NUFORC Sighting 38632

Occurred: 1968-10-20 01:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2004-08-13 08:53 Pacific
Duration: 15:00 min.
No of observers: 0

Location: Ashtabula (Saybrook Twnshp.), OH, USA

Shape: Disk
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted beams

In Oct.of 1968,a saucer shaped craft was hovering over a home at 1:00 am in the morn..It was a still and desserted state routethat nigh

I was 19 years old when this occured.My memory is fading for fine details over the years.I was on my way home from my aunt and uncle's home that was about 30 miles from our home.My cousin had been killed in Viet Nam earlier that year and I would visit my aunt frequently after work, at 10:00pm.{their only child).On my way home,around 1:00am,I passed the State Highway Patrol Dept.and about a mile further on the same side of the road was a bank of houses a short distance from a local bowling alley.Up over the top of the last house in the group, was a saucer shaped object just hovering over the top of this house.It was huge,and it was as wide as the house was tall,a two story home.I stopped my car in the road on the totally silent and seemingly abandonned state route.I half yelled out, hello is any one there?No answer.I got out and stood on the top of the door jamb right across from this object just looking at it .It had a light on top in the dome of the object that continued to turn off and on.And it had a low level sounding hum.There was a white narrow light coming down from the bottom of the object going in to the top of the roof.I started to approach the house to go to the front door and ring the door bell,but I got scared that it would go away before anyone would come to the door.So I decided to go back to the State Patrol Office. I went back to the building and again I changed my mind ,I was so young and who would beleive me if by the time we got back there it would be gone.So I turned around and went back to the spot and watched the object, it was still there. I continued to look around for anyone to appear ,no one did and I finally left and went home.I got home about 15 min. later and woke my dad and told him what happened .He asked me if anyone else was around, I said no, so he said go to bed and forget it, no one would beleive me anyway.My father died in 1988 and he was right,no one ever has believed me.I have never since seen another craft like it.

Posted 2004-08-24