1972-10-20 - Shreveport, LA - Disk

Saucer zoomed close above at twice the height of a very tall pine tree and disappeared within 5-7 seconds at great speed.

My sister and I (ages 11 and 13) went outside on a warm, clear evening (darkness revealing the stars clearly) to investigate lights my sister's friend reported seeing (while my sister was on a phone call with her). We searched the sky and eventually clearly noticed traveling spots of light, red and green, no bigger than the stars. Later, when I knew what a satellite looks like, I could compare them to a traveling satellite, only satellites appear white. We watched these lights for about 15-20 minutes, going out into the middle of the street to get the best view. In all, we must have noticed up to 15 or so lights traveling in random directions (first you'd notice one, then another would catch your eye...) Accompanying this sight was a faint, faraway humming noise. About 15-20 minutes after we went outside, two white, male police officers stopped their car to ask us why we were standing in the middle of the street. When we explained, their body language and facial expressions communicated dismissal of our interest in this and our credibility. They waved it off, got back into their car and began to drive away. Just then, a saucer appeared, close and fast, coming from the bayou side of the area, so from the east, with a loud whirring and humming sound, above the trees (tall pines). The picture I remember, indelibly etched in my visual memory the moment I blinked to catch it, is of a silver, saucer-shaped spaceship with what appeared to be windows that were shaped exactly like airplane windows. There was a bright, large red light on top. My sister reports seeing a black cylindrical extension and a beam of light coming out of the bottom (which I do not remember seeing). This object I believe, may have spun as it flew and the only reason I believe I captured the window detail was that I purposely blinked to capture the still view. Immediately, the police car stopped, the two cops jumped out of the vehicle with one leg on the ground and looked up to see the saucer. Then they jumped back in and took off down the street, after the saucer (which was going much, much faster than any car could go). The saucer's path was directly north over Gilbert Dr. and then it disappeared. One weird detail I have often left out of my account when retelling it is that after the saucer disappeared, there was a distinct (and cheesy!) noise that sounded like "bleep" as spoken by a robot from the sky. It just felt like including that detail would have made others think I was pulling their leg. It is obviously a cherished memory of mine that I wouldn't want others to view as a carnival tale.
We looked for more evidence of the lights and waited for more action. We never did see any more action in the sky at that location or another in all of our growing up. We moved in 1974 to another part of the U.S. (I have tried changing my present location to Ohio and the form has a glitch that prevents me from doing this.)