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| Added | Sun, 13/09/2020 |
| Author | July N. |
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One evening in 1971, or rather November 2, sixteen-year-old Ronald Johnson was herding sheep on his father's farm in the small town of Delfos (Kansas). At about 19:00 Ronald and his dog Snowball were suddenly surprised to see an object hovering about two feet (0.6 m) off the ground in a grove of trees, about twenty-five yards from where he was standing.
The object, which he later estimated to be about nine feet (2.7 m) in diameter and ten feet tall, had the shape of a mushroom with a short leg and was covered with colored lights. He made a sound that Ronald described as the vibrating sound of an old washing machine.
As he watched, it suddenly became very bright at the base, and then flew up at an angle, temporarily blinding him. Ronald would later say that the dog was noticeably "very quiet," but the sheep was bleating nervously.
A few minutes later, when Ronald's eyes got used to the light again, he entered the house and told his parents (Durel and Erma Johnson) what he had seen. They went outside just in time to see the object, which was now about half the size of the full moon, before it disappeared into the sky to the south.
Then Ronald and his parents went to inspect the place where the object was first seen. They were surprised to find a glowing ring on the ground and some glowing material on nearby trees.
When Mrs. Johnson touched the glowing area with the structure of the crust, she found that her fingers were numb. She tried to wipe the substance off her leg, and her leg went numb where the material touched her. Her fingers reportedly remained slightly numb for about two weeks, although she never sought medical help for the problem.
Johnson took a camera and photographed the ring, and then called the local newspaper Delphos Republican.
The next day, Durel and Ronald came to town and talked to the Republican reporter of Delfos, Thaddia Smith. Mrs. Smith, her husband and son-in-law then accompanied the Johnsons to their farm, where she discovered the circle.
It was still distinct and distinct. The soil dried out and crusted. The circle or ring was approximately 8 feet (2.4 m) across, the center of the ring and the outer part were still dirty due to recent rains. The dried area of the ring was about a foot (0.3 m) in diameter and was very light.
The object knocked a dead tree to the ground when it landed or took off, and apparently broke a branch of a living tree on landing.
The broken branch was very unusual: it was breaking and breaking, as if it had been dead for quite some time, but still it was green under the bark, and there were still green leaves clinging to the branches at the top. However, the lower part looked as if it was blistered and had a whitish hue.
On the same day, Sheriff Enlow, Junior Sheriff Harlan Enlow and a state highway patrolman Kansas Kenneth Jaeger investigated the ring after being called by Thaddia Smith.
Harlan Enlow 's report on the investigation stated:
... We observed a doughnut-shaped ring with a hole in the middle. The ring was completely dried out with a hole in the middle and outside of the ring dirt. There, the tree had broken limbs and a dead tree was broken. There was a slight color change on the trees.
The selected soil sample was almost white in color and very dry.
.. he watched a bright light descend in the sky...
The Enlow report also states that:
On March 11, 1971, Mr. Lester Ensbarger of 416 Argyle Street in Minneapolis informed Deputy Sheriff Leonard Simpson that approx. 19:30 on 11-02-71, he observed a bright light descending in the sky in the Delfos area.
Thirty-two days later, the ring was still clearly visible when it was examined by a UFO researcher named Ted Phillips, who specializes in detecting physical traces. The soil in the ring itself was still dry to a depth of at least twelve inches (30.4 cm), although at that time it was covered with snow, whereas the soil outside the ring was wet and black. Phillips took several photos of the ring and collected soil samples from the ring and from the ground outside the ring.
A number of analyses of soil samples taken from the ring and the surrounding soil were carried out. It was found that the ring soil is resistant to water, contains more calcium and more soluble salts, and is more acidic than the soil outside the ring. In addition, it was found that the soil from the ring contains unidentified hydrocarbon and organic material consisting of white crystalline fibers.
According to Jacques Vallee, in his book Dimensions, a French biologist identified white fibers as a mushroom-like organism from the order Actinomycetales, whose growth can cause the formation of a circular pattern on the ground. In addition, this biologist, who asked not to be named, said that this fungus often grows together with another fungus of the order Basidiomysetes, which under certain conditions can fluoresce.
So... does this mean the case is "solved?"
