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Old 02 January 2007, 12:49 AM
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Icon22 A UFO at O'Hare? Some Pilots Thought So

Federal officials say it was probably just some weird weather phenomenon, but a group of United Airlines employees swear they saw a mysterious, saucer-shaped craft hovering over O'Hare Airport.

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Old 02 January 2007, 12:57 AM
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It could be possible either way. I'd like to see a picture or video footage myself. I think its very possible that there may be alien lifeforms who come to Earth.
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Old 02 January 2007, 01:06 AM
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While I believe in aliens out there, however I do think any beings so advanced that they could travel faster then light would be able to "cloke" (if you'll forgive my sci-fi stuff) to the point we could not detect them, or at the very least could not see them.

Now there is always that Men In Black quote about how they are just frat boys or rich kids or whatever messing with us, but somehow that dosn't jive with me
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Old 02 January 2007, 01:10 AM
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It's either the non-existence of "why come all this way and not say hello?" or perhaps their purposes are so alien we could never understand why they do what they do, or relate to them on any level.
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Old 02 January 2007, 03:11 AM
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I liked this bit in the article:

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At least one O'Hare controller, union official Craig Burzych, was amused by it all.

"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," he said.
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Old 02 January 2007, 07:51 AM
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I've been seeing this sporadically (on paranormal sites) since it happened.
NUFORC.org (scroll down, it's in the right column)
UFOCasebook
I am fairly sure I saw it mentioned other places as well, though I can't find more at this moment.
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I wonder if it was a small, short-lived funnel cloud? From directly below it might appear to be a circular, spinning object. And I've seen one leave a hole in the cloud cover as described in the report.
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Ball lightning. It's always ball lightning.

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Old 03 January 2007, 03:09 AM
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It was swamp gas reflecting off a weather balloon that was illuminated by the planet Venus.

Now... look right here at this little light... *FLASH*

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