Ricky Sorrells on The Joiner Report
Sorrells has been described by James Fox, documentary film producer, as the most credible witness to a UFO he has ever interviewed. And, he’s interviewed hundreds from high ranking military officials to ordinary citizens. Fox features Sorrells in “I Know What I Saw” the new movie he has recently completed and is currently searching for a venue for release.
Sorrells made international news along with others after the now infamous Stephenville, Texas, mass sighting in January of last year. In mid December of 2007, he sighted an object on his property while deer hunting. It was a mere 300 feet above his head. He shared the experience with his co-workers only to be teased and ridiculed until the first story of the mass sighting appeared in the local paper on January 10, 2008, written by Joiner. Sorrells found himself surrounded by his friends carrying copies of the newspaper and asking, “Is this what you saw?” Sorrells described in detail his experience on the Larry King Show, July 11, 2008. He is the only witness to come forward to have a daytime sighting.
“I started looking at it. There were no bolts, no rivets, no welded seams, it was smooth, it was like a barn gray. It had cones protruding, going up into it, bigger at the bottom, going up to smaller at the top. It remained flat and took off at a 45-degree angle. It took off so fast that if I blinked I would have thought it vanished, but I had my eyes on it, and I know it took off flat at a 45-degree angle.”
Sorrells has been hesitant to give interviews after experiencing strange events on his property, including an unknown visitor in the early morning hours, black helicopters flying low enough to spook his cattle, and a phone call from someone identifying themselves as military advising him to cease discussion about the sightings. Although agreeing to be on the Larry King show at the urging of James Fox, he has opted to remain in the background, giving few interviews.
Friday night on “The Joiner Report” Sorrells has agreed to a rare interview to discuss his experiences and how they changed the life of one small-town citizen.
http://ufoparanormalradio.com, Friday, Aug 7, 9:00-l0:00 p.m. CST.
OMEFT meets Sorrells
Posted 4-7-2008
By ANGELIA JOINER
[SinglePic not found]The Open Minds Expeditionary Field Team (OMEFT) came from near and far to converge on Ricky Sorrells’ property near Dublin, Texas, in hopes of encountering the object that he claims frequently visits his place and the surrounding area in Erath County.
The team formed more than a month ago after receiving an invitation from Sorrells. And, finally, the plan came to fruition and the members have been sky watching throughout the area since April 4, 2008.
Sorrells is hoping someone can get a glimpse of what he has seen several times and has never been able to identify. He’s hoping someone will go on the record with him because the one friend with him when a sighting occurred is not willing to do so.
“I just want someone else to see what I’ve seen,” Sorrells said. “That’s why I invited the people from the Open Minds Forum to come down. I hope we can get lucky and they can see it, too.”
Sorrells first made news when Angela K. Brown of the Associated Press interviewed him at his heavily wooded property on January 14, 2008. Within a few hours, Sorrells unexpectedly found himself on news channels everywhere.
Sorrells sighted a craft about 300 feet above his head in the woods on his property. He said after thinking more about the time of the sighting he has determined it was sometime the week of December 16, 2007. Feeling pressured to give a date by various news journalists he had first said the sighting was on January 1, 2008.
“I don’t even wear a watch,” Sorrells said. “I’m not very good at keeping up with dates and times.”
He said the craft was not shiny.
“It was a dull gray color,” Sorrells said. There were large cone shaped indentions on the bottom of the craft, but as he looked up he couldn’t determine exactly how large the craft was because the treetops obscured his view, he said.
“My mind was reeling as I first spotted it in my rifle scope,” Sorrells said. “I was deer hunting.”
Sorrells toured the OMEFT members attending and recounted for them personally what he witnessed.
The individuals began arriving Friday, April 4, from as far away as Massachusetts, Maryland, and North Carolina. All had in tow video and digital cameras, compasses, radiation detectors, global positioning systems and other equipment in hopes of compiling evidence of the famed “Stephenville Lights” widely covered by mainstream media including well known talk show host Larry King.
[SinglePic not found]The members were carefully positioned throughout Erath County, but so far no sightings have been reported. Most members will be heading for home on Monday, April 7.
And what Texas visit could be complete without a Texas B-B-Q? The evening of Saturday April 5, 2008, the team rolled out a spiral ham, smoked brisket, and all the trimmings. Steve Allen and this reporter made cameo appearances to answer questions and welcome OMEFT. Erath County Constable Lee Roy Gaitan had planned to attend, but was unexpectedly called for duty.
Allen, Joiner, Sherry Boardman, Brent Chambers and his son Lane were dispatched to Selden, Texas, where the first reports were made from Allen, Mike Odom, Claudette Odom, and Lance Jones that historic night of January 8, 2008.
Odom joined the group on his property to sky watch for OMEFT. The team is documenting findings daily at Open Minds Forum at www.openmindsforum.com, complete with video interviews.
