Here are a few charming anedodal stories about strange lights in the sky, and people from all walks of life who "believe"........
Are these just "nature spirits"? Are they intelligent?
Could they be another species?

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Mysterious Lights Make
Appearance At UFO Daze
By Mary Ann Holley
Sheboygan Press Staff
7-22-2

DUNDEE - Six glowing amber spheres lit up the night sky Saturday above a
forested area on the northern edge of Long Lake, lending credence to the
statement, "They're out there."

More than 150 spectators watched as the lights moved methodically across
the sky, then hovered in a formation over the northern edge of the Kettle
Moraine State Forest.

One flashed from a bright yellow to a clear white. Then a second sphere
flashed. The unknown lights were a surprise, but not entirely unexpected
for those who had gathered there for UFO Daze, an event held each July
for the past 12 years.

"If it's a hoax, it's a good one," said Bill Benson, owner of Benson's
Holiday Hideaway, a small country tavern on the northern point of Long
Lake. "If someone's jerking our chain, they're doing a good job."

Inside the tavern, where Out of this World pizza, Alien Extras and
Martian pick-me-ups are on the menu, a 3-inch scrapbook sits on the bar,
filled with hundreds of photographs of UFO sightings from the area.

"We call this UFO headquarters because there are so many sightings,"
Benson said.

In May 1985 after a night of soupy fog blanketed the area, a crop circle
was formed in marsh grass just outside the tavern. The event was
documented on a national television show, Benson said.

"A neighbor lady lost all the water in her well that night," Benson
recalled. "It later came back, but never ran as well as it did before."

In 1989, a neighbor tried to chase the cows out of his barn, but the cows
would run back in, Benson said. A UFO was seen hovering east and south of
the barn. Another neighbor verified the incident, Benson said. In 1999,
four fighter jets were seen chasing a light over the lake. Photos were
taken by a local resident.

"I don't know why they pick this place," Benson said. "People say the
magnetic energies in the earth here are very high. Maybe that's the
reason. One of our town board members saw the same fighter jets."

UFO Daze guests spent the day hearing presentations by those who had
encountered UFOs on various occasions and those who claimed to have
regular contact with extraterrestrial beings.

Bonnie Meyer of Neenah, a presenter at the event, claimed she has had
alien contacts since 1976 when a craft came down over the road as she was
driving.

"I was camping in New London over the Fourth of July with my husband,
friends and family," Meyer said. "A ladder dropped down and an alien in a
silver suit waved me over. At first I wasn't going to go, but I figured
I'd never have that chance again."

Since then, Meyer said, there have been steady contacts varying from once
a week to once a month. They come down and she goes with them, she said.

She said her neighbors don't notice because the ship puts up a
force-field, a device, the aliens explained, that prevents others from
seeing them.

"They said they're here because we're not kind to our planet," Meyer
said. "I've met about 16 different alien varieties, from those who look
like the Pillsbury Doughboy to ones that look like a blue Big Bird.
They've always been friendly and kind. They said they'd like us to speak
out more."

Heathermarie Podulke of Sheboygan said she saw UFOs during last year's
UFO Daze.

"It changed my life and changed my world," Podulke said. "It reminded me
more of my soul's intention and purpose, that my soul comes from
extraterrestrial origins. It jarred my memories."

Ken Keen of Milwaukee attended UFO Daze for the past two years. He said
he blew off work to be there.

"Absolutely, I believe," said Keen. "It seems like common sense to me.
The universe is very large. I'm into the Bible. Who knows? What we see
might be God. It's a science and spiritual thing for me."

Rich Beringer of Dundee, a regular at the tavern, said he takes the UFO
talk in stride.

"I live here. I was here when the marsh grass was packed down," Beringer
said. "A couple of girls came in screaming. They were scared crapless. I
don't know if I'm into it, but I've seen some weird things around here."
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Reporter Not Sure What To Think
By Mary Ann Holley Sheboygan Press Staff 7-23-2

In the skewed words of Richard M. Nixon, "I am not a kook."

Saturday, after packing my skepticism in my back pocket, I covered UFO
Daze anticipating far-fetched stories and tales of extraterrestrial
beings.

But after arriving at the old country bar on the edge of Long Lake and
seeing firsthand the amazing spheres of light hovering high over the
hillsides, I began to think anything is possible.

What were the strange amber lights that so methodically made their
appearance, lights that seemed to come by invitation to a waiting crowd
pumped up by stories of UFOs and alien beings?

As one observer said: If it was a hoax, it was a good one.

Fireworks don't hover for 15 minutes. Planes and helicopters make noise.
The lights were too high and too sporadic to be part of the old
lanterns-on-a-clothesline theory.

I've always had an eye for the unusual and appreciate a good story, but
when I see things that have no real explanation, it's a strange twist. I
attended the event with an editor and a former editor of The Press -which
should verify my sanity. They, too, saw the glowing lights.

After the sighting, one woman was weakened by the experience. Another
sobbed for more than an hour, lamenting that the UFOs had come for her.
Another said she was having a flashback from an earlier abduction.

Most of all, everyone questioned who, what, where and why - the basics of
good journalism.

But there were no answers.

These were people of all ages and all walks of life - Sharon Moilanen of
Sheboygan Falls, an employee at the Kohler Police Department, writers of
books and Heather O'Grady of Sheboygan, a certified massage therapist.

John Hoppe of Sheboygan, director of UFO Wisconsin, investigated the
incident, taking off in his car to try to find the source of the lights.
He, too, questioned the incident, but too had no definitive answers.

Sgt. Nick Evans of the Fond du Lac Sheriff's Department said there were
no reports of strange lights Saturday night.

What's your theory? Do you think there are extraterrestrial beings flying
in our night skies? Are they living among us? Are there people with such
skill and money to pull off such an amazing prank? Just what were the six
strange lights in the sky?

Send your comments to me at 632 Center Ave., Sheboygan WI 53081 or e-mail
to Mholley@smgpo.gannett.com.
http://www.wisinfo.com/sheboyganpress/area/072202-2.html

And another report........

I was there and saw the whole thing and have the lights on video tape
that I showed to Mike yesterday. For some reason I had a feeling that I
should go there and was able to go at the last minute from here in
Minneapolis. The first 6 lights were impresive right away as I saw them
come over the area like orange plasma balls or ships the color of a
campfire. I wondered if it could have been some kind of flares dropped
and drifting in the wind and finally burning out or falling behind the
hills. The movement was more like they were under some power and being
guided though. Then some flashed rapidly and really bright like a strobe
light and finally went out or dropped too low to see. I called these 6
lights the "Plasma Ships".

Then a few minutes later we noticed a bright greenish white light coming
rapidly from the south which I thought were even more interesting. As it
got closer you could see 3 seperate lights and were together like being
connected by a force field. Green on top , white on the bottom and dull
red in the middle that was bobbing back and forth between the other 2.
I called these kind the "Force Connector Ships" becaus they acted like
being connected by the force field. I zoomed in my camera and could see
the center red light was almost like it was attached to the other 2 with
a rubber band and moving like in a programmed pattern. The way they
moved together was really neat. Unfortunately my camera wasn't recording
when I thought it was then so I didn't get that on tape. I got a copy
from someone else though so you can see it pretty good from their video.
As they went almost right overhead I knew it must be some kind of weird
technology that was doing this. The rain at the time made it less than
optimal for viewers but it was still nice to see these things as they
seemed to put on a show for us. What they were I don't know but they
were quite something for sure.

Casey Holt