1978: Octagon over Watford City, North Dakota

THINK ABOUTIT SIGHTING REPORT

Date: November 2, 1978

Sighting Time:

Day/Night: Night

Location: Watford City, North Dakota

Urban or Rural: -Urban

Hynek Classification: NL (Nocturnal Light) Point or extended luminous source observed at night.

Duration:

No. of Object(s): 1

Height & Speed: It passed overhead just 60 feet above ground and was moving quite slowly — only 25 mph.

Size of Object(s): 40 feet across

Distance to Object(s):

Shape of Object(s): Octagon

Color of Object(s): a large red light in the middle of the bottom surface; blue lights ringed the whole vehicle.

Number of Witnesses: 3

Source: MUFON Journal, 1981

Summary/Description: A slight departure from the pentagonal shape is the octagonal UFO. According to the Watford City, North Dakota, newspaper, local citizen Barb Ohnsrud and her son Kent saw an eight-sided UFO go over their house on November 2, 1978. Each witness claimed the UFO was first seen as a bright light that quickly came down from the sky like lightning in a bad storm. It passed overhead just 60 feet above ground and was moving quite slowly — only 25 mph. The UFO was 40 feet across, with a large red light in the middle of the bottom surface; blue lights ringed the whole vehicle. It had no tail, nose or propellers. After the UFO disappeared to the northeast, each of the witnesses made independent sketches. The pentagonal/octagonal UFOs remain a mystery. No satisfactory explanation has been found to date.