| ID | #1601908035 |
| Added | Mon, 05/10/2020 |
| Author | July N. |
| Sources | UFOFC files, Fran Ridge
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Research
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Initial data
The Sheriff contacted Fran ridge immediately after the incident occurred and was reported. The ridge rapid deployment team, consisting of three people, headed to the area within a few minutes.
Near Solitude, Indiana, just over three miles to the North, is a mountain Vernon. The couple and their little boy were driving home from a play in new harmony, heading South on highway 69. They saw the object silhouetted against the moonlit haze to the southwest. Located several miles away, the object was shaped like a cigar with three white lights.
They continued along the highway, and as they reached the top of the hills, the object began to descend, getting bigger and bigger. Right at the bottom of the hill, they slowed down, and the object seemed to float. Then it was about a hundred yards away, and it was moving, but very slowly.
An adult male witness reported:
"It behaved as if it was on the water or as a floating object."
It now had four lights, two at each end, and the dark object was long and thin, "sort of cigar-shaped." Once "it was right above us, maybe 50-60 feet (15-18 m)". They couldn't believe its size. It was very large.
"We drove along the highway a little further. We were going to Park the car, so we drove up to it, got out of the car and couldn't find it. He just disappeared.»
The item was "thin at the ends" and "as it reached the middle, it got thicker, but as I said, we could just see the shadow."
The duration of observation is 7-18 minutes.
Original news
Date: July 30, 1974
Location: Solitude near Mt. Vernon, IN
Time: 8:50 p.m.
Summary: The Sheriff contacted Fran Ridge right after the incident had occurred and was reported. Ridge’s Rapid Deployment Team of three men were on the road to the area within minutes. Near Solitude, Indiana, just a little over three miles north of us, a Mt. Vernon couple and their little boy were on their way home from a play in New Harmony, heading south on Hwy 69. They observed an object silhouetted against the moonlit haze in the southwest. Although a few miles away, the object had a clear cigar shape with three white lights. They continued driving down the highway and, as they got over the top of some hills, the object started to descend, getting larger and larger all the time. Right at the bottom of the hill they slowed down and the object appeared to be hovering. It was approximately a hundred yards from them then, and it was moving, but very slow. The adult male witness reported: “It acted like it was on water or floatin’-like.” It now had four lights on it, two on each end, the shadowy object was was long and slender, “kinda cigar-shaped.” At one time “it was just right above us, maybe 50-60′. Well, you couldn’t believe the size of it. It was real large. We went down the highway just a little further. We were going to park the car, so we pulled in there and were getting out of the car and we couldn’t find it. It had just vanished.” The object was “thin on the ends” and, “as it got to the middle, it was thicker. But like I say, we could just see the shadow”. Duration: 7-18 minutes.
Source: UFOFC files, Fran Ridge
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