17 October 1973 19:30
Watauga, Tennessee, USA
Copper disc hovered just above ground, 6' tall entity reached out of doorway, tried to grad two children. Occupant had clawlike hands, eyes that blinked.
Occupants of the craft were seen. Witness reported that a period of time could not be accounted for. A witness later died. One copper disc, about fifty feet away, was observed by three female witnesses in a yard (Berry; Byrd; Greene, L). One 6-foot-tall crab-claw being was seen.
A circular, copper colored UFO hovered just off the ground while a 6-foot being reached out of a doorway and tried to grab two children. It had two claw-like hands and blinking eyes. At least six other reports of UFOs came from the same area on the same day.
Hynek rating: CE4: Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind (Abductions)
Vallee rating: CE4: The witness has been abducted.
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