MothMan Sighting in Independence, MIssouri 12/12/19

Tony Degn was headed home after work at KCI Airport on December 12, 2019, at 3:00 a.m. when he noticed a gigantic bird in the distance. The creature headed in his direction and as it got closer Tony could see that it had a humanoid body with long legs and large bat-like wings that measured approximately 10 to

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15 feet in width. He did not get a good look at the face or notice eyes. "I was focused on driving and on the wings and legs, which were quite amazing," said Tony.

Degn was driving south on Hwy 291 just past 24 Hwy as the creature swooped down to just 20' above his vehicle, then flew off. "I noted that the wings did not operate as normal bird wings and that they reminded me of bat wings or Pterodactyl wings," said Tony. He thought the entire experience was very strange, especially since he saw a similar creature in Lee's Summit in July of 2014. His first thought when he noticed the creature on Thursday morning was "Oh no, its back."

He was unable to capture a photo of this creature, but Tony did capture the 2014 creature on film:

Photo taken by Tony Degn in 2014
A helicopter and a large bird-like creature are in the photo

Close-up

This makes sighting number 24 of a gigantic bird or Mothman-like creature in the greater Kansas City area in the past few years. Several witnesses have described gigantic birds with wingspans ranging from 10 to 36 feet. Some speculate that it is a Thunderbird or Pterodactyl. The largest known bird in the United States is the California Condar, which has a wingspan up to 9.8 feet. 

According to Wikipedia "The California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) is a New World vulture, the largest North American land bird. This condor became extinct in the wild in 1987 (all remaining wild individuals were captured), but the species has since been reintroduced to northern Arizona and southern Utah (including the Grand Canyon area and Zion National Park), the coastal mountains of central and southern California, and northern Baja California. Although other fossil members are known, it is the only surviving member of the genus Gymnogyps. The species is listed by the IUCN as critically endangered.

The plumage is black with patches of white on the underside of the wings; the head is largely bald, with skin color ranging from gray on young birds to yellow and bright orange on breeding adults. Its 3.0 m (9.8 ft) wingspan is the widest of any North American bird." 

The Condor is not in the Midwest region, so it must be ruled out as a possibility.

See previous articles for more information about other sightings. Another recent report was received by a man in Lee's Summit, Missouri. His wife saw a gigantic black bird swoop down over her windshield in a grocery store parking lot in early December, 2019. She said the wingspan was approximately 15 feet.

Quest Investigation Group is investigating these cryptid sighting reports.  Open the sighting report page to report a sighting. Margie Kay, the lead investigator, can be reached at margiekay06@yahoo.com or 816-833-1602.

Mysteries at the Board Camp Crystal Mine

By Margie Kay

My experience at the Board Camp Crystal Mine in Board Camp, Arkansas began long before I set foot on the property. I’d heard about this mysterious place where people said they’ve seen not only Unidentified Flying Objects, but Sasquatch, mysterious lights, and even floating rocks. As a paranormal investigator, the thought of seeing all of these things in one place was extremely intriguing, but as a seeker of knowledge, my sixth sense kicked in and said, “You need to get there,” very clearly.

The mine is located near Mena, Arkansas in the majestic Ouachita mountains. Arkansas crystals are known for their high quality, clarity, hardness, and unique electrical properties. They are used for commercial purposes in watches, cell phones, computers, and more, and are prized by many for their healing properties. The Native Americans believe that the crystals from this region have a sacred and spiritual meaning and that this place, in particular, is of great significance. Orville and Cheryl Murphy, the mine owners, told me that representatives from multiple different Native American Tribes visited the site unannounced and independently on different dates after their Shaman received a message to do so. After blessing the site, the tribal representatives left. There are areas marked on the land where the sacred sites are located. This is a measure of the importance of the location.

Orville and Cheryl planned to open this 50-acre site in 2012 as a campground, but when crystals were found on the property, they decided to turn it into a crystal mine instead. They use hand digging methods only. No blasting or heavy equipment is used in order to keep the integrity of the crystals in intact. Orville feels that blasting would shock the crystals and change their energy. I agree.

In early 2017, the Murphy’s started to noticed Fortean events on their property. They witnessed strange orbs and lights and attempted to document some of these with the use of a night-vision game camera. The camera caught more than they bargained for, however, leaving them with more questions than answers. The first thing they noticed in the photos was unexplained lights. Even more astonishing was the apparent movement and levitation of rocks, which were caught in stills and video. A hoax has been ruled out by several investigators.

