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UFO. United States

ID #1605090886
Added Wed, 11/11/2020
Author July N.
Sources
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Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness
Incident date: 
25.05.1979 01:10
Location: 
река Сакраменто
CA
United States

The silver-colored object, shaped like a heel or bullet, hovered between fifty and five hundred feet (15-150 m) above the trees near the Sacramento river for three minutes. It had a row of red and blue-green lights along its leading edge between the two headlights. It also had a smooth metal surface. 

It made a sound like an electric motor as it moved very slowly towards the two witnesses, Ruben and Carlos Genera. Many animals reacted to his presence. The observation lasted seven minutes. 

Original news

Date: May 25 1979
Location:  near the Sacramento River in Colusa, CA
Time:  1:10 AM. 
Summary:  A silver colored, heel-shaped or bullet-shaped object hovered between fifty and five hundred feet above some trees near the Sacramento River for three minutes. It had a row of red and blue-green lights along its leading edge between two headlights. It also had a smooth metallic surface. It made a sound like an electric motor as it moved very slowly toward the two witnesses, Ruben and Carlos Genera. Many animals reacted to its presence. The close encounter lasted seven minutes. 
Source:  Paul C. Cerny, MUFON UFO Journal, May 1984, p. 3; UNICAT database, case 235, citing Paul Cerny

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