Only if you are one of those whistleblowers who think that if you find an explanation for part of the incident, you will "expose" the whole incident. Remember, three witnesses saw a UFO, not just a ring, and their observation was at least partially confirmed by a fourth witness eleven miles from Minneapolis. The ring itself may not be directly related to UFO sightings, and the presence of a fungus in the soil does not explain how the fluorescent material got on the surrounding trees, or how branches broke and a dead Chinese elm fell.
Both Thaddiah Smith and Sheriff Enlow told Ted Phillips in 1972 that the Johnsons were highly respected in the area and that they did not believe the family could have carried out a hoax.
After dark, the dog furiously tried to get into the house.
The day after the incident, Ronald's eyes turned red and watery, as if from irritation. For a week after the incident, he had nightmares from which he woke up screaming.
Even the animals were traumatized by this sight.
Valle says:
For about two weeks, every evening at sunset, the sheep jumped out of the pen and ran madly. After dark, the dog furiously tried to get into the house. He practically destroyed the screen door, and the only way to keep him outside is to replace it with a stronger metal door.
An adequate explanation for the incident in Delfos has not been found.
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This is a case of landing in Delfos, Kansas, on November 2, 1971. Some of the best physical evidence was found at this place.
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A very likely UFO encounter occurred in the small town of Delfos, Kansas, in 1971. This case has never been refuted, and is still considered one of the best cases of a physical trace associated with a UFO landing.
Sixteen-year-old Ron Johnson and his dog Snowball were grazing a family sheep when his attention was suddenly attracted by a mushroom-shaped UFO that appeared in the night sky.
A flying object, metallic with multicolored lights, hovered about 75 feet (22.5 m) from Ron among the trees. Johnson estimated that the ship was only a few feet above the ground. He estimated the ship's diameter at 6-8 feet (1.8-2.4 m).
Stunned by what he was looking at, he tried to get a closer look at it, but the bright luminosity of the ship did not allow him to see any additional details. Ron described how the machine makes a loud sound, "like an old washing machine that vibrates."
The glow of the bottom of the objects intensified as it began to rise into the sky. Ron would later say that he was temporarily blinded by the brightness of the ship as it ascended.
When he regained his sight and composure, he ran back to the family home to warn his father and mother, Erma and Durel. The bright glowing object was now even higher in the sky.
Ron's parents ran around the house to see an unusual phenomenon. They arrived just in time to see an object, now as big as a full moon, that had disappeared from view.
The three Johnsons were shocked to see a glowing ring on the ground, right under the place where the ship was hovering. There was also glowing material on some trees nearby. Family members will agree that the ground around the glow "seemed strange, like a smooth crust, as if the soil had crystallized."
Ron's mother's fingers were numb, as if she had been given local anesthesia. After making sure that the ship would not return, the family stayed overnight.
When dawn broke the next day, the family immediately saw the glowing ring, and to their surprise, it was still there! The inside and outside of the ring was wet from the rain, but the outside of the ring was surprisingly dry. The ring had a hard look, as if the rain had just come off, leaving him dry to the bone.
A little over a month later, after the snowfall, the white ice melted both inside and outside the ring, but the ring itself withstood the snow drift. The researchers experimented with the ring by removing snow from its part and watering the open part with water. The soil did not let water through.
The Johnsons told their story to the local newspaper The Delphos Republican. Reporter Thaddia Smith, along with several members of her family, drove back with the Johnsons to see the UFO landing site and the strange ring. Smith 's report was as follows:
"The circle was still very distinct and visible. The soil was dry and crusted. The circle or ring was about 8 feet across, the center of the ring and the outer part were still dirty due to recent rains. it was dried up, was about a foot across and was very light.
The object knocked a dead tree to the ground when it landed or took off, and apparently broke a branch of a living tree on landing. the broken limb was very unusual: it was breaking and breaking, as if it had been dead for some time, but still it was green under the bark, and there were still green leaves clinging to the branches at the top.
However, the lower part looked as if it was covered with blisters and had a whitish hue."
Later that day, Sheriff Enlow, Junior Sheriff Harlan Enlow and Kansas State Highway Patrolman Kenneth Jaeger investigated the ring after Taddia Smith warned about the facts of the case. Harlan Enlow presented this report:
"... we observed a doughnut-shaped ring with a hole in the middle. The ring was completely dried out, with a hole in the middle and outside of the ring dirt. The limbs of the tree were broken and the dead tree was broken. there. There was a slight color change on the trees."
