Jacksonville FL UFO Hot Spot ?

It seems in and around the Jacksonville area of Florida has been a bit of a hotspot for UFO sightings and Encounters ? There have been at least ten reports logged since July 1st.:-

July 1st Spherical UFO
July 26th ‘Blimpshaped’ UFO
Sept 26th Spherical UFO
Sept 26th Alien Encounter
Sept 28th Star Shaped UFO
Sept 30th Cylinder UFO
Oct 22nd Flash/Oval Shape UFO
Nov 7th Star Shaped UFO
Dec 6th Spherical/Oval UFO
Dec 20th Flash/Oval Shape UFO

For full reports go to link:-

ufoclearinghouse.webs.com...

I can tell you that it is BS, big time BS, I live in Jacksonville, and with 5 airports, 1-International, 3-Military, and 1 private, there are always reports, that is to be expected with so many airports. We also have St. Mary's nuclear sub base about 30 miles north of us.

With the weather we have been having, especially high overcast, there are many times when aircraft have a tendency to take on unusual characteristics; especially at night.

reply to post by Pappa_Bear


I just wanted to put it out there as there seemed to be such alot of 'sightings' for the area ! Thanks for your contribution but no need to shoot me i'm only the messenger !

Sorry; not trying to shoot you. But hope you can understand, I have had people stand right next to me and tell me "Look; is that an UFO?" and all it usually turns out to be is either one of the several police helo's hovering high enough to not be heard and with the spotlight on, or some small slower plane flying through high level overcast. I've live here half of my life and was born here.

Also to be considered, one of the GoodYear Blimps are stored here in Jacksonville, as funny as the blimp looks, it is not an UFO

[edit on 21/12/2009 by Pappa_Bear]

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I live on the St. Johns - Duval county border on the St. Johns side and I have never once saw any type of UFO.

Originally posted by Misoir

 

I live on the St. Johns - Duval county border on the St. Johns side and I have never once saw any type of UFO.

So what are you trying to say ? Because YOU haven't ever seen a UFO, no-one else has ? I don't understand ?

Originally posted by ProRipp

Originally posted by Misoir

 

I live on the St. Johns - Duval county border on the St. Johns side and I have never once saw any type of UFO.

So what are you trying to say ? Because YOU haven't ever seen a UFO, no-one else has ? I don't understand ?

LMAO, its all about him

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Actually Misoir lives very close to 2 main military airbases and 1 private airport, and 1 medical heliport; they would have a better opportunity to see an UFO due to the close proximity of military bases.

Of course one must also understand that testing of new and experimental aircraft is rarely done in the Jacksonville area; this area is predominately logistics and maintenance. Because of this; UFO sighting might be much less than an area in which military bases regularly test new and experimental aircraft.

I happen to live in between the International airport and 1 naval logistics and maintenance base, as well as Coast Guard, Sheriffs, Customs, Homeland defense, and 2 medical heliports. I have witnessed several questionable occurrences, but upon taking the time to watch diligently, I have so far always found a logical explanation. Of course that doesn't rule out the possibility of UFO's or others witnessing them; however, and I think I can speak for Misoir in this, So far we have not witnessed any UFO's; as any questionable sights have led to logical explanations. Key words here, "so far", that can change at any time.

I would say that Jacksonville, Fl is not a "Hot Spot" for UFO activity or sightings as there are several places that receive many more sightings a month than this area does in a year. Of course with 3 local military bases and the nations largest Nuclear Sub base just 30 miles away, UFO sightings can be expected, just not by everyone.

I can understand both what yourself and Misoir are saying, so hope that this can help diffuse any misunderstandings or misinterpretations

[edit on 21/12/2009 by Pappa_Bear]

