Alien sightings reported in North Port

Family members are scared to go outside at night because of what they say is lurking in the woods. They claim more than five alien encounters in the last four months have taken place. Now, an international UFO organization wants to crack the real-life X-file.

Michael Rowley and his son Shane moved to their North Port home in April.

"Well, I'm retired and I thought this was where you're supposed to go," Michael said. "The only bad part is the aliens around here."

Shane, 16, says he's had several extra-terrestrial encounters - most of which have been through his bedroom window.

"They kind of show up when they want. You get used to them, but it is weird to see them walking around the woods with those big eyes," he said.

"I haven't seen the wings but we know he flies," added Michael.

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Last Updated: Monday, 17 August 2009, 07:03 GMT- Search: MoD UFO reports

Attempted abductions, scrambled fighter jets and flying saucers over Glastonbury are among the hundreds of dramatic reports of close encounters released by the Ministry of Defence.
From aliens with lemon-shaped heads to laser beams being shot to earth, the MoD and The National Archives have released approximately 800 sightings from 1981 to 1996.
"We want you, come with us," one alien apparently told two terrified Staffordshire boys after appearing from under a hovering UFO.
The boys, whose faces glow red from the spaceship's incredible heat, run for their lives and report the incident to police. It is just one of countless mysterious reports released as part of a three-year project between the MoD and The National Archives, aimed at opening up the records to a worldwide audience.
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This fourth instalment consists of 14 files of sightings, letters and Parliamentary Questions - 4,000 pages in total.
The records feature papers relating to the famous "Rendlesham Forest" sightings, often described as "Britain's Roswell", and the MoD's final position statement on the incident.
Other highlights include: More than 30 sightings of bright lights over central England in just six hours in March 1993. Witnesses included police officers and military personnel and the Assistant Chief of the Air Staff was briefed. It was later discovered that most of the sightings were caused by a Russian rocket re-entering the earth's atmosphere.
Many of the UFO reports in this tranche were filed in 1996, the year Hollywood blockbuster Independence Day was released which also coincided with the growing popularity of the X-Files TV series. Experts believe this goes some way to explaining a spike in UFO sightings - from 117 in 1995 to 609 in 1996 (MoD statistics).
Dr David Clarke, a UFO expert and journalism lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University, said: "It's evident there is some connection between newspaper stories, TV programmes and films about alien visitors and the numbers of UFO sightings reported to the MoD.
"Aside from 1996, one of the busiest years for UFO sightings reported to the MoD over the past half century was 1978 - the year Close Encounters of the Third Kind was released. Obviously, films and TV programmes raise public awareness of UFOs and it's fascinating to see how that appears to lead more people to report what they see