Witnesses report odd 'blue teardrop' UFO in Albertville, Alabama

It’s the third Thursday 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 Dec. 1 and Dec. 31 on MUFON’s website, www.mufon.com, resulted in only one report from within our state during that time.

That incident occurred on Sat., Dec. 12, around 2:30 a.m., in Albertville, which is in Marshall County, in the northeastern corner of the state. The witness in this case had just set up a telescope to observe the 20-year “Great Conjunction” between Jupiter and Saturn. While looking through the scope, the man saw what looked like a star that was “flashing and pulsating.”

The man told his wife that he didn’t think it was a star, and the more they watched it, the more the man became convinced that it wasn’t a star.

“It started getting cold, so we started packing the telescope up, and that’s when I saw a bright flash of white light,” the man said. “It was like someone turning on a flashlight at me from the sky. As we watched it, it started to pulsate faster and started to rise up.”

Once the object reached a certain height, it appeared to change shapes. It then moved across the horizon and faded out. The man said that when he shined his flashlight at the object, it appeared to reflect the light, but the man couldn’t make out its shape or see any details.

The man noted that in the nights leading up to this sighting, he and his wife had seen “several odd flashes of light.” While watching an earlier meteor shower, they saw an object that looked like a “blue teardrop” descend from the sky. He said it didn’t look like it was falling, but looked like something that had been dropped.

The man also noted that he and his wife live next door to his wife’s grandmother. The same night that he saw the “blue teardrop,” he also saw a green light over the grandmother’s home.

With that said, I was looking at my trusty Old Farmer’s Almanac the other day and noted that we’ll have a full moon on this coming Thursday night, Jan. 28. The full moon in January is sometimes called the Wolf Moon or Cold Moon. Years ago, the Indians called the January full moon the Wolf Moon because it was during this time of year that they could best hear the hungry wolves howling at night, especially on the night of the full moon.

The light from the full moon makes it hard to see stars, planets and other objects in the night sky. In my opinion, this time of year is generally bad for sky-watching because it’s so cold outside at night. If you can stand the cold, you might be able to see something the rest of us won’t see because we’ll be bundled up inside the house.

Before closing out this week, I just want to put it out there again that I would be very interested to hear from anyone who has witnessed a UFO, especially 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 courantnewsdesk@gmail.com.