NUFORC Sighting 28884

Occurred: 1973-09-20 15:30 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2003-05-21 11:27 Pacific
Duration: 2 to 5 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Mansfield, OH, USA

Shape: Cigar
Characteristics: Lights on object

Cigar shaped craft chases little boy home.

I am reporting this on behalf of my son, who may choose to file his own report later. He may not recall this as he was only eight years old at the time.

This report relates to the Sighting Report filed by the Police Captain and occurred within the Mansfield, Ohio city limits just south of the west end of Cook Road.

After an early dinner our son went out to ride his bicycle while his mother and I finished our meal. It was a clear, sunny and beautiful early evening. Our son ran into the house, out of breath and said that a space ship just chased him on his bicycle and he ran into the house. Our son was NOT prone to exaggeration but after a casual glance outside on our part, we dismissed the subject and idea.

His description of the craft was that it was shaped like a cigar and had red, blue and green flashing lights. He said that it got "real close" to him but I don't know what the distance might have been. No mention was made of any noise comming from the craft and he did not say what happened to it.

Parents learn lessons the hard way sometime. That evening on the news out of Cleveland, 65 miles to the north east of Mansfield, it was reported that a military helicopter on a flight from Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio on it's way to Cleveland had to take evasive action to avoid a collision with a cigar shaped UFO with red, blue and green flashing lights. The encounter occurred over Mansfield, Ohio in the same time frame as our son's experience. The pilot was interviewed along with his co-pilot and both men were highly respected by the military and were considered honest. I had heard, years later, that this was one of the best documented and most reliable accounts on record. Also, years after the experience, there was a notice in the Mansfield News Journal newspaper that research was being done on this very incident. Witnesses were being sought and the intent was to interview them and get their consent to undergo hypnosis for in depth acquisition of data. I responded to this notice in writing and my letter was returned, unopened, several weeks later claiming that no such address existed in Columbus, Ohio.

Needless to say, neither his mother nor I ever dismissed his inputs to us thereafter.

NUFORC Note:

Date is approximate. PD

Posted 2003-05-27