9 June 1976 22:00
Echo Lake, Colorado , USA
Patent examiner, lost hiking, saw two rectangular objects descend, land by creek. 15-20 people, "dressed in Indian or gypsy clothing" talked in low whispers, set up camp. Unintelligible language.
Close encounter with a an unidentified craft and humanoid occupants. One rectangular object was observed by one male witness in a forest (Lusignan). 17 humanoids, each wearing Indian clothing, were seen.
Michael L Lusignan, a patent examiner, was hiking near Echo Lake when he became lost. The next night at 2200 he saw two rectangular objects "float" down and land by a creek. Thinking they might be rescuers looking for him, he went to them, but found 15-20 men, women and children "dressed in Indian or gypsy clothing," who talked in low whispers; he could not understand anything they said. They set up camp and made him move to another campsite for the night. The next morning they were gone. Rescuers found Lusignan 4 days later.
Hynek rating: CE3: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Entity reports)
Vallee rating: CE3: Entities have been observed on the UFO.
Vallee reliability rating: 343: Reliable source, firsthand; site visit by a skilled analyst; natural explanation requires major alteration of several parameters.
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