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Former CIA Officer Claims He Has Seen Proof of Roswell Cover-Up, More Local Sightings Reported

Chase Brandon, a 35-year CIA veteran, said the craft later identified as a weather balloon did not come from this planet. Several local residents have also claimed to have seen proof of extra-terrestrial flying crafts.

On July 8, 1945, the Roswell Daily Record captured the world's attention with the headline "RAAF Captures Flying Saucer On Ranch in Roswell Region." The article began, "The intelligence office of the 509th Bombardment group at Roswell Army Air Field announced at noon today, that the field has come into possession of a flying saucer." That spectacular disclosure was refuted the following day when officials said the object was not a flying saucer, but simply a weather balloon. That claim has been the center of controversy for 65 years and is one a former employee of the Central Intelligence Agency says is false. "It was not a damn weather balloon -- it was what it was billed when people first reported it," 35-year CIA veteran Chase Brandon …

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Another UFO Sighting Reported, This Time in Buford

An individual reports seeing white oval-shaped object zigzag across the sky before it disappeared into the tree line.

Just a week after a bright, glowing orange ball was reported in the skies above Winder, another unidentified flying object has been spotted -- this time in Buford, Ga. A report posted on UFO Stalker, a website that tracks reported UFO sightings throughout the country, describes the April 24, 2012, incident: According to the UFO Stalker report, the viewer watched as the object zigzagged across the sky before it eventually disappeared behind the tree line. The sighting coincided with the annual Lyrids meteor shower which began April 16 and ends on April 26. Was it an alien craft or something else? What do you think this person saw? Tell us in the comments. Don’t miss any Dacula news. Subscribe to Dacula Patch’s free newsletter, like us on …

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