America´s Continued Negligence of Restricted Airspace Violations by Unidentified Aerial Objects
Steve Bass
August 04, 2008
The American government expressed grave concern over airspace violations in the wake of 9/11. A restricted airspace violation is an incursion into airspace that has restrictions on whether an aircraft can fly into it. Restricted airspace can be airspace surrounding an airport, military base, or critical infrastructure. Stories abound about small aircraft like a Cessna or Piper being forced down after accidentally flying into restricted airspace such as flying too close to the White House, with the wayward pilot being subjected to hours of interrogation by the military and U.S. Secret Service. People felt measurably safer when they heard stories of their military being proactive against any possible "second strike" attempts by terrorists bent on the destruction of this beloved country.
With that in mind, consider this. A possible unidentified object is sighted on the evening of March 13, 1997 in the skies over Phoenix, Arizona. Commonly referred to now as the Phoenix Lights, this anomaly had lights in a wedge shape and seemed to hover over the city for three hours, during which time they remained undisturbed. No military fighter plane was seen investigating the sighting. Is it possible that the military did not have ample time to scramble interceptors? Despite the THREE HOURS it spent over Phoenix, the wedge shape was first seen southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada and Nellis Air Force Base. The vaunted Area 51 is just over 50 miles to the northwest.
The lights then slowly flew toward Tucson, Arizona and generally continued in a southeasterly direction. It does not take this amount of time to scramble a fighter response. I have seen our military at work.
Shortly after 4:00 PM CDT on November 7, 2006, numerous pilots and workers for United Airlines reported a large disc-shaped object hovering over Gate C-17 of Chicago´s O´Hare International Airport, one of the busiest in the nation. The object was sighted for just a few minutes before it accelerated upward, literally leaving a hole in the clouds. Both the airlines and the Federal Aviation Administration fell all over themselves denying this occurrence, despite the fact that United´s own employees and flight crews witnessed and reported it. After a Freedom of Information Act request was filed, the FAA finally ordered a review of its internal communications tapes, where it found references to the craft. Instead of trying to investigate the breach of restricted airspace, the FAA just blamed it on a weather anomaly.
These are not the only examples of UFO incursions over restricted American airspace. In 1965 a UFO was reported over Edwards Air Force Base in California´s Mojave Desert and a fighter response was ordered. The fighter succeeded in chasing the UFO away from the base. In 1968, UFO´s were seen over Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota and in 1975 over Loring Air Force Base in Maine. In the UK, America operated a Cold War base at RAF Bentwaters. RAF Bentwaters is located near Rendlesham Forest in Suffolk, England. In 1980, Bentwaters´ deputy base commander, Lt. Col. Charles Halt and several American airmen were involved in the investigation of an unidentified aerial object, and personally saw the craft as it landed just outside the base perimeter.
According to reports from men standing guard on base in a nearby watchtower, the unidentified craft overflew nuclear missile silos, continuously shining a bright light onto the bunkers.
I mention the Bentwaters incident because, although on foreign soil, this was an American military base subjected to airspace violations.
It is not known if these are examples of inaction on the part of military commanders due to an incredible sense of disbelief, or if they are simply following an implied directive from higher command to act as though these incidents are not occurring, reminiscent of the ostrich that sticks its head in the ground until the danger is over. Could this possibly be the actions of a military that is so out of its league that it will not even engage these crafts? Unidentified aerial phenomenon, commonly referred to as UFO´s, are documented as having greater flight performance characteristics than state of the art military aircraft. The American military commanders could be so reticent at demonstrating a lack of ability to adequately engage these offenders that they will not even come to the party. What would it do to civilian and military morale to see American fighters out-flown and possibly shot down by these unknown craft?
Supposition aside, I want to know why our incredible military fails to respond. Could it be that a response in full view of the public is an admission of the existence of these craft, and possibly of an intelligence behind these craft? The US Air Force was made to regret one attempt at a response during the Stephenville, Texas UFO flap of 2007 and 2008. Numerous UFO´s were witnessed and reported by the locals of Stephenville and the surrounding areas on numerous dates, and several fighters were witnessed attempting to pursue them. Some reported that it looked like the jets were standing still. This was promptly denied by the US military as just another training exercise until proof in the form of FAA radar tapes demonstrated the presence of the UFO´s and the engagements by fighter aircraft.
Many more incidents have been documented by the likes of Richard H. Hall in his book The UFO Evidence – Volume 2: A Thirty Year Report and Dr. Richard Haines of the National Aviation Reporting Center on Anomalous Phenomena, commonly referred to as NARCAP.
I have recently had the pleasure of obtaining a copy of the MUFON 2008 International UFO Symposium Proceedings. One article was written by an excellent Ufologist named Leslie Kean. Kean formed an organization named Coalition for Freedom of Information (CFi) to pursue an investigation of NASA´s role in the Kecksburg, Pennsylvania UFO sighting of December 9, 1965. CFi is also at the forefront of an initiative to demand that the United States join other countries that have created governmental agencies to study airspace incursions by unidentified aerial phenomena, which have occurred over their restricted airspace, as well. This initiative demonstrates the uniqueness of America´s response to this incursion trend. Countries not immediately involved in 9/11 have responded aggressively to investigating these incursions. America seems to turn not necessarily a blind eye, but at least a visually challenged eye to these phenomena.
