| ID | #1599224199 |
| Added | Fri, 04/09/2020 |
| Author | July N. |
| Sources | APRO
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Research
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Initial data
A young woman who watched Mrs. Lorenzen on a television interview program in Peoria, Illinois, decided to attend a Midwestern UFO Conference in that city the next day.
Two weeks later, her parents observed a strange light at their residence in Danvers, Illinois, and she reported the incident to Mrs. Lorenzen in a letter. Four members of The Central Illinois aerial phenomena Club (which sponsored and hosted the UFO Conference) conducted an investigation for APRO.
Dale Dufelmeier is an APRO field investigator, as is Laird Carter. Mike Morey is a member of APRo and the fourth member of the Richard Reynolds team, is a member of APCCI. A four-person team is investigating other sightings mentioned by APRO in Central Illinois.
By 21: 30 p.m. on July 1, 1970, Mr. F. went to bed. The bed is by the window on the North wall of the bedroom. Mrs. F. went into the bedroom and noticed a light through the window, and after looking at it for a few seconds, called her husband's attention to it and asked what it might be.
He opened his eyes and noticed the fact that the light was bright enough to be seen on the bedroom walls, he at first thought it was a fire, but where the light was there were only weeds, and they were green and not burning.
Then he got out of bed and joined his wife at the window. The pair watched the light for about 30 seconds, during which it seemed to approach them through a gap in the trees.
Mrs. F thinks it wasn't a helicopter light, but it was too big and didn't make a sound. Mr. f mentioned that the light seemed to increase as they watched and concluded that it was approaching the house. Ms. F. felt that the light was about one-third of the depression in the trees (20 feet (6 m) in diameter), while Mr. F. felt that it was between the size of a dime and a Nickel held at arm's length (or 50 feet (15.2 m) in diameter)
Mr. F. thought the light was yellowish-white, and Mrs. F. she said it was reddish-orange. However, they both agreed that at this distance it was much brighter than any car headlight, although not as bright and not the right color for arc light.
As the light neared the house, its edges took on the appearance of a star with dots. It didn't throb.
The couple disagreed about how the item disappeared: Ms. F. said that right before she disappeared, the red color had the appearance of a car's headlight turning left, while Mr. F. said he didn't notice it, but just thought it disappeared when it was turned off.
Both agreed that the light was at the height of the treetops on either side of the gap in the forest, or about 50 feet (15.2 m) above the ground. They also agreed that the light always moved quite slowly.
There were no objects visible behind the light, although Mrs. F. she mentioned something like a reddish glow or a short trail of steam.
Original news
Date: July 1 1970
Location: Danvers, Illinois
Time: 9:30 p.m
Summary: A young lady who watched Mrs. Lorenzen on a TV interview program in Peoria, Illinois decided to attend the Midwest UFO Conference in that city the next day. Two weeks later her parents observed a strange light at their residence in Danvers, Illinois and she informed Mrs. Lorenzen of the incident by letter. Four members of the Aerial Phenomena Club of Central Illinois (which sponsored and hosted the UFO Conference) investigated for APRO. Mr. Dale Dufelmeier is a Field Investigator with APRO, as is Mr. Laird Carter. Mike Morey is a member of APRo and the fourth member of the team Richard Reynolds, is a member of APCCI. The four-man team is silently investigating other sightings referred to APRO in the central portion of Illinois. By 9:30 p.m. on the evening of July 1, 1970, Mr. F. had gone to bed. The bed stands against the window on the north wall of the bedroom. Mrs. F, came into the bedroom and noticed a light through the window and after looking at it for a few seconds called it to her husband’s attention and asked what it could be, He opened his eyes and took note of the fact that the light was bright enough to be visible on the bedroom walls, He first thought it v,/as a fire but there were only weeds in the area where the light $’as located, and they were green and would not burn. He then got out of bed and joined his wife at the window. The couple watched the light for about 30 seconds during which time it appeared to be approaching them through a dip in the trees. Mrs. F. though it was a light on a helicopter but it was much too large and made no sound. Mr. F, mentioned that the light seemed to enlarge as they watched and deduced that it was approaching the house. Mrs. F. felt the light was about one third of the dip in the trees (20 feet in diameter) while Mr. F. felt it was the size of between a dime and a nickel held at arm’s length (or 50 feet in diameter at that distance), Mr. F.’s impression was that the light was yellowish-white and Mrs. F. said it was reddish-orange. However, both agreed that it was much brighter than any car headlight at that distance, though not as bright nor the right color to be an arc light. As the light approached the house its edges took on the appearance of a star, with points. It did not pulsate. The couple differed in their opinion of how the thing left: Mrs. F. said that just before it disappeared,red it had the appearance of a car headlight turning to its left (he! right), while Mr. F. said he did not notice this but Just thought that it disappeared as lf being shut off Both agreed that the light was at the height of the top of the trees on either side of the dip in the woods, or about 50 feet above the ground. They also agreed that the light moved fairly slowly at all times. No obJect was seen behind the light although Mrs. F. mentioned something of a reddish glow or a short vapor trail. It was the conclusion of the investigators, after checking light sources in the area, that the Fs observed an unidentified flying object.
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