1966: Anchorage, Alaska Sighting

THINK ABOUTIT UFO SIGHTING REPORT

Date: 1966

Sighting Time: 3 am

Day/Night: Nighttime

Location: Anchorage, Alaska

Urban or Rural: neighborhood

Hynek Classification: CE-II (Close Encounter II) Observation of an object in close proximity to the witness, where physical traces (impression, burn, medical effect, etc.) are left or (electrical effect, heat) are felt

Duration: two minutes

No. of Object(s):  1

Size of Object(s): 12 to 15 feet across and approximately 4 feet thick

Distance to Object(s): 50 to 60 feet

Shape of Object(s): upside down saucer with a cylindrical ‘turret’ on the top

Color of Object(s): metallic

Number of Witnesses: two

Source:

Summary/Description: This sighting took place approximately 40 years ago. I saw this as a child but did not start to remember it until my late 30’s to early 40’s. My memory has me standing in the middle of my street in the winter time. It must have been in the early morning hours…. there was no one around and very quiet. It had just snowed and the reflection of the street lights on the snow made it very bright. I was directly in front of my house. I had no recollection of going outside. There in front of me perhaps 50 or 60 feet was this saucer shaped craft. It had an upper turret that rotated slowly … that part had some windows that might have been eight sided. The shape of the craft was similar to a lid on a teapot …the top being small and cylindrical. It was supported by legs …I think 3. It had a ladder from the center underside down to the ground. A distance of approximately 4 feet to the ground. The total size of the craft was 12 to 15 feet across and maybe 6 or 7 feet high. It made little or no sound.

The amazing thing about this memory is that I absolutely KNOW that it happened because my brother saw it too. About 4 years ago my older brother and I were hiking ( winter time) at a local area overlooking town. We stopped and talked for a while about life etc. I decided to tell him of my ‘memory’ of the UFO. I was fully expecting him to laugh and question my sanity. As I was relating to him about the craft he interrupted me and said “I saw it too”….he went on to describe the way it looked with details of the windows and the size and shape and the ladder down from the center, just as I remembered it.!! He and I had never discussed this as kids. I did not start remembering until several years ago. My brother explained that no one would believe him… so he quit talking about it. In fact he bought a telescope to see when they would come back! I have asked my mother and she does not remember us reporting anything.

Further information from the witness (received on 4-2-06):

I have more to add. The ‘turret’ or top of space craft perhaps did not rotate but rather the lights inside cycled one window to the next following the perimeter of the ‘turret’ giving the effect of rotation. I just talked with my brother….’ he was in the house looking out his bedroom window( my room was next to his). He watched the craft for maybe ‘two minutes’. He did not see me and does not remember anything else.’ What is really strange to me is how I can’t remember 90% or more of my early childhood. Prior to seventh grade, things are a bit cloudy. This is well known with my mother and brothers. Some things stand out in my memories but I have large gaps of time missing.

I hope this helps. I am frustrated, to say the least, that there are so many skeptics out there. And of course the government denials I find insulting. Perhaps someday the truth will come out.

Sketch of the craft by the witness. “Here is the drawing to the best of my recollection. In regards to the viewing ports on the turret, I believe they are eight sided