Hi All:

Are UFO sightings related to earthquake activity?

This area is dismissed and sometimes debated depending in whom you talk to. Dr. Derr (USGS), awhile back, made some inroads into this area.

Check it out (see link):

GILROY -- At 1:48 AM three fuzzy soft white lights with transparent centers in a triangle formation were traveling west in a small valley at a speed of about 600 mph on June 8, 2002. The lights increasing their speed to above mach with an altitude of about 150' then climbing to around 2000 feet. The object was below 1200 feet when it first came into view, and gradually climbed to clear the 1200 foot mountains 8 miles to the west of my location. The lights were spaced about 15 feet apart and held a fixed formation while having no visible structure between them. It is quite possible that the three lights were not connected at all. the object seemed to reflect a very small amount of light when it was above the main part of the city as the three lights became more distinguishable from each other as they reached the darker edges of the city. The object passed directly overhead and the whole thing seemed to have a soft warm off white fuzzy glow to it. I would compare the brightness and look of the lights to three barn owls flying through the dark sky. My friend claims that when I ran to get my video camera the steady lights changed to a pulsing jumping light as it accelerated. The object did not move in a steady continuous motion but in a leaping jumping way with a swoosh! rush of air sound. I do not recall any sound except for the air rushing past my ears as I ran. Thanks to Peter Davenport NUFORC, http://www.ufocenter.com.

(Ref: George A. Filer, majorstar@aol.com, Director, Mutual UFO Network Eastern, MUFON Skywatch Investigations, Filer's Files #27 7-4-2)

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Gilroy is at Lat: 37.000 Long: -121.567

A CNSS search shows:

search parameters are:

catalog=CNSS
start_time=2002/06/08,00:00:00
end_time=2002/06/08,23:59:59
minimum_latitude=36.5
maximum_latitude=37.5
minimum_longitude=-122.17
maximum_longitude=-121
minimum_magnitude=1.0
maximum_magnitude=10
minimum_depth=0
maximum_depth=700
event_type=A

include events with no magnitude
Date Time Lat Lon Depth Mag Magt Nst Gap Clo RMS SRC Event ID
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2002/06/08 00:42:42.45 36.6692 -121.2910 4.29 1.68 Mc 27 46 2 0.04 NC 212292312
2002/06/08 10:54:19.45 36.8892 -121.6078 8.31 1.12 Mc 16 107 2 0.05 NC 212293102
2002/06/08 19:48:51.07 36.9530 -121.5923 5.58 1.63 Mc 42 39 1 0.10 NC 212293662
2002/06/08 21:49:53.10 36.6770 -121.3028 5.46 1.88 Mc 39 36 3 0.06 NC 212293802

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If the Gilroy time is PDT then it's UTC equivalent is 8:48 UTC. Note the M1.12 quake at
10:54:19.45 UTC. The list shows that a relatively tight area was active throughout the day with micro-quakes.

Often times, claims are made that precursory "earthquake lights" are seen sometimes several hours before the earthquake.

Fact or Fiction ? You decide....

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