North Carolina UFO Sightings in 1972

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the ufo looked like it was looking for something i just remember this 2 years ago for some reason i had forgot about it almost the day it happen i was 14 at time, i was fishing in a farm pond with an older friend who was around 55 yrs old and he since then has passed away, anyway i was fishing when right above the tree tops which was about a 150 ft up i saw a black oval shaped craft that had square lights blinking around it the lights would go from one light to another and the color was a yellow/white it would just blink around the craft, it would turn almost straight down right over the tree tops and move no more than 50 ft distance while pointing downward then it would level back straight, it looked like it was looking for something, after about 15 min the ufo came across the woods over top of them and i was standing at the pond when it came over me at that time it was about 75 ft up over me there was no noise only those lights blinking then it went to the other side of pond stalled for a few minutes or hovered, then very slowly started going up into the sky but never moved fast like it was no in danger of being intercepted it then went up in clouds very high, now after thing about it i wonder for that time period in the 70,s if those blinking lights were radar defectors and thats why it may never have been picked up on radar it look like it had a cockpit that was slanted down in front and the windows were solid black or very tinted i could not see what was inside them i dont know why i forgot about it and as far as i know the old man with me had forgot about it he never mention it afterwards nor did I, but two years ago when President Trump said he had made a space force for military it all came back to me then, and i think about it a lot now at 63 years old i have a very good memory thought i would share this with you i was not scared of it then and really at 14 yrs old being in the 70,s i really did not know what it was.I think the pond may still be there then it was farm land now i think its got a sub division around it but if pond is there because it sits down in middle of woods i could to this day go to the exact spot where i seen it. Stephen Perry Ross.

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NO sound, black out window in cockpit flashing square lights around it I was 14 yrs old i was fishing at a pond out in the county with a friend, right above the treetops around the pond i saw an oval shaped object that was very big it was about the size of a 727 plane at that period of time, it had square lights around it blinking orange and white going around from one to the other it was right over tree tops which was no higher than 150 feet high it was going around in circles like it was looking for something it was black in color it had a cockpit that was slanted with blacked out windows no other windows on it it finally flew along the side of the pond that i was fishing on my friend was across the pond but it few on my side it was lower when it came over me had dropped down to around 75 to 100 ft it did not stop it had no noise very quiet it flew very slow over me the lifted up and turned back toward where i first seen it and lifted off going up but did not go up fast like it knew it was not being tracked,I wonder many t! imes after thinking about it was those lights Radar defectors for that period of time, the odd thing about this is i did not remember this until 2019 for some reason right after it happened in 1972 i remember that because i was 14 yrs old i mean within a few hrs after seeing this i had forgot about it all these years like something had wiped my memory i do remember there was something about those lights flashing around it that i could not take my eyes off of it, it was not round like you see pics of it was oval shaped, it was like a plane but had no wings. SPR.

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A metallic looking large Disk shaped Object landed in the Fields,and nothing ever grew again. On that night, my Sister called for me to come outside, claimed that UFO was coming down into the Fields.As I entered the back Yard,8 of my Family Members had gathered.

My Sister and Brother in Law,a very solid Citizen,who insisted he was not seeing this,as his place of work would never understand this.They lived in a Mobile Home,in the back of my Parents Land.Also present were my Mother and Father,he was retired Military,and had seen a lot.

Another Sister was out there,and 2 more of my Siblings,myself being around 30 at the Time.The Neighbors from next door came out,very solid People,they had Company,which also came to look at the Object. One of them had a Radio,and Reports started coming,and the Announcer was laughing it off.

My Sister and Brother in Law would know the Year,both are close to my Age,and they remember well.It was the eeriest Feeling all of us had ever experienced,as we stood there and watched the huge,silent Object slowly descent unto Farmland.It was a dark silver,metallic looking Disk,with rotating Lights of different Colors,red and Orange,when it got close to the Ground,there was like a humming Noise coming from the Craft.

It could not possibly be a Plane,as Conway had no Airport,it's just a small Country Town,on the Eastern Seaboard.All man made Possibilities were out,that much we knew.I never saw anything like this before, or ever again.

We all agreed to keep silent about what we saw,for Fear of Ridicule.I need to add,that a Farmer reported an Area in his Field burned,and nothing would grow on it again.My Sister and I recently talked about it,and we know that what we saw was not of this Earth.

I realize that it is way to late to investigate,but I want someone to know it happened,and I wish there was a way to find out just how many others saw what we did,and that Field were it landed had to be radioactive. ((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD)).

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Florescent orange boomerang shapes I was just a kid riding in the car with my mom vising family and didn't want to be there so I was ignoring the inside of the car and watching the stars in the county sky. I remember begin confused then dumbfounded by three seemingly connected but not, florescent orange boomerang shape lights that would flash (seemingly) randomly in the south western sky. This continued until we were too far and or the tree line blocked my view.

Maybe about 3 mins. or so. It didn't stop or disappear, so it probably lasted longer.

Wish I had said something now, wish I had gotten Mom to stop the car. We were in SE Guilford county just off of I-85/I-40 near what is now Lucent Technologies, but at the time was AT&T. I know I was a kid (around 11 or 12), but I will never forget it and I also have always had a very vivid knowledge of the geography of the Greensboro area so I am 100% on where it was.

I didn't mention it to my Mom at the time because well, like I said, I didn't! want to be there with her anyways so I kept this wild thing to myself. ((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date is approximate. PD)).

