 Case Directory Category 2, Close Encounters Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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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
Aug. 1973
Nr. Princeton, Indiana
Aug. 1973
Nr. Princeton, Indiana
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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." |