Janesville, WI, United States
07/04/01 · Janesville, WI, United States · 1 sources
Witness Matthew Selck observed a single diamond/pyramidal shaped object at 900-1000 ft altitude traveling SW to NE at approximately 30 mph. The object was roughly the size of a UPS truck and had no exterior lights, instead pulsing from within approximately every second, cycling from bright orangish-white (making the object almost translucent) to dull red (like an ember inside a dark crystal). Movement was smooth and linear. The witness believed the craft was observing neighborhood low-altitude fireworks shells being set off for July 4th. A local police officer on the road appeared to also observe the object and followed it when it disappeared into the trees. The witness's wife also saw the object though did not get as good a look. Approximately 15 minutes prior, friends of the witness observed something smaller, brighter, and faster at a much higher altitude, which the witness later speculated may have been related.
- Shape
- Diamond/pyramidal — described as two rectangular pyramids placed base to base, like a large cut diamond
- Nature
- Unknown aerial object, possibly structured craft
- Sound
- None
- Weather
- Clear
- Site
- Residential neighborhood, overhead
- Size
- Approximately size of a UPS truck
- Duration
- 0.5 min
- Time of day
- Night
- Local time
- 10:15 PM CT
- Theme
- entity_occupant
The unmodified record(s) the master event was assembled from.
NIDS-DOCNIDS-DOC:99b88cf1:128 fields
- city
- Janesville
- date
- 2001-07-04
- site
- Residential neighborhood, overhead
- shape
- Diamond/pyramidal — described as two rectangular pyramids placed base to base, like a large cut diamond
- sound
- None
- state
- WI
- country
- United States
- weather
- Clear
- date_raw
- 07/04/01
- incident
- Witness Matthew Selck observed a single diamond/pyramidal shaped object at 900-1000 ft altitude traveling SW to NE at approximately 30 mph. The object was roughly the size of a UPS truck and had no exterior lights, instead pulsing from within approximately every second, cycling from bright orangish-white (making the object almost translucent) to dull red (like an ember inside a dark crystal). Movement was smooth and linear. The witness believed the craft was observing neighborhood low-altitude fireworks shells being set off for July 4th. A local police officer on the road appeared to also observe the object and followed it when it disappeared into the trees. The witness's wife also saw the object though did not get as good a look. Approximately 15 minutes prior, friends of the witness observed something smaller, brighter, and faster at a much higher altitude, which the witness later speculated may have been related.
- time_local
- 10:15 PM CT
- trajectory
- SW to NE, smooth and linear, disappeared into trees
- case_source
- NIDS
- size_meters
- Approximately size of a UPS truck
- time_of_day
- Night
- source_quote
- The craft appeared to be observing the neighborhood low-altitude fireworks shells. It made me reluctant to contact anyone because I thought the report would be dismissed because of all of the fireworks on the Fourth.
- catalog_entry
- NIDS-DOC:99b88cf1:1
- location_text
- Janesville, WI, 53546
- witness_count
- 3
- photo_or_video
- Upon request (sketch offered by witness)
- source_doc_sha
- 99b88cf1bb0af6c78b443860f9ec5254b41db9d93218d234785b706b51633ce5
- light_emissions
- Pulsing interior light, cycling every second from bright orangish-white (nearly translucent) to dull red; no exterior lights observed
- witness_sex_age
- Male, 32 (primary witness Matthew Selck); wife (secondary witness); local police officer (apparent witness)
- duration_minutes
- 0.5
- witness_reactions
- Witness was reluctant to report due to fear of dismissal given July 4th fireworks context; spent significant time speculating on the object's origin; initial reaction was that it was not of human construction
- witness_occupation
- Driver
- nature_of_phenomenon
- Unknown aerial object, possibly structured craft
- vallee_classification
- C2 — Vehicle/solid object
- NIDS-DOCNIDS-DOC