UFOs Over Schools.

[Karl12]

Rather curious subject but thought Preston Dennett did a great job below collating and presenting a chronological list involving global reports of UFOs over schools (over 100 documented cases).

Some extremely strange, close range, daylight sightings being described as well as the (sometimes bizarre) government and military response afterwards.

Lesser known reports taken from newsclipping archives, MUFON / APRO / NICAP files and other research sources - many countries involved including North America, Canada, France, Scotland, England, Ireland, Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Indonesia, New Zealand and China.




Part One:





Part Two:





Synopsis:

All across the world, schools are being targeted by UFOs. More than 100 documented cases are on record. These are typically long lasting, low level, daylight encounters viewed by large groups of witnesses. Something very profound is happening here. This video is Part One of a two-part presentation on the history of schoolyard UFO encounters on our planet. Why are UFOs targeting schools? What happens when a UFO hovers over a school playground and is viewed by hundreds of witnesses, including teachers? The cases shown here will answer these questions and more. Part One covers dozens of sightings, starting as early as 1853 and continuing to the present day. There are cases of UFOs hovering at extremely low levels, sometimes causing panic on the playground. There are cases involving photographs and moving films. Two cases involve physical evidence in the form of angel hair. In some cases, there is a strong government response.

[Karl12]

Following on from Preston's comments about 'angel hair' cases being pretty rare and describing two in a short time period over different American schools (samples missing).

There's another 1959 Portuguese school case mentioned below by Francisco Mourao Correa where a UFO was witnessed by a Professor and students.. and the schoolyard was covered in 'angel hair' (samples destroyed in fire).











Also this rather freaky one over a school in France in 1952:

[Karl12]

Nice top ten Listverse article here about school UFOs and a possible one below from 1909.

Date: July 23, 1909 Location: Kelso, New Zealand Time: 13:00

Summary: On July 23, a small group of schoolchildren and some residents reported that an airship came down and bobbed around in the sky over the school for a few minutes.

Source: Basterfield, Keith

Link (scroll down)

Preston also makes some comments here about how other researchers down the years like John Keel, Raymond Fowler, Shannon Quinn, Marcus Lowth and APRO's Coral and Jim Lorenzen have also made the 'UFO School's connection.

Following the Hillsdale sightings, pioneering researchers Coral and Jim Lorenzen (the founders of the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization, APRO) realized that UFOs were strangely attracted to schools. They also had a theory as to why. In March 1966, with no knowledge of the Westall High School encounter about to occur two weeks later, Coral Lorenzen wrote, “We have mentioned previously that an outstanding number of sightings of UFOs have been made in the vicinity of or over schoolyards. If the appearance of the objects over cities for long periods of time and repeatedly during the last year indicates an attempt at indoctrination, it may be that a peaceful contact may be attempted, and that schools are being overflown and the craft are exhibiting themselves there for a very good reason: Children are definitely less subject to dogmatic or pre-conceived notions than adults. Perhaps the visitors hope that exhibitions over schools will influence the population to some extent.” At the same exact time that the Lorenzens noticed this pattern, pioneering researcher Raymond Fowler discovered the same thing. “During the month of April 1966,” writes Fowler, “I received a total of twenty-two reports that were evaluated as being in the ‘unknown’ category. Six of these involved UFOs hovering over or around school buildings.” Also in 1966, researcher John Keel was investigating and documenting a wave of sightings and unexplained events in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Like the Lorenzens and Fowler, Keel noticed that a large number of his cases involved schools. After investigating the case of a landed UFO, he wrote, “I was perturbed to find that it was right next to the Duncan Falls Elementary School. An unusual number of sightings and Fortean events seem to be concentrated around schools, and the largest percentage of witnesses consists of children between the ages of seven and eighteen.” Other researchers have noticed this pattern. On February 16, 2018, researcher Shannon Quinn wrote, “There are countless sightings all over the world, but some of the most compelling stories come from not just one person, but an entire group of people who witnessed a strange phenomenon together. For whatever reason, schools have become a common place for UFO sightings to occur. True believers think that young schoolchildren are less threatening to aliens, so it makes them easier to approach with their messages from beyond our galaxy.” Researcher Marcus Lowth, after investigating the Crestview Elementary School case in Opa-locka, discovered a long history of schoolyard encounters and writes, “UFO sightings witnessed over schools by multiple students is not quite as rare as one might think.”

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[BeTheGoddess]

Thanks, school sightings are my favorite.

[Karl12]

Thanks, school sightings are my favorite.

Thanks for the post mate - certainly some extremely strange cases in that Preston Dennett collection and it really does make one wonder what the dickens is going on.

Don't suppose you can make a thread like this without bringing up the Ariel case and thought there was a good vid below exploring all the different freaky aspects of specific sightings.








Ariel school witness Salma Siddick reported bright flashes and time anomalies during the encounter ("time seemed to have slowed down immensely").










Ariel school witness Emily Trim also described time anomalies.

[BeTheGoddess]

Ariel school 94 and Westall 66 have so many similarities, as many others; but the best is they are group sightings which gives so much to the narrative.

