NUFORC Sighting 48972

Occurred: 1969-07-10 21:00 Local
Reported: 2006-02-02 16:21 Pacific
Duration: 5 min.
No of observers: 2

Location: Chariton, IA, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

It was disk shaped and brilliant white on the bottom, flew at a high rate of speed and changed direction at 90 degree turns.

The crafts were aprox.100 foot in diameter. They flew about 150 foot above the ground,and I could here a high pitch whirring sound .

I was riding a motor cycle and they came in from the east to the west, and paced me at about 50 Mph. I was startled and trying to reach home to tell some one about them.

As I reached my destination, they accelerated dramatically and changed direction at 90 degrees instantly, shooting up and out of sight.

Rather than be ridiculed I did not press what I had witnessed.

About a year after that, my own father that I thought wouldn't believe me, said the early one morning while doing farm work, witnessed one taking off from a valley on our other farm. He kept his silence about this as well. The craft was the same as I had witnessed aprox 100 foot in dia. and the bottoms were so bright that it was almost imposible to keep your eyes open.

Posted 2006-02-14