| ID | #1604934809 |
| Added | Mon, 09/11/2020 |
| Author | July N. |
| Sources | BUFORA Journal, 8 (3), June 1979 [investigator: M.Weaven
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Research
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Initial data
The couple were driving along the marshes when the wife noticed what looked like a “window” in the sky. It was quite long, narrow, and well-defined. Its color was bright white. Its long axis lay horizontally, and 4 lanterns were installed along the edges [two on top and two on the bottom]. These lights were red and green.
The object just hovered there. The husband stopped the car and jumped out of it. Then the object disappeared behind a cloud.
Here's the strange thing: the wife asked her husband where he thought the colored lights were located exactly on the rectangle when she drew it. He said in essence: what are the lights? He didn't see any lights at all, but worse, he didn't see any rectangle.
What he saw was an egg-shaped object consisting of triangular Windows in the upper and lower halves and with a "band around the middle". The triangular Windows were multi-colored and gave the object a beautiful "carousel" look.
The report does not say how much time the couple spent checking each other's sanity, as their observations almost completely do not match.
This case is of the rare type that UFO researchers get when an object appears to project a different appearance on witnesses depending on their angle of view. This would be a particularly impressive example of this. Such cases have led some analysts to suspect that such events may involve optical displays rather than “normal” solid three-dimensional objects or some spatial situation that would allow for such different versions of what two observers are reporting.
Original news
Date: December 26 1978
Location: Hackney Marshes, East London area, UK
Time: 5:15 PM.
Summary: A couple was driving alongside the marshes when the wife noticed what appeared to be a “window” in the sky. It was quite long and narrow, and well defined. Its color was bright white. Its long axis lay horizontally, and had 4 lights mounted along its edges [two along the top, and two along the bottom]. These lights were red and green. It just hovered there. The husband halted the car and jumped out. The object then disappeared behind a cloud. Now, this is the odd part: the wife then asked her husband where he thought the colored lights were placed exactly on the rectangle as she was sketching it. He said essentially: what lights? He saw no lights at all, but “worse”, he saw no rectangle. What he saw was an egg-shaped object composed of triangular windows in top and bottom halves, and with a “band around the middle”. The triangular windows were varicolored and gave the object a beautiful merry-go-round appearance. Well, we are not told in the report how long the couple spent checking each other’s sanity, as their observations are almost a complete mismatch. This case is one of a rare type that UFO researchers get, wherein the object seems to be projecting a different appearance to the witnesses depending upon their angle of view. This would be a particularly spectacular instance of that. Such cases have caused some analysts to suspect that such events may involve optical displays rather than “normal” solid three dimensional objects, or some spatial situation which would allow of such different versions of what two thoroughly believable observers report.
Source: BUFORA Journal, 8 (3), June 1979 [investigator: M.Weaven
Hypotheses
Events
Rocket launches (from space.skyrocket.de)
- Site: Plesetsk (NIIP-53, GIK-1, GNIIP) (USSR / Russia) Vehicle: Kosmos-3M Payload: Kosmos 1067 (Sfera #18)
- Site: Plesetsk (NIIP-53, GIK-1, GNIIP) (USSR / Russia) Vehicle: Soyuz-U Payload: Kosmos 1068 (Zenit-4MKM #25, Gerakl #25)
Investigation
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