Two UFOs reported in Alabama during the month of February

It’s the fourth week of the month, so this week I’m giving you an update on UFO reports in Alabama from the previous month, courtesy of the Mutual UFO Network.

A search for UFO reports in Alabama between Feb. 1 and Feb. 28 on MUFON’s website, www.mufon.com, resulted in two reports from within our state during that time.

The first incident was reported on Thurs., Feb. 21, around 8 p.m. from a person in Irvington, which is in southwestern Mobile County, north of Bayou La Batre. The person making the report said that many residents and motorists in that part of the state had seen UFOs over Irvington during the previous week. On the morning of Feb. 21, 97.5 FM, a radio station in Mobile, discussed the incident, and witnesses offered up descriptions of the UFOs. Witnesses said that the strange objects were shaped like boomerangs and featured green, orange and white lights.

The second incident occurred on Wed., Feb. 27, around 4:30 a.m. in Calera, which is in both Chilton and Shelby counties. It’s also the home of the Shelby County Airport.

The witness, who described himself as an “astronomy buff,” said that he works the nightshift and saw something strange while taking a smoke break at around 4:30 a.m. At that time, he was looking up at the sky, in a West-Northwest direction, and saw a light. At first, he thought it was a star or planet, but the only planet visible at that time was Saturn, which was behind him in the night sky.

The witness dismissed the idea that the light was a planet or star when he noticed that it was moving. The light moved at a slow pace, and the witness thought that the light was an airplane. Then things began to get strange, the witness said.

Within 10 to 15 seconds of him thinking that it was an airplane, the light started to get smaller as if it were moving away from the witness. To him, it didn’t look like a plane flying away into the sky, but more like a craft rising up into space.

“It continued to get smaller until it just faded away,” the witness said. “This whole event took place in 25 to 30 seconds, from the time I noticed it until it disappeared.”

While on the subject of UFOs, I feel like I should say that the reports of UFO sightings in Conecuh County has died down in recent months. The Courant received a number of UFO reports from Conecuh County residents, starting in late November of last year. Those reports lasted a couple of weeks before they eventually died out. As of this writing, those reports remain unexplained.

Before closing out this week, I just want to put it out there again that I would be very interested to hear from any readers of The Courant who have witnessed a UFO in Conecuh County. I think a lot of other people would be interested in hearing your story too, and I’m willing to accept your report anonymously. You can contact me by e-mail at courantsports@earthlink.net or by phone at 578-1492.