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The Naples Daily News from Naples, Florida • 48

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Naples, Florida
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48
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14B Sunday November 18 2007 Qailu fteuia STATE UFOCUJMS Sightings put Gulf Breeze on extraterrestrial map PATIO Sr? 10th Patto Showroom in Florida! ov By DUSTY RICKETTS Northwest Florida Daily News weird" Broxson was not alone in having an unexplained sighting Inis month marks the 20th anniversary of when former Gulf Breeze resident Edward Walters first saw a UFO flying above his yard launching a period of sightings seekers and fame for the area Skeptics say the UFOs were part hoax part imagination and part misidentification (Eglin Air Force Base and Pensacola Naval Air Station are nearby) but believers are undeterred Walters has said his Nov 11 1987 sighting was the first of than more than 100 sightings and GULF BREEZE Santa Rosa County Commissioner John Broxson was always a skeptical person He never believed the stories of Bigfoot the Loch Ness Monster or unidentified flying objects But something happened nearly 20 vears ago to make him change his mind on at least one of those phenomena Broxson was entertaining friends at his home in the Villa Venyce subdivision when something outside caught his attention He went out for a closer look Something bright was hovering above his home: a parade of lights of different colors and intensity He quickly had his wife Christina and their friends come out to see it for themselves No one knew what they were watching The UFO hovered for several moments before quickly flying straight until it was out of sight I saw something that blew my Broxson said a mystery to me It just looked like something I expecting to see want to see one and have people thinking I was weird the only time I can recall seeing something that abductions he experienced over a six-year period He wrote three books on UFOs and the Gulf Breeze sightings but has since moved to Pensacola and no longer speaks to the media While Walters was the most outspoken person at the time to report seeing UFOs in Gulf Breeze he was not die only person People from around the IIAMll am 1 world visited in hopes of seeing explained after something unexpl The Gulf Breeze Sentinel ran a story and photo about Walters Many of those people were not disappointed said Don Ware eastern regional director of the Mutual UFO Network or MU-FON Between 1987 and the end of 1993 when most of the sightings See UFOS Page MB aluminum: -vj ONE YEAR Nonh Mini BwA UjuaS 19999 Kk tfftt Hvd 1400 NW 167 Sc 005)9404002 (305)356-1910 KwU 10045 Dint Hwy 005) 669-2922 fcnpaas 2201 AibndcSW (954) 917-6675 CocoaacCmk 6II65X7 (954) 949-0910 No Interest No Payments Visit us at wwwcarlscom -Shop Daily 10-9 Sunday 12-6 BociKmm Not Nh kadi Sum Ikplu 6596 Moil Hwp 1 1540 Mol Hap 2010 NW Mod Hbwy 12S20 NTanimlhl (561)990-5575 (561)625-5575 (7J2) 692-2400 (239)5152275 fnlai 16050 0 laduai TnO (239)693-2275 yPffer contingent on quaibotionse-CrecM appwal Paymentof wl tax ond (fcfcvqry upon purchase Payment of balance with ml yea frnot paid in fuH wdMjone yeatjf jnierestwiO acajie from dale ef delswrvlinlmuin finance smotini $999 financed Special Ode's require 'owirjnim retail pneistaris PaOp nwo Jells at irianuiwure'j suggested retail pn f1- £: if 1 I general contractor No project is too targe or too small We carl Cornerstone Kitchens is a licensedand insured remodel your bathroom to turn it into an oasis you deserve or we can add an addition to your existing home to give you more room You will never have to deal with subcontractors we organize and maintain the job throughout the remodel We have a team of electricians plumbers framers tile installers and carpenters at your disposal to create the home of your dreams Let us show you what we can doi ihMM4unVcMMHKi26w r-1 1 IV Rn jiff V'lfid Visit Our Showrooms located Fort Myers Naples Sanibel Island and Bonita Springs Sanibef Island 'U I '--a JERSTONE Kitchens SINCE 1988 3 1 50 Metro Parkwsy I Ft Myers FI: 339 1 6 I wwwcornerstone-kltchenscom 1 Ph: 2393323020 1 Fax: 2393328550 Yf 4 frit fc-YS (jify I f- i MM iW 4 -9 4 9 4 4 A 4 4W.

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