UFO sighted near Isle of Man

[Jay Honeck]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wkrkup9XCo

British pilots and their passengers saw a very large UFO near the Isle
of Man a few days ago. Interestingly, it was even picked up on Jersey
radar.

The pilot estimates the UFO to be nearly one mile in size.

Did any of your Brits see anything odd in the skies recently?

:-)
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Iowa City, IA
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[Dudley Henriques[_2_]]

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wkrkup9XCo
>
> British pilots and their passengers saw a very large UFO near the Isle
> of Man a few days ago. Interestingly, it was even picked up on Jersey
> radar.
>
> The pilot estimates the UFO to be nearly one mile in size.
>
> Did any of your Brits see anything odd in the skies recently?
>
> :-)

One mile huh!!! You know, that's amazing!! I've heard nothing exciting ever
happens on the Isle of Mann. Even the cats there spend their whole lives
running around the place looking for a little piece of tail....and they
never seem to find it.
:-)
Dudley Henriques

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On May 3, 10:16 pm, "Dudley Henriques" > wrote:
> "Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
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> ups.com...
>
> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wkrkup9XCo
>
> > British pilots and their passengers saw a very large UFO near the Isle
> > of Man a few days ago. Interestingly, it was even picked up on Jersey
> > radar.
>
> > The pilot estimates the UFO to be nearly one mile in size.
>
> > Did any of your Brits see anything odd in the skies recently?
>
> > :-)
>
> One mile huh!!! You know, that's amazing!! I've heard nothing exciting ever
> happens on the Isle of Mann. Even the cats there spend their whole lives
> running around the place looking for a little piece of tail....and they
> never seem to find it.
> :-)
> Dudley Henriques

I've got an "Isle of Man" cat at our house... we always tell people
that the tail was cutoff in a door that was slammed on it. Its fun to
watch their response.

[[email protected]]

>
> The pilot estimates the UFO to be nearly one mile in size.
>

Wouldn't that make it a BFUFO?

Dean

[Matt Barrow[_4_]]

> wrote in message
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>> The pilot estimates the UFO to be nearly one mile in size.
>>
>
> Wouldn't that make it a BFUFO?
>
Quite!

If it was that big and they couldn't make it out...

"Um...let's see! It's either a pancake, or, no maybe..."

[Dudley Henriques[_2_]]

> wrote in message
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> On May 3, 10:16 pm, "Dudley Henriques" > wrote:
>> "Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
>>
>> ups.com...
>>
>> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wkrkup9XCo
>>
>> > British pilots and their passengers saw a very large UFO near the Isle
>> > of Man a few days ago. Interestingly, it was even picked up on Jersey
>> > radar.
>>
>> > The pilot estimates the UFO to be nearly one mile in size.
>>
>> > Did any of your Brits see anything odd in the skies recently?
>>
>> > :-)
>>
>> One mile huh!!! You know, that's amazing!! I've heard nothing exciting
>> ever
>> happens on the Isle of Mann. Even the cats there spend their whole lives
>> running around the place looking for a little piece of tail....and they
>> never seem to find it.
>> :-)
>> Dudley Henriques
>
> I've got an "Isle of Man" cat at our house... we always tell people
> that the tail was cutoff in a door that was slammed on it. Its fun to
> watch their response.

I hear they are great cats. Guy down the street has one; he says it sleeps
wrapped around his head like a hat with earmuffs.
I told him this would never do at our house. I'm so used to hearing engine
noises from years of flying that if for some reason during the night, the
cat stopped purring, I'd probably immediately think I had lost an engine and
have a damn heart attack!!
Dudley Henriques

