1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,400 I'm president of the motor car dealers in Southern California. 2 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:13,640 I was here back in Washington, D.C. on a mission and I came down just in farmland and 3 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:18,040 I've had some business with my family for many years. 4 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:26,000 I had the most unbelievable thing happen tonight and I'm sober and I was driving between 5 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:33,000 Sioux City, Iowa and Belgium when the machine came out of the sky and sat down next to me 6 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:40,560 and I can describe it to you, to draw you a picture and I'm a mechanical engineer with 7 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:42,960 a lot of authority, believe me. 8 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:45,960 And this is unbelievable. 9 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:53,920 And a man got out of this goddamn thing and even spoke to me and then it took off. 10 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:56,920 You may think I'm crazy or something. 11 00:00:56,920 --> 00:01:01,920 I just called my wife and she told me that was, but you know I'm not. 12 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:03,920 What time did this occur? 13 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:12,920 It must have been around 9 o'clock because I left to a city in a rented car driving south, you know, to Belgium. 14 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:18,920 My family have owned the property here since the turn of the century. 15 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:22,920 And you know, this did happen. 16 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:25,920 And this object came down out of the sky. 17 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:28,920 Right, right alongside of me. 18 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:39,920 And I'm a mechanical engineer and I know machinery and it was a caterpillar type thing with a belt driver. 19 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:45,920 And it wasn't there, it was very long, but long enough for me to get a good look at it. 20 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:54,920 At least 25 feet long, there were no air foils, no nothing that was connected with air travel. 21 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:57,920 It spoke to me that knew me. 22 00:01:57,920 --> 00:01:59,920 Okay, what did he have to say? 23 00:01:59,920 --> 00:02:02,920 He just said, Bob, what do you think of this? 24 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:05,920 Has anything like this happened to you before? 25 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:07,920 No, never, never. 26 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:18,920 Well, you know, I'm not some nut calling you into this, but I feel that this should be reported because, God damn you know, I have a lot of people working for me. 27 00:02:18,920 --> 00:02:31,920 I've said this when I've been involved in technical things all of my life, but God, I could not believe it. 28 00:02:31,920 --> 00:02:33,920 I'd like to roll back just a little bit. 29 00:02:33,920 --> 00:02:35,920 Now, what did this object look like? 30 00:02:35,920 --> 00:02:41,920 It looked like a big World War tractor, a tank, if you would like. 31 00:02:41,920 --> 00:02:48,920 It was sort of belt driven and wheels and it was a big machine. 32 00:02:48,920 --> 00:02:58,920 It was at least 25 feet long and yet there was no indication of any airfoil activity. 33 00:02:58,920 --> 00:03:03,920 Did you, did this thing come down a land next to the highway or did you stop the car? 34 00:03:03,920 --> 00:03:04,920 Right next to me. 35 00:03:04,920 --> 00:03:07,920 Okay, and then did you stop the car? Did it stop by itself? 36 00:03:07,920 --> 00:03:11,920 I almost pushed off the road. 37 00:03:11,920 --> 00:03:13,920 It was pushed off the road? 38 00:03:13,920 --> 00:03:14,920 Well, it almost pushed me off. 39 00:03:14,920 --> 00:03:19,920 Oh, okay, I see, okay. Did this bother your engine in your car at all? 40 00:03:19,920 --> 00:03:22,920 No, not at that point. 41 00:03:22,920 --> 00:03:25,920 And you conversed with this occupant? 42 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:31,920 Just that one thing, just jumped out of the thing, looked at me and said, Bob, what do you think of this? 43 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:32,920 And then it went back in? 44 00:03:32,920 --> 00:03:33,920 Nothing's this. 45 00:03:33,920 --> 00:03:34,920 And then it took off? 46 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:35,920 Right. 47 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:40,920 Okay, what does this thing sound like when it took off? 48 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:44,920 Well, it was almost soundless. 49 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:48,920 It was sort of a swishing noise, but that was it. 50 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:51,920 Can you account for all of your time during this goings on? 51 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:53,920 I certainly can. 52 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:58,920 And then you left the area, your car started without any trouble? 53 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:07,920 Well, the only problem that I had was in my own direction in trying to get to where I was going. 54 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:10,920 You couldn't, you seemed to kind of turn around? 55 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:20,920 Yeah, I was, I was, well, whether I was confused or, and I thought, well, and there were lights that followed me for a creative time that frightened me. 56 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:25,920 I thought, well, God, you're going to make it. 57 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:31,920 This was a really unusual, you know, great brand. 