NUFORC Sighting 11667

Occurred: 1967-07-16 20:45 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2000-01-13 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 3.25 hours
No of observers: 7

Location: Crystal Beach, TX, USA

Shape: Disk
Characteristics: Lights on object, Left a trail, Changed Color, Electrical or magnetic effects

Spent a sunday in July 1967 at Crystal Beach with friends, at dusk I spotted what appeared to be a speed boat in the Gulf heading toward shore.It was not what it first appeared to be.

On a Sunday in Mid July 1967 I spent the day at the Beach with 10 other people between 8 years and 19 years of age, the sky's were cloudy and we pretty much had the beach to ourselves. I was 19 years old and the oldest. We drove to the Beach in 2 cars, when dusk was approaching, 4 of the group decided to go into Galveston to go dancing, they left in one car. Crystal Beach is located on the Bolivar Peninsula off of the road that connects the mainland to the Galveston Ferry, which takes cars to Galveston. We (7 of us) started driving on the sand watching the waves as the sun was dropping, 2 of the girls were sitting on top of the hood catching the breeze as we drove. We were in a brand new chevy, listening to the radio. While watching the sea as the sun went uner the horizon my attention was caught by what appeared to be a speed boat heading straight towards land, it moved the way a speed boat moves on water, the color at first was silverish, then it turned to amber, I told the others to look at it, at some point as we watched, the driver and I realized that the object was moving far too fast, and headed straight at us, at this point he had stopped the car, I told the 2 girls to get in the car and we proceeded to drive out between the beach houses on one of the dirt roads that connects the main road to the beach, it is a very short distance, it was going on nine oclock p.m. I was sitting front seat passenger and watching behind us from the open window, I was startled to watch the object closing on us far too quickly and it was changing colors. As we made the turn onto the main road the object had caught up with us, I can't discribe how fast this took place, the radio stopped playing. It then proceeded to tail us, I won't go into what was happening between the occupants of the car, however it was not any type of craft that any of us had seen before, and it was obviously a flying saucer, which was supposed to not really exist, we were scared (real understatement here) Since I was the oldest everyone was l! ooking t o me for answers, I was praying. Suddenly the driver pulls over to the side of the road slowing down and coming to a stop, I was dumbfounded with that action and asked for an explanation, he silently showed me that the key was locked in the ignition, as I watched him trying to turn the key I noticed the car lights had also gone off. We carefully told the others that the saucer had taken the cars power, to stay calm, we rolled the windows up and locked the doors. The craft was hovering directly to the rear, very low, and clearly visible. I was watching it through the rear window. The craft had 2 decks and a dome on top, all 3 levels had port holes. At the center between the 2 large decks was a wide rim which held panels of colored lights, these lights rotated around the craft constantly. The craft was translucent, glowed with light, the paneled lights were green, blueish white, and orange, the panels were rectangular in shape, the colors were pale, but seemed to pulsate as they moved around showing more vivid color back to pale color. I could not see inside the port holes, the glass was thick and dull looking and crusted around the edges, the craft had rivets at the deck joints. I was watching closly for activity and trying to keep the kids quiet and calm. I started to realize that I was becoming hypnotized by the lights going around and I forced myself to stop watching them, and told the others to not watch the colored lights. The car then started, the driver took off immediately, the craft again tailed us as we drove down the road, it tailed us right up to the turn off that would take us back to civilization and I-10 East, and then it veered out to the right (top of craft tilted) and was gone, it left a streak even though it was night time, here is a strange part of this encounter, the car radio came back on, and the DJ announced its 12 midnight. The loss of 3 hours startled all 7 of us, we just could not believe it, it had seemed to have lasted less then 30 minutes. We started to report it, then decide! d we wou ld be branded as crazy. I am reporting it after all these years because this is the first time I have found a place to report it. I would like to talk to an investigator, if I can be emailed a number I will call. I have some questions and can give other details about my observation.

Posted 2000-01-22