| ID | #1601990659 |
| Added | Tue, 06/10/2020 |
| Author | July N. |
| Sources | Case file [sent by Keith Roberts] ,CUFOS; and Tasmanian Close Encounters summary as above, September 16th
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Research
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Initial data
The woman parked the car on the side of the road, waiting to pick up a relative. The radio said it was 17:20.
Then the sky lit up, and the light shone brightly on the interior of the car. Radio let out a piercing whistle. Then she noticed an object moving along the side of a roadside hill. She tried to make the car drive away. Unfortunately, she was too excited and the car "got stuck" in the roadside mud.
Now that she was stuck, there was nothing she could do but sit inside and watch what the object would do. It hovered in front of the witness about 30 meters away. It was about 4 feet (1.2 m) from the middle of the road. It had a large, but hard to see, shiny orange-yellow dome. It was mounted on a silver-gray base that was more or less a disk.
The "disk" base consisted of about 6 "layers", which gradually decreased with each lower layer. There could be "spots" or portholes on the top layer. The entire step layer was about 2 meters thick. Below these layers was a rotating layer of much smaller size, and below it a "box" or "tube" that protruded for a short distance.
[It is stated that the largest diameter is about 4 meters, but in the drawing this seems a little small for an estimate].
The very presence of this thing scared the hell out of the witness. Then, just a few seconds later, the vehicle moved into the valley and shot straight up with great speed and disappeared from view.
The woman immediately got out of the stuck car and ran home.
Her husband and son returned to the car, but of course the UFO was no longer there. The car was working fine [after coming out of the ditch], but the radio never recovered [there was always distortion]. The lady was very much shaken and fell ill a few days later.
Perhaps the strangest thing about this case is the observation that after the car was towed home, they noticed that although the rest of it was dirty, "the hood was exceptionally clean." It was so clean, "as if it had been polished." This seemed to strike the husband as much as anything in the case.
Original news
Date: September 22 1974
Location: Tayenne, Tasmania
Time: 5:20 PM.
Summary: A lady had parked her car along the side of the road waiting to pick up a relative. The radio said it was 5:20pm. The sky then lit up, the light brightly illuminating the interior of the car. The radio screamed a high-pitched whistle. She then noticed some sort of object moving down the slope of the roadside hill. Not liking the look of that, she tried to get the car moving and away. Unfortunately, she was overly excited and “bogged” the car in the roadside mud. Now stuck, she could do nothing but sit inside and watch what the object would do. The thing hovered in front of the witness about 30 meters away. It was about 4 feet off the middle of the road. It had a large, but somewhat hard to see, brilliant orange-yellow dome. this was mounted on a silver-gray base which was more or less a disk. The “disk” base was composed of about 6 “layers”, which ,in steps, got slightly smaller with each lower layer. The top layer may have had “spots” or portholes. The entire stepped layer was about 2 meters thick. Beneath these layers was a much smaller revolving layer, and beneath that a “box” or “tube” which protruded for a short distance. [The largest diameter is stated to be about 4 meters but the drawing makes this seem a bit on the small side as an estimate]. The mere presence of this contraption was scaring the heck out of the witness. Then, after what was only a few seconds, the device moved over into the valley, and shot at terrific speed straight up and out of sight. The lady exited the stuck vehicle instantly and ran home. Her husband and son returned to the car but, of course, the UFO was no longer present. The car operated normally [once out of the ditch], but the radio never recovered [always had distortion]. The lady was extremely shaken, and was sick several days afterwards. Perhaps the weirdest thing in the case is the observation that after the car was towed back home, they noticed that although the rest of it was dirty, the “bonnet was exceptionally clean”. It was as clean “as though given a cut and polish.” THAT apparently boggled the husband as much as anything about the case.
Source: Case file [sent by Keith Roberts] ,CUFOS; and Tasmanian Close Encounters summary as above, September 16th
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