MADAR CORRELATION CHECK
Multiple Anomaly Detection & Automated Recording

===========================================


INQUIRY DATE:  N/a

SOURCE:   UFO Filter Center, Mt. Vernon, IN


INITIAL REPORT AS FOLLOWS

Nov. 1, 1973; Bufkin, INAt 10:40 pm, just  a little over an hour after the MADAR anomaly at Mt. Vernon, there was a visual sighting of a blue and green light at Bufkin, a tiny rural community just five miles north of the MADAR site. The light had been maneuvering up and down, back and forth, first from the west to east, then north to south, and there was a humming noise associated with it. The male witness had called the UFO hotline at the UFO Filter Center at Mt. Vernon and reported the sighting while it was happening and observed it for about 10 minutes. It was last seen to the south at the Meade Johnson Plant just east of at Mt. Vernon near highway 62. The report was one of many calls coming in to the Center "hotline" which operated the only MADAR site in the world during the UFO wave of 1973. The call was recorded. The encounter range was determined by the humming noise reported. (UFOFC, Ridge files, FI-4)


NUFORC PRINTOUT
Includes a search for sighting data (in NUFORC reverse order) prior to and subsequent to the initial sighting date. Note Bufkin had two sightings.

11/28/73 19:15 Bufkin IN USA Sphere 6 minutes Two orange-red balls of light that hovered low to the ground in the west for about six minutes. ((NUFORC Note: F. Ridge report. PD)) 4/26/18
11/2/73 22:37 Mt. Vernon IN USA Light Several minutes Police put the squad car spotlight on it again and it immediately moved away and out of sight. ((NUFORC Note: F. Ridge report. PD)) 4/26/18
11/2/73 22:20 Mt. Vernon IN USA Triangle 15+ seconds It was "about six blocks away", 60-80 feet in the air". The object was orange and wedge shaped. 4/26/18
11/1/73 22:40 Bufkin IN USA Sphere 10 minutes Blue and green object with humming noise observed near Mt. Vernon. ((NUFORC Note: Report by Francis Ridge, UFO investigator. PD)) 4/26/18
11/1/73 21:47 Mt. Vernon IN USA

MADAR Event No. 4 ((NUFORC Note: Report submitted by Mr. Francis Ridge, experienced UFO investigator. PD))

Two important sightings in Mt. Vernon, the location of the MADAR site. Note the detail in the Intel report as follows. (In ascending order this time)

UFO INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY

Oct. 31, 1973; USEUCOM (less the Sixth Fleet) went off DEFCON III.

Oct. 31, 1973; Okawville, IL
Time not given. About 20 miles southwest of Okawville. Eight; high school students were driving a station wagon when they spotted an unexplainable light hovering above the road directly in front of them, and then quickly disappeared. (News clipping) 
          .
Nov. 1973; Quebec, Canada
Numerous reported landings, humanoids, and E-M effects on cars in province (UFOE II, Section VIII).

Nov. 1, 1973; Mt. Vernon, IN - MADAR APD 00m00s 18 cpm. At 9:47 p.m., the Multiple Anomaly Detection And Recording unit was triggered. The background radiation level was 18 cpm, normal for the area.
 
Nov. 1, 1973; Morehead City, NC
Round object with red and green blinking lights around circumference hovered near car. (UFOE II, Section VIII)

Nov. 1, 1973; Bufkin, Indiana
10:40 p.m. A male witness called the UFO hotline at the UFO Filter Center at Mt. Vernon, Indiana, and reported that a blue and green object with a humming noise was observed for about 10 minutes, about 5 miles NE of Mt. Vernon at the tiny rural community of Bufkin. The object was maneuvering, back and forth, first from west to east, then north to south, while moving up and down. It was last seen to the south at the Meade Johnson Plant just east of at Mt. Vernon near hwy 62. The report was one of many coming in to the Center during the wave of 1973. Call was recorded.  The encounter range was determined by the humming noise reported. (UFOFC, Ridge files, FI-4)

Nov. 2, 1973; Goffstown, NH
2:45 a.m. UFO with bright yellow light paced car, moved in front of it; motorist felt dizzy and numb. Police officer responding to call also observed it.  Witness could see that it was an orange and gold globe covered with hexagons like a honeycomb, with an oval window on the upper left. The red, green, and blue flashes were coming from somewhere near the center of the object, and she could hear a high-pitched sound. (UFOE II, Section VIII)

Nov. 2, 1973; Mt. Vernon, IN
10:37 p.m. Chief of Police Wilfred Clark & Officer John Tucker were on a pursuit of a drunken-driver who had gone into a ditch. While they were waiting for a wrecker they observed an OBOL (Orange Ball of Light) which reacted to light. Flashlight seemed to cause the object to get brighter and closer. After about 1-1/2 minutes of observing the object the squad car spotlight was put on it and the object moved off. (UFO Filter Center Files, FI Fran Ridge, MUFON SSD).

Nov. 2, 1973; Mt. Vernon, IN
10:40 p.m. The witness was a 23-year-old warehouseman at Mt. Vernon Milling Co. and reported a wedge-shaped object. While at work he observed it south above Fuhrer Ford for about 15-20 seconds. "I went out to check my hopper cars. Climbing up onto the car I happened to look back. I stood on top and watched the object until it disappeared. Best I can describe (it, is) at about six city blocks away...60-100 feet in the air.... I could hear no sound.....Seemed like it disappeared as if you would shut off a TV set. It was light orange and slowly faded out," (UFOFC, Ridge files)

Nov. 2, 1973;  Goffstown, NH
2:45 a.m. Spherical object. 50 ft. dia. Covered with 6-sided facets. Oval window above mid-line. One humanoid being. Rounded head. Large egg-shape, eyes with dark oval pupils. No nose. Slit mouth, wrinkled gray elephant-like skin. Object hovered in sky terrorizing motorist. Occupant visible in window of object. Subsequent abduction later that night. ( Lydia Morel, Ref. OD)

END INTELREP


MUFON CMS PRINTOUT
Includes a search for sighting data one day prior to and one day subsequent to the initial sighting date.

No data this period.

MADAR ALERT SEARCH
Printout of code blue data for the nearest MADAR node.

N/a in 1973

MADAR DATA

November 1, 1973; Mt. Vernon, Indiana
9:47 pm. There was a documented geomagnetic anomaly in the form of a compass variation that lasted about (1) second. The MADAR system also recorded the background radiation which was a normal 18 cpm. 

PROXIMITY

Map from Mt Vernon to Bufkin Springfield Rd

Bufkin is 5.39 miles NE of the Mt. Vernon MADAR site, direct measured distance.

COMMENTS

This is a documented incident where MADAR had an anomaly and there was a bonified UFO report in the region (ITR), a term to describe such incidents.

ENRREP