CLASSIC CASES
While not all angel hair falls involve UFO sightings, there have been several recenthigh-quality cases with multiple witnesses reminiscent of the 1952 French cases of Oloron and Gaillac, written aboutby Aime Micheland others.
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ANGEL-HAIR UFOs
The most commonly reported UFO varieties associated with angel-hair falls are consistent with classic types, such as disks, globes, and cigars. More recent types, such as triangles,are rare, as are nocturnal-light cases. There are generally no sounds or odors associated with the falls. UFO colors reported in descending prominence are: silver, white, gray, silver-white, black, and a scattering oforange, blue, and red. Commonly the UFO is described as reflective, shiny, silvery, or bright.
Out of215 cases, 72 have descriptions capable of being categorized. In the case of angel-hair UFOs, almost all are daylight sightings. The only exceptions in the following table are in the other category, which includes a few daytime “jellyfish” or “tadpole” types; the rest are nocturnal lights.
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UFO Types Associated with Anger Hair – 72 Cases__
Disks/Saucers 32 cases (44%)
Globes/Spheres 21 cases (29%)
Cigars 10 cases (14%)
Other 9 cases (12%)
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TIMES OF FALLS
Fifty-nine cases have information on the time when the fall began, and some of these include in the total duration of the fall. In 16 cases where the beginning and ending of the fall was noted,fall limes ranged from 1 hour to 11 hours, with theaverage length of fall being 3 hours. The data indicate that angel hair is mainlyan afternoon phenomenon, with a peak time between 1300 and 1400 hours. The beginning time of falls where that was reported is summarized in the following table. Note that fully one-quarter of the cases began between noon and 2 p/m/ local time.
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Anger Hair Fall Times (Local time)
Local fall starts
6 a.m. – 12 noon 8 cases (14%)
12:01 – 6:00 p.m. 37 cases (65%)
12:01 – 2:00 p.m. 14 cases (25%)
Average start time 1:45 p.m.
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