I’d heard about the crystal mine from other investigators who had been researching the site for the past two years. Gary Hart is a long-time friend and fellow paranormal investigator. He told me he’d been to the mine several times and had equipment set up in order to detect any anomalous activity, and that he had experienced many unexplained events each time he visited. The YouTube video posted by the mine owners fascinated me. Heck, even Josh Gates from the show Expedition Unknown had visited the site! I finally decided to investigate the site for myself, but would Remote View it first, just to see some of what was going on.

Remote Viewing is a method used to see remote locations using the psychic center of the brain. It involves accessing the Pineal gland or “third eye” and allows a viewer to observe surroundings at any place in the past, present, or future. I have been psychic since birth, and began RV work in the 1990’s. Since that time, I have used this method to assist law enforcement and private investigators to solve over 50 homicide, theft, and missing person cases.  I’ve also used RV to work on my own investigations and to assist other UFO and paranormal investigators. In several cases, I have viewed and interacted with non-human entities at the time period of the event in question.

I made plans to go to the site after the Ozark UFO Conference in Eureka Springs, Arkansas in April of 2019, where I had a booth to sell my books. Two weeks before leaving for Arkansas, I did a Remote Viewing session which lasted approximately 20-30 minutes. I went into a deeper trance state than normal without attempting to do so. I had just read the Murphy’s book, Beams, and wondered exactly what happened regarding three mystery rocks that moved and aligned overnight.  I was fully expecting to see a Sasquatch move the rocks after hearing about the interactions that have occurred at and near the mine with what the witnesses believe are Sasquatch. Other people said that they have put small gifts such as balls, tiny army men, stones, and other items out on tables only to find these items moved later, seemingly in answer to the investigator’s questions. One gift was actually moved inside a small apartment on the site that was locked up.

But what I witnessed while Remote Viewing was totally unexpected. I focused on the three rocks, then found myself standing on the ground near the three rocks, but couldn’t miss the saucer-shaped craft hovering 30 feet above the ground in front of me. A five to six-foot wide straight beam of white light appeared from the bottom center of the craft and touched the ground.

I then found myself inside this craft standing behind a group of six light gray colored non-human entities that stood in a circle around a counter. They were four to five feet tall, thin, and had large elongated heads with thin faces. Their eyes were not much larger than human eyes. In the center was the beam of light, which actually started from somewhere above their heads on the ceiling and went through the craft to the ground below The group seemed to communicate with me telepathically without turning to look at me. The entities told me that they have been coming to this location for thousands of years, long before humans or Sasquatch inhabited the area. The entities said that they were here first, followed by the Sasquatch people, then humans. The extraterrestrials extract crystals from the ground by sending the beam of light into the earth, loosening the crystals, and levitating them via the light without disturbing the ground on top.

Cheryl and Orville Murphy

I watched as crystals and rocks moved upward through the ground and into the beam. As the crystals moved past the counter, each of the entities grabbed crystals by hand and put them on the counter. They returned unwanted items to the ground by putting them back into the beam of light. They were not interested in the rocks. Rocks that sat on top of the ground sometimes levitated as well, due not only to the beam of light in the center, but also from their anti-gravity propulsion system which kept the craft aloft. Apparently, rocks that have been caught moving on the ground by photo and video did so because the craft was close to the earth at the time in that particular location. Rocks that moved sideways did so because the craft was moving and it pulled the rocks along for a short distance.

The entities explained that they use the crystals for three purposes, and that the crystals found in this particular area have unique qualities that are especially suited for these purposes. One of these qualities is the amount of power contained in each crystal, and another is the purity of this power. I suddenly had a vision of the scene in the Superman movie with all of the crystals in his secret cave, but I quickly regained my composure and again focused on the purpose at hand.

First, some crystals are used as ignitors for their craft’s propulsion systems. I was not given exact details about how this works, but they need to change these crystals out periodically as they lose their effectiveness over time. The entities were very clear about the crystals being some time of catalyst for ignition and not the source of power for propulsion.

Second, larger crystals are taken to pyramids and other structures world-wide on every continent, and are used to activate power systems in these large structures. After activation, beams of energy shoot upward, many miles above the Earth, where ships can recharge their power systems quickly without visiting the planet where they would be observed by humans. The occupants of these craft prefer to remain unnoticed. I was given the impression that these beings are from many different planets and dimensions and that the pyramids were placed on Earth for this purpose many eons ago.

