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spectacular sighting by 30 crewmembers of another US Navy ship in the Strait of Hormuz, as documented in my 2007 article, means that an unprecedented total of 80 naval personnel in two years have witnessed such awesome performances of this particular type of Earth's "natural magic”. The sightings provide intensely compelling and highly credible evidence of the reality of a long-told-of marine phenomenon, thought by most to be an outlandish maritime legend. °° previously given the Captain. About fifty of our — spectacular sighting by 30 crewmembers of another US crewmembers began filing into the pilot house. Their Navy ship in the Strait of Hormuz, as documented in my reaction and the environment it created reminded me of 2007 article, means that an unprecedented total of 80 watching a fireworks display on the fourth of July..for naval personnel in two years have witnessed such he first time. Very fun and exciting, certainly not what! | awesome performances of this particular type of Earth's ad expected for my after-dinner watch. "natural magic”. The sightings provide intensely "As we transited at about seven knots, the light began compelling and highly credible evidence of the reality of o fade. I thought that maybe it was over. The Captain —_a long-told-of marine phenomenon, thought by most to ad us turn to a reciprocal course and after afew —_ be an outlandish maritime legend. oo minutes of back-tracking the light was back. This was appening in an area that I believe was only a few miles | About the Author: in diameter. Kris Sherwood is the co-founder, along with her husband "Having the deck, | didn't have a chance to grab my and research partner Ed Sherwood, of Millennium own camera, and, as far as | know, none of the pictures Research, a multimedia project created to archive and aken actually display what we were seeing. The _ share their more than 40 combined years of research into Executive Officer thought that maybe it was St Elmo's crop circles and related phenomena. Her article *Marine ire. A quick Internet search Lightwheels: Crop Circles of Someone discovered the link in NEXUS 4/03, She can be www.cropcircleanswers.com. contacted by email at Marine ichtclecke woe spot "The further the light waves Visit the Sherwood website a on. The only a erence tha | got from the ship, they www.cropcircleanswers.com. sketches and what | witnessed began to appear Endnotes was that I didn't see the as just waves [versus] 1. Thayer, Tiffany (ed.), The patterns overlap at any point. . . " Books of Charles Fort, Henry Holt "I'm left with a mixed o geometric designs. & Company, New York, 1941 feeling of being happy that 2. Corliss, William R., was lucky enough to see this Handbook of Unusual Natural and a real confusion about the Phenomena, Crown Publishing, ‘force’ that activates the light. New York, 1986 (first The closest comparison that published by Sourcebook can draw is to magnetism. But even lines of flux do not — Project, 1977) take on such perfect symmetry. I truly hope but 3. Sanderson, Ivan T., Invisible Residents, World Publishing somehow doubt that I will witness this again.” Co., 1970 A OhAewr aA A Vein (1007) NM Aving Vinhtebaala enn at "The further the light waves got from the ship, they began to appear as just waves [versus] geometric designs." Project, 1977) 3. Sanderson, Ivan T., Invisible Residents, World Publishing Co., 1970 4. Sherwood, Kris (1997), "Marine Lightwheels: Crop Circles of the Sea?”, NEXUS, vol. 4, no. 3, 1997, available online at http://www.cropcircleanswers.com/ marinelightwheels.htm 5. Sherwood, Kris (2007), "Spectacular Marine Lightwheel Display Witnessed by Navy Crew in the Straits of Hormuz, May 19, 2007”, available online at http://www.cropcircleanswers.com/cca-sightings/ marinelightwheels.htm 6. ibid. 7. Miller, S.D., S.H.D. Haddock, C.D. Elvidge, T.F. Lee (2005), "Detection of a bioluminescent milky sea from space”, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 102:14181-184, available online at http://www lifesci.ucsb.edu/~biolum/organism/ milkysea.html, and at http://www.lifesci.ucsb.edu/ ~haddock/abstracts/miller-milkyseas.pdf 8. Original comments and observations of Marine Lightwheel event of 11 April 2009 as told by USS Milius CDR Kendall Gennick (CDR of the Milius, 30 May 2008 to 5 November 2009), the XO/LCDR and the Navigator (names not included). ¢ The Commander CDR Gennick added the following note: "Other observations: The light waves were unaffected by wind. They traveled at the same speed upwind and downwind. The further the light waves got from the ship, they began to appear as just waves [versus] geometric designs. There was thunderstorm and lightning activity in the region that night.” Sightings Confirm Reality of Marine Lightwheels I cannot adequately express my amazement and elation at having learned of this highly significant event, nor my gratitude to these dedicated US Navy officers who shared their extraordinary experiences and observations with me—someone who has long sought to document this mysterious Marine Lightwheel phenomenon and help bring it into the light of serious scientific inquiry and ultimately, hopefully, to recognition of its reality and a much wider understanding. This amazing 2009 sighting together with the APRIL - MAY 2010 NEXUS ¢ 63 www.nexusmagazine.com