E.T. spotted in Berkeley Heights?
by Erin Eileen O'Neill/For The Star-Ledger
Wednesday March 25, 2009, 6:58 PM
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A report on the Web site of Britain's /Daily Telegraph/ today
highlights
a blurry shape shown standing in the bushes of a rural road in the
township on Google Earth's street view. The figure resembles the
friendly alien that starred in Steven Spielberg's 1982 film, "E.T.:
The
Extra-Terrestrial"
Several Web users spotted the alien-like shape next to a vertical
beam
of light along Diamond Hill Road, said the Telegraph report.
Local residents found the report amusing.
"It looks pretty real," said Anthony Lombardo, Jr., a 65-year-old
resident of Diamond Hill Road, today. "I am the alien that was doing
it," he joked.
Mark Johnson, founder and lead researcher of North Jersey Paranormal
Research, a group that investigates hauntings and other paranormal
phenomena in the tri-state area, thinks that scenario is unlikely.
"From what I saw, it is a blurry image that could be anything," said
Johnson. He described the shape as a blob with a bulbous top, but he
admits the light beam coming down does look rather strange.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Jim Peters also finds the
beam
of light interesting. "The light looks like a 'Star Wars' lightsaber
that I bought for my two sons a year ago," he said.
That could be a job for New Jersey-based paranormal researcher Susan
Bove.
Bove, a founder of South Jersey Paranormal Research, believes in the
possibility of extraterrestrial life in the state.
"I always had the opinion that to think that we are the only
intelligent
beings in the entire universe is pretty arrogant," she said. "I've
seen
too much and heard too much over the years to not have a open mind,"
said Bove, who has researched paranormal phenomena on a professional
basis for 10 years.
A search through Google Earth found several other light beams and
alien-shaped creatures along Diamond Hill Road and New Providence
Road.
The Morris County Prosecutor's office is investigating mysterious red
lights sighted in January and February in the skies over the county.