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=E2=97=8F Mutual UFO Network, George Parks, 742-6651

How to spot a UFO

=E2=97=8F Parks's tips on how to spot a UFO:

1. Don't try too hard.

2. Be aware of what is in the sky. Be aware that some things = are hard=20 to explain. A UFO is an unidentified flying object, and that can = be=20 anything =E2=80=94 a plane, shuttle or a spaceship.

3. If you're investigating your sighting, call the airport. = Personnel=20 there can tell you if it was reported on radar.

4. Make a note about your sighting. Important things to = include are:=20 What did it look like? How fast and in what direction was it = traveling?=20 How large was it? Measure the size of the UFO by using your thumb = and=20 forefinger.

Meeting

=E2=97=8F Mutual UFO Network =E2=80=94 Wilmot Library, 530 N. = Wilmot Road. Retired=20 Lt. Col. Wendelle Stevens will speak Saturday on "The Bill Meier = Story"=20 from 1 to 4:30 p.m.

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Seen a UFO? You can share your story =

Group will meet Saturday at Wilmot = Library

By Jenifer Javia

Arizona Daily = Star=20

Tucson, Arizona | Published: = 01.19.2006

Individuals who have experienced something out of this world = have a=20 local organization with which they can share their stories on the = East=20 Side.

The Mutual UFO Network will meet Saturday at the Wilmot = Library, 530=20 N. Wilmot Road.

The meeting is open to members of the public, whether or not = they=20 have had experiences with UFOs. The group meets once a month, = every third=20 Saturday, depending on room availability at the library. The = meeting gives=20 residents a chance to gather and share their experiences. They = often have=20 guest speakers sharing their stories and answering questions from = the=20 audience.

"Come to the meeting with an open mind. Listen to what is = being said,=20 even if you don't believe. Just listen," said George Parks, the = network's=20 Arizona director. Parks is also the Pima County section director = and a=20 field investigator.

During the meeting, folks can learn how to join the network = and=20 become a field investigator =E2=80=94 a researcher who verifies a = sighting of an=20 unidentified flying object. A field investigator takes a story and = rules=20 out the possibility of the UFO being a satellite or a low-flying = plane.=20

Betty Dentato and Jeanette Bowen met at a network meeting, = and they=20 have at least two things in common. Both are East Side residents, = and both=20 said they saw the same UFO about five years ago.

When Bowen spotted one of her first UFOs on the East Side, = she wanted=20 to share her story. She contacted Parks, and he invited her to = share her=20 story at their meeting.

"I was sleeping, and about 1 a.m., a bright light shined in = my room=20 and woke me up," Bowen said. "At first I thought it was the moon, = but the=20 moon doesn't shine in that area. . . . I went to the back window = and saw=20 something flying. It looked like a submarine with a telescope on = top. It=20 was gliding with red, green, blue and white lights. It went = 'whoosh' over=20 the Catalinas and was traveling north with no sound whatsoever. =

"The lights looked like Christmas lights," Bowen continued. = "They=20 were multicolored lights. I don't know why, but I wasn't scared of = it. It=20 was very beautiful."

Bowen has seen a couple dozen UFOs in her life and 15 on the = East=20 Side.

"I don't automatically say, 'Oh, a UFO,' meaning unidentified = flying=20 object. Most sightings I see are military. I study them before = making a=20 conclusion," she said.

After Dentato heard the story, she realized that she had = spotted the=20 same UFO from her house, one of 12 she has seen.

Dentato doesn't live near Bowen. But the way Bowen described = her=20 sighting, and the time and day she spotted it, matched Dentato's=20 experience. Dentato and Bowen are sure it was the same UFO, and = the=20 meeting gave them a chance to connect and share their experiences. =

"It looked like millions of stars were coming out =E2=80=94 a = huge, pulsating=20 light," Dentato said. "It was such a beautiful sight. It looked = like a=20 star from a Christmas tree . . . huge, beautiful lights in all = colors =E2=80=94=20 blue, red, yellow. So pretty."

Dentato and Bowen said the meetings help connect people. =

"I guess most of the people who have had sightings are afraid = to come=20 forward because of the ridicule," Bowen said. "But being able to = come to a=20 place where everyone understands what you have seen is = comforting."

=E2=97=8F Contact reporter Jenifer = Javia at 618-1922 or=20 jjavia@azstarnet.com.

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