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APPROX. SUMMER 1972 AT A DRIVE INN WITH PARENTS AND BROTHERS AND SISTER.MY BROTHER KEPT SAYING HE SAW SOMETHING.

AFTER LOOKING I SAW A DISK IN THE SKY ALT. UNKNOWN AND DIFFRENT COLORED LIGHTTS ON THE EDGE.IT WAS IN THE FAR IN THE NIGHT HORIZON THEN MOVED IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE AND STOOD STIL TO A CLOSER LOCATION;THE AGAIN AND AGAIN.

THEN LEFT THE WHOLE SKY IN A FRACTION OF A SECOND.VANCE BENTLEY,RETIRED FLIGHT ENGINEER,KC10s,C141s,5000 FLYING HOURS TOP SECRERT SECURIY CLEARENCE.ONE CREW IN 20 YRS.

SERVICE SAW SOMETHING.CIGAR SHAPPED.WOULD NOT TALK ABOUT IT;JOB PROTECTION;WOULD BE CONSIDERED CRAZY.

((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that date is approximate. PD)).

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I saw the same type of UFO at two different times in my life, once at age nine and again at age 30. I saw the same type of UFO twice in my life. The first time I was nine years old.

I had the habit of getting up very early in the morning. One morning I got up around 5 a.m.

, I believe, looked out our picture window and saw it. It was a large round silver craft flying very low and slow. It had no windows or lights.

Needless to say, I went back to bed very quickly! The second time I was thirty years old and had my young daughter with me. She did not see the craft for some unknown reason. I had just gotten off work and was sitting in my car in the turnoff lane to go to McDonalds.

This day it was nearly 12 noon. On the right side of the highway there is a bank with a ridge of trees. The same type craft, large, round and silver suddenly appeared over those trees.

Once again, it had no lights or windows. It stopped right nearly directly over my car and hovered sort of like a helicopter and then it took off very fast! I thought that I would see it as I headed home. You know how fast a jet moves, even when it is flying very low? This thing had to have been AT LEAST 1000 times faster! I didn't see it on the way home, nor did I ever hear anyone else say they had seen anything strange in town that day around noon.

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Silent, rotating disk with alternating red and white light panels, approxomately 20 feet in diameter, 30 to 40 feet off the ground. It was just after dark in mid-June 1972. I was 20 years old at the time, home for summer after my sophomore year at UNC-CH.

Considering the time period, it is important to note that I did not use drugs and drank very rarely. We lived in the semi-country, about 1.5 miles from the Greensboro Airport.

I had just walked into the edge of the woods to burn our trash in the burn-barrel. As I came out of the woods, I saw a disk with a diameter of about 20 feet silently rotating just off my right side. It was 30 to 40 feet off the ground and had alternating flat red and white lighted panels around its sides.

I stood there literally frozen for at least a minute watching the red and white lights as they slowly and silently rotated. My German Shepherd sat down transfixed. When I had the wherewithal to return to the house, I had to call him several times to come with me.

I went inside to call my father (no one was at home at the time), and my dog remained on the back porch steps, still transfixed. Several minutes later when I went back outside, the disk had disappeared. My dog, an excellent watchdog, never barked once.

I can still vividly recall that night. There is no doubt in my mind what I saw. ((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate.

We have arbitrarily assigned a date. PD)).

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Large, white star or planet-shaped object that appeared to divide in 2 parts, circling each other, slowly, then accelerating until stopping abruptly with one object separated travelling South in a straight line. Having had several unusual sightings and occurances during my lifetime, I was driving the last leg of my morning paper route when I noticed an unusually large object in the sky out of the driver-side window. For awhile, I had a strange feeling it was following or "pacing" me.

Trying to discount paranoia, I decided it was just "there". I thought it was the Planet Venus, but it was twice the expected size. As I approached the stop sign at the junction of the main road, I decided to pull over, get out, stretch my legs and gaze at this thing.

Shortly, the object appeared to "quiver", separate into two parts, and spin faster and faster,counterclockwise around each other before coming to an abrupt halt. One object appeared to accelerate to the South while the other remained stationary. During this sighting, I shook my head, rubbed my eyes, pinched myself (it hurt!), but I was not asleep.

I kept sight of the remaining object until I reached home. The importance of this seemed to dissolve, but the memory remains vivid.

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I remember I was 9 years old and had the habit of getting up very early in the morning before anyone else. On this particular morning I was sitting on the couch looking out the picture window when I saw it.a round silvery white craft flying very slow and very low, maybe 20 yards in front of the house.

It scared me so bad, I flew back to bed. I saw the very same type craft 21 years later. I was 30, married, with one child and another on the way.

I don't know why that seems significant. The time was around 12 noon on a Friday and I was sitting in the turn-off lane to go to McDonald's to get some lunch. I had my 3 year-old daughter with me.

She saw nothing though. The craft flew over some trees on the side of the highway, seemed to stop directly over where I was, hovered a few seconds and then zoomed away at lightening speed, faster than a jet. I know that it was faster than a jet because I thought, I'll be able to see it when I get closer to my house.

I never saw it anymore. It was gone. Funny thing, I asked around to see if anyone else saw anything strange in the town of Burnsville that Friday at 12 noon.

Evidently I was the only one who saw it. Or anyone else would feel stupid admitting to seeing something like that. But I know what I saw, both times.

((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate. PD)).