Date:
September 30, 2005
Location: Paducah, Kentucky, United States
The
witness was going home when he encountered "a sinister
looking thick flat black triangle with rounded edges and
four large white lights under it. [It was] flat across
the bottom." The apparent size of the object was
two feet across at arm's length. There was a "very
low rumble that seemed to be behind and higher up than
the [object]."
Witness: "Here is my best effort at what I seen that
night."
Source:
UFOEvidence.org
[EDITOR'S
NOTE: Paducah, Kentucky is the location of the only operating
uranium enrichment facility in the United States. Owned
by the U.S. Department of Energy, it is leased and operated
by the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC). According
to USEC, the facility "produces low-enriched uranium
fuel for commercial nuclear power plants in the United
States and around the world."
UFOEvidence.org
received a second, similar report from almost the same
location, about three weeks earlier. That report from
Murray, Kentucky on September 4, 2005, also described
a triangular or V-shaped shaped craft. Please see the
full case, including sketches by the witnesses, at the
following URL:
http://www.ufoevidence.org/cases/case467.htm
Murray,
Kentucky is less than 50 miles from Paducah.]
Sighting
Time: 4:55 a.m.
Day/Night: Nighttime
Duration: 8 mins
No. of Witnesses: 1
Size
of Object(s):
"Two
feet if hands out stretched. 70 to 80 feet wing span and
40 to 55 length. 15 to 20 feet tall."
Appearance/Description
of Object(s):
"A
sinister-looking thick flat black triangle with rounded
edges and four large white lights under it. Flat across
the bottom."
Description
of Area/Surroundings:
"It
was urban, well lit for night houses and trees main streets.
No military bases or power plants but there is a uranium
enrichment plant."
Full
Description and Details:
"I
was going home on foot toward the north side of the city
at 4:55 a.m. It was a cool, clear night when I looked
up to my right and seen four large bright white lights.
Since there is no tall buildings or towers in that area,
they stood out and the fact that they were in the shape
of a triangle. As I got closer, I could see the outline
of the craft that was shaped like a thick triangle with
rounded off edges. Under it was four large white lights.
One on the front, one on each corner and one in the back
that lined up with the light on the front edge. It was
a flat black color like stealth aircraft have. It was
not a helicopter and it did not have the pop and click
of a main rotor or the shape of a helicopter. It had no
Nav lights of green or red. It made no noise until I got
closer. I heard a very low rumble that seemed to be behind
and higher up then the aircraft. As the craft moved, I
heard no noise. It headed southwest low at a slow speed."
Can
sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or
natural object?
"No.
There is no man-made aircraft civil and military like
it."
Views
on UFOs, before and after sighting:
"Before
I was not sure but I tried to keep an open mind. Now I
believe there is something out there. I seen it with my
own eyes! I love to read and knew of UFOs, but never really
studied them."
Other
Comments:
"I
am not sure what to say but I would gladly take a ploygraph
test if that is what is needed. I seen this craft and
I will not deny it to anyone. It is very real."
Reported
Sighting? Yes
Reported To: national ufo reproting center
Name: William Patrick Sims
Location: Paducah, Kentucky, United States
Age: 33
Source:
http://www.ufoevidence.org/cases/case586.htm
