Posted by: Alejandro Rojas September 5, 2014 0 5,517 Views
A military combat instructor says he caught a UFO on video
that could not be seen by the naked eye. He described the object as a “Slow
flying, low, silent, see-through triangle.”
We recently posted a story about UFO sightings
from the North Carolina beaches near the town of Wilmington. We received many
responses from others in the area who also had sightings. However, one of the
most spectacular cases we received is this one from Leland, North Carolina,
which is on the northwest side of Wilmington.
This case was sent to us by a field investigator with
the North Carolina
chapter of the Mutual UFO Network(MUFON),
Kenneth Bates. Bates says he believes the craft caught in this video, “while
probably not alien, it is a video of a craft that possesses very advanced
technology: (1)the ability to ‘cloak’ itself and (2) a reflective component
that gives the illusion of transparency.”
He stresses that he, the director of North Carolina
MUFON Lakita Adams, and the witness, all feel that the UFO is most likely some
sort of advanced military aircraft with a cloaking device.
According to the investigation report filed by Bates,
the witness has been in the military or a military contractor for the last 24
years. Currently he is an instructor for close quarters combat.
The witness, who shall remain anonymous, says he was
out trying to get a look at the moon with his telescope when the event took
place. He wrote, ” It was, I believe, the night after the full moon in May.” He
says he always has his night vision goggle with him, and that night he had a
PVS-14 night vision monocular with a 3x magnifier on a tripod attached to a
video camera, and a pair of PVS-7D goggles around his neck.
PVS-14 with 3X Magnifier. (Credit: Tactical night
Vision Company)
PVS-7D Night Vision Goggles. (Credit: www.imaging1.com)
While scanning the night sky with his goggles he
spotted what he thought to be a plane coming towards him from the north. It was
heading south. He says he estimated the object was at about 5000 feet, which is
relatively low. He says he is a skydiver and long distance shooter, so he feels
he is a good judge of distances.
He thought it was odd that he was not hearing
anything, so he started to record the object. He first caught the object on
video when it was at about a 75 degree angle, and was amazed that as it passed
over he still could hear no sound.
He was further astounded when he noticed through the
monocular that as it passed by stars he could see the stars through the craft.
He wrote, “As I’m watching it, I notice that as it’s
passing stars, I could see stars through the craft!!!! I saw stars through the
“fuselage” of the craft!!! Later, I confirmed this when I reviewed the video.”
He says he watched the object for about 13 to 14
minutes. At one point he had lost track of it. When he took the goggles off he
noticed that he could not see the lights from the craft with his bare eyes. He
says, “So either all the lights were very dim and the night vision enhanced
them like they were made to do, or the lights were infrared, basically naked to
the naked eye.”
It finally flew out of sight to the south. He
summarized his sighting, “So to recap: 1: it was silent. 2: it was very slow
moving. 3: the lights were either very dim or infrared. 4: I could see through
it!!! Adaptive camouflage??? First time I’ve seen the real thing. 5: I couldn’t see it without night vision goggles.”
Close-up of the object in the night vision video.
(Credit: MUFON)
You can read the entire text of his report here.
Bates says he was able to speak to the witness and
obtain the video you see at the top of this story. In his report, Bates
described the object as a “Triangular craft with five lights in a 2-1-1-1, (
L-R ) one of them flashing.”
Bates found that the witness’ report matched the video
perfectly and found him to be “highly credible.”
Bates says three things in particular make this case
unique:
1. On two occasions it appears that the craft flies in
front of celestial objects but they can be “seen” THROUGH the body of the
craft.
2. The witness states the craft was visible only
though NV/IR device.
3. The five-light configuration (back to front:
2-1-1-1) is unknown to us (the lead light might be triangular?)
Map of Leland (red marker) in relation to Wilmington
and Myrtle Beach. (Credit: Google Maps)
Upon review of the video, the object does seem to be
directly overhead, and although you can hear the witness messing with his
equipment and whispering to himself in amazement, there is no aircraft noise.
As Bates and the witness have stated, as the craft flies in front of stars the
stars remain visible. The witness says the craft was triangular shaped, and if
that is the case, the stars being seen through the craft would be very strange.
However, if the craft is shaped like a normal airplane
or a helicopter, where we expect there to be structure, there may not be. Then
again, watching the video with this frame of mind, I looked for a flicker as a
wing or skinny bit of fuselage passed in front of the stars. I see no such
flicker. The stars seem to be consistent in luminosity.
As for the witness not being able to see the
aircraft’s lights with his naked eyes, that is possible using conventional
technology. In fact, the military currently uses aircraft lights that can be
used in a mode that can only be seen by night vision equipment. One distributor
of such lights writes on their website, “When in the covert mode individuals not wearing
night vision aids cannot easily detect these light sources, however they are
readily recognized through Night Vision Goggles.”
A NASA tech
brief states,
“Covert lighting on military aircraft is increasingly being implemented on
existing airframes…”
While the technology used to make the light visible to
night vision equipment and not to the naked eyes is nothing extraordinary, when
it comes to running in complete silence, and using cloaking devices, well, that
is straight out of Science Fiction.
It has been suggested that the stars appearing to be
seen through the craft might be an illusion caused by the night vision optics.
Perhaps that is the case. I have reached out to experts on that topic and will
update you with their responses.
In the interest of getting this story out to you all I
am not waiting before I post this, but be sure to check back for updates. Many
of these UFO stories are ever evolving, just like the earlier North Carolina
UFO story, which continues to generate responses.
If you are a night vision expert, or even a hobbyist,
or if you have any input whatsoever, please feel free to respond below. Your
help in shedding more light on this mysterious, and fascinating, night vision
video is greatly appreciated.
ABOUT
ALEJANDRO ROJAS
Alejandro Rojas is a radio host for Open Minds Radio,
editor and contributing writer for Open Minds magazine as well as OpenMinds.tv.
For several years Alejandro was the official spokesperson for the Mutual UFO
Network as the Director of Public Education. As a UFO/Paranormal researcher and
journalist, Alejandro has spent many hours in the field investigating phenomena
up close and personal. Alejandro has been interviewed by media organizations
around the world, including the largest cable and network news agencies with
several appearances on Coast to Coast AM.
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