OBSERVATION POST NUMBER ONE

21 April 2023


OP-1 looking SE
This is OP-1 near Norris City, Illinois, just a few miles from MADAR site 115.






      Brett Ridge

Brett works out of his home for a big grain company and occasionally travels with his job which involves safety issue. Brett lives in Norris City, Illinois and operates MADAR site 115 which is a few miles from the Indian River site OP-1.


Brett has yet to have had any kind of UFO experience, but all his siblings and parents have had at least one.  He developed an interest in UFOs especially after the famous Nimitz incidents news coverage of the last few years, probably because his respect for the Navy men who DID have encounters since he had served 8 years in the Navy on a guided missile frigate which launched cruise missiles during the gulf war.
  He lives just minutes from OP-1.


     Alex Ridge

Alex works in the coal mines of southern Illinois and lives with his wife and family outside of Norris City and right at the observation site, OP-1. Alex hasn't had any UFO experiences yet. But I bet that sometime this year he will. A lot has happened in the area in the past and 2022 was a banner year for sightings in the U.S. and the MADAR site NW of OP-1 has had numerous incidents recently, which we would havbe to class as "code blues", uncorrelated targets.



Fran Ridge
MADAR Director