STRANGE SIGHTINGS OVER PITTSBURGH AIRPORT

From the Pittsburgh Press:

Passengers and authorities who were at the Pittsburgh Airport yesterday at approximately 9:45 p.m. reported strange sights and sounds that have yet to be explained. Approximately 430 people, some on departing USAIR Flight 440 to Los Angeles, and some on arriving JetBlue flight 909 from Portland, Oregon, reported seeing strange lights in the sky and unexplained cloud formations, and hearing bewildering voices and sounds that terrorized both the passengers and crews of those flights. Some passengers reported seeing a form of flame in a human or semi-human shape, flying across the flight path and tarmac as their airplane passed, while others reported small, grey clouds moving against the wind. Almost all passengers told of hearing a booming voice inside their heads demanding the destruction of something or someone called the "High Children." The phenomena lasted approximately 20 minutes, and then abruptly ended. Police arrived shortly thereafter to inspect the tarmac area, and no traces of evidence were found to suggest the origin of the sights and sounds. Barry Peters, a passenger on JetBlue 909, described the incident as follows: "I saw a man engulfed in flame -- like the Human Torch, only bigger -- flying around near the runway as we landed. I heard a voice in my head that seemed confused and wanted to know where it was. Then I heard something about the High Children, and a gunshot. Then nothing. It was just about the strangest thing I've ever experienced." USAIR and JetBlue are offering free counselling services to all passengers affected, and spokesmen for the airlines indicated that it is the position of both airlines that the passengers of these aircraft experienced a form of mass hallucination. The Aircraft are currently being inspected for foreign substances or toxins which could explain the phenomenon.