Description of Area / Surroundings

Rural. Totally dark. No lights anywhere

Full Description & Details

I was traveling North from Marshall, IL on Rt. 1 toward Paris. It was after I had worked the night shift at about 3 am. There was not other vehicles or farm lights around. I checked on the farm light the following night to be sure. The lights, possible 4 or 5 coming from the west toward the highway. I stopped my car, turned off the radio and just watched them. They appeared to be about tree heighth or maybe a little higher, but close. I didn't see what the lights were attached to at any time. There was no sound. When the lights got right over my car, a bright white light came on and lit up the highway around me. I immediately went to the other side of the car to watch it go past, but it was gone. I wonder now if there was a time lapse from the time the white light came on and when I slid over to watch it. It seemed so strange that after watching the lights, that it was as if they had never been there.

Of course, being a logical person, I assumed airplane and the white light was landing gear, but I had to take into account the silence and the fact that the nearest airport was in Terre Haute, IN and that would be a little soon for landing lights. Besides the white light was not on the ground before it got to me. I saw it come on.

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

NO.

Witness Background

I am retired now. I have a high school education. I worked in automotive electronics in a factory. I am mother of 2 boys and grandmother of 3 grandchildren.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I find the possibility interesting. I am a Christian, so I don't know if God put people on other planets. I am not a believer or non believer. I just don't know.

Other Comments

I only know one thing. I saw what I saw, but I have no idea what it was.

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