Extravagant marriage proposal triggers UFO alert in German town
By my count, this is the best UFO-related story since October 31, 2007, when U.S.presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich defended his alien-sighting on national T.V.
A young man's creative marriage proposal apparently triggered several UFO reports in a small town in Germany.
Bavarian police say several people called Wednesday night to alert them to strange lights floating above the sleepy town of Plattling.
It turns out the lights were 50 paper lanterns sent aloft by a 29-year-old man proposing marriage to his girlfriend.
Neither the man nor the 27-year-old woman were identified.
However, police report that the woman did say "Yes."
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May 29, 2008 at 02:28 pm by julianw, 3116 views, 57 comments
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Comments (57)
at 21:39 on May 29th, 2008
julianw, I like this story. It's good stuff.
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CHATOat 21:50 on May 29th, 2008
EXTRANGE creatures of the nigh......they are among us....but good news they are friendly.....
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psanchodogat 22:33 on May 29th, 2008
My daughter and I witnessed Green Men at the Walmart in Roswell, New Mexico buying new tires, drills, shovels, and hoes. Some of the tourists looked a little green themselves.
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geeuuveeat 00:44 on May 30th, 2008
E.T. rocks.
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at 01:32 on May 30th, 2008
I took this picture on the way to US from Singapore.
When i opened the window, i saw a spectacular scene gifted by nature.. where i could see both day and night at a time :)
I am an amateur photographer and was trying my hand on shutter speed and shot this picture
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thephotocameraat 03:21 on May 30th, 2008
a very mysterious arrangements of lights indeed...
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artofs0rr0wat 04:06 on May 30th, 2008
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twidoat 06:53 on May 30th, 2008
The city of Milwaukee seen from the harbor. Is that a UFO?
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Robin Jaffrayat 07:04 on May 30th, 2008
The confusion couldn't possibly have anything to do with the the Munich Beer Festival I suppose?
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enchant®scootat 10:15 on May 30th, 2008
This image is a Clarion lightship taken in Italy by Maurizio Cavallo and published by Paola Harris in her book 'How Do You Talk To A Ball of Light'.
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Matthew Krawczykat 11:07 on May 30th, 2008
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at 11:16 on May 30th, 2008
Not *really* UFOs, obviously ...
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at 11:31 on May 30th, 2008
julianw, I like this story. It's good stuff. Thanks for asking to use my photo.
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izemguitarat 11:36 on May 30th, 2008
Unfortunately, not a real UFO. The shape at the top of the image is a raindrop on the image and the object at the left hand, center side of the screen is an airplane with its fog lights on. I live in Seattle and yes, you guessed it.....it rains a lot. So not a real UFO but proof that one can twist interpretations to their own disposal. I'm not a skeptic, I know for a fact that real UFOs and extraterrestrials exist, but this photo was just for fun.
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Mike Pho3niXat 11:42 on May 30th, 2008
I was on the hills across the lake when seen the strange lights! So i grabbed my camera an shapped this shot.
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at 11:49 on May 30th, 2008
I rode this to Funky Town!
--rZx
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oreofuzzcatat 12:00 on May 30th, 2008
This just caught my eye when I was out taking photos of the moon. It reminded me of a UFO.
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kevkerkevat 12:17 on May 30th, 2008
Look at the little green lights: ain't that real?
Plus, I promise, I was absolutely clear that night.
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at 14:21 on May 30th, 2008
It was in the middle of the night. Suddenly we saw this ufo. The radio stopped to play, and loud sound came out the speakers.
First we did not know what we saw. We were speechless.
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iMeikat 14:54 on May 30th, 2008
UFOs of the Caribbean? No, just a sunset with reflections on the window pane.
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On my way to Heavenat 15:26 on May 30th, 2008
One evening I was at my friend's apartment enjoying some tea and music and all of a sudden, as I looked out the window, I saw something incredible - a strange soft light was lighting the sky and surrounding some interesting contraption. "Oh, no!", I thought, "it cannot be ...."
I took a few seconds to see if this things was moving, it was not, then I looked above my had and back out the window again...Guys, sorry to disappoint, it is not UFO, it is just a reflection of chandelier in the window. Maybe you've already guessed, but I had to tell you anyway....well, just so you know for sure:-)
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mexiemumat 15:51 on May 30th, 2008
I think my picture either shows a helicopter with very weird search lighting, or ET on his way to the Burger King drive-through...
Nice Story though ;)
The other day i saw a couple of these lanterns. They look pretty amazing in the night sky...
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LuzRiveraat 16:58 on May 30th, 2008
Um, Houston we have a problem! ;-)
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at 17:16 on May 30th, 2008
UFO's in the skys of Bauru, in Brazil??
Probably not. I think it's the city lights reflected in the fog after the rain.
By the way, this picture was taken using a D40x Nikon camera. I also photographed the scene with a Fuji S7000, a very different camera. With the S7000 there were no UFO's!
Angelo de Assis
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Henricusat 17:30 on May 30th, 2008
She said yes only after a light went off over her head and it all made sense.
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imaGENEationat 17:33 on May 30th, 2008
The "Death Star" like lantern is actually an outdoor lighting lamp made of a "capiz" shell material.
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d-stopat 18:27 on May 30th, 2008
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SullyT64 Photographyat 19:18 on May 30th, 2008
It was a spooky night. They appeared out of nowhere, suddenly..... I realized they were search lights promoting a business on a cloudy night. LOL
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pacogaraboat 19:21 on May 30th, 2008
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Diogo Andradeat 19:32 on May 30th, 2008
It´s a UFO in Juiz de Fora/Brazil, a lot of people see and this photo took the first page on a local newspaper.
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