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UFO. United States

ID #1602066222
Added Wed, 07/10/2020
Author July N.
Sources
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Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness
Incident date: 
21.12.1974 23:30
Location: 
Дармштадт, IL
United States

Three young men from Illinois report that a UFO descended into the woods. 

While driving at a point about four miles West of Darmstadt, they suddenly noticed a bright light illuminating the area around them. 

A brightly lit disc-shaped object descended at an angle, its leading edge was lower than the back, and the descent was such that they could see the top of the object, probably twenty or thirty feet (6 to 9 m) in diameter. It had rotating lights around the bottom edge of the rim that were red and yellow, red and yellow in this sequence around the perimeter. It looks like there were portholes around the object. 

It had what looked like antennas that came out on each side of the dome and rose up, as if they were going to meet at a point above the dome of the object itself. The color of the "antennas" was blue. 

The object continued its descent and appeared to land in a wooded area about a thousand feet from the road.

Original news

Dec. 21, 1974; Darmstadt, IL
11:30 p.m. Three Illinois youths report UFO descended into woods. While driving, at a point approximately four miles west of Darmstadt, they were suddenly aware of a bright light illuminating the area around them. The brightly lit disk-shaped object was descending at an angle, with the leading edge lower than the trailing edge and the descent was such so they were seeing the top of the object; probably twenty or thirty feet in diameter. It had rotating lights around the lower edge of the rim that were red and yellow, red and yellow in that sequence all the way around. There appeared to be portholes around the object. It had something resembling antennas that were coming out each side of the dome and coming up as if they were going to meet at a point up above the dome of the object itself. The color of the “antennas” appeared to be blue. The object continued its descent and appeared to be in the process of landing in a wooded area about a thousand feet from the road. (MUFON Skylook 90,12)

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