The Canadian National Newspaper: Maryland children startled by triangle alien probes in backyard

Three Maryland children were scared and unable to identify the source of lights at ground level in their backyard about 9 p.m. on August 8, 2010, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

A parent filed MUFON Case # 25168 where witnesses included children ages 14, 12, and 11. The group was walking toward their home after swimming when they noticed four bright lights in their yard about the size of basketballs.

They describe the scene as watching three "outer" lights forming a triangle, with one center light. The lights were "bright and white," but they could not make out an object that they were attached to.

One of the witnesses took four images of the lights. While the lights originally produced no sound, the witnesses report that as the object moved away, there was a "swishing" sound as it drifted across the backyard toward a nearby wooded area and moved out of sight.

"As it took off it turned to the left and seemed to leave a trail of light for just a few seconds," the reporting witness stated. "We were very scared and are not sure what it was."

No town name was given in the public portion of the MUFON report. No images or video were provided. Based on the report, it is unclear whether or not the adult was part of the sighting, or merely filing the report as stated. We assume for this story, that the adult did not witness the event. We assume the images will be made available to Maryland MUFON upon investigation.

The following is the unedited and as yet uninvestigated report filed with MUFON. Please keep in mind that most UFO reports can be explained as something natural or man made. If Maryland MUFON State Director Ron Fink investigates and reports back on this case, I will release an update. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.

MD, August 8, 2010 - triangle of lights over swimming pool. MUFON Case # 25168.

I am writing this on behalf of my daughters: There were three girls involved in the sighting: my daughters which are 14 and 11 and there friend who is 12. They think the whole idea of UFO's are silly and have little to no knowledge on the subject. We were leaving the swimming pool and walking to the celler doors which are about 10 feet away. It was around 9 pm and was almost dark.

We noticed a bright light on the ground in the middle of the yard and looked up. There were four really bright lights just hovering there, they were about the size of basketballs. There were three outer lights that formed a triangle and one in the middle. The lights were very bright and white; we could not make out any details of a plan, ships, etc...

My sister handed me the digital camera (we had been taking underwater pictures in the pool, so we had the camera with us) and we took four pictures. There was no sound except for some kind if wishing noise when it took off. I'm not sure how long it hovered, seconds. Then it slowly drifted across the backyard toward the woods and then took off and was gone. As it took off it turned to the left and seemed to leave a trail of light for just a few seconds. We were very scared and are not sure what it was.

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