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THIS
IS MY STORY
By Mike Harman
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UFO-PI
FIELD INVESTIGATOR/WEBMASTER
Mike_Harman@rocketmail.com
Born April 6, 1946, Michael C. Harman, Washington DC.
I first became interested in subject of UFOlogy back in the mid
60's, in high school, although back then, most of my time was spent
reading tabloid and other UFO magazines like FATE. It wasn't until
1996 that I began my current quest, and launched my first web site,
“UFO TIMES, TEXAS EDITION”. This web site stayed up for about a year
or so before I decided to close it down in order to move in a
different direction. Then in 1998 I created the current web site,
UFO-PI, which also launched my current endeavor, that being to
investigate sightings in my local area. However this project is
moving at a much slower pace than I had expected.
My main goal in studying the UFO phenomenon is first to discover
where these mysterious craft are coming from, and secondly to learn
as much as I can about their advanced technology and finally and
ultimately to meet a being from another world, and if possible, take
a ride in their craft, that is if I haven’t already done this.
INFLUENCED BY A DREAM
My main influence for pursuing "The endless search for truth" and
what drives me forward, was a dream I had about ten years ago...
I had a vivid dream, at least I think it was a dream, a few years
ago, I think around 1990. In this dream I was taken aboard a ship
and allowed to pilot it. The craft in my dream was about 30 feet in
diameter and saucer shaped; this would be considered your standard
flying saucer. I remember visualizing or actually being in the domed
area at the upper most part of the craft, where the pilot operates
the craft. The pilot uses what appeared to be some sort of hand
operated control, something I could place my hand on and cause the
craft to move and change directions. I was told that the dome of the
craft was made of a special kind of metal that could be made clear
like glass for visibility from the dome. It could be turned off or
on. Then I was asked if I wanted to take control of the ship, which
I was glad to do. I vividly remember seeing the tops of tall pine
trees passing beneath the craft, as I skimmed along just above them.
I believe I was traveling about 200 miles per hour at the time,
however this craft was capable of much faster speeds. I also
remember pushing the hand operated control forward to move in a
forward direction and pulling back to stop, this device operated
much like a standard joystick, forward, reverse, left and right all
from a single control. I also remember communicating with three
bogeyed aliens that were with me on this craft. I must point out
that I still believe this to be a dream, however a very vivid dream.
Some have told me that if I see UFOs I have probably been abducted
by them, however I have not seen any evidence, on my body to suggest
this hypothesis.
MY SIGHTINGS
Here is a list of my UFO sightings or at least all of them that I
can remember.
1. Back in the 60s I had a UFO sighting on the Potomac River. I
observed a red orb traveling up the river at a fantastic speed. This
orb looked about like a LED light, and seemed quite small. It
skimmed just above the surface of the water. This occurred on the
Potomac River near Washington DC. I believe it occurred around 1965
or 1966.
2. I also had a sighting of an orange ball of fire possible three
feet in diameter. I saw this in Alexandria Virginia, in, I think
1966. You could see it float slowly to the ground. The flames were
visible on this object. We went looking for the object but never
found where it landed. This occurred in a dense residential area of
Alexandria.
There may be more from this time but I do not remember them.
3. I had a dream when I was 8 years old. We lived in Alexandria
Virginia in an apartment building. In this dream I was sitting
outside with my mother, as it was too hot in the apartment. We did
not have air conditioning back in those days you know. As we sat
there, We began to observe many triangular shaped craft, many
thousands of them, all moving in the same direction across the sky.
I remember the totally clear and black sky, and all the triangular
craft. These craft looked somewhat like the ship in the original
Star Wars movie, the wedge shaped craft that is shown at the
beginning of the movie. I do not know why I had this dream
especially at that age, and back them (1952) we had not heard of
triangles or UFO's. Could it have some meaning? I think I have been
interested in Flying Saucers since then. Later I started hearing
about them in the newspapers and Magazines.
