From: UFO UpDates - Toronto <post.nul>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:01:03 -0400
Archived: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:01:03 -0400
Subject: Camcorder Tags The Culprit - Cox




Source: Billy Cox's Blog De Void

http://www.heraldtribune.com/section/blog32

Tuesday, March 10, 2009


Camcorder Tags The Culprit
by Billy Cox

If you Google "Fort Myers Beach UFO" and take a peek at what
pops up on YouTube, you might think ET was cruising Lee County's
distressed housing market for bargains. Boots Hale isn't sure
what to make of the footage at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ-JIk-ftOY

but the goofball sequence at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6aRNqNZHV4

gives him a laugh.

"We call it the pacemaker," he says of what appears to be an
impressive hoax, which passes overhead and shows off its
underbelly.

Just don't try to tell the man what he's been seeing every night
over the Gulf since late January is Venus or some other
celestial body. "I'm 80 years old, but I'm not senile," Hale
insists. "I've had cataracts but I've had new lenses put in so I
can see a lot better now. And I know what Venus is; I've seen it
plenty of times. I'll bet my life on it that that's not Venus
we're looking at."

The Cape Coral resident noticed the bright object on the western
horizon early one evening when he was in the yard with his dog.
He called his wife Jeannette out for a look-see, and the two
have been intrigued ever since.

The thing doesn't exhibit the herky-jerky movements displayed by
most UFOs. And it's as reliable as a clock - the thing is there
every night. It tends to hang in the western sky for hours,
moving only gradually. Like her husband, Jeannette thinks she's
looking at an alien spacecraft. Because? "The way it pulses, and
the way it appears to change size, and how the lights change
colors," she says.

In Bradenton, Jeff Rodgers, director of the Bishop Planetarium,
is fairly certain the Hales are being entertained by Venus,
which is putting on a blazing show to the west. Failing that,
he'd put his money on Canopus, the second brightest star next to
Sirius, to the south. Lately, Rodgers says, Canopus is
"scintillating like mad," shifting from red to green to blue.

At any rate, the Hales were so certain of their ET sightings
that, on the early evening of Feb. 21, they took a camcorder to
Fort Myers Beach for documentation. The results from the half-
hour session are ambiguous. Although the light appears to
pulsate from time to time when they zoom in, there's little
perspective against the flat black sky.

Amid the background noise, where idling diesel engines gurgle
and another vehicle beep-beep-beeps its way into reverse, there
is an unexpected punctuation to the Hales' chatter. "Excuse me,"
Jeannette announces. "What?" Boots says. "I broke wind," she
replies. There isn't much Boots can add to that except "Woo!"

Over the phone, Jeannette, 73, acknowledges the incident with a
chuckle. Clearly, they've both moved on. "We're celebrating our
five-year wedding anniversary today," she says.

And they've just purchased a six-inch telescope, with which they
hope to resolve the mystery once and for all.



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