ID | #1600697014 |
Added | Mon, 21/09/2020 |
Author | July N. |
Sources | Investigated by Bruce Tilden and Tony Douglas, Western Massachusetts MUFON
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Phenomena | |
Status | Research
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Initial data
Investigated by Bruce Tilden and Tony Douglas.
During our first meeting in November 1998, we were approached by an elderly woman with a very old but interesting report about a UFO sighting. Both investigators met with the woman at her home on November 15 to record and document her report.
On the evening of July 4, 1973, Cecile (approximately 70 years old) sat on the patio and smoked while her husband took a shower. Her son had already left for the local fireworks display. It was 20: 30, clear, and still light, as the sunset for this date was 20: 49 hours.
The back of her house faces South, and behind her fence was a large field about 15 acres in size, bordered by tall oaks. The field had not yet been mown, and the grass was 2 to 3 feet (0.6-0.9 m) high. While sitting, she noticed movement from the left peripheral view (northeast). Then she noticed a large disk-shaped object descending just above the tree line in the field.
As she continued to observe, the object descended to "human height" (approximately 6 to 8 feet (1.8-2.4 m)) from the ground and continued to move very slowly" 1 mile per hour " in a southerly direction until it neared the far end of the field. Then it rose slowly, high enough to clear the trees, moved slowly South, and disappeared from view. The witness had an unobstructed view of the object from a distance of 300 feet (91.4 m) in daylight.
She reported that there was no sound, no movement, no swaying of the tall grass in the field, and that she was "mesmerized" during the entire 5-minute event.
It was larger than a small car, and smaller than one of the houses in the following drawing. As soon as the object started to rise, she realized what she had seen and ran into the house to warn her husband. By the time he entered the courtyard, the object had disappeared from view.
For these researchers, it is clear that this event had a profound impact on a woman who had never had an experience of this kind. After this event, Cecile became "carried away" by a number of" groups " and began searching for spiritual, religious, and personal answers.
This involvement lasted for many years before she was able to come to terms with this and other events (including the loss of her son) in her life. There are no supporting witnesses in this case, it is old and still not registered (officially).
The credibility of this is given by the obvious reliability of the witness herself. She graduated from College, has now retired from her professional career, and is still very active in public and civic life.
It requires confidentiality and does not want to be known. Although there are no further opportunities for investigation, it is interesting that after all these years, a person will come forward to report such an unusual and, in her case, profound experience. In the field behind the Ceciles house where the event took place, houses are now built there. She drew the object at scale, as she observed about 25 years ago.
Original news
UFO as drawn by witness.
Investigated by Bruce Tilden and Tony Douglas
During our first meeting in November 1998, we were approached by an elderly woman with a very old, but interesting report of a UFO sighting. Both investigators met with the woman in her home on November 15 to record and document her report.
On the evening of July 4, 1973, Cecile (age approximately early 70’s) was sitting on her patio having a smoke while her husband showered. Her son had already departed for a local fireworks display. It was 2030 hours, clear, and still light since sunset for that date was 2049 hours.
The rear of her house faces south and beyond her back fence was a large field approximately 15 acres in size, and bordered by tall oak trees. The field had not yet been cut and the grass was 2 to 3 feet tall. As she sat, she noticed movement from her left peripheral view (north east). She then observed a large, disk shaped object descending from just above the tree line into the field.
As she continued to watch, the object descended to within “the height of a man” (approximately 6 to 8 feet) from the ground and continued to move very slowly “1 mile per hour” in a southerly direction until it neared the far end of the field. It then rose slowly, just high enough to clear trees, moved slowly to the south and disappeared from sight. The witness had an unobstructed view of the object from a distance of 300 feet, in daylight.
She reported no sound, no movement or swaying of the tall grass in the field, and being “mesmerized” during the entire 5-minute event. It was larger than a small car, and smaller than one of the houses in the picture that follows. Just as the object began to climb to clear the trees on the south side of the field, she realized what she had seen and ran into the house to alert her husband. By the time he arrived in the patio, the object had vanished from view.
It is obvious to these investigators that this event had a profound effect on a woman who had never had an experience of this nature. After this event, Cecile became “involved” with a number of “groups”, and began searching for spiritual, religious, and personal answers. This involvement lasted for many years before she was able to come to terms with this, and other events (to include the loss of a son) in her life. This case lacks any corroborating witnesses, is old, and unreported (officially) until now.
What lends credibility to it is the apparent credibility of the witness herself. She is a college graduate, is now retired from a professional career, and is still very active in community and civic affairs.
She requires confidentiality and wants no notoriety. Although there are no further avenues open for investigation, it is interesting that a person would come forward after all these years to report such an unusual, and in her case, profound experience. This is a picture of the field behind Ceciles’ house where the event occurred. There are houses built there now and she has drawn the object, to scale, as she observed it some 25 years ago.
Hypotheses
Events
Rocket launches (from space.skyrocket.de)
- Site: Plesetsk (NIIP-53, GIK-1, GNIIP) (USSR / Russia) Vehicle: Voskhod Payload: Kosmos (577) (Zenit-4M #51, Rotor #51)
Investigation
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