MORE RECENT SIGHTINGS
4. VERY BRIGHT
WHITE/ORANGE UFO
Arlington, Texas
1998
On Friday, January 2, 1998, at 06:15, I had just entered our kitchen
and glanced out the window when I noticed the very bright, large
white or white/orange colored light appear in my viewing area to the
right as viewed through the kitchen window. The object moved very
quickly in a northerly direction across my viewing area as seen from
my kitchen window. It then made a zigzagging turn, reversing
direction and losing altitude very quickly. Altering course again,
the UFO moved behind a building where I lost sight of it. My
observation of the bright white/orange light or UFO lasted
approximately three seconds." I also noticed a white strobe light
that blinked on the object similar to normal aircraft lighting.
There were no other lights visible on this object I have seen many
aircraft from my window and I have never seen one move as quickly as
this one did. I also noticed that the light source remained at a
constant brightness even though it was turning. It was dawn however
still quite dark, I could not see any tail or wings on this object
and they should have been visible. The object was viewed from about
a mile to a mile and a half away.
5. Fort Worth
Multi-Colored UFO
Downtown Fort Worth, Texas
1998
A STRANGE ENCOUNTER WITH AN UNKNOWN VEHICLE
(LOOKING FOR ANSWERS)
The question
remains was I abducted during this close encounter???
PERSONAL SIGHTING REPORT
FORT WORTH TEXAS
March 28, 1998 at 11:00PM
ORIGINAL REPORT TYPED THE NIGHT OF MARCH 28, 1998
My son and I had just left work and were driving on highway 287
South approaching I-30 just out of downtown Fort Worth Texas. We
noticed an unusual object looking west from the city over the
Trinity River area just east of downtown Fort Worth Texas. At first
we thought it was just an airplane, but then we noticed that the
object had several very intense rapidly flashing green, red and
white lights, all three flashing at the same time in a sort of burst
of light energy. The effect was similar to that of a police cars
lights as seen from a distance at night, except not quite the same.
In the case of the police cars lights, they are in a constant state
of flashing, and the lights rotating cause the flashing effect. In
the case of the UFO, these lights would stop strobe-like, with now
visible lighting for several seconds possibly eight to ten seconds,
then suddenly burst with this rapid fire, Random, very intense
beautifully colored burst of strobe like or rapidly flashing lights.
Each burst of energy lasted only about two seconds then the object
went back to an all-dark state. We noticed that there were no other
lights visible on the object during the strobe like effect. Then
suddenly the light turned to an all green light, then all white this
lasted only about a second, then back to the strobe like effect
again. We also noticed that the object appeared to be darting back
and forth too rapidly for any known aircraft; sometimes it just
appeared to jump from side to side causing the lights to strobe here
then suddenly a few hundred feet in another direction. It also
darted off moving about a half mile in one direction then suddenly
dart straight up approximately 1000 feet then back in the opposite
direction. Then it changed course moving at an incredible speed in
an easterly direction passing our vehicle. Then it suddenly turned
and went in the opposite direction from us. During this maneuver I
observed a large florescent green colored light or glowing area on
what I believed was the rear of this craft. It was almost as if the
object was putting on a show for us; as if it knew we were there
watching it, totally amazed at what we were seeing. The object
followed our vehicle for about five minutes as we drove East on I-30
when we finally lost site of it when it turned and went away from
us. I would like to add that I have never seen an aircraft with this
type of lighting and flight characteristics. It did not have any of
the normal legal aircraft lighting. I am a retired Air Force member
and have seen many aircraft in my time and can identify most of the
normal aircraft, this object did not fit any of their descriptions.
A little further up I-30, probably not more than a mile of so, we
noticed a round silver-blue object pacing our van. The object would
light up similar to a blue-white or silver florescent light bulb for
about two seconds then it would turn this light off for what seemed
to be one or two seconds pulsating in this manor two seconds of
light, two seconds of totally dark with absolutely no lighting of
any sort visible when the light went out. It continued this for a
few miles, exactly pacing our vehicle before vanishing completely.
The object appeared to be possibly a half-mile away from us. I would
estimate the size of this sphere to be roughly twice to three time
the size of an automobile or about 30 feet wide. Needless to say
this left us with an eerie feeling, for the rest of the night. As
soon as I arrived at home I immediately wrote down every detail that
I could remember to make sure I didn’t forget any of the details of
this strange encounter.
