Size of Object(s)

creatures 31/2-4 ft., craft about 50 ft in diameter

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

60-80 feet

Full Description & Details

My fiance, Joe, and I were in the parking lot of a local resturant that also had car service. This part of the parking lot faced a cemetary separated by a chain link fence. This was in the very back of the parking lot, and was favored by young people who wanted to 'neck.' We had been out all day and had stopped in here for a soda before I had to ge home. It was on a Sunday because I had to be home by 9:00pm. We were talking when I noticed something moving in the cemetary between the tombs. (Let me explain that in New Orleans the tombs/graves are raised and can stand as high as 5-6 feet or more. They are rectangular and made of concrete with the front panel having the names of the family members buried there.) It seemed especially odd since the people moving seemed to be small, maybe 3/12 to 4 feet tall....children? This cemetary was bound by a railroad track, Interstate, main street, two resturants and vacant land. There was no residental property bordering or close to this cemetary. The activity was brisk, as I could see the shadows between the graves moving back and forth in what appeared to be working. I also noted they seemed to go toward the right. (I think we/the car were facing west.) Then I saw small lights with some of the movement. My fiance noted this activity and asked me if I was seeing what he was seeing. He described the same things I had noted. We speculated that it would be very strange for children to be in there at night (this cemetary is locked every night) or at any time. We compared the size of the 'kids' to the size of the tombs and concluded their height. As we sat in disbelief just watching all this activity we also noted that we were the only ones parked who weren't necking and probably the only ones noticing this. We watch for at least 10 minutes fascinated. Then all the movement seemed to move to the right and were no longer back-lighted so we could not see them. We shrugged and continued our conversation. Within several minutes, we then saw, on the right lights coming on in a large circle. These were not any kind of light I had ever seen. Although they were iluminated, they did not give off light as is usual rather they were pure, the oppsite of pitch black......if that makes sense. We stared fixed on this large ?? and watched as it lifted off the ground. Our windows were open and there was no sound. We were about 60-80 feet from this object. It lifted straight up slowly then it stopped were we could clearly see it was round and had a rounded top and flat bottom. Then the white lights went off and a triangle of lights appeared underneath the craft, one red, one green, one white. Then it took off toward the west at an amazing rate of speed. It was both continuing to climb and moving away from us. We just sat there, we coldn't speak. We decided rather than talk about what we saw we would go visit my best friend and sperately tell her our story. We looked around us to see who else might have seen this but everyone was occupied necking. We got to my friend, Ida's, house both very shakened and told her we wanted to tell her something but we wanted her to hear it seperately from each of us. She agreed and that's what we did. After she told us that we both described the exact same thing. Sometime in the 1980's while visiting my friend who now lived in Florida, she asked me to relate the story to her husband once again. I did and she confirmed it was as I had told her 20+ years ago.

The day after we saw this object, after school, we gathered several of our closest friends and drove into the cemetary to see what and where we were seeing. The area we were seeing was an area of newly built tombs, without fronts and vacant. We also noted that the size of the tombs compared to the size of the creatures was as we had concluded 31/2 - 4 feet tall. Then we drove to where the craft had been. This was an open grassy area. As we got out and walked this area we noted the grass was flattened completely in a perfect large circle but it was not burned or otherwise damaged. I don't remember if we estimated the diameter of the craft. We told no one else fearing ridicule.

About a month or so after this event, of which there was no mention on the news or radio, I was studying for finals and fell asleep with lights on with a book open. Something woke me up at exactly 3:00 am and I heard a voice calling me to the window. At this time I was living at my parents home and the front of our house including my bedroom faced a large lake. One of my walls was completely glass. I got up and went to the window and looked out. I saw nothing. But again I heard the 'voice', I knew it was not out loud but in my head. The voice was adult male and told me that they were coming to get me to take me 'home'. He said they would be there shortly. I told him, in my head, that I was not going unless Joe and Ida were going too. He said they were coming. I felt strange, like I was responding to an unheard voice in what I did next. I went into my closet and took out a suitcase and started packing. It was like I knew what to pack without thinking about it. Then I wrote a goodbye and thank you letter to my parents telling them I was going "home." In this letter I mention what of my possessions should go to who. Then I sat on the bed to wait. It seemed like a long time went by before I heard the man's voice again. Again he instructed me to come to the window. He told me that plans had changed for now and they couldn't come but that they would be back for me at another time. I went to bed. The next day after school, I called Ida and asked her if anything unusual had happed last night. She told me that she was awakened by a man's voice telling her he was coming for her and that Joe and I would be there too. She laughed and went back to sleep. Then I called Joe and he related the same thing. Neither Ida nor Joe said they heard a second message about them not coming. When I looked in my suitcase I had the strangest assortment of clothes for all seasons. And I still have the letter I wrote but it is undated.

Several years later, Joe and I were married and we had two kids. One morning I was fixing breakfast and had the radio on. I heard the DJ talking about UFO sightings. He said if anyone had seen a UFO to call him. I did. He listened intently and then told me to be sure and stay tuned because I was in for a surprise. I called Joe so he could come listen too. As the DJ related many sightings in the area. He made direct referenct about the craft coming from the cemetary which had been seen by people in every different direction of the area including people who were on the Interstate when this happened.

Witness Background

College graduate, RN. Divorced, had three sons with two living. Worked as ICU nurse, also headed a Quality Management department at large hospital, and was a medical-legal analyst. Now retired. I consider myself to be intelligent and open minded. I've had other experiences as well. I put the country of the sighting as US but it keeps changing to Algeria??

Other Comments

I have had several other sightings for which I will fill out a seperate form.

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