MUFON MEETING 1.24.08

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Freaks & Geeks in the Bucks County area - MUFON meeting

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Darren
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Have you seen any little green men lately? After a recent spike of reports
of strange sightings in the skies over Bucks County, the Pennsylvania chapter of the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) is to hold its next alien hunter
conference at Bucks Community College in the Library Auditorium on January 24, 2009.

MUFON is an international organization devoted to discovering the mystery behind UFOs by scientifically investigating them, as stated on their website. On average, there are about 36 reported UFO sightings over a four-month period in Pennsylvania, but over the summer of 2008, there were 138 sightings from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia, and the Philadelphia-Bucks County area accounted for 77 of them, according to John Ventre, the Pennsylvania State Director of MUFON.

In fact, Bucks County's "alien scene" was put in the national spotlight on the Discovery Channel's new documentary series, "UFO's Over Earth-The Bucks County Flap," which premiered Nov. 24 and will run again on Dec. 13 at 10 p.m. According to Ventre, there are typically two different types of sighting reports. About 60 percent of reports describe a star-like UFO, usually flying above cloud level. Ventre himself reported seeing this type of UFO on June 29.

He described the UFO as "much larger than an airplane, covering about one-third of the sky and traveling at approximately 2,000 mph."

About 40 percent of reports describe a triangular or boomerang-shaped UFO with three or four different colored pulsing lights. Denise Lynch Murter, one of the six Bucks County residents featured on the Discovery Channel's documentary, claims to have seen this type of UFO. Murter reported seeing a strange craft emitting a blue fog which contained metallic sprinkles. Allegedly, the UFO dropped the sprinkles onto one of the trees in her backyard, and then drew them back up to the ship.

A laboratory tested leaf samples from the "dusted" tree and found that they had been subjected to high heat or radiation. Although this incident brought new life to local UFO investigations, it allegedly brought death
to the robin, which had lived in the affected tree for four months
prior to the incident.

After watching the Discovery Channel documentary, a Pittsburgh man reported a sighting to MUFON that happened some 20 years ago. He had only had "one beer" the night that he said he saw about 10 round, bright lights in the sky, appearing to be "performing some type of show." The man called an investigator after the sighting, whose initial impression was that the man had "witnessed a light show."

However, the man has remained unsure of what he saw to this day. "I have even considered being hypnotized, just too accurately recount the event,"
reported the man on MUFON's website.

With this local surge of strange reports, Bucks County residents should know what to do in the event that they see a UFO. Although nine out of 10 sightings are scientifically explainable, who wants to risk finding themselves in a dangerous extraterrestrial situation unequipped with the right kind of information?

According to the MUFON website, the number one thing to do is remain calm. Bucks residents should remember that, "you might be witnessing the event of a lifetime and will want to remember every detail, and you can't do that if you are hysterical."

However, it's also important to "protect yourself from any hazards - real or perceived. Be prepared to take evasive, but not aggressive, action to get out of a UFO's way."

More importantly, if you encounter some type of extraterrestrial being associated with the craft, MUFON advises that you "be prepared to take evasive action to protect yourself." MUFON recommends concealing yourself at a safe distance and, if you happen to have a camera, camcorder or tape recorder handy, use them to record your personal alien experience.

Another important safety tip is to avoid touching any traces of the UFO's presence that it may have left behind. Remember, "You don't know what you're touching, where it came from, or what type of hazards might be associated with it."

Although all this talk of extraterrestrial activity may be frightening, the best thing we can do, as a human is to stay informed.

A great way to do that would be to attend the MUFON conference in the Bucks Library Auditorium on January 24, 2009 from 12-5 p.m.

On the agenda is Ventre, who will discuss the 2008 "Pennsylvania UFO wave," and Bill Birnes, publisher of UFO Magazine and host of the History Channel's weekly series "UFO Hunters."

Also scheduled to speak are local UFO personal eyewitnesses and self-professed abductees, including history Professor Dr. David Jacobs of Temple University.

Admission is $15.
For more information, or to report a UFO sighting, visit pamufon.com