Form
97-AR
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005
Cat:
4
To: NICAP
Animal Reaction
Feature:
Just after midnight, a silver bullet-shaped craft with two beams of light hovered and then flew overhead. It emitted a steady hum. Animals along the river and at a nearby farm vocalized. Roosters crowed, ducks quacked, geese honked, and bullfrogs started croaking loudly. [The bullfrog reference is bothersome; October is past the time of the mating chorus of bullfrogs in California— and “croaking loudly” does not sound like an alarm call?—jw]
The sighting:
At 12:15 a.m., two brothers saw a silver colored bullet-shaped craft with two intensely brilliant beams of light hovering over the Sacramento River north of Colusa. It appeared to arrive out of nowhere and hovered for 2 to 3 minutes before flying over the witnesses’ heads. It made a humming sound that the witnesses compared to a big electric generator.
No distance estimates were given. No EM effects or physiological effects were reported.
Source:
Gribble, Bob, 1989, Looking Back, MUFON UFO Journal no. 258, October 1989, page 24 [Copied below]:
A silver, bullet-shaped craft with two intensely brilliant beams of light was observed hovering over the Sacramento River north of Colusa, California, by Carlos Genera and his brother Ruben on the 26th [Oct. 26, 1979—jw]. “At about 12:15 a.m., it came out of nowhere and stayed at one point for about two or three minutes, and then came over our heads,” Carlos said. “It emitted a nice steady hum like a big electric generator.” Ruben said the vehicle created a considerable stir among the animals along the river and nearby farm. “Everything started getting excited all at once. There was a big commotion right away … roosters crowing, ducks quacking and geese honking, even through it was just after midnight. Also, the bullfrogs were provoked into croaking loudly evidently in protest at being disturbed.