58 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:33,920 All right, sir, could we get your name? 59 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:34,920 Yes, Bob Estes. 60 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:38,920 Robert Estes is my full name. 61 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:48,920 I'm a automobile dealer, I'm the president of the motor car dealers in Southern California, 60 years. 62 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:54,920 But, but this is amazing to me what happened to me. 63 00:04:54,920 --> 00:05:03,920 And I'm just wondering if what kind of reports you, if this has happened before. 64 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:05,920 So I'm not, I'm not. 65 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:11,920 This type of thing has happened many times over the years, all over the world. 66 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:14,920 I mean, I'm still in shock. 67 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:16,920 I can understand, yes, I understand. 68 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:23,920 Truth and, and I'm not a nut or anything, but, you know, I felt that this should be reported. 69 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:31,920 Sure, I heard engines and noise and so forth, and I'm an ancient man, but God, I was so shocked. 70 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:35,920 I could almost draw a picture of what this thing was done. 71 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:38,920 If we send you a questionnaire, would you fill it in? 72 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:39,920 Of course. 73 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:43,920 Okay, now when you were on the highway, Bob, did you see any other traffic? 74 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:49,920 No, no, the strange thing was that there was all other traffic had stopped. 75 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:59,920 And even after that, there was a minority of, it was almost like everything had been shut off. 76 00:05:59,920 --> 00:06:05,920 Then what you're trying to tell me is there was traffic before it happened, and then all of a sudden it stopped? 77 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:13,920 Well, I really couldn't say that because I was just, you know, driving and it was kind of late. 78 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:18,920 But I would say that there was a difference. 79 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:22,920 You didn't inspect the ground or that thing landed, did you? 80 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:24,920 No, no, I did not. 81 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:30,920 There wasn't what you mean like any birds and all. 82 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:35,920 What was your opinion of the subject before this happened to you? 83 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:37,920 Well, I don't know what you mean. 84 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:43,920 I mean, what was your opinion of the UFO subject in general? 85 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:51,920 The thing was sort of interesting to me because I was a former pilot, that sort of thing, 86 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:57,920 but I didn't, there was no thing that I would stress. 87 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:00,920 Do you watch your name held strictly confidential on this? 88 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:03,920 No, no. Of course not. Use it. 89 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:04,920 Okay. 90 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:13,920 The way you want it, it's well known. And this may be a relation to something that should be known. 91 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:21,920 I have felt that there's more to this than we know, but I'm certainly not trying to publicize it, if you know. 92 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:23,920 How long are you going to be where you're at? 93 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:27,920 I'll be here until tomorrow afternoon and I'll be back in Mawson. 94 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:38,920 Well, I would like to know further, believe me, this was such an experience that is so shocking. 95 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:49,920 And if it happened to me, or why does it happen to me, or wasn't something that I had to do in Washington, or, you know, God, I can't believe it. 96 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:51,920 And I'm not a dreamer. 97 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:54,920 Did you actually see this occupant come out of this object through an opening? 98 00:07:54,920 --> 00:08:12,920 I definitely did. And this is the most amazing thing that somebody came out and spoke to me and said, Bob, what do you think, you know, if I were drunk or something, you know, but this is too real. 99 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:18,920 And you saw him go back in through an opening? And you watched the opening close? 100 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:21,920 Well, I was so shocked, you know, it happened so quickly. 101 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:22,920 Right, okay. 102 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:28,920 I'll just say that. I mean, in all honesty, yes, you could say, well, you came in and out then. 103 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:30,920 Right, okay. 104 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:31,920 Thank you again, sir.