Others report strange phenomenon, digital expert views possible 'pilot' Posted: January 19, 2007 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Joe Kovacs © 2007 WorldNetDaily.com A retired Air Force colonel who photographed mysterious, colorful lights hovering over western Arkansas last week has ignited a frenzy of interest in unexplained airborne phenomena, as WND has received numerous reports of similar sightings across the U.S., while a digital expert has filtered the pictures to reveal startling images of what he says could be the "pilot" of the unidentified craft. "I believe these lights were not of this world, and I feel a duty and responsibility to come forward," said Col. Brian Fields, who spent nearly 32 years in the military piloting F-16 fighter jets. "I have no idea what they were." As WND exclusively reported, Fields, 61, was at his Van Buren, Ark., home Jan. 9 when just before 7 p.m., he observed two intensely bright lights as he looked to the southeast close to the horizon. "At first I thought they were landing lights from an aircraft," he said. "As I continued to observe them they began to slowly disappear, then suddenly one reappeared, followed by two, then three. On at least one occasion four or five appeared. Each time they would slowly fade and eventually disappear. This occurred several times and when they would reappear they might do so in differing numbers and in different positions, sometimes in a triangular shape, sometimes stacked on top of each other, sometimes line abreast, etc. When the objects appeared they might stay illuminated 10 or more minutes." Fields' wife thought the lights may have been ground-based, but Fields says he's certain they were airborne. "I'm certain it wasn't an aircraft [from Earth]," said Fields, who also ruled out the possibility of flares, saying they didn't descend like flares typically do. "It's not anything I ever had any experience with . ... They were some kind of energy or something." http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53841
Barksdale fliers are source of UFO story Barksdale fliers are source of UFO story A-10s' flares fooled people on the ground January 26, 2007 Article's Tools: Printer-friendly version E-mail this article Normal Text Big Text Biggest Text Lt. Col. James D. “Jimbo” Macaulay, commander of the Air Force Reserve’s 47th Fighter Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base, stands with one of his unit’s A-10 fighters. (Special to The Times) RELATED LINKS 47th Fighter Squadron: www.917wg.afrc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=4062 LUU-2 flare and www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/dumb/luu2.htm WorldNet Daily article about the UFO sighting: www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53936 "It's not the A-10s that get mistaken for something out of this world, it's the weapons we use." Lt. Col. James D. Macaulay, 47th Fighter Squadron commander On the Web: • History of the 47th Fighter Squadron • 917th Wing, parent unit of the 47th Fighter Squadron • Barksdale Air Force Base Multimedia: A-10 releasing flares - 2 A-10 releasing flares - 1 Related news from the Web Latest headlines by topic: • US News • Journalism • US Air Force • Matt Drudge Powered by Topix.net ADVERTISEMENT By John Andrew Prime jprime@gannett.com It wasn't little green men, but rather green-suited airmen from Barksdale Air Force Base who lit up the skies over Arkansas on Jan. 9. The online publication WorldNet Daily initially reported the appearance of mysterious lights over northwest Arkansas, brought to their attention by a retired Air Force F-16 pilot who lives near Van Buren, Ark., and was perplexed by the sight. "As soon as we saw the story, we knew it was us," said Lt. Col. Jim Macaulay, commander of the Air Force Reserve's 47th Fighter Squadron, which flies A-10 fighters here. The story was picked up by the Drudge Report, and Wednesday, WorldNet reported it had discovered the source: A-10 pilots training at nearby Fort Chaffee. But the pilots training that night were students from the 47th Fighter Squadron, which offers pilots nationwide advanced training in the service's toughest ground-attack fighter. "We had a number of pilots going out there that night, working the Razorback Range just southeast of Fort Smith," Macaulay said, chuckling over the incident. "There were three flights of two airplanes each, and they each spent probably 30 to 45 minutes on the range http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070126/NEWS01/701260344/1002
