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UFO. Netherlands

ID #1616669047
Added Thu, 25/03/2021
Author July N.
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Status
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Incident date: 
22.06.1996 00:00
Location: 
от Эффельт до Букел
Netherlands

It was June 22, 1996, on a Saturday, when we went to the farm of our comrades (names deleted). It was the night when the Netherlands were supposed to play in the second European Championship. It was about twelve o'clock when my friend and I decided to leave. We left first. I had to work the next day, and I don't like going to bed late on work nights. We thanked the owner and immediately went outside.

I saw a disc-shaped object with many lights below it, circling over a farmhouse. I've never seen anything like it before, and I told my friend:

"Hey, look at this, my friend thought it was probably from the highway." 

Imagine being in total darkness on an old farm road, with no houses, just a country road that was four or five miles from the highway. We got in the car and drove west, toward the main road.

My friend said that the object was flying next to the car on the passenger side. I looked and saw it, turned left, and the object turned with us, when I accelerated, the object also accelerated, turned right, and continued to follow at the same speed. We drove a few more miles, and the object was kept at the same distance from the car. 

I think I must have plucked up the courage to stop the car and get out to get a better look at the object. It slowly rotated counterclockwise, then stopped over the house to our right, and then started rotating clockwise back towards us, it interacted with us. To get a rough idea of its size, I would need to know at what altitude it was flying. I know for a fact that it was close and large, the size of a couple of football fields. He didn't make a sound. I flew over the car a couple of times.

Trying not to disturb my friend, I keep my thoughts to myself. I was driving on a left turn on the middle road. We thought we had lost him because of the low tree line, but that illusion was short - lived, because a minute later he was back on the passenger side of the car. 

When we got to Bekel, we were driving under a lot of trees, so we couldn't see anything that was following us. My friend told me to go faster and hide the car under our garage, so I did, and we got out of the car and ran inside the house. When I mentioned this to the nanny, she said:

"It was a pity she didn't see it." 

I, out of curiosity, had to look outside, and to my horror, it was hovering over the neighbor's house. But now it was very close, and I could see in the light of the lights that he was leaning in my direction, looking at me. I could see it because when this object followed us to the house, we could see the whole lower part with all the lights rotating clockwise or counterclockwise, now I could only see a row of lights where the lights were rotating, they disappeared on one side and reappeared on the other. side. I called my nanny and my wife to go outside, but when they did, the thing went off like a rocket, like it just disappeared. 

Note that this was instantaneous and did not produce the slightest noise or wind, as a helicopter would. but when they did, the thing took off like a rocket, as if it just disappeared. Note that this was instantaneous and did not produce the slightest noise or wind, as a helicopter would. but when they did, the thing took off like a rocket, as if it just disappeared. Note that this was instantaneous and did not produce the slightest noise or wind, as a helicopter would.

As a former Air Force sergeant, I know what the military has. When the two ladies returned inside a minute later, it returned. And I called the ladies back. This time, the subject stayed, and the nanny turned slightly white and said she was going home because "it's scary," and then went back to her home. 

At this point (name deleted) my neighbor was coming home from a party. He came up to me, and the object took off again. When I told Ian about our "weird night" he laughed and I told him to stay put, it would come back, only then it came back and Ian was surprised that he had never seen anything like it, and after a couple of minutes it took off and we went back inside. Hoping that he would just stay away, and he did. This weekend, we learned in the news that there were a lot of UFO sightings this weekend.

Original news

Full Description of event/sighting: It was June the 22 in 1996 on a Saturday when we drove to a fellows farmhouse, (names removed) boss it was the night that Holland had to play France in the European championships. It was around twelve o’clock when my friend and I decided to leave. We were the first to leave. I had to work the next day and I don’t like to go to bed late on work nights. We thanked our host and walked outside immediately I saw a disk-like object with many lights under it circling above the farm house. It was nothing that I’ve ever seen before and I said to my friend, hey look at that, my friend thought that it is was probably from the highway. Imagine if you will total darkness on an old farmhouse road, no houses just a country road the highway was four or five miles away. We stepped inside the car and drove west towards a major road.

My friend said that the object was flying adjacent to the car on the passenger’s side. I looked and saw it, turned left and the object turned with us when I speeded up the object speeded up as well, turned right and it proceeded to follow and the same speed. We drove another few miles and this object kept the same distance from the car. I guess I got brave, our stupid, and stopped the car, got out to take a better look at the object. It was spinning in a slow way counterclockwise and then stopped above a house on our right side, then started turning clockwise back towards us it was interacting with us. To get an approximation on the size of it I would have to know how high that he was flying, what I do know for sure is that it was close and large the size of a couple of football fields. It made no sound. It flew over the car a couple of times. After a few minutes, I got back inside the car.

Trying not to alarm my friend I keep my thoughts to myself. I drove on turning left on the middle peel road We thought that we had lost him because of the low tree line but that illusion was short-lived because one minute later it was back on the passenger side of the car. When we reached Boekel we were driving under a lot of trees so we couldn’t see anything following us. My friend said to drive faster and hide the car under our garage so I did, we got out of the car and ran inside the house. When I told the baby sitter she said ” it was a shame that she couldn’t have seen it”. Me being of the nosey types had to look outside and to my horror, it was hovering above the neighbor’s house. But now it was very close and I could see from the lights that he was slanting down in my direction, looking at me. I could see this because when this object was following us home we saw the whole underside with all the lights turning clockwise or counterclockwise now I could only see a row of lights where the lights were turning they were disappearing on the side and reappearing on the other side. I called for the baby sitter and my wife to come outside, but when they did the thing took off like a rocket it was like it just disappeared. Note that this was instantaneous and did not make the slightest noise or wind like a helicopter would do.

Being a prior air force sergeant I know what the military has. When the two ladies went back inside a minute later it came back. And I called the ladies back. This time the object stayed and the baby sitter turned a little shade of white and said that she was going home because “this is scary” then she departed for her house. Just then (name removed) my neighbor, was returning home from a party. Walked over to me and the object took off again. When I told Jan of our “strange night” He laughed and I told him to stay put, it will come back, just then it returned and Jan was surprised He had never seen anything like this and a couple of minutes later it took off and we went back inside. Hoping that it would just stay away and it did. This weekend we heard on the news that there were a lot of UFO sightings that weekend.

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