![]() TRACECAT Case Directory Category 6, Physical Traces Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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A special
Hynek Classification of Close Encounter where
trace effects are reported. An incident
involving an object usually less than 500 feet
from the witness with physical
evidence. |
Lara Eliott: November 9, 1979; Livingston, Scotland
10:30 a.m. Robert Taylor, a 61 year old forestry
worker, was out one night working in the Dechmont
Woods in Livingston. Taylor and his dog were out in
the woods on duty when he spotted a UFO hovering
completely motionless and silent above the ground.
Described as approximately 20 ft across and 12 ft
high, the strange object was made of what he described
to be a "dark grey metallic material". Taylor thought
the UFO was possibly going transparent from time to
time which he believed was as if to disguise itself.
There was also a said to have been a ring of some kind
around the craft with stems pointing upwards topped
off with propellors. Two more small spheres were seen
coming from the craft which made a sound as their
spikes moved across the ground. Taylor then says to
have been grabbed by these two smaller objects and
dragged back to the UFO. He said that as this was
happening he could smell a strong, sickening odor.
Soon after this he lost consciousness and was woken up
by his dog which was described as "panicky" and
"running around and barking". Taylor was said to have
lost consciousness for about twenty minutes. After
waking up, he heard a kind of hissing sound and
realized that the craft was beginning to leave. Merely
seconds later the UFO disappeared. Taylor was unable
to walk or even talk properly after these events. He
suffered from a headache, sickness and pain in his
chin for some hours after this incident. Authorities
were appointed to investigate the site where this
happened and tracks of where Taylor had described the
smaller spheres were found, confirming those described
by him.
Mike Swords: Taylor was forced towards a craft by robot-like machines, lost consciousness, and remembered nothing of an assumed on-board experience --- seeing no "entities" during his conscious time. I consider this not as a CE4 but as a CE2 trace case --- as traces there were in abundance. |