Further experiments showed that the earth under the ring dried up to a depth of one foot. The ring itself consisted of a whitish substance that was sent to the laboratory for analysis. The results were as follows:
[it was divided into fibers that] had a plant nature and belonged to an organism of the order Actinomycetales, which is an intermediate organism between bacteria and fungi... family actiniomycetes, genus Nocardia ... [and] is often found together with a fungus of the order Basidomycetes, which can fluoresce under certain conditions... one possible interpretation is that high-energy stimulation caused the spectacular growth of Nocardia and the existing fungus and caused the fluorescence of the latter.
There will also be another witness confirming Ron Johnson's UFO story. Sheriff Enlow told the press;
"On March 11, 1971, Mr. Lester Ensbarger of 416 Argyle Street in Minneapolis informed Deputy Sheriff Leonard Simpson that at approximately 7:30 p.m. on February 11, 1971, he observed a bright light descending in the sky in the Delfos area."
Ron Johnson's experience is still considered one of the most documented cases of UFOs with a "ground footprint" over the past century, and it still cannot be explained by any conventional or terrestrial means.
Original news
Witness Ronald Johnson.
The Ring: Delphos, Kansas 1971
One evening in 1971, November 2 to be exact, sixteen-year-old Ronald Johnson was tending the sheep on his father’s farmn ear the small town of Delphos, Kansas. At about 7:00 p.m. Ronald and his dog Snowball were suddenly surprised to see an object hovering about two feet off the ground in a grove of trees some twenty-five yards from where he stood. The object, which he later estimated to be about nine feet in diameter and ten feet tall, was shaped like a mushroom with a short stem and was covered with multi-colored lights. It made a sound that Ronald described as like that of an old washing machine which vibrates. As he watched, it suddenly became very bright at the base and then it took off at an angle, temporarily blinding him. Ronald would later say that the dog was noticeably “very quiet”, but that the sheep were bleating nervously.
MUFON sketch showing sideview of the encounter. (credit: MUFON / Connelly)
Some minutes later, as Ronald’s eyes once more adjusted to the light, he went into the house and told his parents, Durel and Erma Johnson, what he had seen. They got outside in time to see the object, which was now about half the full moon in size, before it vanished into the sky to the south.
…her fingers went numb.
Ronald and his parents then went to examine the place at which the object had been first seen. They were astonished to find a glowing ring on the ground, and some sort of glowing material on nearby trees. When Mrs. Johnson touched the glowing area, which had a crust-like texture, she found that her fingers went numb. She tried to wipe the substance off onto her leg, and her leg became numb where the material touched it. Her fingers reportedly remained slightly numb for about two weeks, although she never sought medical attention for the problem. Mr. Johnson fetched his camera and took a photo of the ring and then phoned the local newspaper, The Delphos Republican.
The next day, Durel and Ronald drove into town and spoke to a Delphos Republican reporter, Thaddia Smith. Mrs. Smith, her husband, and her son-in-law then accompanied the Johnsons back to their farm, where she found:
Photograph of the landing ring left by the object.
The circle was still very distinct and plain to see. the soil was dried and crusted. The circle or ring was approximately 8 feet across, the center of the ring and the outside area were still muddy from recent rains. The area of the ring that was dried was about a foot across and was very light in color.
The object had crushed a dead tree to the ground either when it landed or took off, and from appearance had broken a limb of a live tree when it landed. the broken limb was most unusual, it would snap and break as though it had been dead for quite some time, yet it was green under the bark, and the upper area still had green leaves clinging to its branches. However the lower area looked as though it had been blistered and had a whitish cast.
That afternoon, Sheriff Enlow, Undersheriff Harlan Enlow, and Kansas State Highway Patrolman Kenneth Yager investigated the ring after being called by Thaddia Smith. Harlan Enlow’s report of the investigation stated:
…we observed a ring shaped somewhat like a doughnut with a hole in the middle. The ring was completely dry with a hole in the middle and outside of the ring mud. There were limbs broken from a tree and a dead tree broken off, there. There was a slight discoloration on the trees.
The soil sample taken was almost white in color and very dry.
