1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,420 On the night of January 23rd at 8 p.m. I was dispatched to the vicinity of Big Run in 2 00:00:07,420 --> 00:00:13,960 Gainesville to investigate some bright objects that were hovering in the sky in this vicinity. 3 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:19,800 For my arrival I confirmed that there were two bright objects in the sky and confirmed 4 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:21,520 this with the radio man. 5 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:28,200 Upon confirmation of the articles being printed, the radio man advised myself and very conscience 6 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:33,280 policeman Ed Bourbon to stay on the scene and observe and keep track of the movements 7 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:34,280 of these vehicles. 8 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:40,120 From time to time during their sighting the objects appeared to move back and forth in 9 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:42,320 the southwest section of the sky. 10 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:49,480 From time to time it was to survey to leave the vehicle to make closer observation of 11 00:00:49,480 --> 00:00:51,480 the articles in the sky. 12 00:00:51,480 --> 00:00:56,040 When we first arrived the articles appeared to be a pretty good distance away. 13 00:00:56,040 --> 00:01:00,760 We were looking at these an approximately 45 degree angle from the point on the ground 14 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:01,760 that we were located. 15 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:09,680 These objects would be 45 degrees angular elevation in the southeast portion of the sky. 16 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:15,080 Upon first sighting the two objects they were hovering motionless in the sky. 17 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:21,400 I got out of the car to make a closer observation and at this time we were referred to the figures 18 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:27,120 that accompanied this tape to explain the direction and movement of these vehicles made 19 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:28,120 at this time. 20 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:36,760 The solid black horizontal line on the graph paper represents only a means to show the 21 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:41,920 relationship of these two objects to each other while they were making their movements 22 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:42,920 in the sky. 23 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:50,520 The four vertical red bars represent the old approach lights to rockworn air force base 24 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:52,640 which were in sight at this time. 25 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:58,840 Starting with figure number one the two objects were about to depart this point away from 26 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:05,560 my partner and I and at this time they appeared to be a yellowish or dingy white light with 27 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:07,560 a halo around the middle sky. 28 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:14,240 At this point one which I referred to as unit A was higher in elevation and the one that 29 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:20,440 we were referred to as unit B. Sky on this particular evening had a very heavy overcast 30 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:25,360 not permitting the stars or the moon to shine through them at this time. 31 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:30,360 These two objects were the only two objects visible in the sky that evening. 32 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:36,760 Figure two shows that the object we referred to as unit B moved at a very fast rate of 33 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:41,760 speed or high rate of speed upward to become the higher of the two objects. 34 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:46,440 Speed involved here was almost to the point that it was almost impossible to watch with 35 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:48,440 the naked eye. 36 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:50,440 The starting movement was visible. 37 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:54,440 The ones that would gain momentum it was very hard to follow with the naked eye. 38 00:02:54,440 --> 00:03:01,440 When we arrived on the scene it took approximately three to five minutes for these objects to 39 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:03,440 make their first move. 40 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:08,440 Their standing still appearance led me to believe that the objects may have been either balloons 41 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:11,440 or helicopters until their first movement was made. 42 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:16,440 After the first movement I had the discounting idea that it was a helicopter or a balloon. 43 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:24,440 In figure three, object number A, object letter A, made an upward movement and appeared to 44 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:30,440 gain the same elevation or altitude that object B had. 45 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:37,440 Upon reaching this same plane as object B both objects remained motionless in the sky 46 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:39,440 approximately two to three minutes. 47 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:45,440 Figure four, unit A, moved in an easterly direction and this movement was made with the 48 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:48,440 same speed that was mentioned before. 49 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:54,440 As the vehicle would start in a direction the starting movement could be detected very easily. 50 00:03:54,440 --> 00:04:00,440 But as the gain momentum in this particular move had so much speed that I couldn't follow it 51 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:06,440 with the naked eyes until it did reach its destination which was approximately directly over the top 52 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:12,440 or appeared to be directly over the top of these old approach lights for Lockheed Air Force Base. 53 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:17,440 This could have been directly over or it could have been behind but I'm almost certain it wasn't 54 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:20,440 between the runway lights and myself. 55 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:22,440 That's my observation point. 56 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:28,440 In figure five, the first movement or downward movement was observed by my partner and I. 57 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:34,440 At this point he didn't move with his blinding speed that I see because of before. 58 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:41,440 It more or less left the appearance that he could float or it could float down toward these approach towers. 59 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:46,440 Again I have to say I don't know whether this hovered directly over these towers or somewhere 60 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:51,440 behind these towers but it did have the appearance that it was over the towers at the time. 61 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:58,440 All these movements were taken in place by A, B remained stationary and motionless in the sky. 62 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:07,440 After the object A appeared to be hovering over the approach lights for the time here would be several minutes. 63 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:13,440 It started in an upward movement but toward the southeast presented by figure six. 64 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:20,440 This time the object did not make a direct move on a straight line as the objects had previously. 