09-20-2024, 01:50 AM
• Hissing UFO Burns Witness - Lavonia, Georgia, June 29th, 1964.
Two weeks after this freaky case where a 'hissing' top shaped object burnt a UFO witness there was another similar incident involving motorist Beauford E. Parham.
This witnesses also described the object making a hissing sound ('like a million snakes') and stated the UFO was shaped like 'a spinning top' - it came down directly in front of his car and he observed 'the top part of the object was moving in a clockwise direction and the bottom part in a counterclockwise direction'. The object was described as amber coloured, six feet tall and eight feet wide with a dark band around the top with portholes around the bottom.
The object went up over the vehicle leaving a 'gaseous vapor' which left an oily substance all over the car - the hood was later discovered to be warped with 'bubbled up paint' over the body of the vehicle - the witness also experienced a persistent burning sensation on his arms.
Bluebook explanation
'Ball lightning'
Two weeks after this freaky case where a 'hissing' top shaped object burnt a UFO witness there was another similar incident involving motorist Beauford E. Parham.
This witnesses also described the object making a hissing sound ('like a million snakes') and stated the UFO was shaped like 'a spinning top' - it came down directly in front of his car and he observed 'the top part of the object was moving in a clockwise direction and the bottom part in a counterclockwise direction'. The object was described as amber coloured, six feet tall and eight feet wide with a dark band around the top with portholes around the bottom.
The object went up over the vehicle leaving a 'gaseous vapor' which left an oily substance all over the car - the hood was later discovered to be warped with 'bubbled up paint' over the body of the vehicle - the witness also experienced a persistent burning sensation on his arms.
Quote:Businessman Beauford E. Parham was returning home late on the evening of June 29, 1964. He was between Carnesyille and Lavonia, Georgia, in the northeast corner of the state.
"I spotted a very bright light in the sky . . . coming directly toward my car," the witness said in a letter to a NICAP member. "The next instance it was directly in front of my headlights spinning like a giant top. It was shaped like a top and made a hissing sound like a million snakes. The top part of the object was moving in a clockwise direction and the bottom part . . . in a counterclockwise direction."
The UFO, "big enough to hold a man," was amber-colored, about six feet tall and eight feet wide. A tower-like projection with a dark band was seen at the top. Vane-like configurations were also observed. Small portholes dotted the bottom, through which "flames" could be detected.
Disappearing in a flash, the strange object reappeared a second time. "It stayed directly in front of my headlights for at least a mile, never touching the car but spinning just in front of my lights," said Parham.
Although he was traveling at 65 m.p.h., the UFO kept an estimated five feet in front of the automobile and only one or two feet above the road. The top part of the object was tilted toward the witness. Parham said he followed in a near trance-like state.
"When the object left ...," Parham wrote, "it suddenly went up over the top of my car, leaving a strong odor . . . like embalming fluid and a very gaseous vapor which left an oily substance all over my car.
After disappearing, the UFO reappeared for a third time, again heading directly toward the car. The vehicle's motor began to miss and the driver stopped the car. After "spinning like crazy," the object took off and disappeared in a "split second."
"By this time, my arms were beginning to burn," Parham related, "and my only thought was to get somewhere and let someone know what I had seen."
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Bluebook explanation
'Ball lightning'