Third, a lot of the crystals mined by the ETs are placed in strategic locations in the ground in order to keep the Grid activated. As far as I know, thus far, the Grid is an electromagnetic field that begins underground and extends upward, connecting via 90-degree intersecting lines that align with lines of latitude and longitude. I have seen the Grid several times with the naked eye, and others have told me they’ve seen it as well. It looks like electric blue/white lines, not unlike lightning, but in perfectly straight lines. The beings told me that the Grid is not only used as a protective field to keep much of the Sun’s UV rays from penetrating our atmosphere, but also as a power system for extraterrestrial ships to use while navigating close to the planet.  

Note: This may explain why so many UFOs have been observed moving along in a straight line, then suddenly change direction at a 90-degree angle.

Finally, I found out the answer to my original question about how the three rocks were moved and perfectly aligned. I was shocked to see the being across from me grab these three rocks and discard them by returning them to the ground via the light beam, being sure to place them in a manner that would confuse the humans who would find them later. I actually saw this extraterrestrial laugh about it, and the other beings found this amusing as well. They said, or rather thought, “The humans will think Sasquatch did it!”  I was perplexed, as this was the first time I’d ever seen extraterrestrials laugh.

Two weeks later, I arrived at the Board Camp Crystal Mine and visited with Orville and Cheryl for several hours. Orville took me on a tour of the site. I was astonished to see the structures that have been found. Their configurations are exactly like what professional Sasquatch researchers have identified as signs created by the Sasquatch. Many of the creations made with trees are obviously not natural growth patterns – the trees have been manipulated to create different shapes. In the case of two intertwining trees that have been purposely bent toward each other and twisted together, this was quite obviously not a normal growth, yet the trees are still alive and thriving as are all of the other manipulated trees. There are several large trees with unnatural twists, and one that has been bent over at a sharp angle, leaving three vertical limbs pointing straight up. It seems that this structure has been in place for some time. This is a typical Sasquatch creation known to researchers who believe that this is a sign created by these intelligent creatures as a message to others of their kind.

One astounding feature is a stone arch that appeared overnight at the site recently. Having some knowledge of masonry work due to my daytime occupation as the owner of a masonry contracting company, I noticed that each rock was chosen for each section of the arch in order to make it form a perfect half-circle in the center. The angle of each rock had to be just right in order for this to work. The arch is dry-laid without mortar, and a single pointed rock is placed directly under the center of the arch. An obvious sign if I ever saw one, but what it means is anybody’s guess. Perhaps it was simply a gift to the Murphy’s and their friends and visitors. I did notice that as the sun was low in the sky the shadow of the pointed rock would point like an arrow, but if this has any meaning I don’t know.

Unnatural tree growth

As Orville drove me around the property I was drawn to a small shack on a hill. Orville said that there have been sightings of Sasquatch around the shack. Perhaps that is why I felt so compelled to look at the structure. Orville said that there have been many Sasquatch sightings in the area, including a daytime sighting by he and several others at the same time. A 9-foot tall black-haired Sasquatch was crouched down at first, but when spotted, rose up to his full height at stared at the truck and passengers. The creature was just yards away from the witnesses. He then turned and walked off into the woods.

We then went to the Murphy’s home where I spoke with Cheryl, and met her 102-year old mother. Cheryl is very connected to the crystals on her property. I found two intersecting ley lines by dowsing their home. The intersection is in the center of their bedroom. Cheryl said that she keeps most of her crystals in that room, so we surmise that the ley has been created by the group of crystals. Both Cheryl and Orville were surprised that the dowsing rods led to that location.

That evening, Gary Hart joined us at the observation deck – which is actually a very large professional stage that Orville built for concerts. They’ve had several concerts here with top acts, but now use the stage for visitors to observe the nightly events over the big field and hills on the site. In the past, people have seen UFOs, beams of light and orbs, and have even had interaction with the Sasquatch. Some people have been gifted rocks by the Sasquatch, who throw them on the stage when asked. I was intrigued by this and hoped that I would experience as least some of what others have seen. I would not be disappointed.