65 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:27,440 It started at one angle and then broke off which is illustrated in figure number seven 66 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:35,440 and headed almost to southeast at this time till it reached the same elevation as object B 67 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:41,440 and at this time they resumed their same relative positions as they did in figure three. 68 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:48,440 The position illustrated in figure seven was maintained approximately two to three more minutes 69 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:53,440 and then with this blinding burst of speed they moved in an easterly direction. 70 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:58,440 This time they were moving together which is illustrated in figure eight. 71 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:02,440 They moved at the same speed which was this blinding speed hard to follow with the eyes 72 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:10,440 until they assumed a position which again appeared to be directly over the top of these approach lights for the base. 73 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:15,440 At this time when they became directly centered over the top of these approach lights 74 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:20,440 they stopped and hovered motionless for a period of maybe another full minute. 75 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:29,440 During these maneuvers there was no sound present as far as the sound that was leading to believe it was coming from these objects. 76 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:36,440 There actually was no other sound present as airplanes or any other type of aircraft that could be heard during this sighting. 77 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:42,440 Figure nine illustrates that U and A and B descended. 78 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:47,440 This was the same floating movement as I described earlier. 79 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:51,440 There was no great burst of speed involved in there. 80 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:58,440 At the time these objects finished their downward movement and appeared to be hovering over these towers 81 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:05,440 I received a transmission from the radio room that a lot of Air Force base had been notified of these objects. 82 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:10,440 I was told to stay on the scene and keep them in guide of movements and so forth. 83 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:20,440 The position of these two objects as shown in figure nine they stayed in this position for approximately five to maybe seven or eight minutes. 84 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:24,440 They made no attempt to leave during this period of time. 85 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:29,440 Then we noticed sounds from jet airplanes coming into the area. 86 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:34,440 They were coming over our left shoulder from the northwest going toward the southeast. 87 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:42,440 It left the impression that they were more or less coming over to investigate or to see what these objects were. 88 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:53,440 And at this time as shown in figure ten U and A left with such a burst of speed it was just a fraction of a second that he was completely out of sight. 89 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:57,440 And during this movement B made no attempt to leave at all. 90 00:07:57,440 --> 00:07:59,440 He still hovered over these towers. 91 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:01,440 He appeared to hover over these towers. 92 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:09,440 Then in figure eleven which was just a split second later B made the same movement that A had earlier. 93 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:19,440 Both of these objects disappeared with such great speed they grew very small in a very short period of time because they were going away from us. 94 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:22,440 This appeared to be at about a 45 degree angle. 95 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:23,440 It was out and upward. 96 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:28,440 Jets that I am speaking of were not invisible at this time. 97 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:32,440 This would have been more or less due to the cloud cover I believe. 98 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:41,440 The only way that we had to judge a approximate location of these jets was to guess how far ahead of their sound that they possibly might have been moving. 99 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:48,440 They only made the one pass or direct line for the two objects while they were still visible. 100 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:54,440 And as I say the impression that they were going to see what these two objects were. 101 00:08:54,440 --> 00:09:02,440 The only time that these objects appeared to change shape were in their close up and their distance positions. 102 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:10,440 The distance positions in this situation I consider the high positions and the close ups would be when they were hovering over the towers. 103 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:16,440 They appeared to be almost perfectly round at their distance location. 104 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:24,440 But as they came down toward these towers they took on an oblong shape or an egg shape more or less. 105 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:33,440 Not so much as like a flatter or the proverbial lines also but just an oval shape would be a better way to determine that. 106 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:43,440 And concerning the color of these objects at a distance they had the faint yellow cast to them like an ordinary light bulb. 107 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:50,440 It was a bright light but it had a more or less a bingey cast coming from it. 108 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:59,440 The closer positions took on an extremely bright light almost to a point where it was a bluish white. 109 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:07,440 And it left me with the impression on these closer positions it left me with the impression that had these lights been say half as close as what they were. 110 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:12,440 Half again as close as what they were they would have been actually too bright to look at. 111 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:20,440 In the shape of these objects I couldn't say that they had a definite shape that could be explained such as frame work or something like this. 112 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:24,440 It was just a light in two different shapes. 113 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:32,440 Like I say I could not distinguish any outline or shape due to the fact that the light was so intense. 114 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:39,440 It left me with the impression that the light was coming from within the object rather than a light that may have been attached to the object. 115 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:44,440 They appeared to be under intelligent control as far as their movements. 116 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:49,440 The way they could move they seemed to move with definite purpose. 117 00:10:49,440 --> 00:11:00,440 In comparing the size of these objects, at the closest point the object appeared to be a size that could be covered by holding a nickel up at arm's length 118 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:03,440 and would have been covered by a nickel at arm's length. 119 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:12,440 At the farthest point say as the position they were in when we first arrived on the scene they could have been covered by a dime over at arm's length.