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Report Summary
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"... Randy Etting, a resident of Newtown, was taking a walk outside his
home. A commercial airline pilot with over 30 years experience, he always
looked at the sky... he saw a number of orange and red lights... approaching
from the west... He... got his binoculars and called his neighbors to come
outside. The object by this time was a great deal closer and seemed to be
over I-84, just east of Etting's home... the lights were shimmering like
distortion from engine heat, but he could hear no sound... "As the UFO passed over I-84, cars in both the east and west bound lanes began pulling over and stopping. The UFO displayed a semi-circular pattern of very bright multicolored lights. Five motorists reported that, as the object became visible, a number of cars lost power and had to pull off the highway. A State Police officer [who wishes to remain anonymous] sent to investigate photographed the object. "... Dr. Bruce Maccabee... [analysed the photo]. His findings indicate the object was huge, perhaps over a thousand feet across, and that the lights showed a definite pattern. He also indicated the lights seemed to have been flashing very quickly in some sort of sequence, giving the impression that some were out of focus while others were sharp."[footnote 1] |
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Hynek Classification
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NL |
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Original Vallee Classification
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Type IV a or c |
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Current Vallee Classification
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FB1 |
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Minimum Distance
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Unknown, possibly 3000 foot altitude according to pilot witness. |
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Object Appearance
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Large semicircle of brightly colored lights. |
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Object Behavior
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Slow moving flight over near highway area. |
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Physical Effect
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Possible engine interference. Not all cars were affected. |
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Medical Effect
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None |
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Comments / Conclusion
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1. Night Siege (2nd edition), Hynek, Imbrogno with Pratt, ISBN 1-56718-362-X
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