O'Hare The Unfulfilled Promise.

[1963]

O'Hare UFO and Dan Aykroyd 14 Years Later!




Hi all,....just thought that i'd re-start an old thread of mine about the famous O'Hare UFO Incident of November 7th 2006.
It is more of a disappointed observation of nothing happening, than a celebration of the positive-outcome the event that initially showed so much promise of something actually happening in a case for a change!

...firstly, for anyone that may have somehow missed it, here is a brief summary of what happened on that day....
O'HARE UFO INCIDENT: Elusive Photos Discussed in Leaked News Footage | VIDEO (Redux)
2006 O'Hare International Airport UFO sighting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
...and here above is the
video that was leaked from a News room, showing unedited discussion of the Chicago O'Hare Airport UFO case among news broadcasters....

...particularly interesting to me was the fact that Both United Airlines and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) first denied that they had any information on the O'Hare UFO sighting until the Chicago Tribune, who was investigating the report, filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. The FAA then ordered an internal review of air-traffic communications tapes to comply with the Tribune FOIA request which subsequently uncovered a call by the United supervisor to an FAA manager in the airport tower concerning the UFO sighting....and here are quotes from the transcript of Sue, a United supervisor, and Dwight a tower operator. ...

Sue: This is Sue from United (laughter)
Tower: Yes (serious tone)
(12 second pause)
S: There was a disc out there flying around.
T: There was a what?
S: A disc.
T: A disc?
S: Yeah.
T: Can you hang on one second?
(pause, 33 seconds)
T: Okay, I'm sorry, what can I do for you?
S: I'm sorry, there was, I told Dave, there was a disc flying outside above Charley 17 and he thought I was pretty much high. But, um, I'm not high and I'm not drinking.
T: Yeah.
S: So, someone got a picture of it. So if you guys see it out there--
T: A disc, like a Frisbee?
S: Like a UFO type thing.
T: Yeah, okay.
S: He got a picture of it. (laughs)
T: How, how, how high above Charley 17?
S: Well, it was above our tower. So...
T: Yeah.
S: So, if you happen to see anything... (she continues to laugh)
T: You know, I'll keep a peeled eye for that.
S: Okay.

...and here is an uncompromisingly-scientific report from Dr Richard Haines and eight of his equally qualified associates at NARCAP that squashes the official 'Weather Anomaly' explanation for a multi-witnessed UFO that hovered above one of the worlds busiest airports for 2-5 minutes in broad daylight before suddenly ascending at speed ,and leaving 'A Hole in the clouds' where it had passed through!....

http://narcap.org/re...10_Case_18a.pdf

...In the aftermath of the incident there were at least three photographs of the object hanging over O'Hare Airport that quickly circulated the internet...each one purporting to be 'genuine',...but as often is the case ..have subsequently been debunked!...here is one such picture...

...and along with the 'fake pictures' there has also been video clips doing the rounds, that have similarly been dismissed!

...Nothing new there then!...but my biggest disappointment as regards to this event being no different to all the other tantalisingly-promising events...is that I thought that there was a sufficiently high-profile investigator in a position to nail this case down, and once and for all blow the lid off of the official secretiveness that shrouds ufology and the ETH question!...and that was none other than the world famous actor/comedian and fellow UFO-nut "Dan Aykroyd"!!
...Yes , Yes!...I realise that being a big famous star of entertainment doesn't automatically afford a person any great advantage in the disturbingly hard and convoluted discipline of ufological studies...but when the guy actually came out and declared that he had this one sewn-up and was in possession of the actual 'photographs and tapes' that would not only compliment the testimonial-evidence of all of the respectable-witnesses...but positively confirm the reality of 'A Real Solid UFO Being Present At O'Hare International Airport' that day....well I was both impressed and excited!!....


Does Dan Aykroyd Have the O'Hare UFO Footage?

Does Dan Aykroyd Have the O'Hare UFO Footage?


....But here I am, 14 years on....Still Waiting!!!!

So my question is....What's the deal with Dan Aykroyd and his claims of having the 'O'Hare smoking gun evidence'?...has he latterly found out that he had purchased fake evidence, and therefore binned it?...or...Did he make the announcement of having it, before he had actually got it in his hands, and subsequently failed to obtain it?...or...Did he actually get his hands on the 'good stuff' but was then muscled out of it by some clandestine agency?...or...Was his claim nothing more than a lie that he perpetrated as a publicity stunt for his up-coming book and documentary?...or...something else that has eluded me?

.Well!..are there any genuine photo's, and even film relevant to the incident?...and what do you guys think of Dan Aykroyd's unfulfilled threat to deliver the goods?


Cheers.

 

[Sheltie]

Thanks for posting this, 1963. It's been a while since I've heard anything about the O"Hare Incident.

Anyone who has seen Dan Aykroyd hawking his Crystal Head Vodka knows he is not one to shrink from a money making opportunity. My hunch is he ended up with footage that turned out to be crap, though your suggestion that the footage was actually a fabrication intended for future promotions also sounds quite reasonable.

I would, of course, love to believe the sexier, more exciting possibility that he has genuine footage but has been silenced by mysterious trench-coated operatives.

