most of the aircraft that populate the sky over and around Atlanta.  This was unlike anything I have ever seen.  There must be others that saw the same thing.  I would love to compare notes and hear from anyone that may have seen it.”  SD Tom Sheets is pursuing investigation on this report.

30 August 2009, 4:00 AM, Unicoi State Park – A Newnan resident and her husband were tent camping at Unicoi State Park in north GA, near Helen.  Around 4 AM the witness woke up and with lantern in hand proceeded to the restroom/shower building which was near their campsite.   As she started back to the tent she stopped because of a feeling that someone was behind her.  She turned around to see what appeared to be three gray aliens standing in the woods behind the building.  Looking more closely at them the witness decided they weren't human as they had long arms, thin bodies and large heads.  Their heads had lumps all over the top, and the eyes were huge, black and piercing.   The witness felt the beings were slightly more than 5 feet tall.  One of them inched toward her and she bolted back to the tent.  Her husband had a look around but could find nothing.  According to the witness, later that same day her husband saw a shadowy figure from inside the tent. He saw the top cover of the tent move as if someone wanted to look in from above.  There was no sighting of any aerial light or object at any time.   The witness, 26, indicated that she has had past dreams and experiences involving alien beings, but, she was wide awake during this sighting.  SSD/FI J. Alexander and ASD R. Howard are investigating this case.

15 August 2009, 10:30 PM, Stone Mountain – An adult male witness reports multiple sightings from his home, including a bright light that moved right at him and then shot upward, a star-like object moving steadily but then coming to a complete stop and going black, and another star-like object moving east that turned to the north and vanished.  FI/ASD R. Howard and FI C. Schneider are assigned.

29 August 2009, 8:30 PM, Augusta – Upon leaving a local drugstore a Martinez resident noticed several people watching something in the sky.  It was a bright white or silver light.  Around this light but a good distance out from it, a red, a blue and a green light was seen spinning rapidly around it.  Every few seconds the 3 colored lights would go back into the original white/silver light.  Then the whole process would repeat.  Each light seemed star-like in apparent size.  Witness, a 39-year-old college grad, says this is his sixth time to see this phenomenon since 2004 and that he has heard and read sighting accounts from the area of this same unusual light or group of lights.  ASD Dave Marchant was assigned this case.

4 August 2009, evening (time not specified), near Augusta – A soldier stationed at Fort Gordon reports he was taking out the trash when out of the corner of his eye he saw 3 red, circular or spherical lights forming a triangle in the sky.  At first he took this to be a C-130 (a large transport aircraft), but the lights were too far apart for that, and were stationary, hovering in the sky.  The lights remained in place for about 60 seconds after which each light, left, top and right, faded away in order one after the other.  No sound was heard.  The witness, 21, reports being shocked and went off to tell his friends.  The shape outlined by the lights was large, reported as larger than a baseball held at arms length.  ASD D. Marchant is looking into this event.

18 July 2009, 7:35 AM, Troup County – A 35-year old Alabama resident, a state-licensed water plant operator, was driving north through Troup county on Interstate 85 near mile-marker 34 or 35, a few miles north of Lagrange.  The witness, his wife and family were headed for a vacation in Atlanta on this particular Saturday.  At 7:35 AM the couple was talking when suddenly both saw a bright star-like flash in the morning blue sky in a general line with the highway but well above the treeline height.  It appeared as a super-bright star but was much brighter and larger.  The brightness was estimated as 3 times as bright as Venus in the night sky with an apparent size equal to an aspirin at arms length.  Immediately after the flash, the witness could see what appeared to be a silvery, or lead, colored bullet or tear drop shaped object.  This was visible for only a few seconds before it completely blended in with the blue sky.  No change of position was seen; the object was in exactly the same place as before.  His wife said she did not see the object, only the flash.  FI D. Sparry is assigned to look into this case.

11 July 2009, 10:30 PM, Banks County – A man and his wife were out on their back deck near Commerce, in Banks County when they noticed a strange light, referring to it as an object, which appeared to move within a small space as though vibrating, or as though a person was shaking a flashlight.  They then noticed 2 other similar objects nearby to the first.  Each had multi-colored lights including red, green and white.  An airplane was observed in the area during the sighting which was reported to have a very long duration.  At least some of the observation was through binoculars.  Gradually the objects moved across the sky in no real pattern.  The witness said a visiting friend also witnessed the first object.  After that, due to an uncomfortable feeling the wife and friend went inside the house while the husband continued to observe.  SD Tom Sheets is investigating.  Unfortunately the witness is not responding and key info such as the apparent size (at arms length), additional details through binoculars, apparent distance, and duration in minutes, has not been gathered as of this writing.

3 July 2009, 3:40 PM, Norcross – A woman was heading home from a grocery store when she noticed something floating in the air that appeared to be in (over) downtown Norcross.  The object looked like a very large medical x-ray, dark in color, but towards the bottom left side of it, it was lighter (as though transparent).  It appeared to be flat and moved in a wavy pattern.  Driving along, the witness lost sight of it due to the dip in the road, but knowing the area she anticipated having a good view of it once she reached an upcoming traffic light.  Upon reaching the light however, she was unable to see the object due to intervening trees.  Once beyond the trees and as she waited in the left turn lane into her subdivision, it appeared, very large still floating in a wavy pattern.  At this point she determined the object was south of where she previously placed it, closer to the area of Buford Hwy and Jimmy Carter Blvd, or further to the south.  Changing her mind, she drove south on Holcomb Bridge Road to try for a closer look at the object, but without luck (and this made no sense due to large apparent size).  Upon returning to her subdivision, she again found it visible in the same location as before.  In all, she made about 20 minutes of observations.  That evening she went to the Norcross fireworks display and saw nothing unusual.  Explanations such as a kite, large plastic tarp, or aerial sign were considered but didn't seem to fit.  FI/ASD R. Howard is assigned the case with Sr FI J. Clifford assisting.

2 July 2009, 12:00 AM – An adult male witness, 54, at home, went out onto his deck for some fresh air.  Looking towards the southeast, he noticed several bright lights arranged in a row, which seemed similar to a star cluster.  They appeared to be attached to one object.  The group then moved up into the sky at a high rate of speed, stopped and then hovered.  This upward movement struck witness as too fast with too much distance covered, to be an airplane.  The witness called his three teenage sons to come outside and all four then watched the UFO for over an hour as it moved up and down in the sky.  At one point it dropped down in the sky a good distance and then climbed back to its previous spot.  It also seemed to move side to side frequently.  A trail was seen behind the UFO when ever it made a fast movement.  Some dimming and brightening of the lights was seen at times.  With a flashlight the group attempted to signal the object for about 10 minutes, and it moved higher into the sky, seemingly closer to their location but still a distance off.  The witness said they were not afraid, and were quite sure it was not an airplane or helicopter.  Some sort of military test-flight seemed to offer a reasonable explanation, but the movements were remarkable and even unbelievable.  MUFONGA's investigation of this impressive case was completed by SD Tom Sheets (conclusion: Unknown).

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