Details of Incident:

Strange object seen in sky over Townsend

Can we believe his own eyesight or must he think he has gone bananas when he sees on the old R.R. right of way a "thing" the likes of which he has never beheld previously? And what if several other persons saw the same object? Are they all gone barmy too?

On Friday afternoon, May 14, Tom Powers from the service station, his son Tony, Guy Lindstrom and Barry Thomas attendants at the Pond E gas station all happened to be outside when suddenly there appeared a bright object hovering three to four feet above the farmer track area and moving northward. A few people in cars at the station saw the object too so it was not just an apparition.

The four men nearly lost their lower jaws and their eyes popped as they gazed in frozen amazement. Asked what he thought it was, Tom Powers, looking a bit abashed, quipped, "Don't ask me what I saw, it was unlike anything I have ever seen."

Thinking, momentarily that it might be a helium filled balloon he told Tony to run across the highway and "catch that thing," but by the time the young man crossed 32 the object had zoomed on north.

All four men agreed that the round shiny thing was shaped like two pie pans or two bowls glued together. Tony figured it to be about two and a half feet across. Barry Thomas said "It looked about the size of a fairly big tire. It was extremely bright and metallic, like chrome. A couple times it raised a foot or so and then back to the three foot level."

Guy had the impression that it suddenly crossed the highway and back. Each man was in a state of semi-shock and disbelief but all agreed that it was flying on its own power. As it got just beyond the town garage, the "saucer" rose to about tree top level and suddenly zoomed out of sight.

The thing couldn't possibly have been a balloon because balloons do not travel horizontally, so there you are with a nice little mystery item which to all intent must have been a UFO from outer space - a big first for Townsend.

The men all knew they had seen it and yes they feel a bit embarrassed about it, but naturally proud to have been witnesses to such a startling event which all happened in just a few minutes time in Townsend.

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Date: May 14, 1982 Location: Townsend County: Oconto Source: Oconto, WI Oconto County Reporter, May 26, 1982

Details of Incident:

Strange object seen in sky over Townsend

Date: May 14, 1982
Location: Townsend
County: Oconto

Source: Oconto, WI Oconto County Reporter, May 26, 1982