One of the Areial school witnesses died either last year or 23, I think it was posted here?, was considered a non issue by authorities but Im forever the cynic.

[Karl12]

Ariel school 94 and Westall 66 have so many similarities

Yes mate have read sceptical commentary that the Westall object was a weather balloon (launched 3 hours before from Laverton) but the daylight, close range eyewitness testimony is certainly very intriguing.

Here's the best video I've found.








Also reports of witness intimidation (two in dark suits, one in uniform - see 19:45) and Dr. Jim McDonald gives a good interview here with teacher Andrew Greenwood.

Also thought the Doc made some great points here on Aussie TV (July, 1967).

[Karl12]

Three oval, metal objects are also claimed to have visited Crestview Elementary School in Florida, 1967 - 'men in uniforms' were said to have shown up afterwards to interview witnesses (link).












Also saw this quote pop up in an older thread about Massachusetts.




• Beverly school, 22nd April, 1966. 

• "I observed what seem to be a large plate hovering over the school,"

Police Officer Mahan

Massachusetts UFO Flap - April, 1966.

[Karl12]

Big UFO flap around Welsh schools in the month of February, 1977.



• Broadhaven primary school - domed, cigar shaped object witnessed by fourteen schoolchildren (and one schoolteacher).











• Other UFO incidents occurring at Welsh schools in the same month:

This issue contains the article entitled “A WELSH MISCELLANY – Part Two.”

BUFORA presents a report on the 1977 South Wales, UK, UFO ‘flap’ in the article. The article reports on the following UFO incidents that occurred at Welsh schools in February 1977:


• 3rd February: Nine girls and a teacher sighted a silvery, cigar shaped UFO with a dome on top at the Rhos-y-Bol (Anglesey) County Primary School at 3:20 p.m. Anglesey is an island off the north west coast of Wales.


• 3rd February: A cigar shaped UFO flew over the Herbrandston School buildings at playtime, according to the article.


• 4th February 1977: On this date, 14 pupils at the Broad Haven County Primary School (Pembrokeshire, South Wales, UK) claimed that they had sighted a cigar shaped object with a dome and a being with pointed ears that stood near the unknown object.


• 10th February: An orange-coloured, oval UFO was sighted by two skateboarding boys at Haverfordwest Grammar School.


• 17th February: A Broad Haven County Primary School teacher saw a large, shiny, metallic, oval object in the sky. The unknown object, which had a small dome, ‘had a number of ridges,’ according to BUFORA


Link / BUFORA Journal No. 4

[Karl12]

Several freaky UFO school 'angel hair' cases out there and the paper below does contain some weird correlations.

CORRELATION TO UFO WAVES

One of the mysterious features of the angel-hair enigma is that while it shows definite signs of connections to UFOs, it is not prominent in all UFO waves.

Looking at the classic wave years of 1947, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1966–1967, and1973, a very interesting correlation emerges.

PDFSLIDE - An Analysis Of Angel Hair

More info below on the two strange, unknown objects over Evora school in 1959 - after the UFOs departed 'white filaments' began to fall from the sky for over four hours.

Photographs of microscope images of samples can be found in the presentation (but the samples were later destroyed in a mysterious 'laboratory fire').



From 16:10








Also another case from Jerome Elementary school in Ohio but don't know if any specific samples were taken (more details in E-Book).

One of the most interesting happenings took place not long ago in Ohio. This occurred last October 22, some 15 miles northwest of Columbus. The pupils of Jerome Elementary School had been granted an extra recess that afternoon as a reward for good behavior. As described by one of the two teachers of the school, Mrs. George W. Dittmar, "It was one of those glorious warm fall days and the whole sky was a clear blue."

The attention of the children became directed toward a strange object in the sky circling high above the school. The object was dazzling bright and cigar-shaped. The children watched the object a while before thinking to call their principal, R. R. Warrick. In response to their shouts Mr. Warrick came out to the fire escape in time to observe the object at that moment hanging high and motionless in the sky. Then the ship made off at tremendous speed, disappearing rapidly from view.

Mr. Warrick called Mrs. Dittmar, who at once came out on the fire escape too late to observe the object, but in time to witness a most beautiful scene. For, as the object darted away there appeared another strange sight. The air as high and far around as the teachers and children could see was filled with "the most beautiful soft white looking tufts like cotton slowly floating to the ground." Mr. Warrick said it was almost at once as the object disappeared that this material began to show in the sky.

For about 45 minutes they watched this fibrous material floating downward. The children brought up pieces of it to the fire escape for Mr. Warrick and Mrs. Dittmar to examine. In the words of Mrs. Dittmar "the substance had long fibers very much as if someone had taken strands of 'angel hair' and pushed some in bunches toward the middle or end, leaving a trail of fibers attached to it. It was very fine and soft to touch. It did not stick to our hands, but when we held two ends and pulled, it stretched without tearing. Where it stretched it had a shiny appearance..

• THE CHALLENGE OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS - Charles A. Maney:

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