Appearance / Description of Object(s)

Round bright light

Size of Object(s)

3 " across at a distance of 4 miles

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

500 feet off of the ground

Description of Area / Surroundings

Rural farm land but 4 miles from small town with 5,000 population

Full Description & Details

It was around 2:00 AM in the morning. I was a County road patrol officer, standing on a paved road talking to a Florida Wildlife officer. We were in the country 4 miles south of the town. Over his shoulder I saw a small glowing light about the size of a grapefruit and it was yellow in color. It was moving slow from the west towards the east at a low level. We watched it move for about a minute or two when it all of a sudden stopped. Its size immediately grew to the size of a basketball and became white in color as it grew. Then in an instant it shrunk back down to the size of a baseball. No noise was coming from the object. It then shot straight up into the sky. It was a clear night and I grabbed my binoculars

off the dashboard. It took a few seconds to find it in the sky but I had a great binocular view

of it racing up into the sky at a supersonic speed. I kept watching it till it literally was the size of a bright pin head. From the time it was moving slow till it changed sizes and sped away took less than 2 to 3 minutes. I spoke with a deputy a few days later who worked part time at a state Corrections facility on the north side of the town about 5 miles and he watched the same occurrence from his location. From this we determined it was no more than 4 or

5 miles from each of us placing it over the town of laBelle and the Caloosahatchee River that runs eass and west through the town of LaBelle.

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

No possible way because of the lack of sound, brightness of light that changed rapidly and then super sonic rate of speed as it sped into space.

Witness Background

Retired from law enforcement after 21 years. Currently employed as a manger of security services for a major metropolitan government in Atlanta, Ga.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

Till that sighting I believed that UFO's were possible. After witnessing what I observed, I now know that it had to be a UFO. Since then I have been interested in other persons sightings.

Other Comments

The speed of its departure was incredibly fast, with no sound.

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