Sketch by the husband. This profile is
considered by the investigators to be the definitive shape of the
object. (credit: MUFON CT / Mark Cashman)
Left: The husband’s drawing on the photograph of the site. Right: the wife’s drawing. (credit: MUFON CT / Mark Cashman)
Initial Report
About 3 or four years ago (1995-1996)- date uncertain, possibly July
4 – in the afternoon, about 2-3 PM, the witnesses (husband and wife)
were driving back from fishing at a quarry in Harwinton (heading for the
highway) (see below for location). They were going around 30 mph and
saw a “huge thing over the road”. It cast a shadow on the ground far
ahead. The wife did not think it cast a shadow on a house past the
object. She guessed it was a football-field sized object. It was a lens
shaped disc, horizontal, silver-grey with a band of darker or black
panels across the approximate vertical center of the upper half. She
estimated 10-20 panels on the visible side. The object flew across the
field of view and disappeared past the trees on the horizon. No problems
with the vehicle were noticed. The witness believed that people having a
party outside a white house on that road (to the R) past object must
have seen it, but they never got up the nerve to check. They saw the
people looking up and pointing after the object was gone. Witness seemed
sincere, stressed desire for anonymity. Husband owns business and would
not want to be publicly connected with a UFO sighting. Was relieved to
tell the story. Said her and husband had discussed it with a few people
who told them they were crazy or drunk, and finally they stopped talking
about it, but it always bothered them. Witness was familiar with some
aspects of UFO lore, including “missing time” (didn’t have any).
Parts of first interview with the husband (by investigator #1):
The witnesses were a young couple in their thirties. The husband was
a self-employed carpenter, schooled originally as a game warden (there
was a hiring freeze on when he graduated (Ohio Department of Natural
Resources?), so he ended up in construction). The wife was an emergency
room nurse.
The witnesses had been fishing at a quarry which took water from a
nearby river. They had left the quarry after fishing for an hour with
little luck, and were driving down the road that leads directly from the
quarry.
The husband observed what appeared to be a large shadow crossing the
road. He looked up from the shadow and saw a large metallic disk over
the trees to the left.
The witness reported that everything felt like slow motion. The
object seemed to hover (though this may not be reliable because of the
subjective time issue). The object passed slowly and smoothly over the
road on a course approximately perpendicular to the road. The object’s
apparent size (closely matched between both witnesses) was about seven
inches at a distance of two feet (prior to measurement, the witness
estimated about 1 foot).The time taken to pass from initial appearance
to disappearance behind the trees to the right was about 10-15 seconds.
The object initially appeared to be no more than a hundred feet above
the trees.
The witness stated that he believed that the object was the size of a
jumbo jet, and was at very close range. The surface of the object was a
non-specular slightly metallic grey (“battleship grey silvery”, roughly
similar to a silvery spray paint), and was apparently faceted (reminded
the witness of stealth fighter geometry), with all facets of roughly
the same size as the glass panes. There was no sound, and no flame or
smoke. The trees were not affected by its passage. There was no sound,
including any roaring or wind, or the sound it might make passing
through the air. A band of what looked like panes of dark glass (like
that on a skyscraper – not mirrored, but dark smoked) crossed the upper
portion of the disk roughly halfway between the rim (the widest diameter
of the disk) and the top of the dome. These facets were neither
recessed nor protruding. The witness had grown up in Ohio and had seen
blimps all the time. This object did not resemble a blimp.
Case ID: 785
edit: 785
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