By Joan Woodward, Animal Reaction Specialist, 11 April
2006
(NICAP.org)
The whole UFO case report:
“Animal Reaction Feature:
A dog that was normally outdoors at night and that
normally barked at and chased any animal that came near the house, began
barking at 3:30 AM. This barking was unusual, described as a ‘scared’ bark,
causing the witness to get up and see what was happening.
The dog was barking at a glowing object and would not
leave the porch. Normally in that situation, the dog would take off after
whatever had attracted its attention. The witness stated that this night the
dog was clearly afraid and continued barking from the porch and would not leave
the porch.
The witness also noted he heard cattle bellowing on a
hill, and when the light moved off, he heard neighbor’s dogs start barking. [No
information was given on the location of the cattle or of the neighbor’s house
relative to witness and the unknown light.—jw]
The Sighting:
The object was described as egg shaped or oblong,
about the size of an average car. It had
a 3-dimensional appearance, ‘like you could look through it, or right into it.’ The outside was orange and toward the center
it was brighter and a slightly different color.
The colors were described as similar to setting sun but not dark enough
to be considered red. The night was very quiet with no wind.
The witness made an effort to hear any sound from the
object but heard nothing. He noted that
even when the object started moving, he still could hear nothing.
The object, judging by a tree in front of it, was
estimated to be 20 feet
or less from the ground and was in the area of a clearing. It remained still
and in view for about 10 minutes. Then
the witness’s wife, watching from indoors while he watched from the porch,
turned on house lights. At that point, the object flickered slightly and
started moving away slowly and steadily, maintaining its low altitude. It speed
was estimated as 5 mph
and it was moving in a northwest direction. The object was lost to sight after
after 20 seconds as it became obscured by trees. The witness heard the
neighbor’s dogs start barking about 3 minutes later. [The only direction
indicated was that the glowing object disappeared moving to the NW. Using
YourSky (fourmilab.ch/yoursky/) to see if any bright objects were near the
horizon at the time of the sighting, I found Mars was roughly 35° in the SE
sky, unlikely a factor. However, the 97%
illuminated moon was due to set 4:05 AM
(verified with USNO) and would have been very near the horizon SW horizon. I
cannot say the setting moon was or was not involved in this sighting without
directions and knowledge of the topography. The witness reports the dog was
reacting in the direction of the glowing object, suggesting something was
happening other than the moon setting. However, it is always possible that the
dog was reacting to something other than what the witness was watching.—jw]
Source:
<>SKYLOOK, No. 69, August 1973, page 13
SKYLOOK,
No. 70, September 1973, pages 14-15”
My comment:
The October 1975 Espevær
(island), Norway,
UFO landing incident involved dogs that barked hysterically. Several dog owners said their dogs had never earlier
reacted like they did that evening.
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