Ed. Note: Shari Adamiak was the Director of Research for CSETI (The Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence) and a tireless UFO researcher, loved by all who knew her. She died of cancer on January 20, 1998, after a valiant struggle to overcome her illness. For several years the Institute for UFO Research has sponsored a night skywatch activity at the Maguire Ranch as a sort of "extracurricular event" following the Rocky Mountain UFO Conference. This year, the event was given a name, and official recognition as an annual activity. Franklin Carter reports here on the results. The first Shari Adamiak Memorial Skywatch, led by Lyssa Royal Holt, started with clouds, rain, and lightening, but ended with a hole in the sky and a beautiful display of orbs. What a night! At the start, I told Lyssa that we would go home about eleven o'clock because we had to drive back to Fort Collins that night. Lyssa said that suited her schedule, too. The evening looked dismal for skywatch purposes; low overhanging thunderheads, building and dumping rain. We set up twice, only to be driven back to the cars because of the lightning and hard rain. By ten o'clock it looked as if the night would be a dismal failure. It was not even the normally beautiful Wyoming night sky. It was heavy and overcast, but the lightening and rain had stopped. As eleven o'clock neared, I did not want to leave, nor did anyone else. Only one car with two or three people left. We all had the feeling that something good was going to happen. About eleven-thirty, Lyssa asked everyone to form a circle and she led us in the building and sending upward of a column of white light. The group did this exercise as a unit. We did this for fifteen or twenty minutes and then everyone stood quietly in the circle. Within minutes, directly in the west, through the broken clouds, came a large green orb. I saw this orb drop down through the breaks in the clouds and disappear behind a hill. It was the size of a quarter held at arm's length, or slightly larger. Other members of the group said they saw three orbs come down. It was a most extraordinary sight. The color was an emerald green with a whitish outline, and it moved at a rapid, constant speed. There was no question about it. It was a beautiful sight. Then a few minutes later, directly in the north, a large white orb descended all the way down below the hills to the north of us. It was slightly smaller than the green orb, but descended in the same manner. It, too, was a beautiful sight. As everyone was discussing the orbs, someone looked directly overhead and there in the heavy overhanging clouds was a perfect circle, open to the sky above. You want to talk about an extraordinary happening! It was unbelievable. We will leave the rest of the story for the closed session at next year's Rocky Mountain UFO Conference. I want to thank Lyssa for doing a wonderful job in leading the
group. It was an outstanding send-off for the first Shari Adamiak
Memorial Skywatch. Note from Lyssa: I was deeply moved that the Rocky Mountain UFO Conference asked me to lead the first Shari Adamiak Memorial Skywatch. Shari was a close friend of mine who gave me inspiration in my fieldwork, and who was a tireless source of encouragement to me. She is dearly missed, but at each field event, she is always close in my heart. Another poignant aspect of this Laramie event was that a part of
my Phoenix field team was together with me. I would like to send
love and thanks to Wayne Peterson, Kathleen Dusak and Chris Deeter
who helped create the magical atmosphere that night in Laramie.
This night was also special because it was the last time I ever
saw my friend and field team member Chris Deeter, who was killed
in September on his motorcycle in Bali. It may be just a coincidence,
but some of the closest friendships I have formed are with field
team members and two of them have died within the last two years.
It makes me value my close friends even more. Chris and Shari were
important parts of my life and they both gave to me their endless
joy and excitement. They taught me a lot and will forever be honored
in my work and in my heart.
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