 Case Directory Category 2, Close Encounters |
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| A Hynek
Classification of Close Encounter is usually
an incident involving an object less than 500
feet from the witness. The size of the
object, viewing conditions, or
stereoscopic vision (depth perception)
may render the object in greater detail and
still qualify the sighting as a Close
Encounter even though the object may have been
beyond 500'. The incident depicted in
the logo was encountered during an intense
storm near Princeton, IN, Aug. 1973. |
Observational
Evidence
of Propulsion
Sometime in August of 1973
Near Princeton, Indiana
Sometime in August of 1973
Near Princeton, Indiana
| Fran Ridge:
Aug. 1973; Nr. Princeton, Indiana
9:00 p.m. Three witnesses were fleeing a bad storm at
Carmi, Illinois, heading home east to Princeton, Indiana
on highway 64 through the Wabash River bottoms. In the
eastern sky they reported what appeared to be a couple
of headlights. As the lights lost altitude, their angle
of perspective changed as they approached it. They soon
discovered that the object which bore these lights was
above the trees. By this time the lightning from the
storm caught up with them and a large bolt struck behind
the object, illuminating the clouds and the area around
it, and they saw what appeared to be a "saucer."
Although the close encounter phase of the observation
was extremely brief, the primary witness was able to
make a detailed drawing. Depicting a classic
"flying saucer" the object had two unusual
features: the cupola was "straight up and down
with a little rolled edge" and there was a "superdark
cone" (thought to be non-solid) that apexed below
the treelevel." |