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ENC-902605LANDMARK CASE · HIGH CORROBORATIONDATE PRECISION: approximateRECORD COMPLETENESS: 86%

Joel / Patrica Wilson Red Ball of Light Close Approach — summer 2009

summer 2009, likely June or JulySkinwalker Ranch / Fort Duchesne off-site vicinity, Utah, Utah, United States

Patrica and Joel Wilson reported a small red light near their property that rose rapidly out of view and later reappeared. Joel said that after he flashed a flashlight toward it, the red light with a black ring approached his face to within inches, accompanied by a rotten-mud odor, warmth, brief high-pitched ringing and short-lived facial numbness, but no reported injury or lasting effect.

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Encounter · New Insights case observation

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CLAIM-216914reported
“Patrica and Joel Wilson reported a small red light near their property that rose rapidly out of view and later reappeared. Joel said that after he flashed a flashlight toward it, the red light with a black ring approached his face to within inches, accompanied by a rotten-mud odor, warmth, brief high-pitched ringing and short-lived facial numbness, but no reported injury or lasting effect.”
Inside the U.S. Government Covert UFO Program: New Insights
SRC-002150 · printed pp. 235-252; Chapter 15 case detail
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Encounter · New Insights evidence provenance

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CLAIM-216933reported
“In the April follow-up Joel placed the light about four inches from his face and reported a brief high-pitched ringing, warmth and facial numbness lasting a few minutes, while denying redness, dizziness, eye injury, vision change, headache or other lasting effects.”
Inside the U.S. Government Covert UFO Program: New Insights
SRC-002150 · printed pp. 235-252; Chapter 15 evidentiary qualification
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Skinwalker Ridge Off-Site Aerial-Light and Orb Reports · New Insights evidence provenance

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CLAIM-216803reported
“Residents described recurring unidentified lights near Skinwalker Ranch, Randlett and Pelican Lake, including colored spheres, zigzagging lights and low-altitude orb-like objects.”
Inside the U.S. Government Covert UFO Program: New Insights
SRC-002150 · printed pp. 221-234; section: Chapter 14 recurring/off-site phenomena
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Skinwalker Ridge Off-Site Aerial-Light and Orb Reports · New Insights case observation

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CLAIM-216839reported
“Two young Native American residents interviewed near Pelican Lake reportedly said they had seen unidentified lights emanating from or near the lake on several occasions.”
Inside the U.S. Government Covert UFO Program: New Insights
SRC-002150 · printed pp. 221-234; section: November 2-5, 2009 witness outreach
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