…he had observed a bright light descending in the sky…
Enlow’s report also stated that:
On 11-03-71 Mr. Lester Ensbarger of 416 Argyle St. in Minneapolis advised Deputy Sheriff Leonard Simpson that at approx. 7:30 p.m. 11-02-71 he had observed a bright light descending in the sky in the Delphos area.
The ring was still clearly visible thirty-two days later when examined by a UFO investigator named Ted Phillips, who specializes in physical-trace cases. The soil in the ring itself was still dry to a depth of at least twelve inches even though at this time it was covered by snow, whereas the soil outside the ring was wet and black. Phillips took several photos of the ring and collected soil samples from the ring and from the ground outside the ring.
A number of analyses were done of soil samples taken from the ring and from the surrounding soil. The ring soil was found to be resistant to water, to contain more calcium and more soluble salts, and to be more acidic than soil from outside the ring. In addition, the soil from the ring was found to contain an unidentified hydrocarbon and an organic material composed of white, crystal-like fibers.
According to Jacques Vallee, in his book Dimensions, a French biologist identified the white fibers as a fungus-like organism of the order Actinomycetales, whose growth can cause a circular pattern to form on the ground. In addition, this biologist, who asked not to be identified, stated that this fungus is often found growing with another fungus of the order Basidiomysetes, which may fluoresce under some conditions.
So… does that wrap the Delphos Ring up in a neat little package labeled “solved?”
Only if you’re one of those debunkers who thinks that if you find an explanation for part of an incident, then you have “debunked” the entire incident. Remember, three witnesses saw a UFO, not just the ring, and their sighting was at least partly corroborated by a fourth witness eleven miles away in Minneapolis. The ring itself may not be directly related to the UFO sighting, and the presence of a fungus in the soil does not explain how the fluorescent material got onto the surrounding trees, nor how the branches got broken and the dead Chinese elm tree knocked down.
Both Thaddia Smith and Sheriff Enlow told Ted Phillips in 1972 that the Johnsons were well respected in the area and that they did not believe that it was possible that the family could be perpetrating a hoax.
The dog would furiously try to get into the house at nightfall.
The day after the incident, Ronald’s eyes became red and watered as though from irritation. For a week after the incident he had nightmares from which he awoke screaming.
Even the animals were traumatized by the sighting. Vallee says:
For about two weeks, every evening at sunset, the sheep would jump out of the pen and run wildly. The dog would furiously try to get into the house at nightfall. He practically destroyed the screen door, and the only way to keep him outside was to replace it with a stronger metal door.
An adequate explanation for the Delphos incident has never been found.
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Delphos, Kansas
November 2, 1971
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A very credible UFO encounter occurred in the small town of Delphos, Kansas in 1971. This case has never been debunked, and is still considered as one of the very best physical trace cases involving a UFO landing.
Sixteen year old Ron Johnson, along with his dog Snowball, was tending the family sheep when his attention was suddenly drawn to a mushroom-shaped UFO appearing in the night sky.
The flying object, metallic with multi-colored lights, was hovering approximately 75 feet away from Ron among some trees. Johnson estimated the craft was only a few feet above the ground. He estimated the crafts diameter at 6-8 feet.
Stunned by what he was looking at, he tried to get a closer look, but the brilliant luminance of the craft did not allow him to make out any additional details. Ron described the craft as making a loud sound, "like an old washing machine which vibrates."
The glow of the objects bottom increased as it began to rise up into the sky. Ron would later state that he was temporarily blinded by the brightness of the craft as it ascended.
After he regained his sight and composure, he ran back to the family house to alert his mother and father, Erma and Durel. The bright, glowing object was now even higher in the sky.
Ron's parents came running around the side of the house to get a glimpse of the unusual phenomena. They arrived just in time to see the object, now big as the full moon, as it disappeared from view.
The three Johnsons were shocked to see a glowing ring on the ground, right below where the craft had hovered. There was also a glowing material on some of the trees nearby. Family members would agree that the ground around the glow "felt strange, like a slick crust, as if the soil was crystallized."
Ron's mother's fingers went numb, like she had been given a local anesthetic. After they were sure the craft was not returning, the family settled down for the night.
When dawn broke the next day, the family immediately returned to the sight of the glowing ring, and to their surprise, it was still there! The inside and outside of the ring was damp from a rain shower, but the exterior of the ring was amazingly dry. The ring had a crusty appearance, as though the rain had simply ran off, leaving it bone dry.
