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Case File Status: Information Only \/ No Formal Investigation<\/span><\/h3>\n

Background<\/h3>\n

The following case was submitted to The Black Vault \/ TBV Investigations. There was no formal investigation due to the age of the sighting, but is archived here for reference and informational purposes.<\/p>\n

Witness Testimony<\/h3>\n

The witness submitted the following testimony regarding their sighting:<\/p>\n

“I was driving on 16th when I had an overwhelming strange feeling I was being fallowed I’m clocking 50MPH with no one in my rear view mirror and I can`t shake the felling so I lean over the wheel and look up and see a light not but 25 or 30 feet above me matching my speed and I can`t figure why a helicopter would be singling me out for but who knows so I make a right on Main Ave and stop at the first telephone pole put my grand prix in park and leaving the engine running I open my door steeping out one foot on the ground and the other one on the running board and I look up and there it is. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I would say maybe 5 inches above the pole I could have hit the damn thing with a rock and it was not anything I have ever had the pleasure of seeing. There was no noise no wind nothing but a large round thing with lights all around it. I’m not sure how long I was there. All I remember after seeing it was getting back in my car and driving away and then they left after I left. Then it hit me what just happened i was so awestruck. Upon getting home my wife and my son told me that they had seen a massive UFO earlier in the day that blocked out the sun the way they described it.  It must have been miles across.”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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