 

[Lam]

I believe this is said to be authentic

 

[1963]

I believe this is said to be authentic

Hi Lam, i'm not sure that the one that you presented hasn't be debunked a few years ago, ? not sure but i'll look around when I get the time mate.
…. but I know that this photo was the one originally presented on the ATS forum as being the 'real thing', but was later shown to be a clear hoax by Richard Haines in the complete investigation by the boffins thereof...

https://static1.squarespace.com/sta...a623422d8010c/1572028245437/TR10_1edition.pdf
...Richard shows us that the picture was doctored by showing the original photo without the "UFO" and that it had been reversed with the "UFO" added.! ….

… and another one debunked is....

When this photo was shown to one of the primary witnesses he said that the aircraft pictured were MD-80s that United no longer flies, that the disc seen in the sky is "much too big, is in the wrong place, and is hazy.

Can't quite remember off hand … but I think that this quote from the investigation might just pertain to your photo?...

A second alleged UAP photo from this date, time, and location was also visually evaluated by this witness. It showed airport lights across its lower edge; most of the frame showed an evenly gray sky with a small oval image located in the upper right center

… but maybe not?.

Cheers Buddy.

 

[1963]

Thanks for posting this, 1963. It's been a while since I've heard anything about the O"Hare Incident.

Anyone who has seen Dan Aykroyd hawking his Crystal Head Vodka knows he is not one to shrink from a money making opportunity. My hunch is he ended up with footage that turned out to be crap, though your suggestion that the footage was actually a fabrication intended for future promotions also sounds quite reasonable.

I would, of course, love to believe the sexier, more exciting possibility that he has genuine footage but has been silenced by mysterious trench-coated operatives.

Hi Sheltie old mate, yeah we often agree don't we. lol. …. but having said that, I do get the feeling that either Dan was just comprehensively conned... now whether he does believe that he is being silenced or if he is saying this because he doesn't really care to admit being duped? … i'm just not sure at all? … i'd love to spend an hour in his company to assess this more closely wouldn't you.

Cheers Buddy.

 

[nivek]

Apologies if I missed this, if someone commented on this already, but are there any undoctored images showing a UFO at O'Hare during the time of this incident?...

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[Standingstones]

Thanks for posting this, 1963. It's been a while since I've heard anything about the O"Hare Incident.

Anyone who has seen Dan Aykroyd hawking his Crystal Head Vodka knows he is not one to shrink from a money making opportunity. My hunch is he ended up with footage that turned out to be crap, though your suggestion that the footage was actually a fabrication intended for future promotions also sounds quite reasonable.

I would, of course, love to believe the sexier, more exciting possibility that he has genuine footage but has been silenced by mysterious trench-coated operatives.

I love Dan Ackroyd the actor and comedian. If you listen to the interview he had on the Joe Rogan podcast, Dan believes every and all possible paranormal conspiracies. Even ones that have been disproved, Dan is all in on those as well.

 

[1963]

Apologies if I missed this, if someone commented on this already, but are there any undoctored images showing a UFO at O'Hare during the time of this incident?...

...

Hi Nivek, no apologies required mate ... to my knowledge there has yet to be a single 'unchallenged' photograph of this UFO anywhere to be found. Which is the probable reason that poor old Dan was more than likely duped out of a few dollars.. [well … maybe a lot of $.?]
I have seen quite a few offerings trickle through since the event, and all to be disputed with certain degrees of authority.
From the ones that were clearly shown to be fakes like the one in my last post. To examples such as this one, that was sent in about a week or so after the event by someone that claimed to be an employee at O'Hare but of course wanted to remain anonymous. ...

looked ok to me at the time, but couldn't help thinking that the blow-up made the 'object' look like a small cloud?
… But nevertheless, it wasn't immediately debunked, and had the added authenticity of an actual independent witness to the event stating that it was much more like what she had witnessed than the other photos offered on the web!
But then, just when it started to get exciting one of the guys on the site produced a identical photo that he had been tirelessly searching for without the 'object' on it … thereby declaring it a confirmed fake!
… "Yep!" I thought another promising bit of evidence debunked. …. but then, a friend of mine on the site suggested that it was not yet debunked, because the dates of the two photographs had not been provided. And that the second photo that debunks the first one could have in fact been taken from the same position at a later time in order to facilitate the cover-up of actual evidence. [remember, there is already documented proof of lies by the authorities about this thing even happening at all from the offset!] … I thought , "well bugger me, i'd never thought about that before?" … and so waited for that final nail in the photo's coffin [so to speak] .. the confirmation of the two photo's time and date of being taken. .. But none came forward. And as far as I know, none ever did, but the thread fizzled out, with the vast majority of posters writing it off as "Debunked!" …. As for me? … I have to say that it it was 'probably debunked' , but there is just that little niggle in the back of my mind that … perhaps 'the debunk might need to be debunked' is just possible. … and if so, then how many other comprehensive-debunks could themselves stand a little more scrutiny? .

Cheers Buddy.

 

[Standingstones]

When the O’Hare incident took place David Biedny, the co-host of the Paracast at that time, received some O’Hare photos. As I recall he analyzed the photos and found out that someone had tried to hoax him. He said that someone with a lot of skill manipulated these photos. It was if the hoaxer was trying to throw confusion into the mix.

I always thought this was a good case to shine some light onto the UFO role. Unfortunately the O’Hare incident seemed to have died on the vine.