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- having appeared on ParaNet, it is appended for your enjoyment. :)
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- FIVE WITNESSES OBSERVE STRANGE OBJECT
-
- The following is my report of an investigation conducted by Norma J.
- Croda of Indianapolis.
-
- Friday, September 9, 1994, 8:30pm. Racoon Lake, Parke County, IN
- (to the left of Indianapolis). Five witnesses observed a strange "parent
- object" approximately 8 miles west of Rt.231 on Rt.36.
-
- Eyelyn Easson received a call from Steve Buchanan telling her
- that beach-ball sized lime green balls of light had come out of the
- woods over near his employer's house (Dave) at about 8:30 PM.
-
- Mrs. Easson: "Steve and Linda had seen the same lights on
- February 4th. My husband and I went to pick up Steve to go to Dave's
- and, just as I pulled into Buchanan's lane (about 9:20 PM) I noticed a
- strange light in the sky. Steve, Bill and I watched for about five
- minutes and Linda came out and watched with us. The object moved in a
- zig-zagged way a short distance. When we had been watching 15 minutes,
- Steve called Dave (who had been watching from his home and had made the
- initial sighting) and he came over and watched with us. Suddenly a white
- speck of light zoomed over us to our right going east to west and
- hovered over the object. A light came up and (it) took it in. Then a
- second speck of light flew east to west over us, but to the left of us
- and went into the rounded edge of the object. About a half hour later
- the object spun around, green light now at top, red light at bottom. A
- speck of light came out of the right side as the object had spun around,
- and another from the bottom, It then zig-zagged to the right a short
- distance and the specks each flew back west. The object flared when we
- shined a spotlight at it. Other times (it) flared as well. Back light
- blinked a couple of times."
-
- Bill Easson reported that his vision was not sharp enough to see
- the detail his wife had reported and drawn. He just saw a bright light
- several times brighter than any star, which exhibited several colors.
- The object had hovered for over two hours, but distinctly moved twice,
- once to the right, then once to the left.
-
- The object did not "leave", but the Earth's rotation took it
- below the horizon. In sight approximately two and a half hours. Venus
- was in the southwest, nowhere in the vicinity of the strange object.
- During the next few nights the witnesses looked in the same area but
- never saw the strange object.
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- (Sept, 9, 1994, 8:30 PM, Racoon Lake, IN. Parke County), Robert Taylor
-
- We hesitate labeling objects beyond the close encounter range,
- not necessarily because of the distance, but due to the usual
- lack of detail for identification purposes. However, in this case we
- don't have to worry about a witness with poor vision or a witness who
- stretched the facts or one who simply couldn't figure out what he/she was
- seeing due to ignorance. There were five adult witnesses, and the FI
- feels that these people simply reported what they saw.
-
- The main object, possibly a "parent craft", and smaller objects,
- possible other craft or "probes", was observed for two and one-half hours.
- The main object moved a couple of times, but mostly hovered. The main
- object report passes the Natural Source Test. This was not a star, nor a
- planet, Venus was visible at the same time in the SW.
-
- This report also passes the Man-made Source Test for the same
- reasons mentioned above. Blimps can hover, but the description and
- length of time observed rules this out. Everything has to move to stay
- in the air or, in the case of balloons, don't hover that long, nor do
- they have lights of this type. Man-made fixed structures were ruled out.
- Hoax by witnesses was ruled out.
-
- This report has been given the preliminary identification of
- UNKNOWN, Significant, because it was some kind of craft with other
- objects coming and going from it, main object observed over a long
- period of time. Berliner Strangeness scale: 02 (Night Object), Berliner
- Credibility Scale of 02 (Multiple Average Witnesses). Speiser
- Probability Scale P4 (Credible and sound).
-
- Ten days later, on the 19th of September, there were two more
- sightings, both on the same day.
-
- A security guard near Evansville reported a strange object,
- distant, but that stopped and reversed direction. This occurred at 2:58
- AM and lasted about ninety seconds.
-
- Then at Indianapolis the investigating FI who checked out the
- Racoon Lake sightings, along with her daughter, observed a strange
- object in the same general direction. The object appeared to be only
- about a mile away. The event started at 9:00 PM.
-
- Norma Croda had gone outside to talk with some neighbors and
- noticed a bright light above a house, which was a half-block to the
- west. She saw a very bright red and green lights flashing, went inside
- to get binoculars and watched through the upstairs window. When focused
- in, the colored lights, red, green, and yellow, appeared in a band
- around the centre of the white light. The colored lights seemed to be
- rotating. Her daughter, who saw the object for only about ten minutes,
- took the binoculars and after 3-5 minutes said it was turning and
- moving. The light slowly moved to the NW. they tried to follow it in
- their car but lost it. Observation time: 45 minutes.
-
- The next evening and subsequent evenings there was no similar
- object observed therefore this was not an astronomical object. The
- length of time observed by a trained observer also eliminates aircraft.
- The case is still under investigation.
-
- Then, FIT Roger Sugden filed this preliminary report on Sept
- 20th: Approximately September 11th or 18th, near Fort Wayne, 9-10pm,
- four or more witnesses (one a state trooper) saw a strange object. Also
- reported was an extremely low F-16, little detail at press time. Under
- investigation. Mr.Sugden, a trainee, was advised to contact FI's
- Engstrom and Taylor.
-
- -end-
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- You know, I swear I've seen that shape before.
-
- Cheers,
- James.
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