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MUFON releases radar analysis of the Stephenville sightings

When: Jul 2008
Where: Stephenville, TX
Sources: 2 public sources

Stephenville, Texas, site of the 2008 sightings MUFON analyzed CletusDitto, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

MUFON released a 76-page analysis of FAA radar data obtained under FOIA for the Jan. 8, 2008 Stephenville sightings, saying it showed objects flying without transponders. Skeptics said it picked 187 points out of millions of noise returns and that F-16s dropping flares explain the lights.

Sources

OtherStephenville, Texas MUFON Radar Report Released (MUFON UFO Journal No. 483) (opens in a new tab)Mutual UFO Network (copy hosted by The Black Vault) / 2008-07
OtherThe Stephenville Lights: What Actually Happened (opens in a new tab)Skeptical Inquirer (Center for Inquiry) / 2009-01

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How the story came out

This reports on Stephenville, Texas mass sighting (8 Jan 2008).

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