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On May 4, 6:57 pm, "Dudley Henriques" > wrote:
> > wrote in message
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> ups.com...
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> > On May 3, 10:16 pm, "Dudley Henriques" > wrote:
> >> "Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
>
> ups.com...
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> >> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wkrkup9XCo
>
> >> > British pilots and their passengers saw a very large UFO near the Isle
> >> > of Man a few days ago. Interestingly, it was even picked up on Jersey
> >> > radar.
>
> >> > The pilot estimates the UFO to be nearly one mile in size.
>
> >> > Did any of your Brits see anything odd in the skies recently?
>
> >> > :-)
>
> >> One mile huh!!! You know, that's amazing!! I've heard nothing exciting
> >> ever
> >> happens on the Isle of Mann. Even the cats there spend their whole lives
> >> running around the place looking for a little piece of tail....and they
> >> never seem to find it.
> >> :-)
> >> Dudley Henriques
>
> > I've got an "Isle of Man" cat at our house... we always tell people
> > that the tail was cutoff in a door that was slammed on it. Its fun to
> > watch their response.
>
> I hear they are great cats. Guy down the street has one; he says it sleeps
> wrapped around his head like a hat with earmuffs.
> I told him this would never do at our house. I'm so used to hearing engine
> noises from years of flying that if for some reason during the night, the
> cat stopped purring, I'd probably immediately think I had lost an engine and
> have a damn heart attack!!
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They are great cats. Ours sleeps next to me sometimes, but mostly
with my daughter. They talk to you when they want something (like
going outside), and are very people oriented. Their nickname is "dog
cat" because they don't behave like regular housecats, more like a
dog.

Dean

[Jose]

> They are great cats. Ours sleeps next to me sometimes, but mostly
> with my daughter. They talk to you when they want something (like
> going outside), and are very people oriented. Their nickname is "dog
> cat" because they don't behave like regular housecats, more like a
> dog.

That must have been what I saw.

<aviation related content> I flew myself down south to visit a friend
of a friend some years ago and </aviation related content> he had two
cats - one of which knew it was a cat, the other of which must have
been a dog in cat's clothing. The owner spoke to it and it obeyed, just
like a dog. I'd never seen anything like it before, or since.

Jose
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[Dudley Henriques[_2_]]

Our cat (not a manx....a Russian Blue) used to "talk" to us as well.
Whenever one of us would come into the room where the cat was, if you made
eye contact with him he'd always and without fail give you one single loud
"meow". That was it..one meow. That was "hello", "glad to see you" "make
sure the bowl is full" and "don't let the door hit you in the butt on the
way out".
Lord how we miss that fur critter. We had him for fifteen years....or he had
us. I've never actually figured out which :-)
Dudley Henriques



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> On May 4, 6:57 pm, "Dudley Henriques" > wrote:
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>> > On May 3, 10:16 pm, "Dudley Henriques" > wrote:
>> >> "Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
>>
>> ups.com...
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>> >> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wkrkup9XCo
>>
>> >> > British pilots and their passengers saw a very large UFO near the
>> >> > Isle
>> >> > of Man a few days ago. Interestingly, it was even picked up on
>> >> > Jersey
>> >> > radar.
>>
>> >> > The pilot estimates the UFO to be nearly one mile in size.
>>
>> >> > Did any of your Brits see anything odd in the skies recently?
>>
>> >> > :-)
>>
>> >> One mile huh!!! You know, that's amazing!! I've heard nothing
>> >> exciting
>> >> ever
>> >> happens on the Isle of Mann. Even the cats there spend their whole
>> >> lives
>> >> running around the place looking for a little piece of tail....and
>> >> they
>> >> never seem to find it.
>> >> :-)
>> >> Dudley Henriques
>>
>> > I've got an "Isle of Man" cat at our house... we always tell people
>> > that the tail was cutoff in a door that was slammed on it. Its fun to
>> > watch their response.
>>
>> I hear they are great cats. Guy down the street has one; he says it
>> sleeps
>> wrapped around his head like a hat with earmuffs.
>> I told him this would never do at our house. I'm so used to hearing
>> engine
>> noises from years of flying that if for some reason during the night, the
>> cat stopped purring, I'd probably immediately think I had lost an engine
>> and
>> have a damn heart attack!!
>> Dudley Henriques- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> They are great cats. Ours sleeps next to me sometimes, but mostly
> with my daughter. They talk to you when they want something (like
> going outside), and are very people oriented. Their nickname is "dog
> cat" because they don't behave like regular housecats, more like a
> dog.
>
> Dean
>

[Dudley Henriques[_2_]]

"Jose" > wrote in message
et...

> <aviation related content> I flew myself down south to visit a friend of
> a friend some years ago and </aviation related content> he had two cats -
> one of which knew it was a cat, the other of which must have been a dog in
> cat's clothing. The owner spoke to it and it obeyed, just like a dog.
> I'd never seen anything like it before, or since.