We spent several hours on the stage. Orville put a glow stick inside of a half-deflated ball and placed

Trees twisted together

it on a table in the field with rocks around the ball so it wouldn’t fall off the table. In the dark it was easy to see the ball on the table about 75 feet from the stage. And with a nearly full moon and cloudless night, we had good visibility. Shortly after arriving, I noticed that there were some softly glowing bluish-white lights in the trees and above the trees. These lights appeared and disappeared. The fireflies, by contrast, blinked numerous times and had a yellow glow. At one point, my attention was drawn to the right, where I saw movement in the trees. There was something tall and dark standing there, but I couldn’t make out what it was. It must have moved away very quickly because I only saw it for a few seconds.

After an hour, I asked Orville if I could put my REM Pod out on the table near the ball. This is a piece of equipment used to detect static-electricity, magnetism, and electro-magnetic fields. It is very sensitive to changes in the area around it and this equipment has been quite useful in paranormal investigations. The REM Pod did nothing at first, but after a few minutes it lit up, indicating that some type of presence was near the table. I asked the question “Are there any Sasquatch People here?” The REM Pod went crazy with sounds and lights in answer to the question.  Orville then said “Go ahead and knock that ball off of the table,” several times. After about 15 minutes, we all heard a WHACK as something clearly smacked the ball with an open hand and we saw the ball fly up into the air and down onto the ground. I was in shock, as there was no one near the table and we could clearly see all around the area. There was no person and no Sasquatch, yet the ball was hit by something or someone! This could mean only one thing, that something has the ability to cloak themselves and remain invisible to humans. But that is not the amazing part, as many Sasquatch researchers, including me, believe that these creatures are extremely intelligent and have the ability to move between dimensions. No, the amazing part is that it actually interacted in our dimension while remaining invisible to us! Wow.

Stone formation

Whatever this was did it yet another two times before the night was over. At one point, Cheryl asked the Sasquatch to bring me a rock. With Orville, Gary, and Cheryl clearly in my sight in the front part of the stage we heard a noise behind us and turned to see what it was. We looked around with our flashlights and there on my backpack was a quartz rock sitting right where I would find it. Cheryl said the rock had been gifted to me as the Sasquatch sometimes do for visitors. I thought that was the end of the experience, but not long after, I asked a question out loud- “Are there any extraterrestrials here with us?” which set off the REM Pod with all of its lights and sound going crazy, then we heard the sound of a rock fall in the center of the stage behind us. We turned to look and there, again, was another quartz rock obviously left for me.

The next night several more people were on site. We were all on the stage together, but Orville, Gary, and a young boy went back and forth to the table setting up the ball. This time, my good friends Judy White Wolf and her sister Sherry, were there along with several others. Judy is very spiritually aware and got the same impressions I did – that this is a very special place with high energy and that many different types of beings want to experience it. That evening was full of events including different colors and sizes of orbs that appeared in the field and in the trees, and the ball once again was smacked off of table several times. None of us could find a mundane explanation. I then put the REM Pod in the center front of the stage as I felt the presence of a large craft right above us. We put our chairs in a half-circle around it and the equipment went crazy when I asked questions. 

Rock on backpack

Whatever entity was with us was able to make the REM react and give us a “yes” answer, but when the answer was “no”- nothing happened. Apparently, there were both Sasquatch and ETs visiting us that evening per the answers received. I also Remote-Viewed the woods around us after seeing some trees moving, and saw three large male Sasquatch watching us.

This site is currently being investigated by a physicist and several researchers. I plan to return soon to do further study myself as I find this location fascinating. 

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Margie Kay is the Director of Quest Paranormal Investigation Group, a remote viewer, and author. She can be reached at margiekay06@yahoo.com. 

Remote Viewing Workshop March 14

Remote Viewing Workshop

Saturday, March 14, 2020

9:00 a.m - 5:30 p.m.
This workshop is geared for UFO and paranormal investigators, and to assist them in viewing past events that may have occurred to witnesses, but it is appropriate for everyone!
​No matter what your skill level, you can hone your skills as a remote-viewer and practice hands-on with one of the top remote-viewers in the U.S.  Margie Kay has helped solve over 54 crimes and has done thousands of readings using her unique abilities. She will share her knowledge with you over the course of the workshop. 

Increase your sixth sense, find out what physical issues are keeping your psychic center from working property, learn how to meditate and access the part of the mind that is used for RV effectively, learn to remote-view events or objects that are near or far including outside locations and internal body organs, animals, and more!  

We will practice Remote-Viewing in this intensive all-day workshop. Be prepared to learn a lot of information in a short period of time. By using the techniques in this class you will greatly improve your abilities! 

