Appearance / Description of Object(s)

HUGH, BRIGHT REDDISH-ORANGE LIGHT. IT SEEMED TO BE PERFECTLY ROUND. IT WASEN'T A HAZE, IT WAS AS IF A GIANT SPOT-LIGHT WAS SHOWN TO US. IT WAS QUIET AND STILL. IT MOVED VERY SLOWLY , UPWARD FROM THE GROUND, TO TREE-TOP LEVEL. IT BLINKED (3) TIMES AND SIMPLY VANISHED INTO THIN AIR. IT WAS A U.F.O.

Size of Object(s)

IT LOOKED AS LARGE AS A HOUSE, ON TOP OF THE TREES. IT LOOKED LIKE THE GIANT SUN HAD FALLEN TO GROUND, BUT IT WAS BRIGHT REDDISH-ORANGE, IN COLOR, AND JUST VERY ROUND!

Description of Area / Surroundings

IT WAS OVER WASTE -LAND AREA. IT WAS OVER THE WOODS AND TREE-LINE LEVEL. NO WIRES, OR MILITARY BASES, OR POWER PLANTS WERE NEAR IT. JUST FOREST AND FIELDS OF GRASS.

Full Description & Details

IT WAS VERY EARLY MORNING, AROUND 5:30-5:45 AM.

ME AND MY SON WERE ON SHERMAN AVE. (VINELAND, NJ) HEADING TOWARDS BRIDGETON, N.J.

JUST PAST THE NEW S.J.MEDICAL CENTER, ON THE RIGHT SIDE, OF THE ROAD.

THERE IT WAS, A HUGH REDDISH COLOR , BRIGHT LIGHT!

IT WAS VERY LOW, JUST TREE TOP LEVEL, AND IT JUST HOVERED THERE, LONG ENOUGH FOR US TO VIEW IT.

IT DIDN'T MAKE ANY SOUND, IT JUST MOVED VERY SLOWLY UPWARD.

WITH EACH UPWARD MOVEMENT, IT WOULD BLINK OUT!

WE SAW IT BLINK (3) TIMES AND SIMPLY VANISH IN THIN AIR.

IT WAS A JUST BEFORE SUNRISE, FOR IT WAS ALITTLE DARK OUT YET!

THAT'S HOW WE FIRST NOTICED IT , WHILE I WAS DRIVING, CAUSE IT WAS SO

VERY LARGE, BRIGHT RED, AND STOOD QUIETLY OVER THE TREE LINE, NEAR THE STREET.

WE WERE SO CLOSE TO IT, IT NOW WORRIES ME, TO REALIZE WHAT WE SAW.

I KNOW THERE WERE NO OTHER LIGHTS , IN THIS AREA, FOR I DRIVE THIS WAY EVERYDAY.

EACH MORNING, I LOOK OVER THE TREE-TOPS, IN HOPES TO SEE IT ONCE MORE.

SO FAR WE HAVEN'T SEEN IT.

I KNOW NO OTHER MACHINERY OR LIGHTS ARE IN THIS AREA, FOR IT IS OVER PLAIN FIELDS.

IT SEEMED TO BE COMING UPWARD, AS IF IT HAD BEEN PRIOR ,ON THE GROUND,

AND WAS ASCENDING INTO THE SKY.

SURE WISH I COULD SEE IT AGAIN, THIS TIME, I WOULD STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND VIEW IT MUCH BETTER.

BUT, AS FOR OUR SIGHTING.....MY SON WATCHED IT THE WHOLE TIME, AND SAW IT COMPLETELY VANISH FROM VIEW, JUST AFTER THE THIRD BLINK, OF THE BRIGHT OBJECT'S LIGHT!

THIS IS A TRUE STORY....I KNOW IT WASEN'T ANY MAN-MADE OBJECT, NOR WAS IT AN AIRPLANE, CAR, LIGHT OR HELCOPTER.

IT WAS SO LARGE, OVER THE TREES, SO BRIGHT RED, SO QUIET AND STILL, JUST

STAYING IN ONE PLACE.

WHAT WOULD YOU CALL IT?

I CALL IT A U.F.O.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

IT WASEN'T MAN-MADE, AT LEAST IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE ANYTHING I EVER SAW. IT'S BRIGHT REDDISH-ORANGE COLOR LIGHT, WAS SO BRIGHT, THAT IT WAS HARD TO SEE IT'S SOLID FORM. IT JUST LOOKED LIKE A HUGH "FIREBALL", OVER THE TREE-TOPS!

