SUBJECT: NASHVILLE TENNESSEE SIGHTING REPORT FILE: UFO1255 CASE # 102689TN - Location: 60 miles west of Nashville on Interstate 40. Lead Investigator: John Komar, SD. While driving from Nashville to Memphis on a clear, sunny day, three occupants in a car noticed two very bright sun-lit objects in the sky southwesterly from their location, at approximately 5:00 p.m. The witnesses stated the objects "were very bright as if they were reflecting the sun." The objects, each believed to be at least 1 1/2 times the size of the "Goodyear blimp", were stated to be approximately 1500 feet above the ground, with one being higher than the other. The seemed to not be moving. Actual duration of the sighting was about five minutes. The witnesses stopped watching the object for a moment, and when they looked again the two objects had disappeared. The primary witness has training as an aircraft pilot, and has been employed by an airline company for a number of years in different locations throughout the country. This witness firmly states that the objects he had seen were not aircraft, helicopter, nor dirigible. No sounds were reported to have been heard. Distance to the objects was about 3-5 miles. There might be another witness to this sighting, or a similar craft on around the same date. Below is a message I received from Jerry Woody, MUFON member in Alabama. (Jerry also runs a ParaNet BBS): Message number 2057 in "MUFONET" Date: 03-07-90 19:57 From: Jerry Woody To: John Komar Subj: Re: Tennessee Sighting Report Hi John; This sounds very similar to a sighting I had in Hartselle a few months ago. I 'ran it up the pole' by writing to some Hartselle Users here on the Frontier but nothing came of it and I dismissed it as an aircraft. Now I'm not too sure. The date, unfortunately, is unknown since I had dropped reporting the object but probably occurred 2-3 months ago. Kathy was driving South on Hwy 31 through the town of Hartselle in North central Alabama. I was reading a magazine in the passenger side when a metallic reflection directly in front of and up caught my eye. I glanced up at it and saw a fairly small object vigorously reflecting sunlight and shaped somewhat like a 'crooked, bent finger'. I went back to reading when it dawned on me that something wasn't right. It had no tail section and wasn't going quite right for a normal plane. Too much reflection like it was rotating, spinning, etc. I looked back up just to see the object apparently turn. The metallic reflection was replaced by a small dark circle which in a space of 2 seconds closed in on itself and the entire object disappeared. This occurred approximately. 3pm. Sky was sunny with some high Cirrostratus in the Western Sky. I estimate the object height at 2500 to 3000 feet. Jet aircraft contrails was observed at app. 10000 ft. + where the condensation level was. This object created no contrail and was certainly no small light plane. The object was observed for a total of perhaps 10 seconds. The sky was clear and blue in the background and when it disappeared it left without a trace. Jerry. ********************************************** * THE U.F.O. BBS - http://www.ufobbs.com/ufo * **********************************************