The cost is $149 pp for first-time attendees, or $95 pp for second-time attendees and includes lunch.

Register at www.margiekay.com

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Cryptid Sightings in the KC area

Quest Paranormal Investigation Group has received a number of cryptid reports from the greater Kansas City area and beyond in recent years. We are at a loss as to why there are so many strange unidentified creatures in this area, or as to why there is so much paranormal activity in general. 

In reviewing our files, we have three reports of a short 2' tall kangaroo type creature which was seen in Sugar Creek, Independence, and Blue Springs from 2015-2017 by different individuals. All three were driving at night and saw this unknown animal near or in a roadway. In one case, people had to drive around the creature who was standing in the middle of the road near a Missouri River park. All witnesses reported that the creature was a tan color, had short hair, ears that stood straight up, and it sat back on its haunches. The top part of the body was smaller than the bottom half, and its front legs were short. Unless a small kangaroo escaped from a nearby zoo, or unless this is a baby chupacabra, we have no other explanation. 

Four witnesses describe seeing a very large wolf-size or larger creature with short grey mottled hair and short front legs, large body muscular back end, and a long snout. These sightings were near Lake Jacomo and Blue Springs Lake, off of 40-Hwy in Blue Springs, and near Nevada, Missouri from 2009 to 2019. In all cases, the creature made no sound and moved very fast across or beside the roadway. All sightings were at night after dark. Suggestions have been made that this is a Chupacabra, however, most Chupacabra reports are of a hairless creature that is much smaller. A call to the Missouri Department of Conservation yielded no explanation for the description of this animal. 

One cryptid sighting stands out among the others - and this happened on 23rd Street in Independence in 2015. A woman and her husband left the Hy-Vee grocery store at approximately 8:30 pm and traveled west. Suddenly, a very large wolf-like white animal appeared to their right and ran along the street on the far right side of the road. The creature's back was a tall as the top of the car door. The legs were shorter in front than in back. The husband slowed the vehicle down and came to a complete stop, and as he did so the animal turned in front of the car and then faded out and disappeared right in front of them, leaving the couple to believe that it was some type of inter-dimensional creature. 

There have been a number of Sasquatch sightings in Sugar Creek, Monkey Mountain, Independence, Lee's Summit, Burr Oak Woods, and Grandview in the past six years, but Sasquatch sightings in these areas date back at least to the 1970's. 

In the Sugar Creek case, which is ongoing, witnesses report hearing Sasquatch calls/screams from wooded areas around their houses. The primary witness lived on a farm as a child and does not recognize the calls as any known animal. At a location nearby at the Sugar Creek Conservation area, three men were fishing in a stream in 2014 when a large black Sasquatch walked out of the woods, stared into the stream while looking back and forth, then turned and walked back into the woods. The three men didn't say a word, but dropped their gear and ran to their vehicle. They haven't been back since. 

In Lee's Summit, a witness' dog acted very afraid of something, then she heard a loud grunt/growl that she did not recognize as coming from any known animal. The sound came from the woods behind her house. She no longer walks her dog at night by herself. 

Gigantic bird or Mothman sightings top the list, however, with 22 reports received by Quest in the past few years. Most reports were few and far between, but so far in 2019 we took at least 17 reports from witnesses who saw bird-like creatures with wing-spans of 10' to 36'. One man was able to capture a photo of one of these Mothman type beings in flight in 2014. It had the body of a man and gigantic black wings. We've seen the photo, but don't have permission to release it to the public yet. To me, it looks authentic. (See my other articles on this subject for more details). 

Most of these giant bird reports come from the east Jackson county area near bodies of water, but one was in Overland Park, Kansas on a busy street. Some of the witnesses who filed reports are known to me, so I know they are credible, however, as an investigator, I need proof, and to date, we have little evidence that these cryptid creatures exist. 

If you've seen any type of cryptid please contact us at margiekay06@yahoo.com. 

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Margie Kay is a paranormal researcher living in Independence, Missouri. She is the author of Gateway to the Dead, The Kansas City UFO Flap, Haunted Independence, and other books. www.margiekay.com. 

The Fast Movers

I am working on a book called The Fast Movers, which is about the very-fast moving objects in our skies which are normally not visible to the naked eye. Some of us can see them, others are getting film of these objects using a technique where a UV filter or sunglasses are placed over the camera lens, then photos or preferably video is taken. The photographer positions himself next to the eve of a house while the sun is directly overhead and with the sun just out of sight, films the sky. 