Witness Background

COUNSELOR & RECREATION ASST. SUPERVISOR FOR ABUSED /DELINQUENT CHILDREN FOR THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY ( PRIOR ). WORKED IN THE VINELAND POLICE DEPT., VLD. MUNICIPAL COURT, VINELAND CITY HALL, TEACHER'S AIDE IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND NOW PRESENTLY....I AM THE "DISTRICT" MAIN SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR FOR THE VINELAND BOARD OF EDUCATION AND LOCAL CUMBERLAND COUNTY AREA. (CIVIL SERVICE POSITION)

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT OTHER PLANETS COULD HAVE LIFE, MAYBE NOT AS OURS, BUT IT'S A BIG UNIVERSE. I ALSO , AS A CHILD, AROUND 10 YRS. OLD, SAW ON THE OCEAN CITY, NEW JERSEY BOARDWALK , AS SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE THAT NIGHT DID......AT LEAST (7) BRIGHT LIGHTS, OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. THEY JUST STOOD THERE, NO MOVEMENT, AS IF THEY WERE WATCHING ALL OF US, ON THE BOARDWALK. THE NEXT DAY....IT WAS IN EVERY NEWSPAPER ABOUT THE U.F. 0. SIGHTINGS. THAT WAS WAY BACK IN THE 5O'S! AROUND 1954.

Other Comments

MY SON DREAMS ALOT NOW.....BUT, HE SAYS IT ISN'T DREAMS.

HE SEES LARGE EYES, ALIEN TYPE CREATURES NEAR HIM, AT NIGHT.

HE DOESN'T SLEEP AS WELL AS BEFORE.

HE ISN'T A CHILD, HE IS 35 YRS. OLD!

PRIOR TO THIS SIGHTING, HE HAS TOLD ME OF OTHER EXPERIENCES,

AS A CHILD AND TEEN-AGER, OF U.F.O. ALIEN SIGHTINGS.

AND EXPERIENCE OF A FEELING OF BEING OVER OUR HOME, AS IF IN THE AIR.

ALSO , A FEELING 0F UNCOMFORT AND RESTLESSNESS, AT NIGHT, DUE TO DREAMING OF THIS ALOT!

AS A TEEN-AGER, WHILD GOING THE SANDWASH, IN VINELAND, NJ, ALONG WITH HIS FRIENDS....HE TOLD ME LONG AGO, OF SEEING AN ALIEN TO HIS LEFT, SITTING AS HE WAS ON THE BANK OF THE SANDWASH.

THIS WAS A DARK, DEEP IN THE WOODS, PLACE ALOT OF TEEN-AGERS WENT TO SWIM OR JUST HANG OUT.

HE SAID WHEN HE LOOKED TO HIS LEFT, THE GRAY, SMALL, LARGE-EYED, FIGURE LOOKED DIRECTLY AT HIM .

MY SON FELT FEAR, BUT WITHOUT TALKING, HE SAID HE HEARD THIS ALIEN SAY, WITHOUT WORDS BUT THOUGHTS TO HIS HEAD.....NO ONE WILL EVER BELIEVE YOU!

HE SAID HE FELT LIKE HITTING IT, TO MAKE IT GO AWAY, BUT IT JUST SAT THERE LOOKING AT HIM.

THE NEXT THING HE REMEMBERS IS MEETING HIS FRIENDS, BACK AT THE CAR, IN WHICH HE SAID THEY WERE SLEEPING.

HE ALSO TOLD ME THEY HAD MADE A LARGE BON-FIRE, BUT WHEN HE GOT BACK, IN WHAT HE THOUGHT WERE MINUTES....THE BON-FIRE WAS DOWN TO NOTHING, JUST SINDERS.

NOW, WHEN I THINK OF ALL HE USED TO TELL ME...IT MAKES ME FEEL AS IF HE NOT ONLY TOLD ME THE "TRUTH", BUT MAYBE WAS ADUCTED, AS TOO, HIS FRIENDS WERE.

IT REALLY SCARES ME ALOT NOW!

ALSO, I KNOW HE DOESN'T WISH TO GIVE HIS NAME TO ANYONE ABOUT ALL OF THIS EXPERIENCE.....I GUESS HE DOESN'T WISH TO BE THOUGHT AS CRAZY OR SOMETHING.

AS FOR ME....I JUST WISH TO INVESTIGATE MORE, TO KNOW MORE, TO SEE MORE.

YOU SEE, I'M MORE LIKE A (CHILD ) AT HEART.....SO I'M VERY INTERESTED IN THEM NOW!

MAYBE, THAT'S WHY I SAW IT!

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