Returning South from Picacho Peak on Interstate 10 eight miles north of Marana Az on the way returning to Tucson hovering over the city I saw a craft that gave me a query in that it was 'static'. WE were passing under the Avra Valley over pass looking at this object that undisputably had no familiar confirmation as being a standard lighter than air-craft. Marana was approx. 10 miles (35 north of Tucson). As we got closer to Marana and allowing for my directional change of roadway we were made aware that it began moving (floating if you will)liesurely to the West and between Marana and the Tucson Mts. just west of I-10. As we approached the exit off I-10 into Marana (Greir Rd) I decided to exit to get a better view. We traveled west for 4 miles and met a dead end, exited our auto and watched it speeding up considerably and entered the distant cloud cover probably some fifty plus miles away. The skies were cloudless over it's hover-location as well as Marana. It's itinerary as I could discern that it traveled over the pencil of Tsn Mt's as they curved away from I-10 for about five miles.I wish to add that the confirmation of configuration is a typical saucer image with the dome over a concave/convex type body, exactly what has been drawn by others as well as the caricature craft we think of as being a 'flying saucer'. My interest being always aware of skies (WWII Air Corps Pilot/Bombardier).Refering to having learned and never forgotten..."keep your head up and your eyes moving" my only other experience was in August 1965 in Elgin-St.Charles area (specifically Wayne,Il)having seen something in the dead of night bright non-manmade light that hung over hi-power trans-con power lines ala the EXETER INCIDENT I later learned that brought me into Ufology and a member of MUFON here in Tucson. May I add that this was my wife of 54 years first sighting and I know is a firmer believer in this phenomenon than she ever was. ((name and address of MUFON member deleted)) The delay in this reporting id simply due! to now having this new Sprint Broadband.
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Tucson
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35 min
35 min
32.25
-110.94
disk
AZ
Occurred : 4/1/2001 17:05 (Entered as : 04/01/01 1705) Reported: 4/25/2001 21:49 Posted: 4/28/2001 Location: Tucson/Marana, AZ Shape: Disk Duration: 35 min
Returning South from Picacho Peak on Interstate 10 eight miles north of Marana Az on the way returning to Tucson hovering over the city