To: ufosnw@rt66.com From: () Subject: UFO Sighting Reports Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by () on Monday, April 20, 1998 at 07:45:10 location: NEW YORK CITY date: 9/96 time: 10:00 sighting: I was walking East on 40th st. from 7th to 8th Ave in midtown Manhattan at approx 10:00 pm one Saterday/Friday night when I saw a flashing lights strobe a circlr in the air. As I contenued to walk I saw something large and dark dull gray moving between the buildings of what would had to have been Broadway and 40th street. Because of the srteet lights I could not make out what it was I was s seeing so I began to walk very slowly squinting against their brightness. As I do any time I have a sighting I look for some one to witness what it is I am seeing. Ahead of me I saw a small crowd of people but they were to far off to call. They had just come out of a office building almost at the corner. The night doorman was talking to them but as they saw me approching they walked away and the doorman went back in side the building. BY now I was trying to convince myself that what I was seeing was not what I thought it was. It was too big not to be drawing attention I kept telling myself as I contenued to walk toward it. It must be a helicpoter ,they must be making a movie , its a toy blimp or some baloons on a scaffolding ,all these thoughts were running through my head as I walked. Then as I got half way up the block the thing rose from between the buildings and silently started to glid towrd me by that time I had reach Yeshiva University the thing was now right over head. It was huge and very dark grey it and a faint red pulsing in its center but there was no source that I could see where this red pulsing light was coming from. It huge body seemed to be made up of four disk fitted very close together their edges touching which made it kind of look like a shamrock with a reddish center. I stood there dumdfounded trying to make it out. I am diabetic and it dose effect my eyes so I was thinking maybe it is four big ballons stuck togetther. Then finally I thought what ever it is I need some one else to see it. I need a witneess to this I thought and remebered the watchman I ran to the building door its number was 202 west 40th and banged on the glass. The fellow came to the door and asked who I wanted to see. I just said "Please could you just step out and tell me what this is?" He did as I asked and I pointed to the object. I did not give him a chance to speak I just started in. "Do you see that ?" "Yes " he said. "Is that a helicopter?" "No." "A plane?' "No" "A ballon?' "No" "Is it something on the roof the water tower maybe?" "No." "Have you any idea what it is ?" "No." Then as we were watching this thing hanging over our heads suddenlly starlike sparkles came out of the east. I thought some one had tossed reflective paper off the roof of the office building across the street, but the little sparkles did not fall they spread out in front of this thing like the tips of a Japanese fan. I screamed in awe and shock.. "Do you see that?" The fellow camly said... "Please do not shout like that yes I see them." I apologised and asked him what dose he see. He said... "I see the this big thing here and there are about fourteen to fifteen light lights infront of it." At that moment I noticed that here was another of these lights that was hovering as if it was watching us. I pointed it out to him too. At that moment the objects began to move but as if it was one piece to the north west. I said I had to go to see where this thing was going and asked him if he would write on a piece of paper what he saw and just initial it. He said ... "No." "Why?" I asked and explained to him that I have been on porgrams on network tv ,I lecture on these things all the time and I just needed something as proof that this did happen. He looked at the object then back to me and said.. "People will think I am crazy besize the bible says in the last days of time we would see strange lights in the sky. I see what you see but I will never tell anyone I saw this." I tried to give him my telephone number to call me if he ever changed his mind and wanted to talk about it but he would not take it. The thing was now out of sight behind the bulding and I said .. "I have to go thank you any way." I raced up to 41th st. thinking I could get another glimpse of the object but it was gone. I honestly thought that I was going to hear the cry of people and the screetch of car tires as it passed over one of the biggiest tourist areas of New York but they never came. Truely I thought this was it the"Big Landing" every one was saying would happen one day and was too frightened to go home for I did not want to be alone if it was. I called home and left a message on my machine incase this was it so if I got takened someone would know what happened. I then called a friend and asked her if there was anything about it on the news she said she saw and heard nothing about it. I was to hear or see nothing about this object till almost a year later when while watching a show on tv they showed the lights over Arizona. There is one veiw where you see the lights in a arced formation with one light in the back that is they way the object I saw about a year before looked. I hope that doorman saw it too if we ever meet again maybe he will be willing to talk about it then. If there was any other witness to this thing over New York at 10:00 PM. Either 8/1996 or 9/1996 I ask that you please get in contact with me. Thank yo