NUFORC Sighting 142988

Occurred: 1997-01-15 20:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2018-09-03 22:08 Pacific
Duration: 3 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Unknown, WI, USA

Shape: Formation
Characteristics: Lights on object, Left a trail, Electrical or magnetic effects

Five patterned bright lights seen over highway and car engine was affected.

I was driving from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan back to my home in Kenosha, Wisconsin. I do not know what town I was in. I was on a divided highway with 3 lanes on each side and there weren’t many cars on the road.

I saw large, bright, cream color lights that spanned the entire width of both sides of the highway. They seemed like they were about 30-50 yards in front of me and maybe 30-40 feet above the ground. There were 5 lights that lit up in a pattern going left to right. The first 3 lights were in a straight line and then the fourth light was higher and the fifth was back in line with the first three. So it gave a triangular pattern with the fourth light.

I was traveling approximately 65 mph and I never got closer to the lights or drove under them. I watched them blink in this pattern for probably 3 minutes and then suddenly when the fifth light went out, I could see it shoot straight up in the sky as the light dissipated.

At that very moment, my car engine seemed to stop for 1-2 seconds and the check engine light came on. I was so scared and instantly wondered if anyone else had seen this. I noticed maybe 3-4 cars on the highway traveling in the opposite direction.

I pulled off at the next exit that had a gas station. I turned my car off and started it back up. The check engine light was off and everything seemed back to normal.




NUFORC Note:

Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD


Posted 2018-09-13

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