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- DUNDEE FAMILY AIM TO SHED SOME LIGHT ON `UFO' MYSTERY 21/02/96
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- Soure: Dundee Courier & Advertiser
- Date: February 21, 1996
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- A DUNDEE family became so intrigued by the strange lights they saw in the sky
- on Monday night that they video-taped them and have now embarked on a search to
- find out what they saw.
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- Sandy and Jane Donaldson of Dryburgh Street, taped the flickering white lights
- between 8.45 and 10.10 in a bid to establish exactly what they were caused by.
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- Sandy said, "I don't believe in UFOs, but I would like to hear a logical
- explanation for what we saw last night."
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- The whole family became involved when Billy (12) and Lorraine (14) helped their
- parents focus the hand-held camcorder from the upstairs window of the house.
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- "I was watching television when a flashing light caught my attention.
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- "I thought it was a star to begin with, but it was moving around too much and
- it seemed to be too round for a star," said Sandy.
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- "I'm not sure if it was really flashing or if it was being passed over by
- clouds, but it was certainly moving around in a jerky kind of way, and I don't
- think it could possibly have been an aircraft." he added.
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- "At one point there appeared to be three lights moving in different
- directions."
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- Brian Kelly, of the Mills Observatory in Dundee said, "By the sounds of things
- the Donaldsons were looking at a star called Sirius, known as the dog star, as
- it makes up part of the big dog constellation (Canis major).
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- "The twinkling effect comes from the air currents in between the star and us,"
- he added.
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- The air can also make the star look as though it changes colour Brian said,
- "The strongest colours you are likely to see are red and blue. This is due to
- air currents, as astronauts who have photographed the star from space have
- shown it is pure white.
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- "Conditions would have been perfect for viewing the star last night as it is
- only seen in winter and rises very late at night. It is one of the brightest
- stars you can see."
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- As for the jerky movement of the star, Mr Kelly said, "It can be very difficult
- to film a star accurately on a hand held camera. It's very difficult to focus
- on it and keep the camera steady at the same time."
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- Mr Donaldson handed a copy of the video tape into Mills Observatory ls at night
- to see if they could shed any light on the unidentified objects.
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- Mr Kelly hopes to examine the tape later today.
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