UFO Community Buzzing: As the UFO community was buzzing over the Chad photographs, a second, albeit lesser quality set of two photographs were taken of a very similar craft over Lake Tahoe, California on May 5. A man and his wife were spending the weekend there, and the wife had walked out to their vehicle to grab a sweater when she first spotted the unusual flying apparatus.
Object Spinning: The object was spinning and slowly moving over some trees, not too far from her. Seeing the object startled her, and since her camera was inside their cabin, she took two photographs with her cell phone camera. Although the images are not of great clarity, there is no doubt that the object is very similar to the one in the Chad photographs.
Husband Also Sees Object: The object moved behind the roof of the cabin, and the witness ran to get a better view, calling for her husband to come out and see the unusual craft. He did get a glimpse of it before it disappeared behind some trees. He knew it was not a conventional craft. The Lake Tahoe object only had four appendages, instead of the five that the Chad object had.
Genuine Report: The photographs did not allow a view of any lettering on the arms. The two of them got into their vehicle, searching for the object in the neighborhood, but to no avail. They did not see it the next day either, and then left for home. It is important to note that the witness statements seemed very genuine, or they had a very good way with words, as a very convincing account of their experience was given.
Craft Differences: Students of Ufology very quickly assessed the differences between the first two sets of photographs, and the Lake Tahoe pictures were only used to corroborate the first sighting, as the poorer quality of the second set ruled out a thorough investigation into the sighting and its accompanying imagery. More than anything else, these two sighting reports filled UFO web sites and message boards with varying opinions on what the two sightings meant.
An Outright Hoax?: If the first one was an outright hoax, was the second one simply a copy cat? Did we have a real UFO, or just another fabrication? Was the photograph legitimate with a man-made object inserted via a graphics program? Or was the entire case just another way to discredit Ufology? The more attention the photographs were given, the more we would look like fools when the perpetrator came forward and announced that he had created the entire thing. Yet, if they did turn out to be the real thing, we would be accused of not giving the photographs more attention. We were holding a double-edged sword.
Another Witness?: During this time, I received a very interesting letter from a woman who stated that during a visit to Sequoia National Park several years back, she had actually seen the strange craft. As she was leaving the park, she saw one of the objects flying overheard. She was talking to a Park Ranger at the time, and asked him what the strange object was.
Sequoia Officials Deny Claim: The Ranger told her that the object was no big deal, just a monitoring device that is used by the government agency to keep tabs on the large expanse of area, and also watch for signs of smoke. However, inquiries to Sequoia could not confirm the craft. They stated that no such device exists.
