1982-02-15 - Yuma, AZ - Oval

Two on duty Military policemen observed a large flying orange oval come down from the north over the Cibola rage and perch on a tower.

AT THE DATE AN TIME STATED ABOVE I WAS THE ON DUTY MP DUTY OFFICER US ARMY PROVING GROUNDS, YUMA, AZ. I WAS CONTACTED BY THE ON DUTY MILITARY POLICE PATROL SUPERVISOR BY TELEPHONE. HE STATED TO ME THAT TWO MILITARY POLICEMEN HAD WITNESS A UFO SIGHTING ON THE CIBOLA RANGE NORTH OF MARTINEZ LAKE ROAD AND THAT HE WANTED IMPUT FROM ME AS TO WHAT ACTION TO TAKE. I INTERVIEW THE TWO MP's AND TOOK STATEMENTS FROM BOTH. THEY STATED TO ME THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 2330 HRS, 15 FEB. 82, THEY HAD BEEN ON ROUTINE MOTOR PATROL ON THE CIBOLA RANGE WHEN THEY OBSERVED A LARGE ORANGE BALL COME OUT OF THE NORTH AND REST ON TOP OF A LARGE RADIO TOWER THAT IS LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE CIBOLA. AT THIS POINT THE DRIVER OF THE MP VEHICLE STOPPED HIS VEHICLE SO THAT THEY COULD BETTER OBSERVED WHAT THEY WERE OBSERVING. THEY WERE APPROX. 500 METERS EAST OF THE TOWER. AS THE DRIVER PLACED THE VEHCILE IN FORWARD GEAR MOVING TOWARD THE TOWER THE BRIGHT ORANGE BALL CAME DOWN FROM THE TOP OF THE TOWER TO GROUND LEVEL AND BEGAN MOVING TOWARD THEIR LOCATION. THE DRIVER STATED TO ME THAT HE HAD NEVER IN HIS LIFE HAD CURIOUSITY TURN TO FEAR SO QUICKLY. THE DRIVER THEN TURN HIS VEHICLE AROUND AND ATTEMPTED TO DEPART THE AREA. BOTH MP's STATED THAT THE BALL THAT WAS ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 100 FT. IN DIA. CLEARED THEIR VEHICLE AND PROCEEDED OVER THE MIDDLE MOUNTAINS GOING EAST AT A VERY HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THEY ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT THE MP STATION DISPATCHER WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS AS THE RADIO FAILED TO TRASMIT. THEY THEN DROVE BACK TO THE MP STATION AND REPORTED THE INCIDENT IN PERSON. A LATER REPORT BY AN OTHER STATIC POST ON THE [KOFA] RANGE CONFIRMED THAT THERE HAD BEEN AN LARGE ORANGE BALL IN FLIGHT OVER THE PROVING GROUNDS. HAVE TAKING STATEMENTS AND COMPLETING AN MP REPORT I PRESENTED SAME TO MY COMMANDER. HE REQUESTED TO KNOW JUST WHAT MY MP's HAD BEEN SMOKING AND HAD ME DESTROY THE REPORT AND ALL STATEMENTS. TWO WEEKS LATER BOTH MP's INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT WERE SENT OVERSEAS ON ORDERS AND I NEVER SAW THEM AGAIN. AS AN END NOTE BO! TH MP'S STATED THAT WHEN THE OBJECT WAS COMING FROM THE NORTH IT APPEARED TO LOOK THE SIZE OF A FULL MOON. IT MADE NO SOUND. THE NIGHT WAS VERY COLD.