A Missouri witness heading toward midtown Kansas City reports a hovering, rectangle-shaped object "200 to 300 feet above the top of the trees," according to January 2, 2012, testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
"Traveling north on Ward Parkway towards the Plaza lights, I approached an intersection, stopped at the light on red, and started driving when the light turned green," the witness stated. "As I started driving north, I noticed a church on the right with cars parked outside the church on the curb running parallel to the church. I looked up and saw a rectangular object with strobe lights flashing on the left of the rectangle and I could barely see the white strobe light flashing on the far right of the triangle because of the trees.The center strip had an orange glow."
Trees were obstructing some of the view, and the witness reports some of the street lights were blending in with the object's lights.
"This object was as wide as two traffic lanes and about 200 to 300 feet above the top of the trees. I immediatly thought it was a traffic helicopter, but soon realized it was hovering. I had the moon roof shield open and watched this object go over my car over the top of the trees, and as I looked to the rear of my car at the object, I soon realized I could still see the orange glow and thought then the glow was coming from under the object."
The witness did not follow the craft at that point. The witness also points out that there were a number of people in the street at the time who may also have seen the same object.
No images or videos were included with the MUFON report, which was filed on January 2, 2012. The incident occurred on December 24, 2011. The above quotes were edited for clarity.
Missouri is a current UFO ALERT 4 rating, with a higher than average number of UFO sightings nationally. Missouri had 15 reports in December, the 10th highest reporting state - while California had 63 reports in December 2011 - the highest reporting state in the nation.
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The above case links are the unedited and as yet uninvestigated reports filed with MUFON. Please keep in mind that most UFO reports can be explained as something natural or manmade. If Missouri MUFON State Director Debbie Ziegelmeyer investigates and reports back on these cases, I will release an update. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
MO, December 24, 2011 - White strobe light on each end of rectangle with orange glow in center between strobe lights. MUFON Case 34532.
I try to travel down Ward Parkway on Christmas Eve every year and view the Chritsmas lights on the houses along Ward Parkway. My ending point is the Plaza in midtown Kansas City. Traveling north on Ward Parkway towards the Plaza lights, I approached an intersection,stopped at the light on red started driving when the light turned green. As I started driving north I noticed a church on the right with cars parked outside the church on the curb running parallel to the church. I looked up and saw a rectangular object with strobe lights flashing on the left of the rectangle and I could barely see the white strobe light flashing on the far right of the triangle because of the trees.The center strip had an orange glow .The trees were obstructing some of the view, and the street lights were blending in with the lighted object. This object was as wide as two traffic lanes and about two to three hundred feet above the top of the trees. I immediatly thought it was a traffic helicopter but soon realized it was hovering. I had the moon roof shield open and watched this object go over my car over the top of the trees, and as i looked to the rear of my car at the object I soon realized I could still see the orange glow and thought then the glow was coming from under the object.I immediatly thought of turning around and following the object as it moved southeast , but soon realized Ward Parkway is one way for both sides. I really did not know what to think. I would also mention there were people across from the church on the road going east and west standing on the curb or sidewalk. I do not know if they were waiting for the traffic to move so they could cross the street to go to the church, or were watching this rectangular object. This experience is strange in that I did not really put all the information together until I got home. I know there is a plane service that you can rent to view the Plaza lights by air and thought that was what I had seen. But what I saw was a lot lower in altitude towards the ground. I had the radio on listening to Holiday music, and I am not sure if there was any sound from the object. I am glad I had the courage to inform you of this occurance,I could not hold it in any longer without telling someone!
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