Slightly over a month later, after a snow fall, the white ice had melted both inside and outside of the ring, but the ring itself maintained the snow drift. Investigators experimented with the ring by removing snow from a section of it, and pouring water on the exposed part. The soil would not allow the water to pass through.
The Johnsons told their story to the local newspaper, The Delphos Republican. Reporter Thaddia Smith, along with several members of her family, drove back out with the Johnsons to see the site of the UFO landing and the strange ring. Smith's report was as follows:
"The circle was still very distinct and plain to see. the soil was dried and crusted. The circle or ring was approximately 8 feet across, the center of the ring and the outside area were still muddy from recent rains. The area of the ring that was dried was about a foot across and was very light in color.
The object had crushed a dead tree to the ground either when it landed or took off, and from appearance had broken a limb of a live tree when it landed. the broken limb was most unusual, it would snap and break as though it had been dead for quite some time, yet it was green under the bark, and the upper area still had green leaves clinging to its branches.
However the lower area looked as though it had been blistered and had a whitish cast. "
Later the same day, Sheriff Enlow, Undersheriff Harlan Enlow, and Kansas State Highway Patrolman Kenneth Yager investigated the ring after being alerted to the factis of the case by Thaddia Smith. Harlan Enlow filed this report:
"...we observed a ring shaped somewhat like a doughnut with a hole in the middle. The ring was completely dry with a hole in the middle and outside of the ring mud. There were limbs broken from a tree and a dead tree broken off there. There was a slight discoloration on the trees."
Further experimentation showed the ground under the ring to be dry to a depth of one foot. The ring itself was composed of a whitish substance, which was sent to a laboratory for analysis. The findings were as follows:
[it was resolved into fibers which] was vegetal in nature and belonged to an organism of the order of Actinomycetales, which is an intermediate organism between bacteria and fungus... family actiniomycete, genus Nocardia... [and is] often found together with a fungus of the order Basidomycetes, which may flouresce under certain conditions... one possible interpretation is that high energy stimulation triggered the spectacular growth of the Nocardia and of an existing fungus, and caused the latter to flouresce.
There would also be another witness to corroborate Ron Johnson's account of the UFO. Sheriff Enlow told the press;
"On 11-03-71 Mr. Lester Ensbarger of 416 Argyle St. in Minneapolis advised Deputy Sheriff Leonard Simpson that at approx. 7:30 p.m. 11-02-71 he had observed a bright light descending in the sky in the Delphos area."
The experience of Ron Johnson is still considered as one of the best documented "ground trace" UFO cases of the past century, and is still unexplainable by any conventional or earthly means.
A MUFON sketch showing the side view. (MUFON / Connelly)
The Delphos Kansas UFO Landing Ring, 1971
February 9, 2012
Author: SpaceTimeForum
A picture of the "glowing ring" taken by the Johnsons ten minutes after the observation.
Hypotheses
Mushroom
Fungi is a Kingdom of wildlife that combines eukaryotic organisms that combine some of the characteristics of both plants and animals. Divided into edible, non-edible and conditionally edible (but our topic is not the case, so we will not focus on these categories).
Mycelium
Usually, this phenomenon, in addition to crop circles, is called Fairy circles, the circles of the fairies, the witches ' ring. In Germany, for example, they claimed that such circles were trampled by witches at night, in Holland - devils beat up butter, and in Russia - circles indicate an enchanted treasure.
In fact, circles with a diameter of several tens of centimeters to several meters are formed by fungi. These circles form the various types of fungi: the mlechnikov, Govorushko, mushrooms, toadstools, morels, etc.
Luminescence
Luminescence is a non-thermal glow of substance that occurs after absorption of the excitation energy.
Luminescence of solids can be divided into the following types:
Photoluminescence is luminescence under the action of light (visible and UV range). She, in turn, is divided into:
- fluorescence (life time 10-9-10-6 s);
- the phosphorescence of (10-3-10 s);
Chemiluminescence is luminescence that uses the energy of chemical reactions;
Events
Rocket launches (from space.skyrocket.de)
- Site: Plesetsk (NIIP-53, GIK-1, GNIIP) (USSR / Russia) Vehicle: Voskhod Payload: Kosmos 454 (Zenit-4M #25, Rotor #25)
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