2/24/59 - Anonymous youths; Victorville, CA; 10PM

Report Summary	"... the young man's attention was first captured by a bright light shining into the interior of his darkened bedroom. It was a bright white steady light which was reflected against the wall opposite his bedroom window... as he was in charge of the house and his younger brother [his parents were at night school]...he [went to see] where the light was coming from... he first sighted the object in a due westerly direction at an elevation of about twenty degrees but at an undetermined distance[footnote 1]... the object had a dull red color with purple waves coursing through its extremities. It emitted a sound which was... similar to the hum of a large transformer but higher in pitch; or similar to, but vastly greater in volume from a whip swishing through air... "The object came toward him, its first approach lasting about ten seconds. It flew directly toward his house on a steadily declining altitude and passed over his front yard at an altitude of about eight to ten feet. It then veered gradually to the northeast. Oddly enough, he could hear the object only when he could see it. Even odder, the boy was puzzled by his inability to see the object from the rear, when this should have been possible. "... After five minutes [he went outside again and] observed the object due west of the house and once again approaching him. It appeared that this time the object would pass closer to the house; by now truly frightened, he went back into the house to get a gun. But as the object sped past the house, he lost his opportunity to use it. It was at this point his younger brother saw it through the front living-room window... About five minutes later, the boy went outside again and once more observed the object to the west of his position, but this time approaching at a high speed... Twice more the object passed directly over the house, the last time some fifteen minutes after the first pass. By the last approach, the vibration of the object could be felt throughout the house... Each time the object passed overhead, [the witness] coul dhead a very sharp crackling noise which he compared [to the sound of a spark plug in action], but of greater volume and intensity... his parents arrived home at 11PM [after the incident was over]. Two nearby neighbors admitted severe radio and TV interference. Pets were whimpering and hiding under the furniture."[footnote 2]
Hynek Classification	CE-II
Original Vallee Classification	Type Ia
Current Vallee Classification	CE2
Minimum Distance	80 feet
Object Appearance	Front to back cross section - teardrop; side to side cross section lenticular
Object Behavior	Made several passes on somewhat isolated home, approaching to within 80 feet.
Physical Effect	Radio and TV interference, animals disturbed.
Medical Effect	None
Comments / Conclusion	There are several unusual components to this case, including the multiple passes at high speed and close proximity, the apparent dark rear surface of the object, the sound, and the physical effects. Blue Book classed this as "Psychological"; Hynek reclassified it as "Unknown".

Footnotes

1. A later close approach by the object was determined to have been at 80 feet, at which point the top to bottom apparent dimension of the object was slightly larger than a spread hand (7.5 inches) at arms length (27 inches), leading to a size estimate of 156 feet in length and about 75 feet thick.

2. The Hynek UFO Report, Hynek, ISBN 0-440-19201-3, p 167