 EMCAT Case Directory Category 3, E-M (Electro-Magnetic) Cases |
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EMCAT Case Directory Category 3, E-M (Electro-Magnetic) Cases |
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| Fran Ridge: 6:50 a.m. The primary witness was a conductor on a L&N train that had an encounter with a UFO. They had passed through Mt. Vernon and were headed east nearing the Lamont crossing, which is about 2-miles west of the outskirts of Evansville. A nocturnal light incident had preceded this close encounter. When they neared Caborn (6-7 miles east of Mt. Vernon), the conductor told the rear conductors by intercom that they had seen a real bright light behind them. When they got near St. Phillips, one of the rear crew reported that there now was a train following them, on the same track, and the RR blocking system showed something approaching them. As they approached a steep hill at the Lamont Crossing, one of the diesel engine units overheated and the train was immobilized. When the object behind the train backed away, the blocking system showed the object retreating. The diesel unit was now restarted and the train, loaded down with coal, made it up the hill and on into Evansville. There were two other incidents two days later (See full report. UFO Filter Center, FI Francis Ridge, MUFON SSD). [The Monon RR train incident (*) that occurred on Oct. 3, 1958 and over a path from Wasco to Kirtland, Indiana, was similar in that UFO(s) had crossed in front of the train. In both cases UFO(s) then followed the trains.] Detailed reports and documents reports/mtvernon_report.htm (Fran Ridge) CR Form C - Preliminary Report (UFO Filter Center/Fran Ridge) Official report submitted in 1986 in triplicate to MUFON HQ, DDI Dan Wright, CUFOS Audio [tape recording] Official Interrogation phase one (Oct 20, 1973; Fran Ridge) Oct. 3, 1958; From Wasco to Kirtland (Fran Ridge/NICAP) * Trains/ (Collection of train incidents. Fran Ridge) Articles/UFOs: More Engine Effects Diesals Too [MUJ_Mar1985.pdf] (James McCampbell) |