NOTES ON THE OBSERVATION MADE ABOUT TWO WEEKS LATER
When we were viewing this object from the highway just outside the
downtown Fort Worth city limits, it appeared, or at least the
lighted area was about the size of a basketball held at three times
my arm length and was viewed at an angle of 45 degrees from the
horizon. I had to stick my head clear out of the window of my van
and look up to see this thing. My son had half his body stuck out
the left front window in order to view it from that side of the van.
We were moving at no more that five miles per hour at the time of
the sighting and there was very little noise coming from my van as
the engine was at an idle, and I was traveling at no more that 5
miles per hour. During the sighting I heard absolutely no sound of
any kind coming from this object, and there were no other aircraft
or cars in the area at the same time. When the strobe-like effect
stopped we were unable to see anything in the sky, the object had
become completely invisible therefore we were unable to determine
its shape. Also when I viewed this object it gave me a very strange
sensation almost like adrenaline rushing through my system or
possibly I was feeling the effects of some sort of magnetic or
electrical energy similar to static electricity, or simply excited
about what I was a witness to. I felt that the object was very close
to us almost felt I could reach out and touch it.
UPDATE #1 ABOUT A WEEK LATER
I work in a Fort Worth high-rise building and have an excellent view
of the downtown area and Trinity River. I noticed that the river
runs parallel to the highway all the way up to interstate 30 then
turns northward and follows I-30 for a couple of miles. What is
interesting about this discovery is that it appears that the UFO
followed the river and was situated beside us even as we made the
exit ramp to I-30. It seemed to be always within 200 feet from us
until it turned away. It also was not more that 200-400 feet off the
ground during this sighting.
UPDATE #2 A FEW MONTHS LATER
I have since learned that another person on the other side of the
river has, also observed the above sighting observed by my son and
myself. He observed the object over the Trinity River at the same
time as we had seen it from Highway 287 that evening. I have been in
e-mail contact with this person about this sighting however the
teenaged son does not want to talk about this incident, ad he fears
ridicule from his friends.
UPDATE #3 Jan. 17, 2000 REFLECTING ON THE ENCOUNTER
The area where we made the sighting had some normal street light
poles in the area and there was quite a bit of ambient light coming
from the downtown area of Fort Worth city as it is only about a mile
away. The only time I actually saw any shape, letting us know
something was truly there was when it turned away from us
momentarily exposing the rear side of the object, showing a
florescent very green looking perfectly round and brightly lit area
that reminded me of some the movie special effects used for space
ships. I also had a sensation or feeling that there was a honeycomb
design within the green-lighted area. The size of the green circle
was about the size of or a bit smaller than a basketball with the
length of three arms held straight out or a fist with an arm held
straight out, and pointed up about 40 to 45 degrees. When the lights
strobed they were confined to an area a bit larger than a fist as
stated above and in a circular bunch of lights. Also when the lights
turned to all white and all green it appeared to be the same lights
except they were steady white and green still the very vivid deep
color of green and red as in emerald red and ruby green, for about a
second. I apologies I really didn't take notice of the exact shape
or position of these lights, I think I was simply too awed by the
event, I mean my jaw must have been dragging on the ground right
about then. I have become interested in the "Edwards Encounter" of
1965 (Sam Sherman) as there are some similarities in the colors of
the lights.
I do know that this was not a blimp or helicopter as both make quite
a bit of noise at that range, and we heard no sound at all except my
van which was at an idle and is very quiet running. The object
darted straight up possibly 1000 feet almost instantaneously and did
it without a sound. Blimps and helicopters are unable to maneuver
that quickly.
It was not a fireball due to the length of time observed and
fireballs do not hover absolutely still and silently.
It was not an experimental craft as they would not be operating a
craft with advanced technology in such a congested populated area,
low over a river, and they would not be observing and putting on a
show like they did for us. It would be very difficult to explain why
an experimental craft crashed in the vicinity or a residential area
like downtown Fort Worth.
Michael Harman USAF (Ret.) Photographer.
