Posted: Jan 28, 2015 9:56 PM GSTUpdated: Jan 29, 2015 12:15 AM
GST
By
WMCActionNews5.com Staff
By Andrew
Douglas
UFO sighting in Memphis on July
4, 2014 (Photo Source: YouTube)
MEMPHIS, TN (WMC) -
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In the 40s, 50s, and 60s, Project Blue Book was the name of
the Air Force's files on UFOs or unidentified flying objects. Those files are
now available online for anyone to look through.
But UFO sightings did not stop in the 60s.
A camera caught a white object in the blue Memphis sky on Jan. 20,
2015. Is it a bird? A plane? It's obviously not Superman. So, what is it?
WMC Action News 5's Andrew Douglas took your questions to Eddie
Middleton, who is a college professor and the director of the Tennessee
branch of MUFON (Mutual UFO Network).
"I would want to interview the witness," Middleton said.
"If I assess that they are credible, I would probably want to classify
that as an unknown. It can't be identified."
Middleton has been following and researching UFOs for the better part of
30 years.
"We have many sightings in the Mid-South area," Middleton
said. "I'd say 95 percent are not reported. It's rare that people will
report a sighting."
But in today's world, people are equipped with more cameras than ever
before making proof easier to come by.
During Fourth of July fireworks in Downtown Memphis in 2014, someone saw
something strange in the sky. It was reportedly blinking and moving at
different speeds. Could it be?
"We know from a lot of experience over the years that they do tend
to show up during firework displays. I guess they know that they're not going
to be spotted readily."
Middleton says Tennessee has some of the highest reports of sightings in
the South. Tennessee MUFON meets once a month to talk about it.