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PCF-133470 · case file

Janesville, WI, United States

07/04/01 · Janesville, WI, United States · 1 sources

The record

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.

Characteristics
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
Source records · 1

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
Geography
Satellite basemap of the case location
Janesville, WI, United States