Mutual UFO Network Tracks Flying Saucers

      Mutual UFO Network 

      Tracks Flying Saucers 

     The Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) of the USVI meets monthly in the King Christian Hotel in Christiansted. They are part of a U.S. based nonprofit organization composed of civilian volunteers who study reported UFO sightings.   

     MUFON is one of the oldest and largest organizations of its kind, claiming more than 5,000 members worldwide with chapters in 43 countries. The group has more than 500 field investigators and specialized teams that investigate possible physical evidence of extraterrestrial craft. The network trains volunteers to interview witnesses, perform research, and draw conclusions from the evidence. Although investigators are not paid, they must pass both an exam based on a 265-page manual, and a background check.

     The group stationed in Christiansted holds regular roundtable discussions that deal with the current sightings and tracking of UFOs  in the U.S. and throughout the rest of the world. These are not people who take UFOs lightly. They are all in lockstep on the belief that aliens have been buzzing around our planet and the rest of the universe since the dawn of creation. They keep a dutiful eye on all things that are recorded as strange in the skies, no matter how seemingly inconsequential or unrealistic, tracking the investigations of all sightings and the outcomes of those investigations. 

     Jamie Leonard, is the National Director of MUFON in the USVI and a certified inspector of UFO incidents. He may travel anywhere in the world to investigate reports of UFO sightings, although for most sightings, he can make a few phone calls and render a decision based on certain criteria. Each month there are literally hundreds of reports that need to be sifted through to determine their validity.

     “Out of all the reports, only about ten percent of them merit any real interest and are genuinely classified as UFOs,” Leonard told the St. Croix Times.      

     The group covers all sorts of topics related to UFOs, including new sightings, current events that relate to the phenomena, worldwide monthly statistical reports on sightings, and MUFON case studies. The conversation can swing from unusual incidents involving sightings to alien abduction.

     “We discuss abduction quite a bit,” said Leonard. “It seems that people who claim they were abducted, whether true or not, talk about emotions a lot; not about whether the table they were examined on was three feet or four, but about how they felt a sense of warmth during the experience, or if they were terrified and remained terrified until they were released. It’s a lot of emotional telepathy.” 

     I have to wonder how they travel from one dimension to another,” one member of the group remarked at a recent meeting. “That’s the big question that is on everyone’s mind. It can’t be through rocketry. There has to be some sort of mental capability that enables them to conquer space.” 

     “I believe that emotion is the propulsion,” another member replied. “The mental aspect has to be the infrastructure.” 

     “Emotion as the propulsion, that’s a very interesting concept,” most in the group seemed to agree. 

     Leonard went back to his agenda, which he draws up for every meeting.

     “Last month there were 138 cases that were investigated by MUFON worldwide, in which each of those cases were reported to be less than 100 feet from the viewer,” he read from a report. “And of course, the most exciting news on MUFON is we were recently featured on an episode of Ancient Aliens called the MUFON files. They talked about our investigative process,” he remarked.  “That was a nice nod of recognition.” 

     Next on the agenda, Leonard talked about sightings closer to home. “There is nothing to report this month on or about the Virgin Islands. But of course we all know there could always be sightings reported to the police that are not in turn reported to us at MUFON, or not reported at all. And this is always the case worldwide.” 

     There are always reports  of UFOs that are investigated and proven to be some other object that has appeared in the sky. Last year reports were filed across St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix about a brilliant cone shaped light that appeared in the northern sky. Its presence caused quite a stir in the USVI. But the fact was soon confirmed that it was a 230 foot Falcon 9 rocket that had blasted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, carrying 21 mini satellites that punched through the terminator (the line that separates day and night). During this action, the sun’s rays hit the exhaust gasses from the stage 2 engine (Merlin Vacuum Engine), which created the amazing, otherworldly effect and caused some in the USVI to believe the day had finally come: They are here!    

     And so it goes. Do you believe or don’t you believe? Are they here or aren’t they here? The diligent people at MUFON continue to look to the skies, following up on the reports, trying to make out what is a genuine sighting of a UFO as opposed to a weather balloon, a silver cloud, a drone, or a high flying frisbee. 

     One fact is now undisputedly for certain, the U.S. government wasn’t recently forced to declassify 1500 pages of UFO research and reports, through the Freedom of Information Act from the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), because some fourteen year old mischief-maker was caught laughing himself silly behind a tree and tossing a silver-colored frisbee high into the air.