30 April 1974 21:30
Altamont, New York, USA
Animal reaction: dogs barked. Ovoid craft with windows around top, through which came golden light. Indistinct "egg-shaped" figures seen moving around inside. Large burned area 60 feet diameter.
An object was observed. Occupants of the craft were seen. Electromagnetic effects were noted. Ground traces were found. Animal reactions to the object were reported. One ovoid object, about 80 feet across, was observed by more than three female witnesses on a highway (Currie, R; Curtis, R). One silhouetted being was seen.
A young girl looking out a window of a nursing home where her mother worked, saw what looked like a car parked on a road hillside. She notified her mother who also looked out the window. They thought it might have been an accident aft first since they saw red lights. There appeared to be a golden glow coming from the object. The two women left the building to get a closer look. Neighborhood dogs and horses were making noises. As they got closer they could see a huge oval shaped object resting on the roadway. It had a rounded window on top emanating the golden glow. The red lights were coming from the front and back of the object. They then noticed a figure moving about in the craft. Another employee of the nursing home and the woman's husband also witnessed the object as he came to pick them up. The object rose up into the sky and disappeared quickly into the dark sky.
Hynek rating: CE3: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Entity reports)
Vallee rating: CE3: Entities have been observed on the UFO.
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