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Fiverz, it's exactly because I used to be in the news racket that kept me from reporting it to the papers or to television stations --- and it pretty much played out that way locally, with the usual assortment of flakes being interviewed and the story being treated lightly. I have tried to contact the reporter at the Tribune and expect to speak with him soon. If I'd had photos, I would have been more forthcoming about it, and would have sent copies of them to a print reporter, but I frankly expected dozens of photos to hit the papers quite soon after the incident, and when they didn't that both surprised and silenced me for the time being. I did contact several UFO reporting agencies to see if they'd heard about the sighting and to see if photographs had been released to them, but at that time there were no official reports (there had been several others who had contacted them as I had, but without filing official reports), and no one had sent in any photographs. Again, it wasn't until the Tribune story came out that I realized that there were, at least, other witnesses coming forward (even though they were anonymous), and I didn't discover this thread until quite recently... then I spent a number of spare hours reading this to get up to speed and to ascertain if this was where I wanted to go semi-public. I do believe more people will come out with their stories and with photos --- but basically it's only been a few weeks since the story really broke, and it takes a bit of time for many of us to be willing to risk being associated with the sort of folk they parade in front of the cameras when making light of this sort of thing.
From Thread: O'Hare Airport UFO Sighting -- UPDATE: Photos & Analysis
Posted by Eyewitness, on January 27, 2007 at 00:55 GMTFiverz, it's exactly because I used to be in the news racket that kept me from reporting it to the papers or to television stations --- and it pretty much played out that way locally, with the usual assortment of flakes being interviewed and the story being treated lightly. I have tried to contact the reporter at the Tribune and expect to speak with him soon. If I'd had photos, I would have been more forthcoming about it, and would have sent copies of them to a print reporter, but I frankly expected dozens of photos to hit the papers quite soon after the incident, and when they didn't that both surprised and silenced me for the time being. I did contact several UFO reporting agencies to see if they'd heard about the sighting and to see if photographs had been released to them, but at that time there were no official reports (there had been several others who had contacted them as I had, but without filing official reports), and no one had sent in any photographs. Again, it wasn't until the Tribune story came out that I realized that there were, at least, other witnesses coming forward (even though they were anonymous), and I didn't discover this thread until quite recently... then I spent a number of spare hours reading this to get up to speed and to ascertain if this was where I wanted to go semi-public. I do believe more people will come out with their stories and with photos --- but basically it's only been a few weeks since the story really broke, and it takes a bit of time for many of us to be willing to risk being associated with the sort of folk they parade in front of the cameras when making light of this sort of thing.
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