6. SILVER BLUE
UFO FOLLOWING AN AIRLINER
DFW Area Over the DFW Airport, Texas
1996
This sighting occurred in August of 1996 at around 12:00PM over the
DFW area of Texas. This was an object about one quarter the size of
the moon that followed our American Airlines turbo-prop aircraft the
last few miles into DFW about 18 months ago I think August I believe
and around midnight. This object always remained outside the left
side of the aircraft and somewhat behind. It remained there even
during the routine turns that aircraft do when approaching an
airport, that is they are required to descend in a square pattern
making several turns as they reduce in altitude. This object
remained there through all the turns. Once I glanced back and
noticed all the passengers behind me were all looking at this object
with blank looks on their faces as though they were in a trance, it
was absolutely silent except for the engine and prop sounds inside
that aircraft. I also noticed just prior to landing, the object grew
larger in size to approximately half the size of the moon. This
object was a silver blue color. Pretty strange but it happened
7. DAYLIGHT DISK
Fort Worth, Texas
1998
This sighting occurred on October 6, 1998 at 5:35PM in West Fort
Worth, Bailey Avenue.
I had just left the office building where I work in Fort Worth and
was walking towards my van parked in the front parking lot. I
desired to look skyward, as is often my habit, just to see if there
might be anything interesting up there. I noticed a diamond shaped
object actually it was more of a rounded off diamond shaped object
moving quite fast in a westerly direction. I was looking in a
southwesterly direction; the object was about 70 degrees up, nearly
directly above me. This object was definitely a short and round or
rounded diamond shaped, there was no elongated body, and thee were
no wings visible, only this short rounded body. I could clearly see
its shape contrasted against the deep blue sky above me. Its color
was bright silver or silver white in appearance, reflecting the
evening sunlight as it proceeded west of me. I could see that it was
moving quite fast at least faster than aircraft I have seen at a
similar altitude. This object appeared to be flying just below the
high cloud cover, which was not much, only some high clouds with
mostly clear blue sky.
8. I also had another daylight sighting a little closer to my
vehicle while traveling on I-20 returning from a trip in West Texas.
Somewhere along I-20 I observed a perfect Flying Saucer shaped
object coming out between a cloud and moving into another cloud, as
if hiding. I could see its movement and a dull silver color. The
edges of this craft were sharply pointed and it had a dome on top,
classic saucer.
9. PULSATING RED
LIGHT
South West Arlington, Texas
1998
This sighting occurred in South West Arlington, Texas at 9:15PM on
June 26, 1998, while attending a family outing at the corner of
Kelly Ellott and Gentle Sprints at the 4300 block. I noticed an
unusual pulsating red object in the night sky at 9:15 PM. I noticed
an object that did not match the "norm" for aircraft in this area. I
was five miles from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport where I
often watch aircraft make their approaches. I saw several aircraft
fly by with their standard aircraft lighting of red, white landing
lights and white strobes.? The unknown object was flying in the same
area of sky as the previous known aircraft had been flying. This
unknown object was displaying only a single red light. No landing
lights or strobes were visible during the entire sighting. Only this
single very large red light that pulsated from its brightest down to
a dim glow and back to bright again was visible. It moved across the
sky at twice the speed of the other aircraft about 33 degrees above
the horizon. I calculated the frequency from peak brightness to
dimly lit and back to full brightness as being one second peak to
peak. The transition throughout the cycle was a very smooth gradual
brightening from dim to brightest. The size of the red light
appeared to be a similar size as a standard aircraft landing light
and about as bright. It flew at a steady speed and continued the
cycling of the light until it moved out of sight behind some trees.
I would estimate it to have been approximately two miles from my
location. If anyone has a clue to the identity, please e-mail me at
the below address.
10. FAST MOVING
BOOMERANG UFO
Downtown Fort Worth, Texas
November 5th, 1999
The date and time of this sighting were 2:37 PM on 11/05/99, The
shape of the object was of a large boomerang with no body visible
only the boomerang wings angled sharply back.. I have a habit of
looking out the windows whenever I get off the elevators on the
37th, 38th and 39th floors of our building. I ride these elevators
many times a day therefore get plenty of chances to view the sky.
There is a window located on each floor near the elevator doors the
window faces due west, giving me an excellent view of the western
horizon of Fort Worth Texas and the sky all the way out to the
horizon.
