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Russ to Speak on UFO Sightings
SCARBOROUGH will be making international headlines after it was revealed that the area has become the latest hotspot for UFO sightings.
Russ Kellett, a Filey-based UFO investigator, will be interviewed by a major American broadcaster and a Japanese TV station in the wake of the revelations.
Tomorrow he will be interviewed for ABC News after the station spotted a recent story in the Evening News.
He said: “They seemed to be really interested. They said they had seen me on the internet and were really interested in my story. They contacted me because of your article.”
The article was published last month and offered a possible explanation for an unusual sight in the sky above Osgodby. A video had appeared on a national newspaper’s website which showed a strange formation moving about.
Mr Kellett said at the time that he had witnessed similar sightings in the past and the phenomenon was caused by flocks of birds.
He said: “North Yorkshire is a hotspot. We’ve had just as many sightings here as other areas which have been hotspots. These areas change from time to time. You will get a lot of things going on and then it will cool off.”
As well as recent sightings Mr Kellett will be talking about historic sightings from this area including the Silpho Saucer in the 1950s and when a jet fighter crashed off Flamborough Head in 1970.
The small saucer was said to have landed near Silpho in November 1957 and was said to have been witnessed by three men.
The object was reported to have weighed 35lb, was 18in in diameter and covered in strange symbols. It was claimed the saucer also contained a copper book, with 17 thin sheets, which were covered in more than 2,000 words.
It was later proved to have been a hoax and it was believed to have been built in a workshop in a back street off North Marine Road.
The Lighning jet fighter was piloted by Captain William Schaffner of the United States Air Force – a vastly experienced pilot with combat experience behind him in Vietnam.
He reported seeing a strange object flying alongside him before he ditched in the North Sea. When the wreckage was recovered, a month later, the cockpit was empty and no trace of the pilot’s body could be found.
Mr Kellett has organised two UFO conferences in the Scarborough area and agreed that reported sightings in this area had increased over recent months but added that verifying their authenticity was more difficult in the age of email.
He said: “When it was handwritten you had something solid and you could still check a person’s identity.”
Mr Kellett said that it was more difficult to check an anonymous email. He added: “I don’t take their reports seriously if you can’t get back to that person on a landline I don’t want to know.” that’.
He first became interested in the subject after he experienced a “close encounter” in West Yorkshire, in 1988, when he was at a level crossing.
He said: “I was hit by a beam of light. I was on my motorbike and it was coming from above. I thought it was my friend messing about. I looked round and there was nothing.
“Then I realised that the light was coming down from the sky.”
At the time he thought nothing more of the event until the next day at work when people asked if he had seen himself in the mirror – his face and hands were completely sunburned.
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Mr Do!
Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 05:31 PMpub bloke, again check your post @10. Who was it directed at if not myself with your reference to "sad people"? The rules of the game are easy, if you are rude to me i will be rude to you. Easy init? Maybe you need to follow your own advice regarding "dont give it if you cant take it". On the other hand, if you show me that i dished it out to you initially then you have my appologies. Have a nice day
Mr Do!
Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 05:31 PMpub bloke, again check your post @10. Who was it directed at if not myself with your reference to "sad people"? The rules of the game are easy, if you are rude to me i will be rude to you. Easy init? Maybe you need to follow your own advice regarding "dont give it if you cant take it". On the other hand, if you show me that i dished it out to you initially then you have my appologies. Have a nice day
That bloke in the pub
Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 02:40 PMI did, it was a lot funnier than yours, and even though it wasn't directed at you personally you chose to bite. Don't give it out if you can't take it mate.
Mr Do!
Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 12:22 PMpub bloke, check your post at 10 for rudeness. Pot, kettel, ect. Toodle pip.
That bloke in the pub
Saturday, December 4, 2010 at 06:30 PMMr Do, you are making yourself look rude as well as stupid, I really suggest you Don't.
Mr Do!
Saturday, December 4, 2010 at 11:31 AM@ ameroo, ok i'll leave it there. I just err on the side of caution with official statements.
Mr Do!
Saturday, December 4, 2010 at 11:28 AM@ that bloke in the pub, thanks for the imput. Had a bad day? Caught the Misses playing away again?
amaroo
Saturday, December 4, 2010 at 10:19 AMRe Post 2, 6, 7 & 9. 'Mr Do!'------Try this web if it will open. That is the next thing that will be defined a UFO by the 'believers'.------http:www.dailymail.co.uknewsworldnewsarticle-1335526X-37B-secret-unmanned-space-shuttle-returns-Earth.html------This is how all the UFO's start off until they come into the public domain and the secrecy restrictions are lifted. Dream on. Looks like we agree 'That bloke in the pub', I knew we would on something !!!.
That bloke in the pub
Friday, December 3, 2010 at 09:24 PMCaptain William Schaffner? Wasn't he in Star Trek? Seriously, get a life you sad people.
Mr Do!
Friday, December 3, 2010 at 01:14 PM@ ameroo, i have asked for an answer from you twice now relating to the Flamboro incident 1970. Twice you have replied to me but given no answer. You have just followed the "rules of disinformation" to the letter. You appear to be just another main stream media conformist.
amaroo
Friday, December 3, 2010 at 08:59 AMre Post 7 'Mr Do!' You are possibly better sticking with the films, 'Galaxy Quest' or 'It Came from Outer Space'. That is how authentic UFO's are. I repeat, nothing to date has ever been proven relevant to aircraft incidents, UFO's or whatever that they are anything else but natural incidents.------We had the same furore years ago over Area 51, we had the same furore over the Stealth Fighter when first seen that it was from outer space. The list is endless over so called UFO incidents. We have had it with the new Typhoon fighter. Because it was a different shape it was from outer space, when first starting to do test flights up the east coast corridor.The Silpho Moor one being a good example that was said to be from outer space. Dream on Mr Do you are obviously a believer.
Mr Do!
Friday, December 3, 2010 at 12:43 AM@ ameroo, you say there have been "numerous incidents of a similar nature". Well what a load of bull you speak. How many times has a plane belonging to any countrys airforce been ordered to ditch when the plane is undamaged and with plenty of fuel onboard to return to base?
amaroo
Thursday, December 2, 2010 at 10:51 PMre Post 5 'Mr Do!'------I refer to the whole article not just the alleged transcript. Part fact, part supposition and part fiction.------There are numerous 'incidents' of a similar nature, not one has been proven to be anything exterrestrial. A number have been explained and I would suggest a number are still either secret or restricted but are military.
Mr Do!
Thursday, December 2, 2010 at 06:47 PM@ ameroo, what does the transcript fall under, part fact, part supposition or part fiction?
amaroo
Thursday, December 2, 2010 at 06:20 PMre Post 2 'Mr Do!'------Read the report, been doing the rounds a long time. Part fact, part supposition and part fiction.
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