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BRIGHT SKIES Top-Secret Weapons Testing? BRIGHT Testing? Top-Secret Weapons eaders of previous episodes of this "Bright Skies" series might be forgiven for believing that exotic fireball, light emission, electrical, electromagnetic and cou- pled explosive and/or seismic events have been observed in recent years solely within the continent of Australia. Although sightings 'down under' have been prolific and strongly suggest that we are being utilised as a major testing ground for someone, there have also been a significant number of similar events in other countries during the same time frame (say, 1985-1997), j as the following randomly chosen examples (provided to the author by NEXUS readers See ere and reproduced below in their original, but abridged, format) amply demonstrate. and 19 t-energy MANSFIELD INCIDENT, ENGLAND, UK, 1987 events are on the Ashley Rye e-mailed Skywatch (an Internet UFO news server) with the following report concerning an event that occurred in the early hours of 12 November 1987 at rise, not just n the Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK: . On the night of November 12, 1987, a freak storm, or freak ‘thunderbolt’, damaged a Austr. a ] fan outba ck. number of properties in the Kirkby area, including one house that was almost destroyed. Mike West, who dealt with many of the insurance claims, will verify that this was no ordi - nary meteorological phenomenon. He told local residents, 'This just doesn't make any sense. Every claim that I've dealt with in the last 26 years has been logical and reason - able...but this defies reason. It did not even travel in a straight line (as you would expect Are these events with a thunderbolt, following the line of least resistance). It zigzagged across the sky, and tests of "Tesla people even saw it dive down over the hills... It's as if the whole area was blanketed with , . electromagnetic radiation.' Effects were felt over a wide area. Mansfield residents were weapons F and Is rudely awoken at 1.30 am by a sound ‘like an explosion’. ' ’ Appropriately perhaps, a few were immersed at the time in an old war movie, The there a ‘secret war Battle of Britain, on TV, which by bizarre coincidence had just reached the point where . D) German bombers were dropping their payload on a British aerodrome. During the explo - going on: sion, lights reportedly switched on by themselves, while others which were already on exploded. Some TV aerials split in two. Forty insurance claims were made in one street for video and TV equipment damaged by the ‘thunderbolt’. A local video and TV repairman working late at home that evening reported that the lights suddenly dimmed and light bulbs started to pop in the house; furthermore, the elec - trical trip-switch blew. Next day he was inundated with phone calls from individuals whose equipment had been damaged. Some suggested ball lightning was the cause of all this, but one old lady saw it flying straight towards her house, looping, double-looping and performing other manoeuvres. Another man watching from a distance described how the sky suddenly became bright red. The explosion was heard and felt over an area of seven to eight square miles, throw - ing some people out of bed—somewhat more energy than is required for a standard mani - festation of ball lightning, one is tempted to conclude. by Harry Mason, B.Sc., M.Sc. Residents witnessed an object tigcogeing very slowly over Mansfield, making a whining ©1997 All Rights Reserved noise as if it were in trouble. Two more objects were subsequently observed coming down 1313 Armstrong Road near Blidworth, close to Sherwood Forest. According to the insurance claims, objects Jarrahdale WA 6203, Australia came from three different directions and collided in mid-air just south of Mansfield. The Phone: +61 (0)8 9525 5999 UFOs were reportedly heading towards Kirkby when one of them seemed to encounter Fax: +61 (0)8 9525 5944 difficulty, apparently losing power and coming down in a large wood near Blidworth. It E-mail: orbitx@ois.com.au appeared to ‘bounce’ on impact, releasing a tremendous shockwave. One report suggest - ed that one object was a craft in trouble and the other two could have been missiles. eaders of previous episodes of this "Bright Skies" series might be forgiven for believing that exotic fireball, light emission, electrical, electromagnetic and cou- pled explosive and/or seismic events have been observed in recent years solely within the continent of Australia. Although sightings 'down under' have been prolific and strongly suggest that we are being utilised as a major testing ground for someone, there have also been a significant number of similar events in other countries during the same time frame (say, 1985-1997), as the following randomly chosen examples (provided to the author by NEXUS readers and reproduced below in their original, but abridged, format) amply demonstrate. 1313 Armstrong Road Jarrahdale WA 6203, Australia Phone: +61 (0)8 9525 5999 Fax: +61 (0)8 9525 5944 E-mail: orbitx@ois.com.au NEXUS - 65 OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 1997