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Occurred : 10/5/1966 21:00 (Entered as : 10/05/1966 21:00)
Reported: 11/10/2003 7:28:28 AM 07:28
Posted: 11/11/2003
Location: Troy, OH
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Duration:
Bright light that persisted for quite a while, about 100 feet above the ground shot up and disappeared when I got out to look closer.

In early October, 1966, I was driving late one evening going with a friend from Troy, Ohi to Conveington, Ohio on Stare Rt. 41--about thirty miles northwest of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. While driving, I became aware of a light in the passenger side, front-seat window which persisted for some time. At first I thought it was merely reflection from a farmhouse or barnyard light. But after passing some houses, it continued. Curious, I stopped the car alongside the road and got out so I could look over the top. I saw the light about two hundred yards from the car in a field, maybe a hundred feet off the ground. Immediately it shot straight up and faded out of sight, almost instantaneously. Amazed, I excitedly got back into the car. But my friend had seen nothing, and didn't want to discuss the incident.

((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate. PD))