When analyzing the film frame by frame, objects often appear, and in some cases can be seen two or three times in consecutive frames, making it possible to determine the speed of the objects, which are often moving at thousands of miles per hour. Obviously, a higher speed camera will capture more objects. 

During the June 20, 2019 UFO scare over Kansas City where thousands of people called the local media, three witnesses took film footage. Larry Tyree, a field investigator for Missouri MUFON, analyzed this footage, finding many dark fast-moving objects (20) around the three larger white objects that were visible to the naked eye. The darker objects were moving at the speed of 8,000 MPH.

I am one of the people that see the Fast Movers with the naked eye, likely because I've been practicing meditation for many years, and am a remote-viewer. In fact, on nearly any day I'm able to see these objects in the skies, but particularly just after a storm. The negative ions in the air may make it easier to see these objects. I know of a few other people who have seen them as well. The objects are usually only visible for a second or less, but if they are visible for one second or longer I am able to get a very good look at them. They appear in all shapes and sizes, and either as a dark object or a very bright white object. 

If you have either taken film footage of these fast-movers or have seen them with the naked eye and would like to submit something for the book, please contact me privately at editor@unxmedia.com. 

The photo attached is a close-up enhancement of a photo of a Fast-Mover submitted on another group page. Larry Tyree did the enhancement.

1973 UFO Crash in Columbia Missouri

Source: http://www.angelfire.com/mo/cptr/columbia.html[showmap address=”Columbia, Missouri” marker=”1″ map=”HYBRID” zoom=”12″ scroll=”1″ street=”1″ zoomcontrol=”1″ pan=”1″ mapcontrol=”1″ overview=”1″]

Report

Witnesses: James G. Richards, age 41 Animal Care Technician, University of Missouri 

Vanea Richards, age 16 – daughter

Jamie Richards, age 3 – son

WEATHER CONDITIONS:

Provided by Don Semaneik, Columbia Regional Weather Bureau:

Sky-clear, visibility 20 miles+, Temperature 66 degrees, Wind Speed 5 knots at 290 degrees.

ASTRONOMICAL CONDITIONS:

Moon – phase 7.4% rising at 0236. Single bright star in portion of sky – Capella – below horizon, rising at 0106.

ON SITE INVESTIGATION:

July 9, 1973 – Ted & Ginger Phillips

July 14, 1973 – Dr. J. Allen Hynek, Ted & Ginger Phillips

July 28, 1973 – Ted & Ginger Phillips

LOCATION OF OBSERVATION:

1/2 mile SE of Columbia-NE1/4, SE 1/4, sec. 17, R. 12W, T.48N, Boone County, Missouri

SETTING: The witnesses live in a mobile home located outside the city limits of Columbia. The home is located at the end of a dead end lane about 1,000 feet N of State Road WW.

The home is surrounded by scattered trees with the exception of the front yard, to the E. A house is located across the lane to the E and is occupied by an elderly lady who was asleep at the time of the observation.

OTHERS CONTACTED REGARDING THIS EVENT:

Mrs. A.P., Directory Assistance Operator, Columbia

Mrs. L.M., Operator, Columbia

Mrs. H.S., Federal Aviation Administration, Columbia

The following information was gathered during three visits at the home of the James Richard’s family.

Portions of the report are taken directly from the taped interviews.

THE OBSERVATION: The event began as Vanea went into the kitchen ( located at N end of the mobile home ) to place a baby bottle in the refrigerator, which is located by the N window and that window was open at the time. Vanea heard a rather loud ( it could be heard over the record player in the living room ) thrashing sound in the direction of scattered trees some 80 feet N of the window. At this point she could see nothing in the dark, wooded area. As she listened at the window the sound seemed to be moving around a large tree .

As the sound persisted she became rather frightened and called to her father to come to the window. Mr. Richard’s and Jamie were sitting in the living room. Richards stated that as it was late, he was tired and was slow going to the window. Vanea ran to the screened porch at the front of the home and locked the outside screen door and the front door.

By this time Richards had reached the window and was looking from the left side of the window toward the N-NE. Vanea took up a position on the right side of the window and was looking toward the trees . As he watched, Mr. Richards noted two beams of light which were located at a point between a fence and the trees.

The light beams would have been about 50 feet from the window. The beams were tapered, wide at the top, about four feet wide, tapering to about two feet at the ground. They were some five feet apart at the top. The beams were bright and silver-white in color. He could not see any form above or behind the beams.

