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i looked out the window and observed

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this light moving at a very excessive

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speed in excess of 600 knots

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coming at the helicopter it looked like

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a lockdown missile

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a family of five in a car observed the

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strange red object on a collision course

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with colonel coyne's helicopter

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they pulled off the road to watch

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the thing that makes this particular

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evening a unique experience was that it

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was almost emitter collision with an

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object that we

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you know as a ufo

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we did not know was such until it was on

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top the helicopter and that took just a

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matter of minutes colonel coyne put the

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helicopter into a dive to try to avoid

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impact

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when he and his crew looked up the

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object was keeping pace with them

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while i was in this position the green

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light

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came out from the undercarriage of the

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colonel coyne cut the power and set the

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controls for a steep dive

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in spite of this the helicopter was

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pulled upward toward the ufo from an

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altitude of 1700 feet to an altitude of

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above 3 700 feet

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colonel coyne and his crew observed the

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strange ufo at close range for

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approximately

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the object that i viewed that particular

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had a high degree of technology it was

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composed of a structure and a design

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that we do not have

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the object can move through the

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atmosphere without causing any

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turbulence it can move at high speeds

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below 10 000 feet there are no vertical

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or horizontal stabilizers no landing

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gear no source of propulsion reflected

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on the craft looks like it

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it could go fly in space

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this is major coin army helicopter pilot

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his co-pilot lieutenant arrigo jetsey

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air medic sergeant healey and robert

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yanacek

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these men had just finished their annual

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flight physical early that day and were

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found fit and sound of mind they would

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take off from port columbus airport

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about 10 30 pm

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but what was about to follow and the

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subsequent report they filed

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would put to the test the credibility of

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these men

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approximately eight miles

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east of mansfield

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our uh crew chief sergeant robert

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yanisek observed a red light on the east

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horizon are you gentlemen see the same

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red light yes i did

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our helicopter was flying on a northerly

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heading

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we were flying at an altitude of 2500

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feet

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uh he indicated that the light seemed to

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be facing the helicopter moving along in

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a parallel direction with our aircraft

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which direction from the helicopter was

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he at uh moving it was it was to our

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right

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it was moving with us

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as we were heading north towards

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cleveland

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at this time uh he indicated that the

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light

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changes direction was coming directly at

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the helicopter at the same altitude

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and as the helicopter

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uh was

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maintaining a speed of 90 knots

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the object came at a terrific speed from

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the horizon we estimated 15 miles

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visibility was reported 15 miles that

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night

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did you gentlemen see the object at this

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time after had been pointed out by the

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sergeant no not at that time i was

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flying left seat or co-pilot and this

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ability from that seed from an object

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approaching from the right is rather

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limited so i was having a difficulty

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seeing the octa and it was that for that

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reason the major coin did take the

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aircraft or the controls from me i

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grabbed the controls from lieutenant

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jetsey because i thought it was going to

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hit us i braced for impact

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with that i pushed the collective down

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to get the helicopter to start to

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descend

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i then looked at the altimeter it was

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showing 1700 feet we were descending a

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thousand feet a minute

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the helicopter began to descend and as

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this object came at the helicopter it

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seemed to descend with the helicopter

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when the helicopter went down the object

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came down but it still came directly at

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our broadside as if to hit the

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helicopter from the right side

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did anyone else see the object at this

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time

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yes i was watching it come on out of the

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east horizon

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and uh the only thing i felt was when

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the skipper took over the controls and

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we started to auto rotate down and i've

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never been involved in a mid-air

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collision so i was just watching this

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thing come at us

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it was at this time

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my light came and swung 90 degrees from

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the ufo towards the helicopter and it

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came in through the front of the

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plexiglas and the entire cabin inside

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turned green from the light

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it was a pyramid-shaped type light that

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beamed down

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and came through the front of the

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helicopter

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how long was your aircraft bathed in

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this beam

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the light

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that came in the cockpit apparently

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lasted only for a few seconds but it was

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enough time

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that i observed the red instrument panel

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lights utilized for night flight to be

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absorbed by the green light was it

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possible for you to determine the

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outline of this object against the star

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background

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yes sir

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it was a cigar shaped object like a

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symmetrical airfoil

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with the dome on it

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it was a solid object it was a metallic

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structure to it and

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you could see lights reflecting off the

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structure because and you could not see

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any of the stars or

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behind the object itself

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while all this was going on what was the

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attitude of the helicopter apparently

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when we were supposed to be descending

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at 2 000 feet a minute

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at 100 knots

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we were climbing

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at a thousand feet a minute

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with the controls still established for

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a descent

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and it we went from 1700 feet up to 3

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500 feet and topped out at 3 800 feet

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i would like to stress one important

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fact and that is there is approximately

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20 years of army aviation experience

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between the four men on board the

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helicopter that night

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we have been trained to follow

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procedures and regulations in reporting

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incidences

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regardless of how they're accepted

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and we try to follow those procedures

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and we reported the incident as it

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occurred