When I said at least ten here are the numbers with a brief description:-

2009-12-22 - driving west on I-10 drizzling rain, low clouds, passing a well lighted lot I noticed a small cloud reflecting the lots lights.
2009-10-17 - Gray Chevron maneuvers and hovers above NFL game
2009-10-17 - Boomerang shaped object hovers above NFL game.
2009-08-05 - I was lifeguarding at a local pool when i looked up to the sky because it was a pretty sunset when i saw something move
2009-07-25 - unusual light
2009-07-18 - Observed an object strobeing red, white, & blue at altitude & distance, stationary for appx. 20 mins.
2009-06-08 - unknown craft saw on flat bed trailer being escorted by highway patrol
2009-03-11 - Delta wing shaped craft approx 60-70' in diameter/tip to tip hovered @ 11:00 for about 1 min. No sound. six round depression on undersi
2009-02-18 - Lighted object observed strobing red, white & blue while completely stationary for apx. 20 mins. at altitude. Visual confirmation by AT
2009-01-02 - WE WERE LOOKING OUTSIDE FROM THE SIDEWALK AND WE SAW A BRIGHT LIGHT THAT WAS FLASHING BLUE AND RED AND IT WAS NOT MOVING
2009-11-15 - Triangular shaped ufo witnessed by 200 Marines in Camp Lejeune, NC.
2009-10-18 - First one appeared in the eastern sky and moved slowly south, about 10 minutes later another light appeared in the same spot the first
2009-07-17 - Diamond Shape Object Glowing incadescent Yellowish, The object was to our front right hovering just slightly below cloud level.
2009-07-17 - Object was Metalic shinning silver saucer shaped with arch hanging down on the left and right side. Me and my wife observed for about
2009-07-17 - Object was a saucer shaped cloud glowing white heading north to south about 700 feet up.
2009-01-24 - Strange light doing 3 90 degree turns.
2009-10-16 - Metallic Sphere Scans My Entire Body
2009-11-16 - Jacksonville FAA relays rept. from 2 airliners: both at 41' k. see two objs. in large cloud of blue light streak by them. NOT meteors.
2009-05-15 - Two fishermen witness very bright obj. pass overhead from SW to NE. Covered 90 deg. of arc in 30 sec., they thought. (Satellite?)
2009-04-02 - Man standing outside house witnesses "star" moving W to E in N sky. "Star" suddenly "turns 90 deg., goes straight up out of sight.
2009-10-07 - Triangualar shaped object hovering in place.VERY close to the road,and this was a busy highway with people in front and behind.At night
2009-03-29 - Woman reports bright, "neon-like" light, which moved, got brighter, ascended vertically very fast.
2009-03-19 - FAA Shift Supervisor relays rept.--Woman reported large obj. close to ground, hovering.
2009-01-30 - Man and wife observe three strange lights over Jacksonville that fly to southeast and fade out suddenly.
2093-08-12 - The translucent blue round sphere moved from horizon to horizon in 1 to 2 seconds with NO sound!
2088-07-04 - I saw object but my family did not even though they were with me.
2009-06-15 - Saw a triangle shaped object traverse sky on very clear night
2081-08-15 - During a period of several nights, points of light moved over and under the ocean water in various formations
2009-04-15 - Mothership and three saucers left behind
2009-05-01 - Luminious at a distance, very fire like ( massive blaze, orangish-red glow, turning amber up close. Very quiet. Triangular shape,
2009-12-07 - WHILE WALKING ON ATLANTIC BOULEVARD IN JACKSONVILLE I WITNESSED A BOOMERANG SHAPED OBJECT ALMOST COLLIDE WITH A COMMERCIAL AIRLINER
2009-05-05 - Silent rocking 4ft silver sphere hovering 2ft of the ground with tremendous takeoff speed.
2009-07-15 - taking a picture of night blooming cereus cactus at 9pm. craft came from north over ranch style house. lots were one quarter acre. hov
2009-07-04 - Very odd Flying-V object flew directly over me.
2009-01-10 - Lost three hours of time--and didn't think it strange.
2009-06-15 - extremely fast triangle shape object with one light on rear comes to a sudden stop, then seems to shoot out of sight
2009-10-15 - Sisters observe dark disc in sky over city park; sight landed saucer opening as they hide.
2009-08-22 - two lights flashing in unison very odd to see. very high in sky, in between horizon and directly over head. they flashed and moved off
2009-04-07 - Unidentified lights over Jacksonville Beach

Definitely because we all know Aliens love the Jaguars because they look like them.

Originally posted by rocksarerocks
Definitely because we all know Aliens love the Jaguars because they look like them.

Thanks for that ! If you have anything to add that might even be remotely closer to ON TOPIC i'd be more than pleased to hear from you ! Merry Christmas !

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Don't get me wrong here, I'm not trying to say that UFO's don't exist and are not seen by people; I am saying that the title to your thread is IMHO incorrect pertaining to Jacksonville being a "hotspot". Even the full list, which by the way I've seen before, is still nowhere indicative of a "hotspot" as there are quite a few places which receive a list that long or longer each month; not annually.

Also several of those reports are indicative of overactive imaginations.

2009-07-18 - Observed an object strobeing red, white, & blue at altitude & distance, stationary for appx. 20 mins.
2009-01-02 - WE WERE LOOKING OUTSIDE FROM THE SIDEWALK AND WE SAW A BRIGHT LIGHT THAT WAS FLASHING BLUE AND RED AND IT WAS NOT MOVING

Red & Blue ummmmm how about police cars, at night especially with any dew or overcast, flashing red and blue from police cars will appear to reflect of the cloud cover or be widely dispersed in the air with dew fall. I see it all the time around my neighborhood- seems like a logical explanation

I could go on with more of them, however there are some that are just possibly unexplainable and some that seem to be quite out there.

All in all though the title stating Jacksonville as a possible hotspot is what I'm actually attempting to debate here. With a high # of military bases; it is safe to believe that if UFO's are piloted by aliens, they would want to watch this area to some degree especially Mayport Naval Base and St. Mary's Submarine Base.

My debate in short is- when one considers the population density in Jacksonville compared to the number of reports- it is safe to say that Jacksonville is not an hotspot, we do however have the occasional unexplained incident.

Papa please dont get me wrong you make some valued and valid point's yes there can be misidentifications due to many circumstances one of the simplest being of people having shall we say a few too many sherberts and seeing lets say police lights red white blue but also remember there are probably just as many sightings unreported and possibly due to similar reasons to the one suggested ! But possibly down to the age old reason of fear of ridicule ! These examples are the ones i know of perhaps if i dig further i could find more ! I will dig deeper but not now as ive been up 39 hrs solid ! Please dont ask ! ha ha ha ! I value your input cheers and Merry Christmas to you !