Vaness Bolano - vanessa@abc26.com ABC26 News

April 15, 2010
COVINGTON—
It's time to turn down the lights and take a good look at the screen. We caught a mysterious object flying over Covington that has a neighborhood on alert. ABC26 News Reporter Vanessa Bolano has more.

Is it a bird? A plane? It's, well we don't know what it is.

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Phil Topper describes it as, "A white wing span that you see flying over around 9 o'clock at night."

Cydney and Phil Topper have been spending evenings outdoors lately, but it's not to ignite any romance. The two are trying to figure out what has been flying overhead nearly every night for the last four weeks.

"We don't know what it is," says Cydney Topper, "We're hoping that someone can help us figure it out."

Cydney's husband, Phil, describes their nightly routine. "Originally we'd set out back and we'd see it, and then we got the bright idea that we'd observe more of it out front, so we've set a couple chairs out in the front driveway and wait for it to come."

And it came. Whether you are a believer in extraterrestrial life or not, the sight may open your eyes to a whole new world.

One young neighbor, Jonathon, says "I couldn't really tell if that was birds, or aliens, or UFOs. Me and my sister, we think it was UFOs."

John Fussell, who lives across the street from the Topper family, says, "I think there's a greater power out there. Do I believe in UFOs? I guess to a degree."

The neighborhood is not alone. According to UFO Network, last month over 630 people in the world reported seeing something they couldn't identify.

ABC26 returned to the mysterious scene with more equipment for a third night and caught the UFO close-up. Turns out the UFO is a group of birds!