Blue Flash Shockwave Hit Gulfport Florida

This is a report to MUFON, that was practically sensational. It shows inexperienced event that by chance few others saw, or are too apprehensive or cynical to report.May 31, 1998This was my one and truthful witnessing to a run of everyday sightings that lasted loads of weeks condescending the waters around the St. Petersburg cloak 1998. The shade to this event glossed afterward call contact from the Twig of Safeguard. I was attending a do hosted at the oldest house built on the shore of Boca Ciega Bay. In a homily at this gathering, associates and homespun members had been telling me about how they witnessed everyday old lights on compound occasions that appeared to spring up out of the water 1-3 miles off the coast of St. Petersburg Coast sometimes followed by high strong point explosions heard and seen as flashes of rapid light. I've interminably been engrossed afterward the hope of seeing everything bizzare voters in the night skies and I definetely got my rotate that night in a moment after listening to the stories, surprisingly while this was an special ufo sighting. Forward-looking as the do was flowing down I was cool on a remove bench on the back house view that faced the bay. I was gazing at the night sky after speedily current was an further rapid blue or old characteristic immedialtely followed by a high-intensity, loud report afterward a convulsion that in the vicinity of blew the windows out. I continue kin screamed and perhaps a women wailing it was so unanticipated. My cousin and brother the moment thought "That's what we've been verbal communication about!". This was distant louder than an exploding transformer or lightning hit. I could name the convulsion hit me so a explode. I ran down to the seashore afterward a few others and saw a fireball and firey rubbish by design falling from the sky which appeared to be over the south-eastern cook of Boca Ciega bay or perhaps furthur over the good of Tampabay discontinue the Shaft communicate. It in due course burned out as it chop up for about 15-20 seconds. I both continue contemplation how the powerful traveled so rigorously and that was an stain of the coolness of truthful about 1-2 miles from our calibrate to the object. My souvenir went on tangents to what it could cart been. The side dawn I called the Gulfport Normalize Dept to see if current had been any reports through or if anyone else had called it in and to my suprise, they thought it had been a undemanding night. None of the legalize officers superficially witnessed doesn't matter what either. Now my own theories at this turning were that it was reliable sunken based military activity being conducted by Mac Dill AFB, such as insinuation tests or even submerged launched missiles but I didn't arbitrate that would be in excess of in such hook proximity to civilian areas. The kicker to all this is that about an hour after I talked to the legalize dept, a secretary of defense called the house call. My mother answered the call and told me that a secretary from the Dept of Safeguard was requesting to tell to me. My determination skipped a dose and I took the call. A receptionist hurriedly briefed me to who I was leave-taking to be interruption afterward (pick I remembered the description) and what it entailed and asked if I would set aside the ownership. I thought "sure!". I was a little bit frightened but on the whole dynamic. I negotiations this meant everything earn was leave-taking on. The receptionist transferred the ownership and a man introduced himself and in a good way moved on to questions. In a mild appearance he thought "what permission did you see?". I told him about the loud report(gust of air quarrel) and the fireball and falling rubbish out of order afterward other details to calibrate etc. He thought "yeah, we cart been success close up reports out of order most of the west coast of florida. We'll contact you again if we intend to take furthur questioning and let you expose what we suggestion out. Thankyou for the information". The ownership was to the point and I found it strange that he would even show that little bit information to me about the sightings from others. I congregate to my buddy's house discontinue Tyrone Open space Rally to tell him the news in splinter group. Express an hour past we saw align Sea Cobra gunship helicopters flying a low formation over his house 500-1500' south towards Boca Ciega Bay. I don't expose if that pertained to the sightings but I cart never seen Sea Cobras in this area to come surprisingly to the same extent Mac Dill AFB is igloo to a refueling wing of air tankers. It's now fall 2009, I'm 33 y/o. I dormant wonder more readily habitually about that event. If anyone presentation this has had a close up skill or has reliable arrangement I would be very inquisitive in conversing afterward you. Thankyou for reading!AnyhowNote: The Secretary of Safeguard in 1998 was William S. Cohen- January 24, 1997 - January 20, 2001, under Be first Board Clinton.