E-009608LANDMARK CASE · HIGH CORROBORATIONDATE PRECISION: exactRECORD COMPLETENESS: 100%
Union Missouri Rear-Impact / Vehicle-Lift Encounter
July 27, 1978Union / Highway 50, Missouri, United States
Clora E. Winscher reported a blinding light approaching from behind, a sharp impact sensation and the rear wheels of her car lifting off the road. After the light departed, she and Union police reportedly observed two indentations on the trunk lid.
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“Winscher reported a bright light, rear-impact sensation, rear wheels lifting and unstable steering. Afterward she and Union police reportedly observed two indentations about twenty-two inches apart on the trunk lid.”
“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.”