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March 2, 1999: UFO Sightings - Peter Davenport & Dr. Roger Leir | Miami Circle Update - Richard C. Hoagland
Published 1 year, 10 months ago
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Art Bell speaks with Dr. Roger Leir and Peter Davenport about a remarkable UFO sighting witnessed by approximately 40 people at the International UFO Congress in Laughlin, Nevada. Both men describe watching star-like objects arranged in a triangular formation begin moving in ways that defied conventional aircraft behavior, darting and stopping with a quality Davenport compares to tropical fish in an aquarium. The objects gradually dimmed as they drifted toward the corona of a nearly full moon before disappearing entirely.
Dr. Leir recounts the emotional weight of the experience, noting the crowd fell into complete silence rather than the expected excitement. He describes a distinct feeling that the objects were acknowledging the observers before departing. Davenport, normally a self-described scientific skeptic, confirms this was among the strangest things he has witnessed in a decade. Neither man was able to photograph the event, as the objects appeared only as faint star-intensity lights impossible to capture with standard cameras.
Richard C. Hoagland joins later with an update on the Miami Circle, reporting that the site remains protected by court order while multiple lawsuits entangle the county, the city, and the developer. He connects the archaeological find to a broader theory of a prior sophisticated civilization, citing hieroglyphic panels at the Temple of Seti I at Abydos depicting what appear to be technological devices carved thousands of years ago.
Dr. Leir recounts the emotional weight of the experience, noting the crowd fell into complete silence rather than the expected excitement. He describes a distinct feeling that the objects were acknowledging the observers before departing. Davenport, normally a self-described scientific skeptic, confirms this was among the strangest things he has witnessed in a decade. Neither man was able to photograph the event, as the objects appeared only as faint star-intensity lights impossible to capture with standard cameras.
Richard C. Hoagland joins later with an update on the Miami Circle, reporting that the site remains protected by court order while multiple lawsuits entangle the county, the city, and the developer. He connects the archaeological find to a broader theory of a prior sophisticated civilization, citing hieroglyphic panels at the Temple of Seti I at Abydos depicting what appear to be technological devices carved thousands of years ago.