UFO ROUNDUP Volume 3 Number 51
Volume 3
Number 51
December 22, 1998
Editor: Joseph Trainor
E-mail: Masinaigan@aol.com
UFOs INTERVENE IN OPERATION DESERT FOX
Large triangular UFOs were seen in Iraq and upstate New York before and during Operation Desert Fox.
On Thursday, December 16, 1998, at 2:31 a.m. local time, "a triangle-shaped pattern of lights" appeared over downtown Baghdad and was picked up by CNN's night-vision video camera. The lights hovered in position and moved slowly to the right, as Iraqi anti-aircraft tracer fire streaked away into the night.
The scene appeared on CNN's live broadcast, which aired in the USA at 6:31 p.m. Eastern time, Wednesday, December 15.
According to ufologist Ignatius Graffeo, "I did see a triangular formation of lights moving very slowly at about" 12:55 a.m. Baghdad time that Thursday "on an NBC news report of the bombing...The light was steady, and it was definite and very striking." He described it as "a V-shaped formation like the one at Phoenix," Arizona on March 13, 1997.
The UFO "was against a black night sky and very different from the 'greenish' tracer fire moving across the sky, which did not hold their position for any length of time."
According to the Boston Herald, Fort Drum, the U.S. Army post in upstate New York, was a staging area for the four-day Operation Desert Fox. The Herald reported, "Along with the additional air assets, the Army is sending a battalion of light infantry troops from Fort Drum, N.Y. and nuclear-biological-chemical experts from several bases to watch for any attack by Iraq against Kuwait and other neighbors in the region." (See the Boston, Mass. Herald for December 17, 1998, "U.S. to pump up military muscle," page 22.)
Three weeks ago, around November 30, 1998, MUFON New York received reports of triangular UFO activity over Evan Mills, N.Y. and nearby Perch Lake, just west of Fort Drum.
According to Larry Clark of MUFON New York, a woman living on Perch Lake reported heavy UFO activity. "First there were triangular craft that have appeared in the local sky. The woman (witness) reported the sighting of a 'Pine Bush' triangle that moved at treetop level and continued out over the lake before disappearing."
"A teenager from the local Civil Air Patrol (CAP) told the woman that they have also spotted a craft over Evan Mills...Within the last few weeks, the woman has regularly observed a large bluish light with a small red streak at its center." She had reportedly seen the UFO "hovering for hours" over her property and a large undeveloped tract of land nearby.
Evan Mills is on Highway 37 approximately 75 miles (125 kilometers) north of Syracuse, N.Y. (Many thanks to Errol Bruce-Knapp, Ignatius Graffeo, and MUFON Eastern director George A. Filer for the news items.)
VIRGIN MARY PREDICTED ALLIED AIR STRIKE
On Sunday, December 13, 1998, Patricia Mundorf, a Roman Catholic seeress who lives in Phoenix, Arizona, claimed that she had just been visited by an apparition of the Virgin Mary (also known to Catholics as the Blessed Mother--J.T.). The apparation warned Mundorf that an air attack against Baghdad was imminent.
According to Ms. Mundorf, Mary said, "The United States will attack Iraq. My children, I have warned you of this conflict. The Red countries will not back you on this, and now you will face the greatest possibility of nuclear and bacterial war on your land."
Strangely enough, Ms. Mundorf experienced her Marian vision three hours before President William Jefferson Clinton ordered the attack. According to columnist Robert Novak, the president decided to launch Operation Desert Fox on Sunday while flying home from the Middle East. (See the Boston, Mass. Herald for December 22, 1998)
(Editor's Comment: I guess that means the former Miriam bat-Joachim is not a Democrat.)
TRIANGULAR UFOs SPOTTED IN SOUTHERN SPAIN
On Sunday, December 13, 1998, at 1:40 a.m., a triangular formation of red and white lights was seen passing over the small town of El Marche, Andalucia province, Spain, located 55 kilometers (33 miles) east of Malaga.
According to Antonio Salinas of Socidedad de Investigaciones Biofisicas (S.I.B.), "The formation of lights was flying very slowly. The witnesses had them in view for ten minutes. All of the bright lights moved in tandem, as a formation with a single structure, which itself was invisible."
"The UFOs were flying to the northeast, on a bearing of 060 degrees. The object appeared to have come from the southwest in a straight line, from bearing 280 degrees and the (Mediterranean) sea."
(Editor's Comment: With this flight path, the UFO formation would have come from Ceuta, Morocco.)
At 2:15 a.m., a second formation of lights appeared over Frigiliana, near El Marche, where they were seen by gas station attendant Miguel Armijo. He described the UFO as "red lights going at a very slow velocity."
The sketch Armijo gave to S.I.B. showed this array of lights:
* * * 0 0 0At 3:40 a.m., two triangular light formations were seen by Spanish policemen in Torrox, a town of Andalucia about 70 kilometers (42 miles) east of Malaga. Officer Gregorio Cabello Algan of the Guardia Civil (Spain's national police--J.T.) said he saw "a formation of three bright red lights."
Officer Rafael Gonzalez Mora of Torrox's municipal police said he saw "a formation of white lights. Two minutes later, a second formation of red lights crossed the sky."
Here are sketches of the UFOs they observed. The first looks very much like the "Lubbock Lights" of 1952.