For the safety of the American flying public, and the public in general, the US government needs to become party to CFi´s initiative, and stop pretending for whatever reason that these airspace incursions are not happening. If this were a foreign country violating out airspace, there would be not question. The foreign country wouldn´t exist any longer.
You have to wonder how long the American government will be allowed to place its citizens in harms way.
With that in mind, consider this. A possible unidentified object is sighted on the evening of March 13, 1997 in the skies over Phoenix, Arizona. Commonly referred to now as the Phoenix Lights, this anomaly had lights in a wedge shape and seemed to hover over the city for three hours, during which time they remained undisturbed. No military fighter plane was seen investigating the sighting. Is it possible that the military did not have ample time to scramble interceptors? Despite the THREE HOURS it spent over Phoenix, the wedge shape was first seen southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada and Nellis Air Force Base. The vaunted Area 51 is just over 50 miles to the northwest.
The lights then slowly flew toward Tucson, Arizona and generally continued in a southeasterly direction. It does not take this amount of time to scramble a fighter response. I have seen our military at work.
Shortly after 4:00 PM CDT on November 7, 2006, numerous pilots and workers for United Airlines reported a large disc-shaped object hovering over Gate C-17 of Chicago´s O´Hare International Airport, one of the busiest in the nation. The object was sighted for just a few minutes before it accelerated upward, literally leaving a hole in the clouds. Both the airlines and the Federal Aviation Administration fell all over themselves denying this occurrence, despite the fact that United´s own employees and flight crews witnessed and reported it. After a Freedom of Information Act request was filed, the FAA finally ordered a review of its internal communications tapes, where it found references to the craft. Instead of trying to investigate the breach of restricted airspace, the FAA just blamed it on a weather anomaly.
These are not the only examples of UFO incursions over restricted American airspace. In 1965 a UFO was reported over Edwards Air Force Base in California´s Mojave Desert and a fighter response was ordered. The fighter succeeded in chasing the UFO away from the base. In 1968, UFO´s were seen over Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota and in 1975 over Loring Air Force Base in Maine. In the UK, America operated a Cold War base at RAF Bentwaters. RAF Bentwaters is located near Rendlesham Forest in Suffolk, England. In 1980, Bentwaters´ deputy base commander, Lt. Col. Charles Halt and several American airmen were involved in the investigation of an unidentified aerial object, and personally saw the craft as it landed just outside the base perimeter.
According to reports from men standing guard on base in a nearby watchtower, the unidentified craft overflew nuclear missile silos, continuously shining a bright light onto the bunkers.
I mention the Bentwaters incident because, although on foreign soil, this was an American military base subjected to airspace violations.
It is not known if these are examples of inaction on the part of military commanders due to an incredible sense of disbelief, or if they are simply following an implied directive from higher command to act as though these incidents are not occurring, reminiscent of the ostrich that sticks its head in the ground until the danger is over. Could this possibly be the actions of a military that is so out of its league that it will not even engage these crafts? Unidentified aerial phenomenon, commonly referred to as UFO´s, are documented as having greater flight performance characteristics than state of the art military aircraft. The American military commanders could be so reticent at demonstrating a lack of ability to adequately engage these offenders that they will not even come to the party. What would it do to civilian and military morale to see American fighters out-flown and possibly shot down by these unknown craft?
Supposition aside, I want to know why our incredible military fails to respond. Could it be that a response in full view of the public is an admission of the existence of these craft, and possibly of an intelligence behind these craft? The US Air Force was made to regret one attempt at a response during the Stephenville, Texas UFO flap of 2007 and 2008. Numerous UFO´s were witnessed and reported by the locals of Stephenville and the surrounding areas on numerous dates, and several fighters were witnessed attempting to pursue them. Some reported that it looked like the jets were standing still. This was promptly denied by the US military as just another training exercise until proof in the form of FAA radar tapes demonstrated the presence of the UFO´s and the engagements by fighter aircraft.
Many more incidents have been documented by the likes of Richard H. Hall in his book The UFO Evidence – Volume 2: A Thirty Year Report and Dr. Richard Haines of the National Aviation Reporting Center on Anomalous Phenomena, commonly referred to as NARCAP.
I have recently had the pleasure of obtaining a copy of the MUFON 2008 International UFO Symposium Proceedings. One article was written by an excellent Ufologist named Leslie Kean. Kean formed an organization named Coalition for Freedom of Information (CFi) to pursue an investigation of NASA´s role in the Kecksburg, Pennsylvania UFO sighting of December 9, 1965. CFi is also at the forefront of an initiative to demand that the United States join other countries that have created governmental agencies to study airspace incursions by unidentified aerial phenomena, which have occurred over their restricted airspace, as well. This initiative demonstrates the uniqueness of America´s response to this incursion trend. Countries not immediately involved in 9/11 have responded aggressively to investigating these incursions. America seems to turn not necessarily a blind eye, but at least a visually challenged eye to these phenomena.
For the safety of the American flying public, and the public in general, the US government needs to become party to CFi´s initiative, and stop pretending for whatever reason that these airspace incursions are not happening. If this were a foreign country violating out airspace, there would be not question. The foreign country wouldn´t exist any longer.
You have to wonder how long the American government will be allowed to place its citizens in harms way.
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