Today at 2:37PM I glanced out the window on the 37th floor of the
Burnett Plaza building in downtown Fort Worth Texas and spotted this
object in the sky. I had only been looking out this window for
approximately three minutes when I spotted a UFO in a perfect
boomerang shaped traveling at a high speed. The UFO looked very much
like the artwork I found on the Internet and have included on this
document. This object was approximately the size of a dime held at
arms length and appeared to be of a dark gray color. The sky was
partly cloudy with vivid blue sky showing from between the sparse
cloud cover. I spotted this object moving from behind one cloud and
again hidden by the next cloud moving in a southwesterly direction.
It was visible for only about two seconds due to its rapid speed.
However I was able to clearly see its shape as its gray color
contrasted against the deep blue sky. It would be my guess that its
size would have been at least three times the size of a jumbo jet
flying just above the clouds. Judging from the size of a jet when
seen moving across this same area in the past. This object seemed to
be moving more that three times the speed of a normal jumbo jet. I'm
not very good at guessing altitudes or speeds so these are just
estimates of what I believe was its true speed.
When I first saw it, I could clearly see the pointed front surface
of the object, then I noticed that it seemed to grow larger and
larger as more and more of this huge object moved out from behind
the cloud. Next I could see that the central part of this object was
completely void of a body. The object had only a set of wings in a
"V" shape. As the ends of the two giant wings were completely out
from behind the cloud the nose had already begun to go behind the
next cloud. Some times I wonder why I looked directly at that spot
in the sky where this thing was to appear, it was almost as if it
had some how instructed me to do so.
Sky conditions during observation period were: Winds South at14 mpg
with no gusts, Cloud Ceiling 500 ft., Temperature 64, Dew point 60,
Relative Humidity 87%, Visibility 9 miles, and some haze present.
The Object I saw was the same shape as the object depicted in the
drawing except no lights were visible and it was grey in color not
black.
11. High
Strangeness In Arlington Texas
Two, bright Green Lights, traveling at a High rate of speed with an
orange companion dancing back and forth behind the lead object
Arlington Texas
April 6, 2000 (My birthday, what a present...)
9:35PM Central Standard Time.
This is the first time I have ever seen anything quite like this.
Did anyone else see this strange sight? If you saw it please email
me.
I had gone outside to observe the stars for a while before going to
bed, I was standing facing south and looking at the Orion Nebula,
when something caught my eye coming over our house.
Looking almost directly straight up and just slightly south, I
observed two bright green circular shaped lights, or objects coming
fast over our house, one behind the other. The objects were green in
color, the same color as the green of a traffic light and about the
same brightness, or possibly slightly brighter. The color of the
green was very rich, intense green, almost a florescent green, like
a green highlighter. The size was about the same size or slightly
larger than Venus looks in the night sky, or about the same size
that a small car would look at that altitude. When viewed through
binoculars the object appeared larger and you could clearly see the
round shape of both objects. The objects were traveling at a very
high and constant rate of speed except for just prior to it dropping
below the tree line when it seemed to gain speed rapidly. The speed
was what looked to be about four times the speed of aircraft passing
over the same area during most of its trek. Aircraft often fly over
this area, as it is one of the final approaches to the DFW Airport.
The object took about 12 seconds to go from almost straight up and
about 10 degrees south to completely out of sight over some trees
down the street looking north. As the objects traveled across the
sky, they did not leave streaks, tails, sparks and there was no sign
of flaring, the way a Meteorite does. The size, shape and color of
these objects remained constant throughout its trek across the sky.
When I spotted the first green light I noticed that there was
another object just like the first one and of the same color and
brightness, this second object was also traveling in the same
direction and at the same speed. This object was just to the right
of the first object, and slightly behind it. I remember thinking,
"is this a low-flying aircraft?" "It sure is moving fast for an
aircraft", however there were no normal aircraft lights or strobes
visible on either object. I grabbed my binoculars to get a better
look at the objects, as I viewed the leading object through the
binoculars; I noticed that I could see the clouds behind the object
and that there was no sign of a body or wings or any structure
connected to the objects. I could clearly see the clouds behind and
around both objects. The clouds were also illuminated by the city
lights, which made the clouds seem to glow a dim whitish color. I
could clearly see the clouds contrasted against the objects as they
moved under them. The clouds were patchy and scattered, and spread
out fairly evenly across the sky except for further north, where
they were denser. You could also see many stars between the clouds.
