Date:
April 19, 1978
Location: Colfax, Wisconsin, United States
On
April 19, 1978, police officer Mark Coltrane was on patrol
in the vicinity of Colfax. He then noticed a metalic looking
disc raising towards the the sky at a short distance from
the parking space. While the object seemed to move towards
him, Coltrane picked up his Polaroid camera, came out
of the car and snapped some photographs. The object was
so close in one of the images that it is possible to notice
some details of its lower surface.
The
first photograph. The object was so close that it is possible
to notice
some details of its lower surface.
In
this photograph, the object is starting to move away.
Source:
Wendelle Stevens (credit: UFOs at Close Sight (Ufologie.net)
On
April 19, 1978, police officer Mark Coltrane was on patrol
in the vicinity of Colfax, a small town with a thousands
of inhabitants in Wisconsin, USA. At midday, he decided
to stop the car to eat something, in a small isolated
area. He noted that his radio was emitting crackles.
He
then noticed a metalic-looking disc raising towards the
the sky at a short distance from the parking space.
While
the object seemed to move towards him, Coltrane picked
up his Polaroid camera, came out of the car and snapped
some photographs. The object was so close in one of the
images that it is possible to notice some details of its
lower surface.
In
the second photograph, the object is starting to move
away.
The
total observation lasted a few minutes, the object being
being lost from his sight when it accelerated and fled
in the distance.
Coltrane,
shocked by the sighting, remained in amazement for two
hours without saying anything, by fear of being ridiculed
when he would have to submit his report to his chiefs.
Source:
http://www.ufoevidence.org/cases/case877.htm