Date:
March 13, 1975
Location: Mellen, Wisconsin, United States
On
the night of March 13, 1975, many sightings of bright
aerial objects were made in the vicinity of Ashland, Wisconsin,
which is located on Lake Superior. However, the most interesting
of the reports comes from the Philip N. Baker family of
Mellen, Wisconsin, some 20 miles south of Ashland.
Source:
APRO Bulletin, Vol. 23 No. 6 (Apr. 1975)
On
the night of March 13, 1975, many sightings of bright
aerial objects were made in the vicinity of Ashland, Wisconsin,
which is located on Lake Superior. Our investigation indicates
that several policemen observed airborne objects which
they could not identify, but not much more than the "flying
light" variety.
However,
the most interesting of the reports comes from the Philip
N. Baker family of Mellen, Wisconsin, some 20 miles south
of Ashland. Fifteen-year-old Jane Baker had gone outside
to take the cats to the garage where they are housed for
the night, and was just at the garage door when she heard
"strange high-toned noises." She turned
around and looked up at the hill to the north and saw
an object apparently sitting on the road into Mellen.
The whole hill was lit up, she said. She described it
as a silvery disc-shaped object with a domed top which
gave off a yellowish-white glow. Around its midsection
were located red and green lights which were flashing
on and off (see accompanying drawing).
Jane
put the cats in the garage and went back into the house
to get her father, who was sitting on the couch with his
shoes off, watching television. The family is certain
of the time because the "Harry-O" show
had just started. Jane told her father that "there
was a thing on the hill up the road." Mr. Phillips
put on his shoes and they both went outside to look at
it. At this point, the glow was subsiding and the flashing
lights had also turned out, and the noise was gone also.
However, there was a square lighted area in the middle
of it (see inset drawing in Lance Johnson's composite).
This area, which appeared to be an opening, had the same
yellow-white glow that the top of the object had had earlier,
when Jane viewed it alone.
The
two then walked to position three, and at this time, noticed
a metal-on-metal banging sound. They then went back into
the house where Mr. Phillips put in a telephone call to
the Undersheriff. While he was talking on the phone, they
heard a loud boom and when Jane looked out the window,
the object was gone.
During
this period of time, the object was pointed out to Mrs.
Phillips, who viewed it from a window in the house, and
three other members of the family, 11-year-old Jeff, 12-year-old
John and 16-year-old Montgomery also got a look at the
object.
The
next morning, Jane went outside to see if she could find
any traces from the previous night. She looked over toward
the swamp near her home and saw the same or a similar
object again only this time, there were no flashing
lights or glow but the shape and color were the
same. It was hovering over some evergreen trees. Jane
went back into the house to put on heavier clothing, then
went back out, taking the family dog with her. She was
proceeding toward the evergreens when the dog gave a big
yelp and started to whine and paw at her ears. Then the
dog became completely still. Jane says she didn't hear
anything, but carried the dog into the house. When she
came back out again, the object was gone.
Later
in the morning, she and Monty and John walked to the spot
where the object had been seen, the night before. They
noted that there was a round area on the road where the
snow was "fluffed up." There were tire
tracks over the area where a car had passed after the
object had left, but there were also bicycle tracks leading
up to it, then taking up again on the other side. These
were tracks made by one of the boys riding his bicycle,
the morning before. The "fluffed up"
area apparently obliterated parts of the bicycle tracks.
The
condition of the snow is a new phenomenon where UFO landings
are concerned. We can hypothesize that it was a result
of the propulsion system of the UFO, but it could also
have been a deliberate attempt to cover any tracks made
by whoever or whatever was making the banging noise.
All
of the Phillips family agree that the object was on the
ground for a total of no less than 10 minutes. The investigation
of that particular night is ongoing because there seems
to be more witnesses in the area who have yet to be interviewed
and there may be corroborating witnesses in other homes
in the area.
[excerpt
from article in APRO Bulletin]
Source:
http://www.ufoevidence.org/cases/case302.htm