![]() 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. |
Dan
Wilson:
Nov. 7, 1957; Pantex AEC ordnance plant, 15 miles
east of Amarillo, Texas
7:46 p.m. Bright, flashing objects hovered for
half an hour over Pantex Atomic Energy Commission
ordnance plant. The brilliant objects were reported
to the State Highway Patrol office by plant guards
at 7:46 p.m. and a patrolman dispatched to the plant
arrived at 8:15 p.m. and reported that he, too, saw
"a strange light." The patrolman said guards at the
plant were "all shook up." Guards said three objects
had been floating over the plant 50 feet above the
ground "for some time." 'When I got there," the
patrolman said, "the guards said one of the objects
had landed on Farin Road 2373, three miles north of
Highway 60. We drove to the area but nothing was
there. But I'm convinced that the guards saw
something land." The patrolman said guards told him
they had tried to slip up on the objects by turning
off their lights "but the things would just slip
away from them when they got near." Guards were
unable to estimate size of the objects. The
patrolman, also said the guards seem positive "they
saw more than just lights that objects were in
the sky."
Detailed reports and documents reports/571107amarillo_report.htm (Dan Wilson/Robert Hastings) articles/571107_78040168.pdf articles/571107_78040168_6a4287a8-5d27-40d1-a8e4-10aba17ecf85.png articles/571107_78040172_bc67504e-537a-4084-9b4d-087486453fb1.png |