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February 26, 1999: Trumbull County UFO Sightings - Kenny Young
Published 1 year, 10 months ago
Description
Art Bell welcomes UFO researcher Kenny Young, who presents the complete, unedited 911 dispatch recordings from a December 1994 mass UFO sighting in Trumbull County, Ohio. Young explains that he stumbled onto the case by accident when a wrong phone number from directory assistance connected him to the wrong Liberty Township police department, where officers had their own extraordinary account to share. He later received the full dispatch tapes from a 911 center employee who discovered his internet report and felt the story deserved public attention.
The recordings capture multiple civilian callers and police officers describing a large, silent object with blue-green and red pulsating lights hovering as low as 50 feet above homes along Samson Drive. Officers observe the object through binoculars, noting it changes colors and remains stationary for extended periods before slowly moving away. The FAA tower operator confirms nothing appears on radar within a 60-mile radius of Youngstown, leaving dispatchers without any conventional explanation to relay to units in the field.
Young highlights that a local television reporter from Channel 33 in Youngstown monitored the entire event on a police scanner and even called the dispatch center, yet the station never aired a story. He contrasts the raw evidence with the dismissive conclusion offered on NBC's Confirmation special, where a skeptic attributed the sightings to twinkling stars.
The recordings capture multiple civilian callers and police officers describing a large, silent object with blue-green and red pulsating lights hovering as low as 50 feet above homes along Samson Drive. Officers observe the object through binoculars, noting it changes colors and remains stationary for extended periods before slowly moving away. The FAA tower operator confirms nothing appears on radar within a 60-mile radius of Youngstown, leaving dispatchers without any conventional explanation to relay to units in the field.
Young highlights that a local television reporter from Channel 33 in Youngstown monitored the entire event on a police scanner and even called the dispatch center, yet the station never aired a story. He contrasts the raw evidence with the dismissive conclusion offered on NBC's Confirmation special, where a skeptic attributed the sightings to twinkling stars.