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UFO case file · UFO-4073

Munroe Falls entity encounter — March 28, 1967

CE3United States1967-03-28

Munroe Falls, Ohio, United States

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Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — Munroe Falls entity encounter — March 28, 1967
Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — Munroe Falls entity encounter — March 28, 1967

Case description

David Morris, twenty, was driving home from work at Kent's Lamb Electric Company early on March 28, 1967. The contemporary APRO account places the sighting around 2:20 a.m., in thick fog following a storm. An orange-red glow first suggested a burning house. Beyond a rise on Munroe Falls Road, he reportedly saw a translucent cone hovering above a wheat field, about twenty-five feet high and twelve feet across its base, with a small ball at its apex. Looking back to the roadway, Morris saw four, possibly five, stocky figures under four feet tall moving rapidly across his path. Their heads looked abnormally large, although he could not tell whether they wore helmets. They glowed like the object. He braked but reportedly struck one, glimpsing a mitten-like hand without distinct fingers. After stopping briefly, he drove away frightened. Morris later showed dents and scratches on the car's chrome trim. A return visit reportedly found skid marks but no footprints or field evidence establishing the craft's presence. The damage supports that the car was damaged, not what caused it. APRO specifically says its engine and lights functioned normally. The plate depicts the moments before the alleged collision, without injury, and leaves the heads-or-helmets distinction unresolved.

Recorded details

Local time
2:30 a.m.
Craft description
A 20-year-old electric company worker saw a glowing red-orange, cone-shaped object just off the ground. The object was estimated to be 12 feet wide at the base and 25 feet high to the point, where there was a ball-shaped object.
Entity description
Large-headed humanoids were seen moving rapidly back and forth. The report said that one being was hit by the car, leaving visible damage on the vehicle. (Ravenna Record-Courier, Ohio, 3/31/67; Keyhoe and Lore, 1969a, p.
Coordinate precision
LOCALITY_APPROXIMATE
Date precision
EXACT_DAY

Case videos and witness interviews

I Crashed into a UFO!

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The film retells Morris’s report and includes a recording presented as his own testimony. The account leaves heads versus helmets uncertain. Vehicle damage and skid marks do not establish their cause; APRO reports that the engine and lights worked normally.

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