17 January 1968 18:30
Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Fat cigar or elongate oval with horizontal row of many red and green flashing lights and upper row of 5 steady white lights. Descended and ascended rapidly.
An object was sighted that had an appearance and performance beyond the capability of known earthly aircraft. One multi-colored cigar-shaped object was observed by one female witness in a residential area for over one minute (Campbell; Fowler; Kingman). No sound was heard. One tall man, wearing dark clothes, was seen.
The witness, Linda was on her way to Junior Achievement class when suddenly bright lights in the sky attracted her. Looking up she saw a hovering elongated cigar shaped object with bright flashing lights. She watched as it descended several hundred feet from her and hovered about 150 feet from the ground. The object made no noise and had a solid row of red and green lights going on and off in sequence along its midsection. It also had five steady bright white lights evenly spaced along the top section. Linda advanced closer to the object just before it rose up, leveled off and moved away into the distance. At the same time she saw a tall man in a dark coat and a dark brimmed hat who was standing close to the object. When she called out to him, he turned and ran down a darkened street.
Hynek rating: CE1: Close Encounters of the First Kind
Vallee rating: CE1: UFO comes within 500 feet of the witness, but no after effects are suffered by the witness or the surrounding area.
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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