In the story titled “Much Ado About the Las Vegas Sighting” by Bob Spearing, MUFON’s Director of International Investigations, several events related to a UFO sighting in Las Vegas are discussed. The story mentions a series of coincidences that captured the imagination of the United States.
According to the account, a police officer’s body camera captured a green object moving across the sky. Simultaneously, a ring doorbell camera recorded an explosion and the entire neighborhood illuminating as if it were daytime. Additionally, a teenager called 911, claiming that something crashed in their yard and 10-foot tall beings were seen. The teenager described a cloaked object landing in their yard, causing the witness to be paralyzed. A circular track, allegedly left by the cloaked object and related to the 10-foot tall beings, was found in the yard.
MUFON’s field investigator, Seth Feinstein, conducted a preliminary analysis of a video received related to the incident. However, the video was found to be altered. MUFON intends to obtain an unaltered video with all relevant metadata from a Las Vegas news outlet to properly analyze it.
The author expresses several concerns regarding the Las Vegas case. Firstly, the green object captured on the police officer’s body cam could be a bolide, as the American Meteor Society reported bolide sightings in Nevada and Utah at the same time. The illuminating sky and loud explosion recorded by the Ring doorbell camera are consistent with a bolide creating a sonic boom or disintegrating in the atmosphere. The author believes the reported crash sound could also be attributed to the bolide.
Regarding the alleged sighting of the 8-10 foot tall entity, the author mentions that only one family member claimed to have seen it, which weakens the case. The supposed craft leaving a ring in the yard could be explained as tire tracks from equipment present in the yard. No footprints were reported, and the lack of physical evidence such as soil samples, EMS or radiation readings, or photos of the ring raises questions.
The author further notes that the incident was not publicly known for a month after it occurred, raising concerns about the lack of proper investigation and the absence of additional evidence. The family’s 911 call suggests their sincerity but also indicates panic, possibly due to the bolide lighting up the neighborhood and causing an explosion. The author speculates that the sighting of footsteps on the roof may have been influenced by the panic. The nature of the alleged cloaked vehicle and the “toaster effect” observed are also questioned.
In conclusion, MUFON is reaching out to news anchor George Knapp in an effort to obtain an unaltered video for analysis. The author emphasizes the need for more physical evidence and the support of other photo analysts before drawing definitive conclusions or publishing the findings.
Credit: MUFON link to the story here