I think I can explain this.
This was probably the decoy cat for that year. Cats get together each year
and designate 1 cat to be what is known as the "designated decoy" cat. This
cat is specially trained by the other cats and surreptitiously inserted in a
randomly picked home with humans for the sole purpose of making humans
believe that cats can be trained as house pets.
It is assumed by the cats that the human picked will be totally fooled into
thinking that cats can be trained and spread the word, resulting in millions
of cats being allowed into other homes where they are fed, cared for, and
pampered by humans who have absolutely no idea that the cats are laughing
their asses off at the human's stupidity.
Hope this short synopsis helps a bit.
Dudley Henriques

[Ron Wanttaja]

On Sat, 5 May 2007 00:09:47 -0400, "Dudley Henriques" >
wrote:

>Our cat (not a manx....a Russian Blue) used to "talk" to us as well.
>Whenever one of us would come into the room where the cat was, if you made
>eye contact with him he'd always and without fail give you one single loud
>"meow". That was it..one meow. That was "hello", "glad to see you" "make
>sure the bowl is full" and "don't let the door hit you in the butt on the
>way out".

Back when my niece and nephew were little 'uns, they came to visit. All four of
my wife's cats were in attendance, and when they were named, they each meowed.
Impressed the kids, no end.

She's got one o' them dog-cats, now. It comes when you whistle.

Ron Wanttaja

[James M. Knox]

"Dudley Henriques" > wrote in
:

> Lord how we miss that fur critter. We had him for fifteen years....or
> he had us. I've never actually figured out which :-)

You seem a bit unclear on the details. Just repeat to yourself:

Dogs have owners.

Cats have STAFF!

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TriSoft ph 512-385-0316
1300 Koenig Lane West fax 512-371-5716
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Austin, Tx 78756
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[Larry Dighera]

On 3 May 2007 20:48:03 -0700, Jay Honeck > wrote in
om>:

>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wkrkup9XCo
>
>British pilots and their passengers saw a very large UFO near the Isle
>of Man a few days ago. Interestingly, it was even picked up on Jersey
>radar.
>
>The pilot estimates the UFO to be nearly one mile in size.
>

Who said the UFO was seen on radar?



http://www.thisisguernsey.com/code/showarchive.pl?ArticleID=002080&year=2007&category=news
Published 26/4/2007

Pilot’s UFO shock
by Joel de Woolfson

UFO sightings are being investigated by the Ministry of Defence.
Two experienced airline pilots on separate flights saw something
up to a mile wide off the coast of Alderney on Monday afternoon.
Surprisingly, Jersey radar equipment did not pick up the object,
although an air traffic controller said he had received
simultaneous reports from the Aurigny and Blue Islands pilots.
Aurigny’s Captain Ray Bowyer, 50, said he saw the strange object
during a flight from Southampton. ...

[Orval Fairbairn]

In article >,
"Dudley Henriques" > wrote:

> "Jose" > wrote in message
> et...
>
> > <aviation related content> I flew myself down south to visit a friend of
> > a friend some years ago and </aviation related content> he had two cats -
> > one of which knew it was a cat, the other of which must have been a dog in
> > cat's clothing. The owner spoke to it and it obeyed, just like a dog.
> > I'd never seen anything like it before, or since.
>
> I think I can explain this.
> This was probably the decoy cat for that year. Cats get together each year
> and designate 1 cat to be what is known as the "designated decoy" cat. This
> cat is specially trained by the other cats and surreptitiously inserted in a
> randomly picked home with humans for the sole purpose of making humans
> believe that cats can be trained as house pets.
> It is assumed by the cats that the human picked will be totally fooled into
> thinking that cats can be trained and spread the word, resulting in millions
> of cats being allowed into other homes where they are fed, cared for, and
> pampered by humans who have absolutely no idea that the cats are laughing
> their asses off at the human's stupidity.
> Hope this short synopsis helps a bit.
> Dudley Henriques


Well, according to Chinese legend, cats once ruled the world, but they
got tired of the job and decided to turn it over to the second-most
intelligent species: man.

This legend would dovetail with Dudley's postulate.

[ManhattanMan]

Orval Fairbairn wrote:
>
> This legend would dovetail with Dudley's postulate.

