There is sufficient evidence to support the hypothesis that UFOs generate an electromagnetic field, and that this has a direct impact and /or influence on eyewitnesses.  Many have speculated that these electrical events are not generated entirely by UFOs but rather one that is caused by the Ball of Light (BOL) phenomenon.  This has been known to have an affect on electrical systems as well as anyone exposed to it.  And these BOL have been known to generate UFO reports, because their behavior is closely associated with UFO sightings and alien activity.

These balls of light have been known to appear both before and after UFO sightings.  This is nothing new.  And electromagnetic fields have been known to induce hallucinations in the brain of the exposed subject.  But I don't believe that this is the only explanation, which accounts for all of the UFO activity all of the time.   Many think that the earth phenomenon explains the flying saucer mystery.   Alien encounters and UFO sightings cannot be explained solely by the earth-field hypothesis although many can be solved in this manner.  But this rules out many reports of UFO/alien activity. (See references)

EARTHLIGHTS

BOL or balls of light are the result of intense pressures under the earth, where there is movement in the plates in the crust of the earth.  This results in a psuedo-piezoelectric event.  The same thing happens if you have a lighter with piezoelectric actuator.  The hammer strikes the crystal that results in a spark that is generated as a direct result of the force upon it. 

I call them earthlights, but these events have other names as well.  Some call them gorgons.  Others call them balls of lightning or BOL.  Whatever you call them, very little is known about this phenomenon.  It has not been fully explained and therefore is not fully understood.  That is why it is not and cannot be the only explanation for UFO activity.  

Persinger has a popular theory and is quoted by many debunkers of the UFO enigma.  This theory postulates that the affect caused by exposure to earth-fields parallels exposure to intense electromagnetic energy and the results are very similar.  What I am saying then, is that he believes that this is the explanation for alien activity, and that it accounts for 100% of the reports that have been generated as a result of this exposure. 

I have come to the conclusion that the UFO propagates fields of electromagnetic energy.  But it also generates other fields as well.  My information and data that I have collected over the years suggest that they are employing waves of some heretofore-unknown radiation.  This Information suggests that the electromagnetic hypothesis is not solely responsible for this manner of interference that we have coined as electromagnetic.   These images that we call UFOs may appear in areas where earth generated waves have been reported, but not because they are hallucinations but because they utilize this energy in their attraction-repulsion locomotion.

I have observed that we think of the UFO as traveling the same way we do, going from here to there...much like we do in an automobile.  But that is our interpretation of the event and it is based entirely upon our experiences.  Perhaps we need to take a closer look at the phenomenon and step out of the box for a second before we pigeonhole the idea.  Let us say that the alien hypothesis is true by virtue of the fact that they are alien to us, and would rather use this term because whatever they are, they may or may not be extraterrestrial.  But the technology that is employed here suggests that there is another mode of travel.  It would be more like sailing than it would be driving a car.  Let me explain this one. 

Here is a typical example of UFO behavior...the story goes something like this...

"Just before midnight, Pedro Saucedo was driving along highway 116 toward Levelland, with a passenger, Joe Salav.  An immense object...settled on the highway."  It was reported that, "the car's lights dimmed, the engine died...and Saucedo dived out the door and crawled under the truck, terrified."  Frank Edwards goes on to say that the object was so bright that they "couldn't look directly at it."  The reporter was able to determine that the balloon-shaped object "settled down to the highway surface or just above it.

So here they were, driving down the Route 116, when this huge object appears out of nowhere and settles down on a spot over US Highway 116.    The eyewitnesses said that the object "was estimated to be 200 feet long and dirigible-shaped," and that it was "glowing" a brilliant red. After observing the object for around three minutes, the witnesses said that it "rose swiftly" as it was "swept away into the night sky."  (Edwards, Op Cit page 31)

What happened near Levelland, Texas may give us a clue as to the control and operation of these mysterious machines.  In my opinion, this would be one case that we would have to rule out the earthlight hypothesis.  I did a satellite survey of the Levelland, Texas area and looked very carefully for any sign of tectonic/plate activity.  But there wasn't any sign of this until one ventures many miles south of Levelland, where they mine and process the materials extracted from the earth. This evidence is supported by Persinger's research, but the area of irritation was way too far south and much, much too far south of Levelland to support the BOL hypothesis as a viable explanation for those events experienced at Levelland, Texas.  My survey concluded that the wave of UFOs that appeared near Levelland, Texas during the flap of 1957 were not directly associated with plate activity.  In my opinion this would not be a valid explanation.  (See UFO flap, below)

