Incident #991690
LaBelle, Hendry Cty, Florida
May 1977
Account
Willie James Silvers, Bobby Lee Turner, Bobby McCoy and Tony Collins were in a van that broke down 10 miles south of LaBelle on SR 39 in the middle of the night. They spent five hours watching a UFO, a light that came closer then receded, circled around etc. About 7.30 a.m. they started walking, but had hardly left the van when they saw the creature ahead of them and ran back to the van.
When
- Observation Date
- MAY 23 1977
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- early morning
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Hendry Cty
- Nearest Town
- LaBelle
- Latitude
- 2637
- Longitude
- 8126
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 4
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Belle Glade, FL, Herald, May 26, 1977, quoting Willie James Silvers, Bobby Lee Turner, Bobby McCoy and Tony Collins, Belle Glade, FL.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- crossed road
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Action on sighting
- fled