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Gulf Breeze UFO Landing Site

612 Silverthorn Dr, Gulf Breeze, Florida 32561 USA

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“Home of numerous UFO sightings seen by hundreds!”

Heads up: This listing is merely for historical purposes. There's no plaque, no memorial, and actual "landing site" sits down a gated road on private property. Don't go in expecting to find pieces of a crashed alien craft. After a wild series of sightings in 1987, during which numerous strange flying craft were photographed, the Gulf Breeze Coast's Colley Cove Drive became an increasingly popular location for skywatchers to search for UFOs. Today, you can park along the road and meet numerous other believers who are hoping to catch a glimpse of "the faceless man" in a black sedan that many believe is an agent of the Men in Black, as well as a mysterious red orb that has appears so many times that locals have locals have nicknamed it "Bubba".  Oh yeah, and there was that thing about an alien creature spotted in the woods. The Gulf Breeze UFO incident is a famous series of UFO sightings which occurred beginning on November 11, 1987. Gulf Breeze was a small city in Florida of approximately 6,000 at the time of a wave of UFO sightings that began in late 1987. News of high-quality UFO photos spread rapidly and worldwide and became the subject of newspaper and magazine articles, television talk shows and feature programs. The "Gulf Breeze UFO Incident" most definitive evidence is a series of photographs and contact claims made by Ed Walters that began, for him, on November 11, 1987. Walters reported and documented a series of UFO sightings over a period of three weeks. The photographs of the craft were unusually clear and initially Walters' claims generated great excitement. Over subsequent years, new evidence including the discovery of a model in a house once owned by Walters, similar to the UFOs in his photographs, gave skeptics the ammunition that they sought in order to claim that Walters' photos of the 1987 sightings were faked. The model was found by Robert Menzer, who was quoted stating, "The model was 9 inches long across the top and 5 inches deep. Made of "two nine-inch foam plates attached to two six-inch foam plates; a six inch square blue-color gel (plastic film) and on six inch round orange paper ring, a 3.5 inch long tube, and a 2 inch wide paper ring between the 2 nine-inch plates. There were windows drawn on the model which was covered with drafting paper." Walters claims that a government organization was out to discredit him. Although Ed Walters was the nexus of the Gulf Breeze sightings, he was not the only person to claim a sighting. According to ufocasebook.com, an estimated 200+ others came forward with sightings, videos and/or photographs during a three-year period.. On December 2, 2010, the Syfy series Fact or Faked investigated another UFO video shot in 2009 where the object in the video is similar to the one(s) Ed Walters caught on camera..

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Michelle

  • 5 Reviews
  • 5 Helpful
June 09, 2014
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While visiting Pensacola Beach I had to take a sneak peak being my husband is a UFO fan - well - the road was gated closed - bummer - but we had fun talking conspiracy theory with the kids

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July 07, 2014
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I was excited to read about this as I love UFOs, but yes...sadly the directions lead to a gated area...maybe someone know another way to access it?

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Gulf Breeze UFO Landing Site

612 Silverthorn Dr
Gulf Breeze, Florida
32561 USA
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