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Encounters / J.L.  > Submitted by: J.L. > Date: 1992 > Location: Long Island, N.Y. > Experience: Sighting > Hynek Classification: Nocturnal Light > Vallee Classification: CE1 > Source Reliability Rating: 1 The story that I'm going to relate to you happened about 10 years ago. Until now, I've mentioned it only to my family. At the time [in 1992], I lived on Long Island, in the eastern part of New York State. Back then my wife and I owned a business on the southern shore. One day we finished work early. I walked her out to her car. As I returned, I waved good-bye to her. That day we were experiencing very low-level clouds (which is not uncommon on Long Island), the type that if you reach up you almost feel like you can touch them. I looked up, and all of a sudden a very bright, circular yellow disk about 50 feet to 60 feet [in diameter] broke through the clouds, heading in a northerly direction. It whisked by in about four or five seconds, following the parkway. I'd say it was maybe 100 feet up, directly over my head. It never made a sound as it moved away at an incredible speed. I did not have my camera on me, so I have no proof of what I saw. I never reported it. Over the years, I've regreted not telling anyone what I experienced, and I've wondered if anyone else saw what I saw that day. I understand why, if anyone else witnessed it with no proof, they didn't come forward. One more item: Brookhaven Lab is only 10 miles away. [Editor's Note: The Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory conducts research in the physical, biomedical and environmental sciences. It also builds, maintains and operates major facilities available to university, industrial and government scientists.] |
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