Suddenly, the beams disappeared, faded out rapidly, and a bright oval form was seen just above the original position of the beams.

Richards and Vanea estimated the glowing form to be twelve to fifteen feet in diameter and very near the ground. The object was described as extremely bright ( Richards had to turn his eyes away briefly ) and silver-white in color.

The edges were fuzzy and no surface details were visible. The glow did not fade or brighten during the observation. The trees around the form, to the left and right, were quite visible in the glow. The area was “lit up bright as day.” No sound could be heard other than the thrashing noise in the trees and grass.

No other forms were seen. They noted that the trees were moving back and forth as though blown by a strong wind. ( wind speed was 5 knots-no storms in area ) Tree A showed a different motion… it was described by Vanea as a “tugging” motion. It seemed that something was pulling that one tree toward the ground.

Shortly after the form was visible the thrashing noise ceased. The tugging motion on tree A was still evident. Mr. Richards and Vanea heard a loud cracking sound and the tugging motion stopped. It was his tree which was damaged…the following morning a large limb was found broken at a point 17 feet above the ground.

The area was very quiet now: Richards moved to the various windows around the trailer. It was at this time that he noticed his dogs lying very still between the trailer and a shed nearby to the W. He told me the dogs were normally barking during the night at the various night animals in the area.

It seemed very strange to him that his dogs were not barking at all this noise and bright lights.(the dogs are large security animals and not easily frightened) Richards then went to the bedroom at the S end of the trailer to get his guns.

He brought the guns to the kitchen, removed several shells from a cabinet, loaded the guns and placed them on a deep freeze by the N window. He joined Vanea at the window once again and noted that the object was still there in the same position. The light from the glowing form illuminated trees as far away as 100 feet.

At this close position(about 50 feet) it was silver-white or aluminum in color, no other colors were visible. Mr. Richards said, It was real, real bright at the center, dull white at the edges, way beyond a normal light(such as an automobile headlight at the same distance) in brightness. Of the brightness vanea said, It was bright, but it didn’t hurt my eyes.

After the form had remained in this same position for several minutes Richards decided to call for help. The object suddenly began to move away toward the N, passing below tree limbs through an open area some 20 feet wide. It moved parallel to the ground until it reached the edge of a field and then raised slightly and hovered some 200 feet away from the house.

At this point it was not as bright and they could see it was silver-white at the center with a blue band of light and an orange glow extending around the outer edge. It was still low enough to be below a line of trees at the N edge of the field. When it was at this far point, Richards said,

The color, it was something to behold, I’m telling you, it was, really. The object moved about 10 degrees to the W, stopped briefly and moved back to its original position over the field. The motion was smooth and slow.

While the object was some distance away Richards dialed 113 for directory assistance. Mrs. A.P. took the call and later told me that Richards was very excited and seemed to be frightened as he described the event. He told her that he needed help and asked her to contact the police, the FBI, or anyone who could help him.

After about one minute she told him she would contact an operator and have her call him back. As he talked with Mrs. P., the house lights dimmed twice.

He hung up and returned to the window. While Richards and Vanea were watching the object, Mrs. P. contacted Mrs. L.M. and gave her the phone number. Mrs. M. immediately dialed the number, there was no busy signal, no ring-nothing-in her opinion, the Richards line was dead.

She tried dialing the number five times, pausing after the third try to contact Mrs.P. to be sure she had the right number. She did. After the fifth try(she stated it would have taken perhaps three minutes to dial five times, waiting briefly after each dial and contacting Mr. P. she did not get through.

During this time Richards was quite concerned as no one had called back, so he picked up the receiver to call out again. Over his end of the line he could hear no sound, no busy signal. He tried again and again, suddenly, as he recalls, Mrs. M. was on the line saying – Richards? and he answered-Jefferson City?

Richards then told Mrs. M. what had been happening and that he was frightened for his children.

Mrs. M. thought ( she could not be sure ) that she contacted the Richards home at about 0045. To her best recollection, he repeated his story over and over, pausing to ask Vane if it was still there and what it was doing.

Both operators felt that Richards was sober and telling the truth. After what seemed to be several minutes(she couldn’t be sure of the time line) Mrs. M. contacted the Flight Service Station ( FAA ) at the Columbia Regional Airport. Mrs. H.S. was on duty at the time, Mrs. S. stated that Richards sounded sincere and sober. He seemed to be frightened as he described the event.

