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UFO Sightings Up 700% Look up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane...

By  KAREN ARAIZA

Updated 12:56 PM EDT, Mon, Nov 24, 2008

Related Topics: Bob Gardner

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700%. That's a dramatic uptick in the number of UFO sightings in our area. Most in Bucks County.

 

Why are UFO sightings up 700% in our area? And why are most of them in Bucks County?

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700%. That's a dramatic uptick in the number of UFO sightings in our area. Most in Bucks County.

Meet Bob Gardner. He has been the Lead Field Investigator on 78 cases so far this year in the 5 country Metro Philadelphia area. He’s a Field Investigator for MUFON (Mutual UFO Network).

Gardner says there was a wave of UFO activity this past summer in the Levittown area. Evidence left behind has been analyzed.

“We had tree branches tested that were dusted with a strange material and then the material was sucked back up into the UFOs.” says Gardner. “The lab results showed elements that should not have been in the leaves as well as elements that should have been there, not there. The tests on the leaves also came back with results that show that they came in contact with microwaves.”

Some of those Levittown sightings, with detailed pictures (fascinating, btw), have been followed on a website called earthfiles.com by Investigative Journalist, Linda Moulton Howe.

She interviewed Biophysicist W. C. Levengood, who analyzed the leaves.

“This seems to be physical evidence of very thin energy beams only 1/10th of a millimeter wide, probably of a microwave nature, that caused these straight line lesions in the leaves,” said Levengood.  “I’ve never seen anything like this before.” 

UFO sightings went up of 700% versus a regular year, according to Gardner. And the flurry of activity fascinated the Discovery Channel so much, it decided to devote an entire hour to the Bucks County angle Monday night.

Gardner, fellow Field Investigator, Elisa Simons and MUFON’s State Director, John Ventre are all part of the special. They sift through 60 UFO cases and talk to the two witnesses who had multiple sightings over a 4-month period in the Levittown area. 

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  • barb from bucks co Friday, Jan 23 at 1:46 PM FLAG COMMENT I saw a strange object in the sky one night this summer. It was hovering and very odd locking. I'm not into UFO's or anything like this. I said to myself that this looks like a UFO. I told myself that there must be a logical explanation for this. I finally told my family the next night. I was very embarrassed about even having the thought that it looked a UFO. 2 nights later I saw on the news that others saw the same th ... MORE >
  • Moonlogic Tuesday, Dec 2 at 4:16 PM FLAG COMMENT There's some great comments made by our presidents, senior Military personnel, astronauts and the like which ALL affirm the existence of UFOs. It's well worth looking at - http://www.squidoo.com/ufo-coverups
  • skeptic Friday, Nov 28 at 8:12 AM FLAG COMMENT It seems like there is always an Air Force base neerby. This may be some new kind of spyplane. Of course the Air Force would deny having any knowledge about the sightings.. Nothing really secret ever officially exists.
  • phillymufon Thursday, Nov 27 at 10:06 AM FLAG COMMENT The PA Flap episode was the best of all 3 episodes due to the research & results. Cudos to MUFON. Since the show was broadcasted, 22 cases have been filed in the state with 11 in the Philly area! Quite a few police officers have now come forward & out of all witnesses these are very credible. Tupac, Is the haircut comment the best you can say???
  • Agt. Mulder Wednesday, Nov 26 at 1:14 PM FLAG COMMENT Trust no one.

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