E-009609LANDMARK CASE · HIGH CORROBORATIONDATE PRECISION: exactRECORD COMPLETENESS: 100%
Alice Vacuum-Truck Lift / Radio-Failure Encounter
June 12, 1981Alice roadway, Texas, United States
Vacuum-truck driver Robert Gomez reported a brilliant white domed disc with a dark central ring while his truck slowed, appeared to lift slightly and lost radio reception. He later reported a substantial quantity of water missing from the tank.
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“Gomez reported a brilliant white domed disc as his vacuum truck slowed, appeared to lift slightly and lost radio reception; he later reported roughly 165 gallons of water missing from the tank.”
“Hall adopts James McDonald’s “mass displacement” label for cases in which vehicles or other physical objects were reportedly lifted or moved, and broadens it to include apparent slowing, dragging and related inertial effects.”
“Table 5 indexes reported vehicle lifting, displacement, slowing and other apparent force effects from the mid-1960s through 1988, including several cases already modeled in Sections V and VI.”