Radio announcer James F. Townsend, 19, was driving west on State Highway 27 when his engine, lights, and radio stopped operating., He coasted to a stop about 20 feet from an object that blocked the road. It was a silver, rocket-shaped object about 30-40 feet tall and ten feet wide, sitting on fins on the road. He got out and saw three small brownish-black "creatures" with "tripod arms and matchstick legs," and no eyes or facial features. They emerged from behind the object, standing underneath it in an intensely lighted circle. They faced and stared at Townsend for a while, then disappeared in the intense light and evidently returned to the object. The object rose straight up for a quarter mile, with a high-pitched humming sound, then stopped and vanished. At that moment the car restarted spontaneously and the headlights came on. No traces were found on the ground.

One brown ball, , about twenty feet away, was observed by nine male witnesses, typical age 19, as reported to the police, on a highway for three minutes (James F Townsend). Three 6-inch-tall robots were seen.

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