EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY:
THE NIGHT MARIETA SAW A UFO — WEST PALM BEACH, FL (2005)
Marieta claims she saw a UFO.
She took this photograph in 2005 from the balcony of the Hilton Singer Island, in West Palm Beach, Florida.
The backstory is as follows: We decided to make a work-cation in South Florida for a week. One evening, I drove down to Miami on business, leaving Marieta to stay at the hotel. The Hilton is a mid-rise, 7-8 stories right on the beach overlooking the ocean. That’s when the aliens showed up.
Dammit, I missed the aliens. But hey, I was in Miami, so what’s the difference? I think I stole that joke from Dave Barry.
Our room was at the front of the hotel facing outward towards the ocean (looking East), on one of the higher floors. Here’s a stock photo of the Hilton Singer Island:
This was a time before smartphones, so Marieta took a picture with a camera.
What convinced her it was a UFO and not something easily explained was that (she claims) it lingered for a while and made no sound. Then, the light sped away quickly and disappeared from the sky. It went way too fast to be an airplane or something terrestrial. I listened. I nodded. I found it amusing that aliens were somehow peeking into hotel room windows from the spacecraft. Must be alien perverts.
UFOs have been in the news a lot lately. They’re fascinating to many people. There have been countless documentaries about UFOs and the history of sightings, recorded mostly since the 1947 Roswell, New Mexico crash. It now seems the History Channel has pretty much become the Ancient Aliens Network. There has to be a good reason for this. It’s because people watch these shows, as bad as they are, despite the crackpot theories. UFOs are a popular topic. I will agree it’s an interesting subject to discuss — and argue about.
Marieta and I don’t disagree often, but UFO shows always spark heated discussions in our home. She believes they’re real (extraterrestrial visitors). I believe it’s all rubbish, though some cases are worth investigating and discussing. However I can’t stand watching those alien shows because they’re so filled with outlandish speculation. Marieta won’t even let me hold onto the remote because I hit the pause button and then yell back at the Greek guy with the strange hair. I can’t stand watching that show without making my comments. Does anyone else talk to the TV? Marieta gets pissed off, and has even tossed me out of the room when Ancient Aliens is on TV.
Whatever you think or believe, here’s Marieta’s UFO photo. If you enlarge it and really use your imagination, I think you can make out E.T.
E.T. — Phone home!