Civilian woman Madelaine Ward saw something like "a large aircraft" flying very slowly and low. It had a lighted red band around the middle and was coming straight toward her house with an oscillating motion. She still thought it was an aircraft of some new design when it stopped near her, 25 meters above ground. Then it flew backward over the water and hovered, making the same noise as a swarm of bees. The top section supported a series of red lights and a cabin with four portholes through which a control panel was visible. No occupant was seen. The cabin rose above the object, rotated, then glided back. The object tilted toward the west and rose toward the southeast, disappearing within three seconds at an 80 degree angle of climb after the 3-min sighting. Diameter: 30 meters. Two days later a yellowish moss was observed at the site.

One yellow-red ball, about 150 feet across, was observed by one female witness, an experienced observor, on the ocean for three minutes (Madelaine Ward). A buzzing sound was heard.

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