© File illustration.Witness says UFO looked like something from 50s movie.
The incident occurred along a rural stretch of Pennville Road. The object is described as being larger than the minivan being driven. The object also had a "glowing characteristic" to it.
Unsure if the two events are related, the reporting witness mentions that shortly after the incident, as the road intersected with Route 40, an unmarked, white police car with "blacked out wheels came squealing off of U.S. 40 headed south."
"Keep in mind that we were out in the 'boonies' at about 10:30-11:00 at night. We didn't pass any accidents, and didn't see anything suspicious (except for the disc.) There wasn't any other traffic on the road that night. He could have been responding to an emergency, but, the coincidence really unnerved me."
The following is the unedited and as yet uninvestigated report filed with MUFON. Please keep in mind that most UFO reports can be explained as something natural or manmade. If Indiana MUFON State Director Jerry L. Sievers investigates and reports back on this case, I will release an update.
Indiana, July 19, 2009 - large, luminescent, grey, looked like the "old-fashioned" flying discs from the 1950's movies. MUFON Case # 22510.
My sister, and brother-in-law and I, and our 5 children were taking the "back way" home from an all day trip to King's Island...which is located in Cincinnati, Ohio...It was getting late at night..
My sister and I had the 2 older kids, and the youngest child in the mini-van with us..My brother-in-law had the 2 middle kids with him, and, he was traveling ahead of us going north on Pennville road....
My sister and I were talking when, suddenly, to our right, we saw this HUGE greyish colored "disc" pop down under the clouds....we both were shocked by it!
My sister and I, at the same time, exclaimed, "Did you see that!!!!!?"
As fast as it descended (which only took less than a few seconds..) it immediately shot straight back up into the sky!!...I exclaimed that it had to be a UFO, and my sister gave me the "evil eye" and said,"No, it was just a shooting star.." I told her she was crazy, and, to avoid an argument, I just let it drop....
It was pretty dark that night, out in the middle of the country..there were no street lights...the thing had to have been huge, because it looked to be bigger than her mini-van..It all happened in a split second...I have seen shooting stars..they look bright, and appear to be somewhat small...also, they usually don't shoot right back straight up into the sky!!!
The disc had a "glowing" characteristic about it..not bright, but, bright enough for us to see it...
Another strange thing that happened,was that we were headed to a "T" in the road..it intersects with U.S.40....As we got to the intersection, an unmarked, white police car, with blacked out wheels came squealing off of U.S. 40 headed south...Keep in mind that we were out in the "boonies" at about 10:30-11:00 at night...we didn't pass any accidents, and didn't see anything suspicious (except for the disc...) There wasn't any other traffic on the road that night...He could have been responding to an emergency, but, the coincidence really unnerved me....It all happened so fast! My sister and I just let it drop...we didn't mention it again!
As large as the disc appeared to be, I would approximate it to have been probably about 1-2 miles away from us....I have never seen anything like it before, or since..
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