March 28, 1995: A public employee near the Cordova Airport observed a fog-like object circle the car six times before hovering over the fender, then found two disc-shaped objects sitting in a roadside meadow. Single-witness NUFORC phone report. CE-I — Insufficient Data.
THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTING REPORT
1995: Dramatic sighting in the outskirts of Cordova, Alaska
At 12:36 AM on March 28, 1995, a public employee driving near the Cordova Airport in the remote coastal town of Cordova, Alaska observed a “clump of fog” that appeared to jump across the roadway ahead of the car. The phenomenon repeated six times, circling closer with each pass until a strange-looking object hovered directly over the front right fender. The witness then continued driving toward Cordova and encountered two large disc-shaped objects sitting in a meadow beside the road. The witness called NUFORC the next morning, reportedly quite emotionally upset.
Date: March 28, 1995
Sighting Time: 00:36 (12:36 AM)
Day/Night: Night
Location: Outskirts of Cordova, Alaska, near the Cordova Airport (Mile 13 Road area)
Urban or Rural: Rural
No. of Entity(‘s): 0
Entity Type: Not applicable
Entity Description: Not applicable
Hynek Classification: CE-I (Close Encounter of the First Kind) — object hovered directly over the vehicle, and two disc-shaped objects were observed at close range in a meadow. The NL classification on the original page is incorrect — the witness described structured objects at close range, not distant lights.
Duration: Approximately 15 minutes
No. of Object(s): 3 (one object that circled the vehicle six times and hovered over the fender, plus two disc-shaped objects seen in a meadow)
Description of the Object(s): The initial object appeared as a “clump of fog” that jumped across the roadway, becoming more visible with each successive pass until it hovered over the car’s right front fender. Its detailed description is not preserved in the available NUFORC summary. Two additional large, disc-shaped objects were subsequently observed sitting in a meadow beside the roadway.
Shape of Object(s): The two meadow objects: disc-shaped. The circling object: indeterminate (initially appeared as a fog-like mass)
Size of Object(s): Described as “large” — no specific dimensions provided
Color of Object(s): Not specified in the available summary
Distance to Object(s): Circling object: directly over the vehicle’s fender at closest approach. Meadow objects: adjacent to the roadway
Height & Speed: Circling object progressed from road-crossing altitude to hovering directly over the vehicle. Meadow objects appeared stationary on or near the ground.
Number of Witnesses: 1
Special Features/Characteristics: The initial object appeared to circle the vehicle six times in progressively tighter passes, transitioning from a vague fog-like appearance to a more defined form. The two meadow objects were reportedly sitting (landed or hovering at very low altitude) in an open field. The witness, described by NUFORC as a public employee, was reportedly quite emotionally upset when calling the next morning.
Case Status: Insufficient Data
Source: NUFORC (National UFO Reporting Center) — telephone report filed the morning after the sighting (March 28 or 29, 1995). The NUFORC summary by Peter Davenport is the only surviving record.
Summary/Description: A public employee driving near the Cordova Airport at 12:36 AM observed a fog-like object jump across the road six times in tightening circles before hovering over the car’s fender, then continued toward Cordova and found two large disc-shaped objects sitting in a meadow beside the road. Single witness, next-morning NUFORC telephone report, no physical evidence collected. The witness’s emotional distress was noted by NUFORC. The NUFORC summary is the only source — no investigation was conducted.
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Detailed Report
On the night of March 28, 1995, at 12:36 AM, a public employee was driving in the vicinity of the Cordova Airport on the outskirts of Cordova, Alaska — a small, isolated fishing town on the southeastern coast accessible only by boat or air. The witness observed what appeared to be a “clump of fog” jump across the roadway ahead of the vehicle. The witness initially dismissed it as wind-driven fog — a common occurrence in coastal Alaska in March.
Seconds later, the same phenomenon occurred again, but closer and more visible. The circling event repeated a total of six times, with the object becoming progressively closer and more defined with each pass. The sequence concluded when a strange-looking object hovered directly over the right front fender of the witness’s car.
The witness continued driving the remaining miles toward the town of Cordova. At some point along the road, the witness became aware of two large, disc-shaped objects sitting in a meadow beside the roadway. No additional details about the meadow objects — size, color, surface features, lighting, sound, or behavior — are preserved in the available summary.
The witness called NUFORC the following morning. Peter Davenport, who took the call, noted that the witness was quite emotionally upset by the experience and described the event as “quite dramatic.” No follow-up investigation was conducted. No physical evidence was collected from the road or meadow. No other witnesses have been identified.
Researcher’s Notes
The Cordova Airport Road — Alaska 1995 and the Limits of a Telephone Summary
- Source Chain: This case exists solely as a NUFORC telephone intake summary — a few paragraphs written by Peter Davenport from a single phone call the morning after the event. No investigator visited the site. No physical evidence was collected from the road or meadow. No photographs exist. No second witness has been identified. The witness’s name, specific employment, and identity are unknown beyond “public employee.” The NUFORC summary is sparse and lacks the details that would be necessary for meaningful analysis — no object dimensions, colors, surface features, or behavioral specifics for the meadow discs.
- Classification Correction: The original page classified this as NL (Nocturnal Light). The witness described a structured fog-like object that hovered directly over the vehicle and two disc-shaped objects at ground level in a meadow — both close-range observations of apparently structured objects. The correct classification is CE-I. The “Folsom Boulevard” tag on the original page appears to be a data entry error from a different NUFORC case and should be removed.
- Mundane Candidates: Coastal Alaska in March produces dense, localized fog banks that can move erratically in variable coastal winds. A driver at night encountering rapidly shifting fog patches could perceive them as a single object circling the vehicle, especially if the fog caught headlights at different angles. The “landed discs” in the meadow could be fog-obscured objects, ice formations, or equipment — though the witness apparently felt certain enough about their disc shape to report them as such. Without any investigation, the mundane candidates remain unexcluded.
Assessment: The witness’s emotional distress is noted by NUFORC and suggests sincerity, but the case has no evidentiary foundation beyond a single telephone summary. No details exist that would allow meaningful analysis of the meadow objects. Classified Insufficient Data — a sincere report preserved in the archive but lacking the data to evaluate.
Something circled a car on a dark road outside Cordova in the small hours of a March night, and two disc-shaped objects sat in a meadow a few miles down the road. A public employee called NUFORC the next morning, upset enough that Peter Davenport noted the distress. That phone call — a few paragraphs in a database — is everything that survives. Whatever happened on that road, the record is too thin to say.