After several minutes Mrs. S. told Richards that there had been another sighting on June 24th at Jefferson City. She then told him that she would contact the police for him and they hung up.

The object was again moving toward the home and Richards became very frightened. Richards stated, It came back and we had it, I’ll tell you. we didn’t know what to do, we both got kinda scared.

I said, what’s gonna happen? Something’s gonna happen here. This cold feeling came over me, I got speechless at this time. I just had this cold feeling when it came back that second time. I was just sure, like you almost feel that you were gonna get killed or something. Like death was at you, this was it. I didn’t know what to do, I just froze.

I just knew this was it and no one would come, no policemen. I was scared to go out the door, I wouldn’t have gone outside, no way.

The object moved through the trees to a point near in the trees near its original position 50 feet away from the window. It remained there for an undetermined period of time. It suddenly moved away, through the trees toward the field. It move with a smooth, slow motion, no sound. Richards noted that the trees did not move during the second close approach and there was no thrashing sound.

As the object reached a point at the near edge of the field it raised slightly until it reached a point over the field some 200 feet away. it hovered and no motion could be seen.

It was still below the tree line to the N. The orange and blue bands could be seen again, it was silver-white at the center. The glow seemed to shrink, even though it was getting smaller the orange and blue bands were visible until it just disappeared by growing smaller and smaller.

It does not appear likely it was growing smaller because it was moving away into the distance as no motion could be seen and it would have hit the trees to the N had it flown away. After the glow had faded out the object was not seen again.

At about 0145 the police arrived, one young officer walked to the area with Richards and looked around briefly. He told Richards that there were some tracks but they looked like they were made by rabbits. Richards told him to forget the whole thing and he returned to the trailer, followed by the officer.

He told the officer if he thought they were rabbit tracks he should forget the whole thing. It is very possible the officer didn’t see the deep imprints. They did not see the broken limb at that time. Richards called the Flight Service Station after the object had disappeared and Mrs. S. stated that he seemed relieved that he could talk with someone about the event.

THE SITE: July 9, 1973… my wife and I interviewed the witnesses and investigated the area on our way to Chicago. Allen Hynek had invited us for a visit and to meet jazz drummer Buddy Rich ( I being a drummer and had mentioned to Allen that Buddy was my favorite on the planet ) Buddy had a sighting and had contacted Allen a week earlier and was playing in Chicago for a week.

I spent most of the time obtaining measurements and taking photographs of the site. The imprints and damage to trees is located in an area of scattered trees N of the trailer. A fence is located 25 feet from the window and the first imprint was found some 50.5 feet beyond the fence.

This seemed to be a series of imprints rather than just one. The imprints at this point number 4, they were 0.5 feet by 0.4 feet with a depth of 0.2 to 0.3 feet. This first set of imprints are 9.5 feet from a large broken tree limb. This limb is 0.4 feet in diameter and was still attached to the tree trunk.

It appeared to have been twisted and pulled toward the ground. The limb was broken at a point 16.5 feet above the ground. two smaller limbs, each 0.1 feet in diameter, located on the larger limb, were broken off.

A small limb 17.0 feet above the ground and extending from the tree trunk at the point of the break, shows signs of being rubbed. All the breaks are fresh. Leaves in the area above the path taken by the object to and from the field, but especially over the point where it had hovered are dying.

There are signs of heating three limbs on tree B had leaves that are brown, these are 25 to 35 feet above the ground. To the North of the first imprints ( along the objects reported path ) we found a complex series of imprints.

It is difficult to determine a pattern as the object moved through this area four times, coming in an going out. Bob Gassaway, a reporter for the Columbia Tribune, visited the area the day after the sighting. He told me that he tried to make a heel mark by one of the imprints and although he weighs over 300 pounds, he could force his heel to a depth of only 1/2 inch.

As the imprints are generally 0.5 by 0.4 feet with a depth of 0.3 feet, we must assume a weight on each imprint much above 300 pounds ( rabbits? ). There were no marks in the field and no radiation could be detected. Plaster casts were taken and the imprints outlined with flour for photographs.

When we arrived in Chicago I processed the film at the Northwestern University darkroom. We described the event with the photographs and Buddy and Allen both planned to go back with us, Allen made it but Buddy couldn’t get around a schedule. Buddy and I discussed cases many times after this.

On July 14th we returned with J. Allen. The leaves were all quite dead & the limbs were barren over the area.