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10/28/75 - Sgt. Eichner et.al. Loring AFB, Maine 7:45PM
| Report Summary | "[several witnesses] spotted what appeared to be the running lights of an aircraft approaching... it was observed intermittently for the next hour [at an estimated distance of 3 miles]... the Commander, 42nd Bomb Wing responded. Rushing to the area of the [nuclear weapons] storage dump, he observed... a white flashing light and an amber colored light on the object also... at one point [the object] appeared over the end of the runway at an altitude of 150 feet... Sgt, Steven Eichner a crew chief on a B-52 bomber was working out of a launch truck with [other members of the crew]... to Eichner and Jones, the object looked like a stretched out football [red and orange in color]. It hovered... put out its lights, and disappeared, but soon reappeared again... Eichner [and the others] ... started to drive toward the object... They spotted the object about 300 feet in front of them. It seemed to be about five feet in the air and [hovering] without movement or noise. Exhibiting a reddish-orange color, the object was about four car lengths (50-60 feet?) long... Eichner described what he saw next: 'The object looked like all the colors were blending together, as if [we] were looking at a desert scene. You see waves of heat rising off the desert floor. This is what I saw. There were these waves in front of the object and all the colors were blending together.[footnote 1] The object was solid and we could not hear any noise coming from it.'... [on the approach of the 42nd Security Police] the object shut off its lights and disappeared... Radar had once again briefly tracked the object heading for Grand Falls, New Brunswick, finally losing the unknown and Grand Falls."[footnote 2] |
| Hynek Classification | CE-I, RV |
| Original Vallee Classification | Type Ia |
| Current Vallee Classification | CE1 |
| Minimum Distance | 300 feet |
| Object Appearance | Spindle or disk, red and orange in blending, moving "waves". |
| Object Behavior | Scouted nuclear arsenal from a distance and then approached weapons storage area. Hovered, and on approach of security police, departed in the direction of New Brunswick. |
| Physical Effect | Tracked on radar |
| Medical Effect | None |
| Comments / Conclusion | This is an important and evidential case, which was revealed from government documents and witness testimony. The similar features of the luminosity between this and the Becker case are particularly interesting. |
Footnotes
1. See the Becker case for a similar description
2. The UFO Cover-Up, Fawcett and Greenwood, ISBN 0-671-76555-8, p 18