Alabama UFO Sightings in 1984

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Southeast toward Northwest, low, large, lighting up sky,red, with a tail which split off behind. May have entered Florida, crossed Alabama and landed in Tennessee. Reported written up in The Montgomery Advertiser.

While stopped for a traffic light I viewed through the front windshield a large burning object which I assumed to be a meteor. It was on a trajectory which would let it crash about 3 or more miles to the Northwest of my position. Another viewer saw it from a position on a bridge about 2 miles to the East from a higher elevation and said it looked much higher to him .

This same viewer said it was noted in the local paper, either The Montgomery Advertiser or The Alabama Journal. He also said he read that it had crossed Florida and had gone down in Tennessee .The object appeared red to me and the other viewer said it lit up the sky.

He said a piece of the tail split off and drifted behind the great ball of fire.

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A circular object with smaller circular lights underneath it, with the ability to hover and travel at an unbelievable speed. We were actually trick or treating and the craft came over the top of the trees it had little blue and green circles around the bottom. I have epilepsy and can't hardly remember anything about my childhood, but It's kinda like that moment was burnt into my memory.

I would like to take a lie detector test to somehow prove that I'm not lying.

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The Four glowing orbs that seemed to dance together. Approximately 1984 my Grandmother and I were out for a walk in Tingle park. There are many tree carvings on cedar trees.

It was in the afternoon approximately 16:00 hours my grandmother and I were enjoying an afternoon walk. Something encouraged me to look up into the sky. I didnt realize it at the time my grandmother looked up into the sky the same time I was looking.

What I saw I consider a gift. As soon as I looked up I saw 4 orbs or circular shaped ufos. I would say they were several thousand feet in the sky.

They were really high. Three of the orbs were blue and one was red. They all moved together in a line.

Then the red orb became stationary. The three blue orbs started to circle around the red orb. Keep in mind it was during daylight hours.

The orbs seemed to glow. Very visible in broad daylight. It seemed as if the blue orbs circling the red one were dancing.

Then the three blue orbs shot off in different directions at lighting speed. The red orb moved In a small circular pattern , by itself and , and shot out of view at lighting speed. During this experience there was no sound.

When they were gone I looked at my grandmother and she was smiling. She said they were angels. I wasn’t sure what they were.

I was left confused and amazed at the same time. This experience I will always cherish because I had it with someone I loved with my whole heart.

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A single round object traveling due west stopped and another similar object emerged and flew southwest. First object continued west. At the time of this sighting, I lived South of Brookley Field, an old Air Force base shut down in the 60's, now a commercial industrial park with a still active airport.

I believe it was late spring or early summer in the mid 1980's (possibly 1984-1985). It was shortly after 5:00 p.m.

on a bright cloudless evening. The sun was in the west and the sky was still blue. I saw a shiny metallic object about the size of a lower-case "o" flying east to west, north of my location.

At the time, I was relatively knowledgeable about many different types of aircraft. Brookley Field was and is still an active airport, and there were military airshows held there occasionally. The first thing I noticed was the object appeared to be reflecting the light of the sun, it did not appear to be producing it's own light.

There was no contrail. It was travelling steadily due west. I first assumed it was a high-flying airplane.

It then, without slowing down, stopped in mid air. I thought it may have been a helocopter, but it was higher in the sky than I had ever seen one before. I moved over to where I could see the object and a tree for purposes of verifying that it had indeed become stationary and to use the tree for a reference point.

While I was observing the object, another object appeared to come from the first object. This object was slightly smaller than the first, and it moved off in a southwesterly direction from the first object. It was similar in appearance to the first, shiny metallic in color.

it seemed to go from a dead stop to a steady pace with no transition speed noticed. There was no contrail, or smoke behind this object either. I observed this object until it was out of sight to the southwest.

The first object then continued on to the west, again going from stopped to its previous speed without any transition. It continued due west until it was out of site. ((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate.

PD)).

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Follow up on sphere found near Huntsvill, AL Just wanted to give some info reference your unknown sphere reported 10/13/02. I am a Bomb Disposal Techniciation with the US Army and can say that the item in the photograph doesn't look like explosive ordnance but may be a sub section of a piece of ordnance, possably a gas bottle generator from a rocket, and may contain explosive componants. (PLEASE BE NICE TO THE ITEM).

