A UFO was sighted in Stephenville, Texas - a town about 60 southwest of the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The sighting occured on January 8, 2008, just after 6:00pm. What makes this sighting a little extra ordinary is that it was witnessed by 30 to 40 people.Even better, among the witnesses is a 50 year old pilot, Steve Allen. According to Allen, who was at a campfire with some friends at the time of the sighting, the UFO was about a mile long and half a mile wide! Sounds something similar to the 1997 Phoenix sighting (see photo above), does it not?
Erath Couty Constable Lee Roy Gaitan, was also a witness to the UFO. Although he says he does not know what the object is, he does go on to say that it was definately not an airplane.
Many witnessness have also claimed to see fighter jets chasing the UFO, although the Air Force denied it - initially that is. As we all know, the Air Force does not officially investigate UFOs.
However, Major Karl Lewis, a spokesman for the 301st Fighter Wing did say, "I'm 90 percent sure this was an airliner. With the sun's angle, it can play tricks on you." Of course, without any investigation of the UFO incident at all, in my opinion, it makes this explanation completely worthless.
The Airforce did later own up to have some F-16s in the area doing some training maneuvers. Since the UFO was reported as being totally silent, and F-16s are incredibly loud, I don't think they were the source of the UFO sighting.
An interesting note is that a machinists, Ricky Sorrells, saw the UFO through the scope of his rifle and reported it as seemless and metallic. Now, being a fellow Texan, I know that any hunting rifle in the state of Texas probably has some high quality optics sitting on top of barrel. Texans love their rifles. Its probably a safe bet that the scope cost nearly as much as the rifle itself. For what its worth, I imagine he got a pretty clear view with that scope. Now, if you find yourself in a similar situation... just look.... and don't shoot. They probably have a bigger gun!
