What do I do in the event of a UFO sighting or landing?

By Kenny Young

If a flaming UFO lands in your back yard... DO NOT call the U.S. Air Force. As crazy as that may sound, it has been the official U.S. Air Force policy to NOT investigate UFO sightings since the closure of Project Blue Book in 1969.

If you do call a U.S. Air Force installation with a UFO-related concern, they will actually tell you to call your local police department.

In Ohio, the Ohio State Highway Patrol has been given jurisdiction to handle aircraft emergency situations, and they have a "Signal 50" call sign referencing the sighting of an unidentified aircraft. Their instructions are to obtain a make and model of the unidentified aircraft in the event of a 'Signal 50' situation. If the UFO sighting is confirmed by OSP or other state patrol officers, dispatch headquarters will retain the telephone number to the air tower of the nearest air base, where the information can then be passed along for processing.

This situation happened in April of 1993 when a UFO was sighted over the Lebanon Correctional Institute as dispatchers at the Warren County Sheriff's Office placed a phone call to a "secret, restricted telephone number" at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio to report the object. Details of this 'restricted phone number' were revealed in a 1995 letter prepared by the Warren County Sheriff's Office.

We can only presume that official USAF investigations into UFOs would begin at that level, unless we journey into speculation that there would be a super-clandestine command center at some NORAD or U.S. Space Command radar facility that already tracks these objects.

Despite USAF policy stating they do not currently investigate sightings, researchers have, over the years, collected a great amount of data that suggests they do. (See book "Beyond UFO Secrecy" by John Greenewald)

If a UFO lands in your backyard... DO NOT APPROACH IT. Always remember, safety first. Keep a safe distance from the object and call the police. Get others in the area to witness the event and take photographs and videotape. Take names of other witnesses.

Do not attempt to approach or enter the UFO. Please know that UFOs have been reported to undertake hostile action toward people on many occasions. If you are informed about UFOs and historical cases, you will acknowledge that some aspects of the UFO phenomena are not just crop circles and lights in the sky. There are many reports of human injury and death, abductions and mutilations. Consider extreme caution.

If you have a UFO sighting, most importantly, call or text THE CINCINNATI UFO HOTLINE at 859-760-9352 or e-mail the Anomaly Response Network at anomalyresponse@gmail.com as soon as possible during or after the event.

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