Due to the location the item found I would consider it military in nature, and possibly experimental. One question I have is, can you detect a filler in the item? does it slosh like it's filled with fluid? or an uneven weight on any side of the item? Please don't open the item untill positive i.d.

can be made. What I would suggest is to contact the US Army EOD unit at Redstone and they will X-ray the item, You will have to contact your local law enforcement and have them actually call the Army EOD unit because we don't respond off post unless called by civilian law enforcement.

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Unidentified Sphere Description: Metallic sphere weighing approx. fifty-two (52) pounds with a circumference of thirty-two (32) inches. It has what appears to be a removable disk, or plate, that measures six and one halve (6 1/2) inches across containing eight (8) small threaded holes and a larger threaded hole in the center.

I have never attempted to remove this part. It has a gray metallic coating resembling a very hard Teflon like material. Because of it's weight I assumed that it was constructed of steel, but was surprised to discover that it is not attracted to a magnet.

History: The object was found in the woods of North Alabama in the mid 1980s. It appeared to have fallen a great distance as it was embedded in the ground (red clay) with only a small portion visible. Soon after it's discovery, I contacted the U.

S. Army at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, AL and gave them a description of the ball and my name, address and phone number. I was told that someone would contact me, but never heard from anyone.

I then called NASA and gave them the same description and contact information. Never heard from them. I later called the Huntsville Police Bomb Squad division and was visited by two officers just minutes after calling.

After inspection they told me that it was probably secretly manufactured by the government as it had no markings of origin. They had seen other stuff in the past including circuit boards with no markings that turned out to be such. I asked them if they thought it could be alien.

They both had a big laugh and explained that this was impossible as it contained screws. as if screws could only be a human invention!! They wanted my permission to take it with them, but I decided against it as they explained that they were going to destroy it. (Their policy was to destroy any thing that they could not identify!).

Anyway, I have had this thing ever since and have never found an explanation. Many people have seen it (I kept it on my desk as a conversation piece for years.) and have offered a few theories: A simple weight, Time Capsule, Device used for tracking purposes, part of an aircraft and etc.

Some even believe that it may be of alien construction! ((NUFORC Note: We suspect that the object is not UFO-related, but we would be interested to know what the object is. We will encourage the owner to measure the threads on the machine screws, in order to establish whether they are a metric or English thrread. PD)) ((FOLLOW-UP COMMUNICATION)) Dear Mr.

Davenport: Thank you so much for your interest and reply. First, to answer your question. Each of the screw holes, including the center hole does not admit a view of the interior.

The center hole terminates in the plate itself, while the other eight bores through two layers. I have not attempted to remove the "Door" of the Sphere. I think mostly out of paranoia of the unknown content.

Could it possibly be radioactive, or maybe booby trapped with an explosive? This "Thing" has never been x-rayed or monitored for any sort of emissions. I would rather leave this to professionals. I have noticed, though, that it appears to have a hollow space.

If you strike the side with a hard object, it responds with a "ping". Striking the side opposite the "Door" results in a thud. This also leads me to believe that it's far too intricate to be a simple weight.

Thanks again ((END FOLLOW-UP)) ((FOLLOW-UP)) Hello Thanks again for your interest. Please feel free to use any correspondence that may help unfold this mystery. I am eager to learn the origin of this "Thing" and very curios as to it's content.

I have no clue of the type of metal the sphere is made of. I can tell you that it has no magnetic draw. This surprised me considering it's weight.

Obviously it is not steel. There are a few places where the coating has been scratched. These happened over the years that it was in my possession.

It was absolutely pristine when it was discovered and sustained no damage whatsoever from it's fall from the sky. It was found embedded in red clay (the consistency of modeling clay). So, it had a "soft" landing as opposed to hitting rocks or gravel, etc.

Most of the existing scars were produced by hammer blows or other hard objects. Once a friend actually slammed it onto his concrete drive way in attempt to crack it open. The only result was a cracked driveway! I have not had access to any Geiger counters or x-ray devices, but I will try the Film trick.

Thanks for that bit of advise. Sincerely, ((END)).