I first heard about Persinger's theory while studying the Yakima Indian reservation in a mountain range known for its volcanism and tectonic strain activity.  He, like many others before him, have come to the conclusion that this is what's really going pm.  A ufologist named Albert Budden abandoned the ET Hypothesis entirely and supported his decision upon Persinger's theories. I didn't and will not.  I remain a staunch believer in the alien hypothesis, and believe that there is something unknown out there that is actively involved some form of space flight and may be light years ahead of us in technology. 

There are several reasons why I do not fully embrace the earthlight theory.  It's a fact that visitations by aliens often accompany events of this nature.  I can accept that events are often generated by electromagnetic fields, a theory that has been proven in the laboratory.  I can accept that many of them are closely related to the earthlight phenomenon.  But earth-rays aren't the only explanation for the UFO enigma even though they are closely related.  This is an important clue, as we shall see.

My argument is that electromagnetic fields generated by the earth can disrupt electrical power systems as UFOs often do.   But when an engine dies due to electrical failure and then recovers later is an impossibility.  Either the engine has failed because of an electrical failure or it has not.  My argument is that if the electrical system has failed, it's not going to recover and the restart itself as is frequently reported.  This strongly suggests that there is something else going on besides the disruption of the operation and functionality of an automobile engine do to a temporary power failure on such a grand scale. 

To tell you the truth, natural events like (BOL) can induce delusions that closely resemble alien activity and human abduction.  But the BOL engine that drives the earthlight phenomenon is not found in each and every case.    Persinger and Budden would argue otherwise, to which I say good, though I do not completely embrace what they’re saying but I am not disputing all of it.  It would be like throwing the baby out with the bath water.  The work that they have done was not in vain, because I find allot of their data very useful and educational.  There is clearly evidence to show that people see all sorts of things when their brains are subjected to the wavelengths of a very strong electromagnetic field.  The evidence suggests that aliens are simply capitalizing on this and this is not a direct result of any alien activity

The information at my disposal would suggest that aliens as well as UFOs have been around for a long time.  The apparitions of the Virgin Mary, long considered a preternatural event by many religious, closely resemble the stories of contact with UFOs and their alien crew.  (See Albert Budden in PSYCHIC CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, page 10). It is those religious aspects of the alien contact experience that first prompted me to check into the association between the supernatural and aliens.  Alien experiences have often occurred when people are near geomagnetic earth storms caused by tectonic plate activity, as do the religious experiences.  But this is not true in each and every case.    It isn’t always because they are having hallucinations but because they are experiencing what those experiences generate based solely on the hypothesis that there are sentient beings that are alien, not of this world.

Let the evidence show that the information and data that we collect today is the same as the information that was reported decades ago.  What differentiates the ESP/supernatural explanation (then) from the extraterrestrial interplanetary one that we have (today), is how we interpret the information at hand.  No matter what our interpretation may be, this phenomenon is based largely upon what we knew then and what we know now.  For example, when one researches UFOs back to the year 1897, there isn't much information about the interruption of electrical power systems, because in many cases there wasn't any.  But there is information that suggests that these case reports are directly related to UFO activity, NOT earthlights.

There is a small margin of cases...perhaps fewer than 10% of those that remain UNSOLVED.  The Condon Committee has a few of them.  I would go out on a limb and say that there are other spectrums of energy that do exist but most don't know about them because they are outside of our understanding of the Em spectrum.  I believe that the operators of the UFO make full use of this and are, in fact, able to fully utilize those rays that are generated by the earth, which results in interference and consequently, the disruption of power.  This is as true now as it was over a hundred years ago.  Our explanation for UFO  experiences has changed over the years.  This theory usurps those that were favored over two to three hundred years ago.  Those experiences were attributed to supernatural activity.  Today they are likened to tectonic strain.  Many explanations are the direct result of the alien/ET Hypothesis

UFO Flap or wave is when there are numerous reports of UFOs and alien activity in one particular area at any given time.  Say for the Levelland, TX case.  There were numerous appearances of UFOs at that time and date and their behavior was very similar in modus operand.