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Date: January 3 and January 5, 1981
Location: Wautoma, Mount Morris, Redgranite and Poy Sippi
County: Waushara

Source: Oshkosh, WI Northwestern, January 5, 1981


 

Details of Incident:

"Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane, no, it's - it's, what is it?"

That seems to be the question numerous Waushara County Residents are asking themselves since sightings of an unidentified flying object were reported Saturday evening and today.

While the talk around town seems to be concerned with the sightings Saturday night, Gary Firnges of Wild Rose told the Northwestern he saw a UFO about 6:15 a.m. today near County Trunks H and W.

Firnges said he saw lights about 150 to 200 feet in the air and thought at first it was a helicopter. He said he looked closer and all he could see were lights and nothing solid. He also said he saw the same thing last Tuesday at around the same time. The sky was clear both times, he said.

A Wautoma woman who saw the UFO Saturday night said it seemed to be circling over the Redgranite area. She said it continued moving around and never remained in one place. She said there were two things in the air but the second object never moved and she had no idea what either object was. "It was kind of fun watching it," she said.

A husband and wife in the Poy Sippi area, who did not want to be identified, spotted the UFO at 8:45 p.m. Saturday. He said he was sure it was a plane but said the strange thing about the object was that it had unusually strong landing or belly lights.

He said usually landing lights point towards the front but the lights on the UFO were more in the center and exceptionally bright. He said it was about 1,000 to 1,500 feet in the air and was travelling in a northwest direction. He said the sighting could have been due to cold weather.

They saw the object for about 30 seconds.

A spokesman from the Waushara County Sheriff's Department said they finally gave up trying to keep track of calls from persons reporting the UFO. He said the sightings were probably due to clear, cold nights and northern lights, with reflections from objects in space.

The sightings were reported from 8 to 10 p.m. throughout the county but mainly in the eastern portion which includes Wautoma, Mount Morris, Redgranite and Poy Sippi.

The spokesman said four sheriff's deputies on duty also reported seeing the UFO. The sightings were not reported to any federal agencies, the spokesman said.

Harold Lingen, Jr., Wild Rose, was at a neighbor's house listening to the police scanner when he became aware of the sightings. He decided to drive into Wautoma and see if he could spot the object.

When returning to Wild Rose from Wautoma, travelling north on Highway 22, he saw a bright, solid, round white light coming from the east and travelling west. Lingen said he was a few miles north of Wautoma when he spotted the light.

Lingen said he continued to watch the light and when it got over the highway, ahead of his car, it stopped for a couple of seconds and then took off, continuing west.

Lingen said it wasn't a plane and the light was very bright.

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