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UFO Sighting Report

Date:

October, 1976

Location:

ROCKFORD, Illinois, United States

Summary:

MUST HAVE FOLLOWED US FROM THE WOODS,IT WAS VERY SILENT JUST HAD THE FEELING SOMETHING WAS FOLLOWING US.

Date Reported:

2/25/2005 3:29:22 AM

Sighting Time: 

6:00 P.M.

Day/Night: 

Nighttime

No. of Witnesses: 

3

Duration: 

10-15 MINUTES

No. of Object(s): 

Single

Urban or Rural: 

RURAL

Size of Object(s)

ROUND SIZE OF A SMALL LIVING ROOM

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

CLOSE ENOUGH TO TOUCH

Shape of Object(s)

LARGE ROUND LIGHT IN FRONT DISK SHAPE

Color of Object(s):

BLUISH GREEN/COLBALT BLUE?

Full Description & Details

IN OCT,OF 1976 I WAS HOME ON LEAVE FROM THE MILITARY I STAYED AT MY PARENTS HOME WHO LIVED IN THE COUNTRY JUST OUTSIDE OF THE CITY MY

BROTHERINLAW AT THAT TIME AND MYSELF DECIDED TO GO RACCOON,

HUNTING THAT EVE, WE HAD A WOODED AREA ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE

BEHIND THE HOUSE. AFTER OUR WALK INTO THE WOODS WE DECIDED TO SIT FOR A MINUTE ON A TABLE THAT WE PLACED IN THE WOODS ONE SUMMER AS WE SAT

I NOTICED A LIGHT SHINING THRU THE TREES I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT TOO MUCH

I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS THE MOON GLOWING.AFTER AWHILE OF NO LUCK IN HUNTING WE DECIDED TO HEAD BACK TO THE HOUSE,IT WAS GETTING COLD.

HALFWAY TO THE HOUSE I FELT AS IF WE WERE BEING

WATCHED,I TURNED AND SAW THIS OBJECT WITH A HUGE ROUND LIGHT IN

THE CENTER,IT WAS DIRECTLY BEHIND US SILENTLY HOVERING ABOUT 6-7

FEET ABOVE THE GROUND,I HAD MY GUN WITH ME,MY BROTHERINLAW

PANICKED AND TOLD ME TO SHOOT AT IT,BUT I WAS NOT ABOUT TO DO THAT

EVEN IF NO ONE EVER BELIEVED US I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WERE NO DOUBTS.BEING IN A COLD SWEAT AND SCARED AS HELL I WALKED AROUND THE OBJECT TO GET A REAL GOOD LOOK,IT WAS ROUND WITH A SECTION ON

TOP THAT COULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLY THE CONTROL OR PILOT SECTION

I DON'T KNOW.

I WAS SO CLOSE TO THE OBJECT I COULD HAVE REACHED

UP AND TOUCHED IT,BUT WAS TO SCARED TO DO SO.THE OBJECT WAS BLUISH

GREEN IN COLOR ALMOST LIKE COBALT BLUE? OR LIKE THE COLOR OF A GAS STOVE FLAME,IT HOVERED THERE AS IF IT WAS OBSERVING US,BUT THEN SOMETHING REALLY STRANGE HAPPENED I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN IT,BUT WE FOUND OURSELVES GETTING UP FROM A SITTING POSISTION LOOKING UP

AND SEEING THIS OBJECT AS IF WE JUST NOTICED IT,AND THEN SLOWLY IT JUST

DRIFTED BACKWARDS INTO THE WOODS. WE RAN TO THE HOUSE SHAKY AND SCARED MY MOM WAS ABOUT THE ONLY ONE WHO SOMEWHAT BELIEVED US

THE THREE OF US WALKED TO THE BACKYARD FENCE AND LOOKED TOWARDS THE

WOODS.

AFTER ABOUT FIVE MINUTES WE SAW A BRIGHT FLASH SHOOT

STRAIGHT UP FROM THE WOODS ABOUT WHERE ME AND MY BROTHERINLAW TOOK

A SHORT REST,MY MOM CALLED THE NEIGHBORS WHO LIVED ABOUT A HALF MILE

DOWN THE ROAD TO ASK IF THEY SAW ANYTHING THE NEIGHBOR SAID THEY DIDN'T

SEE ANYTHING AND THAT HER HUSBAND JUST WENT BLIND TWENTY MINUTES AGO?

THANK GOD HIS SIGHT RETURNED SHORTLY.AFTER THIS INCIDENT MY BROTHERINLAW WOULD NEVER DISCUSS OR TALK TO ANYONE ABOUT OUR

EXPERIENCE,MY SISTER TOLD ME THAT ONCE THEY WERE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD

AND SAW AN OBJECT THAT APPEARED TO BE FOLLOWING THEM SHE SAID

MY BROTHERINLAW [ROBIN] STARTED SHAKING AND FREAKING OUT FOR LACK OF

A BETTER WORD,HE TOLD MY SISTER TO SPEED UP AND TRY TO LOSE IT?

UNFORTUNATLEY MY BROTHERINLAW TOOK HIS LIFE

A FEW YEARS LATER WETHER IT HAD TO DO WITH OUR EXPERIENCE I DON'T

KNOW! ABOUT 1986 I WAS LOOKING THROUGH OUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER AND

SAW AN ARTICLE FROM A MR WEBER I BELIEVE HIS NAME WAS, AND WANTED TO

HEAR FROM ANYONE WHO EXPERIENCED A UFO SIGHTING,PRETTY MUCH THE

SAME STORY I'M TELLING YOU NOW.ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER I WROTE TO

THIS GENTLEMMAN I RECIEVED A STRANGE LETTER FROM A WOMAN WHO I

CAN'T RECALL HER NAME BUT SHE SAID AFTER MR WEBER READ MY STORY

HE BECAME VERY ILL AND COULD NOT HAVE ANYMORE CONTACT WITH ME?

I HAVE SINCE LOST THAT LETTER DURING SEVERAL MOVES,

HOWEVER I SWEAR TO YOU THAT EVERYTHING I HAVE TOLD YOU HEAR IS

TRUE AND I AM WILLING TO PLACE MY HAND ON THE BIBLE AND SWEAR TO THIS

OR UNDERGO HYPNOSIS AND/OR A POLYGRAPH EXAM.I THANK YOU FOR

GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE MY STORY.IF YOU WOULD LIKE

TO DISCUSS ANY OF THIS WITH ME PLEASE CALL ME AT[815] 963-0568

OR E-MAIL ME AT david49o@peoplepc.com

SINCERELY:DAVID W.OLIVER

337 S.MEMORIAL AVE

ROCKFORD,ILLINOIS

61102

Witness Background

JUST AN AVERAGE PERSON ON MEDICARE DISABILITY NOW DUE TO SEVERAL HEALT PROBLEMS,HEART,DIABETES, PRETTY MUCH A SKEPTIC UNTIL I EXPERIENCED WHAT HAPPENED.

Other Comments

I TRIED TO SUBMIT MY STORY TO PETER JENNINGS BEFORE HIS PROGRAM

AIRED BUT GUESS I DIDN'T GET IT TO HIM IN TIME, OR ABC JUST WASN'T

INTERESTED. I HAVE TRIED TO GET MY STORY OUT TO VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS

BUT TO DATE I HAVE HAD NO RESPONSE?

Reported Sighting? 

Yes

Reported To: 

LOCAL AIRPORT/RADAR

Name: 

DAVID WINSTON OLIVER

Your Location: 

ROCKFORD IL,61102 UNITED STATES

Age: 

49

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