9 February 1977 20:45
Flora W4M, Mississippi, USA
Pale blue, dish-shaped UFO, 6x size of patrol car. Soft high-pitched blender noise, moved up when car retreated, officers drove away in fear. 7-8 round windows edge with dark circles on underside.
A flying disc was observed. It buzzed a witness. One pale blue disc, about 150 feet across, about forty feet away, was observed in clear weather by 16 male witnesses, one of them an experienced observor, as reported to the police, on a road for 40 minutes (Creel; Grant). A whirring sound was heard.
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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