NUFORC Sighting 176243

Occurred: 2011-06-03 22:15 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2023-06-13 00:47 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: lawrence, KS, USA
Location details: Louisiana Street and 31 st street

Shape: Fireball

Orange glowing craft hovering 30 yards about ground

Two friends and I were going to a late night movie at Regal movies in south Lawrence. I picked them up about 2145 and started driving south on Louisiana Street headed toward 31st street (this was before the South Lawrence Trafficway was built). While driving on Louisiana street my friend noticed a bright object in the sky and I thought it was a street light that had an orange hue. But as I got closer to the 31st street cross section, we all noticed an object the size of a small car hovering over the field across the street. I decided to take the back route the the theater which would take us right beside the field. As we got closer to the object, we decided to pullover and get out of the vehicle to get a closer look. To my recollection, it resembled a large basketball, round and the color was dark orange and the surface looked like flames. We stood there watching it, 50 yards away, for about a minute when it started moving south at a very slow speed. Then it stopped moving and that is when I felt that it had then noticed us. For a couple of seconds I stopped breathing and tried visually remember that moment. The craft made no sound as it hovered above the cornfield and when it started to move south again, it moved at a speed I have never witnessed in any object before. And in a blink of an eye, it was gone. To this day, my friends and I talk about our experience and do not know what it was other than a UFO. I tried telling others of our encounter and received suspicious stares. But after so many years, I had to share it with someone, somewhere. This experience made me believe.

Posted 2023-07-10