UFO burns through atmosphere, crashes to the earth and a salvage UFO cleans up the wreckage.
I was driving from North Carolina to Indiana to visit my girlfriend. It was around 3:00 AM in the early summer of 1996 (to my best recollection). I was driving north on a one lane country highway near the Indiana/Ohio border. I am not sure of the city or county I was in, having been on the road for 7 hours or so. At first, I saw what I thought to be the biggest "shooting star" ever witnessed. If you were to put a drawing of it on my windshield for perspective purposes, it would have been about 3 inches wide and the tail would have been about 3 feet long (almost the entire width of the windshield). I could see what appeared to be molten metal flying off of this streaking ball of flame as it fell through the atmosphere for several seconds. I semi-expected to hear or feel a great thud as it hit the earth. At that time I was just amazed at the size and duration of this "shooting star."
About 10 minutes later, a very large "hershey kiss" shaped brilliant orange, yellow and red light appeared to my 10 o'clock position. The light and colors merged and moved together like a fire. I would guess it to be within 1 mile of my location. There was a field on my left with a forrest behind it. The object was just above the tree line by 30-50 feet. I estimate that the object was about 300 yards wide by 200 yards high. Of course, not knowing exactly how far away it was, I can not be certain. I drove for a few minutes further until the object was at my 9 o'clock position. I knew at that time I was watching a UFO. I pulled over and told myself, "I am not taking my eye off this thing until it zig-zags into the atmosphere." After watching it, motionless, for 10-15 minutes in amazement, it appeared that someone just pulled a curtain in front of it from left to right.
I continued my drive with a renewed energy and arrived in Wabash, IN at my girlfriends house around 5:00 AM. I went to sleep for a few hours and met with the family at the breakfast table. At first it seemed I had forgotten the entire event. Then, all of a sudden it hit me and I blurted out, "Oh my God! You'll never believe what I saw last night!" After telling them what I had witnessed, her father set down the local paper and showed me the headline: "Over 300 UFO Sightings in Indiana/Ohio." Not that I needed that as confirmation, but it could be helpful in putting an exact date on the event if needed.
My best guess as to what I had seen would be that an extra-terrestrial space craft had crashed to the earth ("shooting star") and a salvage was taking place. The actual shape of the salvage craft is most accuratley described as: if you took your thumb and index finger of both hands, made right angles with them then connected your thumbs together and your index fingers together. It makes a point at the top and the bottom with rounded corners on the side.
I was just made aware of the National UFO Reporting Center tonight while watching a TV special hosted by Peter Jennings, or I would have submitted this years ago. I am certain that what I saw was not made on this planet. It looked like a perfect campfire in the sky. I hope that this report might help piece together what actually happened that night. Maybe someone else saw what I saw from another angle. I would also like to figure out what the exact date was.
((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the event is approximate. PD))
I was driving from North Carolina to Indiana to visit my girlfriend. It was around 3:00 AM in the early summer of 1996 (to my best recollection). I was driving north on a one lane country highway near the Indiana/Ohio border. I am not sure of the city or county I was in, having been on the road for 7 hours or so. At first, I saw what I thought to be the biggest "shooting star" ever witnessed. If you were to put a drawing of it on my windshield for perspective purposes, it would have been about 3 inches wide and the tail would have been about 3 feet long (almost the entire width of the windshield). I could see what appeared to be molten metal flying off of this streaking ball of flame as it fell through the atmosphere for several seconds. I semi-expected to hear or feel a great thud as it hit the earth. At that time I was just amazed at the size and duration of this "shooting star."
About 10 minutes later, a very large "hershey kiss" shaped brilliant orange, yellow and red light appeared to my 10 o'clock position. The light and colors merged and moved together like a fire. I would guess it to be within 1 mile of my location. There was a field on my left with a forrest behind it. The object was just above the tree line by 30-50 feet. I estimate that the object was about 300 yards wide by 200 yards high. Of course, not knowing exactly how far away it was, I can not be certain. I drove for a few minutes further until the object was at my 9 o'clock position. I knew at that time I was watching a UFO. I pulled over and told myself, "I am not taking my eye off this thing until it zig-zags into the atmosphere." After watching it, motionless, for 10-15 minutes in amazement, it appeared that someone just pulled a curtain in front of it from left to right.
I continued my drive with a renewed energy and arrived in Wabash, IN at my girlfriends house around 5:00 AM. I went to sleep for a few hours and met with the family at the breakfast table. At first it seemed I had forgotten the entire event. Then, all of a sudden it hit me and I blurted out, "Oh my God! You'll never believe what I saw last night!" After telling them what I had witnessed, her father set down the local paper and showed me the headline: "Over 300 UFO Sightings in Indiana/Ohio." Not that I needed that as confirmation, but it could be helpful in putting an exact date on the event if needed.
My best guess as to what I had seen would be that an extra-terrestrial space craft had crashed to the earth ("shooting star") and a salvage was taking place. The actual shape of the salvage craft is most accuratley described as: if you took your thumb and index finger of both hands, made right angles with them then connected your thumbs together and your index fingers together. It makes a point at the top and the bottom with rounded corners on the side.
I was just made aware of the National UFO Reporting Center tonight while watching a TV special hosted by Peter Jennings, or I would have submitted this years ago. I am certain that what I saw was not made on this planet. It looked like a perfect campfire in the sky. I hope that this report might help piece together what actually happened that night. Maybe someone else saw what I saw from another angle. I would also like to figure out what the exact date was.
((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the event is approximate. PD))
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Occurred : 5/1/1996 03:00 (Entered as : 05/01/1996 3:00) Reported: 1/22/2008 9:01:46 PM 21:01 Posted: 2/14/2008 Location: Unknown (OH/IN border), OH Shape: Triangle Duration: 30 minutes Characteristics: There were lights on the object, The object left a trail, The object changed color, The object landed
UFO burns through atmosphere, crashes to the earth and a salvage UFO cleans up the wreckage.