In the sky! A bird? A plane? A ... UFO? (Over O'Hare)

Chicago Tribune ^ | 1 January 2007 | Jon Hilkevitch

[Erik Latranyi]

It sounds like a tired joke--but a group of airline employees insist they are in earnest, and they are upset that neither their bosses nor the government will take them seriously.

A flying saucerlike object hovered low over O'Hare International Airport for several minutes before bolting through thick clouds with such intense energy that it left an eerie hole in overcast skies, said some United Airlines employees who observed the phenomenon.

[Erik Latranyi]

Interesting that so many came forward, yet are not taken seriously.

[atomicpossum]

It sounds like a tired joke--but a group of airline employees

Well, if they're Northwest pilots, it could just be DTs.

[Brilliant]

Well, the physicists say there is a probability for every event you can imagine. This one is pretty low, though, I'd say.

[skr]

Interesting that no one could find a camera or a camera-cellphone at an airport.

[LdSentinal]

Hillary sent a death probe to take out HUSSEIN Obama?

[gate2wire]

"To fly 7 million light years to O'Hare and then have to turn around and go home because your gate was occupied is simply unacceptable," said O'Hare controller and union official Craig Burzych.


BWAHahahahaha. At least they didn't have to take their shoes off to go through security.

[cripplecreek]

I agree that when lots of people see something it should be checked out. On the other hand there may be little to find

[Brilliant]

"One United employee appeared emotionally shaken by the sighting..."



Were they emotionally shaken before, or just after?

[Don Corleone]

One United employee appeared emotionally shaken by the sighting..." Were they emotionally shaken before, or just after?

"Shaken...not stirred!"

[bobzeetwin]

some were stirred not shaken

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

Someone can sneak a cell phone video of Saddam's execution, but no one at O'Hare has a video? I believe Saddam is dead. I don't believe the UFO story. These witnesses need a beating.

[airborne]

Ping!

[keat]

hovered low over O'Hare International Airport for several minutes before bolting through thick clouds with such intense energy that it left an eerie hole in overcast skies

Maybe it was Obama'a ego.

[gaijin]

How many people saw a missile strike TWA flight 800, and were ignored? I'd say 100, including pilots.

[Petruchio]

That is the last time I take a Charter flight to O'Hare . . .

[353FMG]

Could it be him?

Click the URL below and turn up your audio.

http://youtube.com/v/J3UDCoQnXjA

[ASOC]

Old military saying

Don't ask the question if you can't live with the answer.

The FedGov will never follow up on these, with the possible exception of a UFO landing on an aircraft and crushing it.

[KellyAdmirer]

All the witnesses said the object was dark gray and well defined in the overcast skies. They said the craft, estimated by different accounts to be 6 feet to 24 feet in diameter, did not display any lights.

Sounds more like an experimental military drone than Uncle Wally visiting from Mars.

[tubebender]

That was a Heck of a movie wasn't it...

[kjam22]

Swamp gas coming off the lake.