These objects did not look anything like stars, since they were
moving at a high rate of speed. They were also moving under the
cloud cover therefore could not have been stars or satellites.
There was one aspect to this sighting that I thought was a bit
strange, the objects seemed to be gaining speed rapidly, just prior
to dropping down and disappearing behind the trees, which were about
a quarter of a mile away.
Early in my observation, when I first spotted the leading object
looking through my binoculars, I noticed an orange much smaller
light or object that seemed to be dancing very rapidly back and
forth going past the lead green object in either direction, from
side to side, not a tight zigzag but a much more exaggerated
movement, and quite rapid, more so than what would be expected from
eye movement or movement of the binoculars. I could see the lead
green object at the same time as the orange smaller object and could
tell that it was moving past the green one in a rapid movement. I
was also able to pan the green object fairly easily allowing me to
view the orange object as it danced around or back and forth. The
orange object otherwise kept pace with the leading green object as
it traversed the sky.
This whole episode caught me totally by surprise, I had gone outside
to do some stargazing, and had not planned on looking for UFOs. This
incident has left me totally spooked and quite excited, definitely
High Strangeness. This is the first time I have ever seen anything
quite like this; looked like something right out of the movies.
What I have described above was not the planet Venus or Jupiter, or
a star. I was able to see both planets during this sighting. It also
was not an aircraft, balloon or a helicopter as there was no sound
at all, emanating from this object., and it moved much too fast and
smoothly.
#12. Arlington Texas Wingless Grey Object
10/25/2001
8:05 PM
I stepped outside with my
brother-in-law at 8:05 PM to take out the trash after a group dinner
at my mother in laws apartment. We immediately noticed this gray
round wingless object moving rapidly and steadily across the sky.
The object had no standard aircraft lighting, no strobing, or other
lights visible on the object. I could clearly see the outline of
it's shape against the night sky which was lighted somewhat from the
ciyt below. The object moved straight across the sky on a southwest
heading. My brother in law was with me at the time and we both
observed the silent gray spherical object from directly above and
slightly south of our position until it went out of sight, in about
20 seconds. It crossed Pioneer Parkway and then on across I-20. It
looked about ten feet across, 1000 feet up and round in shape. I
seriously doubt that it was a balloon because of the high steady
speed, and the fact that there was no wind at the time. No wings
were visible on this object and it made no sound as it moved across
the sky. The sighting lasted 15 to 20 seconds, and I estimated it's
speed to be 80 to 100 MPH. I observed reflected light from
streetlights below on the object as it flew by.
This object had none of the typical aircraft lighting like red or
white or any strobes. None of these could be seen when it was
directly over head, however as it went on out over the shopping mall
I culd see mall lights reflecting of the bottom of this thing so
that the entire shape of the object all at once reflected the light
being seen.
My Abduction
Request:
For science, the study of UFOlogy and most of all, for truth, I have
decided to conduct a little experiment. I have decided to allow
myself to be abducted by aliens, willfully, and without complaint.
It is my hopes that this endeavor will allow me to prove without a
doubt that alien encounters are real, and that other beings do
exist. I have only one request to make to my future abductors, and
that is that they abduct me from my home in Central Texas, and when
they are finished doing what they do best, that they deposit me on a
sandy beach in San Diego, hopefully clothed. I will try to take as
many mental and written notes as possible throughout this abduction
in order to record the entire event. IF this works out I will
document it here on this web site. What I need from you all out
there in cyber land is to spend a few moments every day thinking
about my abduction, try to project this to the aliens, they are able
to read our thoughts.
ABDUCTION LOG
09/16/2000
I've already had two UFO's fly directly over my home... However, no
abduction as of yet. I'm waiting for one to land in the back yard. I
know, keep on dreaming...
10/18/2000
No abduction as of yet, I will keep you informed if I do. I'm
planning some trips into remote areas of Texas at night, it could
happen then.
01/05/2001
No abduction yet... going in for a heart-cath today. Hope it turns
out OK.
02/15/2001
I'm still waiting... have even spoken to several abductees recently,
who said they would inform the Aliens of my request.
If you have any comments or suggestions please send them to me at
the below listed e-mail address:
DIRECT COMMENTS TO:
Mike Harman
Mike_Harman@rocketmail.com
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