Investigation Team: Dave Miller
Date: August or September 1966
On September 12, 1990, I interviewed Mrs. SR. She said a young mother was driving her two sons and grandmother on Crane’s Run Road where it dead ends into State Route 25 in rural, southern Montgomery County, Ohio near the city of Miamisburg. It was about 7:30 or 8pm. The female, who we will call Shannon, stopped at a stop sign and looked across the field where the sun was going down across the horizon to the west.
The occupants of the car could see a saucer shaped object in front of the sun approximately ½ mile away. The object is described as bright, shiny, and looked like it may be touching down on the ground as it was very close to the ground. Shannon describes the size of the object as about the size of a truck.
“We heard a humming sound, quite distinct since we didn’t have to strain to see it,” explained Shannon. “I couldn’t tell a distinct color (of the object) because the sun was behind it but it shimmered a lot and wavered. No wind was blowing on the ground, dirt or grass. It had a clockwise right to left spin.”
The four occupants of the car sat there and watched it about ten minutes. Other traffic pulled over (about 3 or 4 cars) and saw the object according to Shannon. Soon the object began to ascend. “It tilted back and took off slow,” remembered Shannon. “I lost sight of it in the distance. The object was pretty looking, but it still gave me goose bumps.”
