NUFORC Sighting 165615

Occurred: 2000-12-26 04:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2021-12-02 03:09 Pacific
Duration:
No of observers: 1

Location: Festus, MO, USA
Location details: Highway and old Highway A

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted beams, Aircraft nearby

Chased by light

As I checked the box above I dont remember the exact date. The day and time I remember but not the year exactly, it could have been 01 instead but I'm leaning toward 2000. The time could have been closer to 4:30 am instead of 4 but this was over 20 years ago and I'm just going by memory.

I left a friends house around 4 in the morning and was heading east on highway A. I saw something in front of me in the sky shining a light down. It was about an eighth of a mile away and couple hundred feet in sky so I pull the car to shoulder and watch it for a few seconds then the light dimmed but I could still make out a light just not the previous beam or spotlight but it starts coming in my direction so I do a u turn and accelerate. I was kind of freaked out because of stuff I had seen on tv to say the least. It ends up flying just behind the rearend of The Car I was driving and it was swaying back and forth. It followed Me for a quarter mile until it veered off to the left and I continued to drive straight. There was no other witnesses and it was scary to be chased by something like this alone. It could have been a helicopter but I didn’t hear It.

While back I seen a show about highland illinois UFOs and it got me thinking about my incident even more. The logical explanation for mine was helicopter but it seems like I would have heard it. It would be a terrible joke as somebody could get hurt. That's what happened.

Posted 2021-12-19