Date:
November 22, 1961
Location: Near Grafton, Nebraska, United States
A
Minneapolis Honeywell metallurgist, Melvin C. Vagle, Jr.,
and his wife saw a cigar-shaped UFO while driving along
U.S. Highway 81. "At the lower end. . . there was
a bright 'flashing white light ann at the upper end there
was a steady red light. Along the length of the fuselage
there was a row of square-appearing ports, illuminated
with a white yellowish light."
Illustration of the UFO. (credit: NICAP/Hall)
Source:
NICAP/Richard Hall, 1964 (original case in "The Honeywell
World," Jan. 1962)
Hovering
Cigar-Shaped Object
A
Minneapolis Honeywell metallurgist, Melvin C. Vagle, Jr.,
saw a cigar-shaped UFO on November 22, 1961. NICAP later
learned of the sighting through the Honeywell newspaper
and obtained a first-hand report from Mr. Vagle, as well
as a detailed painting of the UFO done under his supervision.
[See sketch.]
It
was a clear starlit night about 7:00 p.m. (CST). Mr. and
Mrs. Vagle were traveling north on U S. Highway 81 approaching
Grafton. A red light in the sky west of the highway up
ahead attracted their attention, then other associated
lights made them think it might be an aircraft. As they
neared the site and pulled alongside, they saw "a
cigar-shaped object hovering at a sharp angle over a plowed
field. . .At the lower end. . . there was a bright 'flashing
white light and at the upper end, there was a steady red
light. Along the length of the fuselage, there was a row
of square-appearing ports, illuminated with a white yellowish
light."
The
UFO seemed to be motionless until, when the Vagle's son
started crying, they drove on. Then, the UFO appeared
to drift westward across the highway. Earlier the same
evening, a farmer in the Grafton area had seen a reddish
cigar-shaped UFO west of Grafton and reported it to an
area newspaper. Accompanying Mr.Vagle's report to NICAP
was a letter from the farmer confirming the basic points
of his sighting, which occurred at sunset. The farmer
could not see any "ports", only a dull
reddish glow from the UFO. The object vanished behind
a dark cloud after about 10 minutes.
Source:
http://www.ufoevidence.org/cases/case644.htm
