By Billy Cox, 20 November 2015
(De Void, Sarasota Herald-Tribune , Florida
Billy Cox reports about the UFO project (“UFOs: A History/The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse”) of veteran researcher Loren E. Gross:
Quote from the article:
“Drawn from original newspaper, magazine, military and
civilian reports, ‘every UFO book available,’ and collections from the likes of
crusading atmospheric physicist Dr. James McDonald, this online collection at
http://sohp.us/collections/ufos-a-history/ is the culmination of a lifetime’s work
from veteran researcher Loren Gross.
‘Remarkably,’ Gross states in his introduction in
comparing military accounts with civilian accounts, ‘there is very little
overlap aside from well-known incidents. The Air Force explanations are a joke
and I paid little attention to them. Having reviewed tens of thousands of
sighting reports, I did not use every case while compiling the UFO histories –
only the ones I thought were the best.’
A joke indeed. In a verdict that rendered the USAF a
laughingstock to the residents of Levelland, the Pentagon kissed off the
11/3/57 incident this way: ‘Weather phenomenon of electrical nature, generally
classified as ‘Ball Lightning’ or ‘St. Elmo’s Fire,’ caused by stormy
conditions in the area, including mist, rain, thunderstorms and lightning.’
Nevermind that the skies over Levelland that evening were relatively clear that
evening, that not a drop of rain fell on the west Texas
(sohp.us image)