30 April 1975 00:30
Peral de Arlanza, Spain
Big sphere, slight ovoid, minimum distance 20m at 10m altitude. over field, over village, then over school. Vibration felt when over car. Flooded area with light beam like daylight.
An object was observed from a car. Gravity effects were noted. One multi-colored sphere, about fifty feet away, was observed by three male witnesses, typical age 18, in a city for 150 minutes (De Juan). A masked sound was heard.
Three men were driving towards a nearby ranch when they sighted an extremely bright white light that appeared to be hovering above a small nearby hill. The witnesses stopped the car and watched the light, one of the witnesses was able to see a very tall figure within the light, the human like figure appeared to have very long hair. Suddenly the light became bigger and began ascending slowly; blue and yellow lights became visible, as the light flew over the vehicle the witnesses felt a peculiar vibration as if some type of magnetic force was attracting the vehicle. The witnesses then drove to the town to obtain more witnesses, among them the town mayor. During this time the object remained hovering silently over the area. As the three original witnesses drove back to the scene the object suddenly shot towards them at high speed. They could now see that it was a huge flattened sphere with something dangling from its rear resembling a net. Scared, the witnesses drove back to town again, where more witnesses had gathered and could now see the object hovering. The original witnesses then drove to a nearby ranch and were followed by the object during the drive. Additional witnesses at the ranch watched the hovering sphere as it now emitted multi colored lights. At times the object descended very close to the ground and the witnesses could see moving figures inside.
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: 232: Reliable source,secondhand; site visit by a reliable investigator with some experience; natural explanation requires major alteration of one parameter.
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