A second Missouri witness has come forward with information from a UFO sighting near the Liberty Memorial in downtown Kansas City, according to July 19, 2011, testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The story was originally covered as: Multiple Missouri witnesses watch 'strange gold ball of light'
Both witnesses describe watching two lights - one a helicopter - that appeared to be following the second light, which they could not identify.
"As the two approached we could see that they were different," the reporting witness stated. "One was no doubt a helicopter. It was easily identifiable. It was also now apparent that the helicopter was chasing or engaging the other object in what looked to be an inquisitive posture. It really looked like the helicopter was trying to figure out what the heck this thing was."
The witness described the second light.
"My description of this 'craft' would be orangish/yellowish/goldish… also like a small sun….. or for lack of a better word, orb. If I had to narrow it down to one color it would be orangish. It was obviously spherical in shape. The colors were not from multiple lights, but more like entire craft was glowing. It had no blinking lights like normal aircraft. The only sound that could be heard was from the helicopter.(single helicopter blade sounds)."
The witness described the object's actions.
"As they reach the air space just above our heads the helicopter appeared to swing around to get a better look. The object changed directions slightly to the northwest and the helicopter seemed to back off quickly, then continued to trail the object. At approximately a mile from our location it appeared the helicopter backed off more and a plane (with blinking lights) appeared to flyby. At this point the object seemed to speed up and leave the area at a much quicker speed."
No images or videos were included with the MUFON report, which was filed on July 19, 2011. The incident occurred on July 16, 2011. The above quotes were edited for clarity.
Missouri is a current UFO ALERT 5 rating, with a low number of UFO sightings nationally. Missouri had 12 reports in June 2011 - while California had 42 UFO reports - the highest reporting state in the nation. Missouri is on our Watch List.
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The following is the unedited and as yet uninvestigated report 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 this case, I will release an update. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
MO, July 16, 2011 - Orangish Orb chased by helicopter over Kansas City, Mo. MUFON Case # 30269.
A group of us (14 people) were visiting the Kansas City area and had just visited the Liberty Memorial near Downtown Kansas City at night to see the views of the city. As we were leaving and walking down long entrance to the memorial we noticed two lights at approximately 2000 feet of altitude coming from due south of the Liberty Memorial headed to the north.
As the two “lights” came closer to us I said to one of my friends,”hey look at the helicopters flying in formation”. The entire group began looking at the “helicopters”. As the two approached we could see that they were different. One was no doubt a helicopter. It was easily identifiable. It was also now apparent that the helicopter was chasing or engaging the other object in what looked to be an inquisitive posture. It really looked like the helicopter was trying to figure out what the heck this thing was. My description of this “craft” would be Orangish/Yellowish/Goldish… also like a small sun….. or for lack of a better word, orb. If I had to narrow it down to one color it would be orangish…. It was obviously spherical in shape. The colors were not from multiple lights, but more like entire craft was glowing. It had no blinking lights like normal aircraft. The only sound that could be heard was from the helicopter.(single helicopter blade sounds)
As they reach the air space just above our heads the helicopter appeared to swing around to get a better look. The object changed directions slightly to the Northwest and the helicopter seemed to back off quickly, then continued to trail the object. At approximately a mile from our location it appeared the helicopter backed off more and a plane (with blinking lights) appeared to flyby. At this point the object seemed to speed up and leave the area at a much quicker speed.
I’m 48 years old and I can honestly say I have no clue what this “craft” could have been, I have never seen anything that would even come close to this craft in appearance. It was obviously controlled and it had obviously gained the attention of what appeared to be a Police helicopter.
I could upload a image, but it is only lines of color. I had been taking long exposure images of the monument (night/dark photography)and turned to snap a shot and still had the camera set at several second exposure time.. It does however show the change of direction and small dounble line for the helicopter. (front light and tail light)
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