FORM 112 - MADAR SIGHTING INFORMATION REPORT
 


BALL GROUND, GEORGIA   -   MARCH 9, 2021

I.   DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT

March 9, 2021; Ball Ground, Georgia
19:44 pm EST. The witness had just turned on the outside light to let his service dog out to "do his business" and the motion-activated ring camera came on showing a one minute clip of the dog reluctant to move out in the yard, then looking like it saw something. At the end of the clip light reflects off of the man's glasses twice, then the camera shuts down. Right at that point a very bright light (like an arc welder) from a  rectangular probe-like object about 12-15" wide and 6-8" vertically was observed by the witness, for about 20 seconds. Witness felt object had thickness and solidity and that the light “panel” was actually on a solid cylinder-shaped object. Although very bright, it didn’t hurt his eyes to look at it, which he found difficult to describe. The light also had a “moving-ripple-like effect” to it even before it moved, which he attributed to a reflection effect off of the stainless-steel chimney cap (which had a pattern of vent holes across it). When first seen, the object was stationary, but then began to move very slowly to the right (west). This took it briefly behind the chimney. The object was about 60-foot away and about 3 feet left of the chimney at first and about 50 feet up, or 20 feet higher than the roof. The witness' Apple iPhone 11 was unable to lock on the target to take a picture.

II - MADAR DATA

This witness just happened to be the Operator of MADAR node129 at Ball Ground, Georgia. At that time the site was not DAS-equipped (alert klaxon) but the node hadn't triggered because it's shield or threshold was set at 25 milligaus and the magnetometer reading didn't get that high. However, the one-minute data lines showed some irregularities. The magnetometer had spiked and compass heading changed 5 degrees while the object was present. Three minutes before the sighting the field readings were 0.38 to 3.38 milligaus, building to the spike at 10.12 right at 00:45 UTC or 7:45 pm EST.. The onboard compass had varied from 119 to 121 degrees, building to 126. 

III.  STATUS OF INVESTIGATION

MUFON's CI Doug Wilson had assigned an FI in his Case Assistance Group to investigate and completed the case in about 3 days. Shortly after that the Chief Investigator for Georgia, visited the witness to clarify some issues with the previous report. A 3-page report was drafted and the case was closed.

IV.   CONCLUSIONS

The witness reporting is former Navy, electronic  intelligence gathering, Naval Security Group, USS Oriskany CVA34. Originally the failure of the MADAR to trigger and the camera unable to capture the UAP was the basis for the original conclusions. Once the data in the spreadsheet was discovered by MADAR Operations, based on all available information and the evidence at hand, the case was considered to be unexplained. 

Fran Ridge
MADAR Operations Director