CIGAR-SHAPED UFO LANDS IN NEW MEXICO

On Thursday, October 3, 1996 at 8 p.m., traffic halted on Interstate Highway 25 just south of Springer, New Mexico, as "a large, cigar-shaped object" landed in a nearby cow pasture. Springer (population 1,696) is located in the northeastern corner of the state, about 120 miles northeast of Santa Fe.

Five cars pulled over to the highway's shoulder, along with two tractor trailers, and the drivers and passengers emerged to watch the UFO. Described as "covered with very bright lights," the object "estimated to be at least two stories tall... was seen dropping out of the night sky and hovering over an area west of the highway." The UFO then "extinguished its lights and apparently settled on the ground."

One youthful witness "became emotionally upset" at seeing the object and "was still in shock" when cruisers of the New Mexico State Police arrived at 8:20 p.m. By then, the large UFO had vanished. (Thanks to the National UFO Reporting Center in Seattle, Washington for this story.) (Editor's Note: The following night, October 4, Christine Church saw her UFO in Belen, New Mexico 300 miles (480 kilometers) southwest of Springer.)


UFOs SPOTTED JUST WEST OF MINNEAPOLIS

On Monday, September 30, 1996, at 8:45 p.m., Donald W. Jeppersen was standing in the yard of his apartment house in Mound, Minnesota when he spotted nine UFOs streaking across the clear night sky.

He described them as "nine slightly luminescent objects streaking across the sky, about 10 degrees each second, speeding from west to east. Their luminescence was similar to a medium brightness star." He said their motion reminded him of "swimming dolphins," adding, "They moved from 45 degrees (above the horizon) west to 45 degrees east, flying overhead for nine seconds. They were grouped in a roughly diamond cluster, slightly accelerating and decelerating in relationship to each other."

Don's home in Mound is close to the intersection of Minnesota Highway 10 and County Road 15, about 17 miles (27 kilometers) west of Minneapolis.


From UFO ROUNDUP
October 1996
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