Oh crap, hope that doesn't aggrivate any postulate problems.........


d:->))

[muff528]

"ManhattanMan" > wrote in message
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> Orval Fairbairn wrote:
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>> This legend would dovetail with Dudley's postulate.
>
> Oh crap, hope that doesn't aggrivate any postulate problems.........
>
>
> d:->))
>

Especially that "dovetail" business! I'm not even going to ask!
TP

[Dylan Smith]

On 2007-05-04, Dudley Henriques > wrote:
> One mile huh!!! You know, that's amazing!! I've heard nothing exciting ever
> happens on the Isle of Mann. Even the cats there spend their whole lives
> running around the place looking for a little piece of tail....and they
> never seem to find it.

Smiley accepted, but as someone who lives in the Isle of Man (and
indeed, has an Isle of Man passport) plenty of exciting stuff happens
here. It's the 100th anniversary of the TT motorcycle races this year -
the TT being the best motorcycle road race in the world (and we have
four road racing events, the TT, the Manx GP, the Southern 100, and the
Jurby South).

Other exciting stuff - Saturday, I went flying in the Auster (both for
fun and towing gliders), and we got some wave lift off North Barrule. I
ended up flying through a bit of the rotor, and I thought the plane was
about to go upside down at one point!

No, I didn't see a UFO. Unfortunately, the only unusual event I've seen
here recently is a sport aircraft have a departure stall/spin accident a
week ago :-( (Fortunately both on board survived; the front seat pilot
is smashed up but will live to fly another day, the back seat passenger
(owner of the plane) got away with a broken ankle, sternum and some
bruising. He described impacting perpendicular to the ground. Both are
very very lucky to survive a stall/spin).

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[Dudley Henriques[_2_]]

You are absolutely right Dylan, and your reply is well taken. When I wrote
this little tidbit I should have read it over a bit better before posting
it. I notice now that the word "even" was a misplaced insertion and totally
unnecessary. The objective of the post was to say something funny about the
cats and was never meant to imply any disrespect to the Isle itself.
The funny thing is that had I left out the word "even", I would have
achieved that perfectly.
Please accept my apology. I'm sure the Isle is an interesting and beautiful
place.
Dudley Henriques

"Dylan Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 2007-05-04, Dudley Henriques > wrote:
>> One mile huh!!! You know, that's amazing!! I've heard nothing exciting
>> ever
>> happens on the Isle of Mann. Even the cats there spend their whole lives
>> running around the place looking for a little piece of tail....and they
>> never seem to find it.
>
> Smiley accepted, but as someone who lives in the Isle of Man (and
> indeed, has an Isle of Man passport) plenty of exciting stuff happens
> here. It's the 100th anniversary of the TT motorcycle races this year -
> the TT being the best motorcycle road race in the world (and we have
> four road racing events, the TT, the Manx GP, the Southern 100, and the
> Jurby South).
>
> Other exciting stuff - Saturday, I went flying in the Auster (both for
> fun and towing gliders), and we got some wave lift off North Barrule. I
> ended up flying through a bit of the rotor, and I thought the plane was
> about to go upside down at one point!
>
> No, I didn't see a UFO. Unfortunately, the only unusual event I've seen
> here recently is a sport aircraft have a departure stall/spin accident a
> week ago :-( (Fortunately both on board survived; the front seat pilot
> is smashed up but will live to fly another day, the back seat passenger
> (owner of the plane) got away with a broken ankle, sternum and some
> bruising. He described impacting perpendicular to the ground. Both are
> very very lucky to survive a stall/spin).
>
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[Jay Honeck]

> No, I didn't see a UFO.

Dang it, Dylan -- what's the local "take" on this story? Two airline
pilots report a mile-wide UFO over your island, and you don't say
"anything" about it?

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Dylan Smith]

On 2007-05-07, Jay Honeck > wrote:
>> No, I didn't see a UFO.
>
> Dang it, Dylan -- what's the local "take" on this story? Two airline
> pilots report a mile-wide UFO over your island, and you don't say
> "anything" about it?

It was a lenticular cloud from the mountains. Or Venus. They saw Venus!!

:-)

(Actually, I think someone in the press is confused, there were mentions
of Jersey which is a different island a good few hundred miles from
here)

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