Texas UFO Video Emerges: Military Claims F-16's near Stephenville
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By Gene Byrd
Jan 24, 2008

A new video has emerge of the Texas UFO sighting that was reported near Stephenville, Texas. Meanwhile the US Military, who once told those that claimed to have witnessed the event that they weren't in the area, says that they just remembered and they did have a whole bunch of F-16's in the sky on the night of January 8.

This is par for the course for sightings like these. It almost always seems as if the first thing out of authorities is to lampoon the witnesses. They will tell them that it was only the light playing tricks on their eyes, a weather balloon is to blame or it was swamp gas in the desert. Then if the sighting becomes so big that it is newsworthy on a national level, there is usually a later revelation that yes, the military was up working in the area on that night and they just remembered.

The video that has been released is here and looks quite strange. It is hard to tell what it is and could easily be a hoax. There have been approximately ten released now along with dozens of photos but none of them have been very clear and few have been helpful. Initial reports claimed many witnesses had believed they had witnessed "lights in the sky" that they couldn't identify.

Next, several say they saw two F-16's chasing those lights. The US Military said that was ridiculous as they had nothing in the area that night. Now they have changed their story. they said 10 F-16s were there that day. The officials said they were mistaken and wanted to set the record straight “in the interest of public awareness.” Maj. Karl Lewis had said earlier this month that residents might have seen an illusion caused by two commercial airplanes and reflections from the setting sun.