At this point I suggested they try again to start their cars. Both started after a few tries and ran normally. The second witness had already called his auto club and a tow was on its way. He called them back and cancelled the request for service.

The second witness, Joe, was not from this area but gave the following account of what he could make out through the trees:

"It was dark gray, almost reminded me of a piece of pipe that was hollow inside. There was some stuff inside the end but I couldn't make out what it was. The thing moved ahead of me and stopped over a car that was in front of me. That car stopped too. It was maybe 1000 feet ahead of where I was stopped. I couldn't get my car going and it looked like the car in front of me was having the same trouble I was. I could see the object seemed to be over the other car but I couldn't tell what was going on up there. I just knew something caused my car to stall out and I needed to get it off the road so I didn't cause an accident, I didn't pay a lot of attention to the object in the sky." (The car he was watching ahead of him was John's car. )

I questioned this motorist to try to get more details but his vantage point was not that good. Like John, his view was partially obstructed by tree limbs over the road. He estimated the object to be about 50 feet long and 10 feet in diameter, or as he put it, "A piece of pipe that size."

I also obtained the following description from John at the scene. He described the object as a cylinder about 10 - 15 feet across and about 30 feet long. He said it was about 3 times longer than it was wide. In the end he could see there was some kind of equipment or pointed objects. There was also a slight haze around that end of the object that partially obscured his view inside. The haze was a pale green fog that seemed to partly obstruct a clear view of the end of the object. He could see only the one end; the other was pointing away from him.

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Follow-up Interview with John. 7-12,24. John provided a few more details related to the object. He stated it moved sideways, not in the direction it was facing when it relocated. When we discussd the reference the second witness made to a pipe, John stated that was true, but that it was also not round; he stated it was somewhat flattened. I decided to work with John and attempt to recreate what he saw using a Paint Program.

July 29, 2024. Computer illustration is completed. John reviewed it and is satisfied that what we did is a good representation of what he saw that day. Working with his original sketches and the description of the object the illustration below was created.

John's pictures show little detail, The object simply appears as an elongated spherical dot over the horizon. (If the image below is copied, the disclaimer stating "Computer Generated Image must be included.)

August 11 - Update. I received a call from Joe regarding this event. He was concerned over an anonymous phone call he received about his report. The caller was a male voice asking if he was (name omitted). He was then told, "It would be in his best interest to not follow through and forget about what he experienced." When Joe asked who this was, the caller responded "One who cares." The caller then hung up the phone. I asked Joe if he had been talking to anyone about what happened and he said aside from me just a few local friends. I asked whether he had attempted to call John. He replied,"No". He stated he did not have John's number or address. He could not figure where word got out and wondered if I had any contact with his caller. I have not received any calls about the case and I advised Joe to disregard the call unless something else develops.