1967 or 1968: Triangular Hovering Object over Ft. Smith, Arkansas

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THINK ABOUTIT UFO SIGHTING REPORT

Date: 1967 or 1968

Sighting Time:

Day/Night: Night

Location: North 36th in Fort Smith, Arkansas

Urban or Rural: Urban

Number of Entit(y|ies):

Entity Type:

Entity Description:

Hynek Classification: CE-I (Close Encounter I) Observation of an object in close proximity to the witness (i.e. within 500’)

Duration:

No. of Object(s): 1

Size of Object(s):

Distance to Object(s): 100 yards (app.) above us

Shape of Object(s): triangular

Color of Object(s): three lights on it with one on each corner.

Number of Witnesses: at least 500 people (probably more than 1000) 

Source: www.nuforc.org;  www.nuforc.org

Summary/Description:  I wonder why I never hear anything about this event. It’s like it never happened and at least 500 people (probably more than 1000) witnessed it. We were outside our home at ((street number deleted)) North 36th in Fort Smith, Arkansas. My mother, father and myself were there. Our neighbors were in their front yards. Suddenly in the sky a triangular shaped object appeared right above our home not 100 yards (app.) above us.

It had three lights on it with one on each corner. We all saw it at the same time, as did many people over the whole city of Fort Smith, Arkansas. The radio station started reporting on it after many calls. A well-known preacher in Fort Smith was praying about it, and the radio station had everyone gather at the Pepsi or Coca Cola bottling plant and there were at least 1000 people gathered there who had seen the object/objects all over the city. The preacher also was there and it was quite an event. It was in the news for a couple of days, and then some hokey story about a weather balloon was released and suddenly the story was cold.

In the past few years I have spoken to people who did see it and remember it well, and we all remember the event and wish we knew more about it. The craft we saw could move very suddenly very fast and just stop and hover in the air. No one had ever seen anything like it.

Last year, I heard from a man who had been stationed at Fort Chaffee (just southeast of the city) who was looking for people who remembered the event. He said he had never gotten it out of his mind. He is out of the service now and lives in Florida. I would love to know if anyone has reported this at this website or remembers it as I do. My sister was in Oklahoma at the time and she and her boyfriend saw it from the bridge that leads from Oklahoma into Fort Smith. Would love to hear more from anyone about this event. The date may not be correct, but it was around that time. By the way, many people reported that the lights changed colors on the craft.