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| 6/30/2009 9:16:00 AM | Email this article • Print this article | Exciting sightings
near Warrensburg,
MUFON leader says
UFO
Jack Miles
Editor
Warrensburg - With descriptions that sound like a flying saucer mated to Transformers technology, the Missouri Mutual UFO Network reports three sightings of unidentified flying objects in Johnson County.
MUFON State Section Director Margie Kay, Independence, reported Monday that sightings in St. Joseph, Kansas City, Independence, Sedalia and Warrensburg have increased in number from Dec. 31 to the present.
The two earliest sightings occurred on Missouri Route 13, between Warrensburg and Interstate 70, and another on U.S. 50 between Warrensburg and Kansas City.
One person making a report, Christina Cooper, Warrensburg, is a photographer who captured several images of what she witnessed, Kay said.
"She and her friend saw a large, circular craft with arms extending out to the side, that had eight lights around the perimeter and one light in the center, facing down. The exterior lights were spinning in a circle, but they could tell they were separate lights," Kay said. "The object was about 60 feet off the ground and approximately 60 to 80 feet from the road, so it was very close and very large. ...
"She stopped the car and snapped a few pictures."
The woman and her friend, after taking the photos, did not wait around.
"They were afraid and they jumped back in the car and left," Kay said.
The women reported continuing their drive Dec. 31 into Kansas City, but to avoid Route 13, they took the alternative route, U.S. 50, back to Warrensburg around 12:30 a.m. Jan. 1, Kay said. The women spotted the same unusual object on U.S. 50, she said.
"They saw the same craft, only this time it was landed on a farm field. ... This time they were too afraid to stop. They slowed down just a little bit to make sure they were seeing what they were seeing, and continued on. But while they were slowing down, and this is the really odd part, an orange fireball - about 3 feet in diameter and about 6 feet from the passenger side - flew by the car," Kay said. "The weird thing is that I have had many reports since then, in the whole greater Kansas City area ... (of) orange or orange-ish-yellow fireballs."
Kay said Cooper's photos are under review.
"You can't really tell much from it. It just looks like a spinning light. You can't see structure in the photo. The originals are being analyzed by a photographic expert right now," she said.
In addition to those sightings, Kay said, she received a call from a Johnson County farmer, north of Warrensburg, who reported a UFO about 1:30 a.m. Jan. 1.
"First he said he saw something, but then he changed his story, because, he said, 'I don't want anybody to know about this - what I saw.' ... His story is even more spectacular. He claims he saw a UFO come down ... and suck the water out of a stream, which is bizarre, and that was right outside of Warrensburg," Kay said.
The man did not want his name revealed, she said.
The Star-Journal could not reach Cooper for comment.
Whiteman Air Force Base can confirm nothing on radar, Kay said, without a Freedom of Information Act request. Getting answers to such requests could take years, she said.
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Reader Comments
Posted: Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Article comment by:
Mind Illusion
Um...I assume people also forget that whiteman is less then 20 miles from Warrensburg and that the Air Force do test "special" weapons, missles, aircraft even though they will deny it. I agree with Daniel, try adding pictures next time so that people have an idea what to look for.
Posted: Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Article comment by:
Daniel
How about next time issue the story with photos. So it doesn't sound like a made up story. Not saying it is a lie or it is true. Should have waited till there were photos to publish.
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