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UFO case file · UFO-4458

Erin unidentified light report — November 9, 1967

CE3United States1967-11-09

Erin (near), Tennessee, United States

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Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — Erin unidentified light report — November 9, 1967
Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — Erin unidentified light report — November 9, 1967

Case description

Dianne Marable and Pearl Robins reportedly encountered an object while driving home from hospital work near Erin, Tennessee, in November 1967. The imported record and HUMCAT give November 9; Bullard’s later case summary uses November 5. Times around 11:40–11:45 p.m. also appear. These differences are preserved rather than resolved by the illustration’s caption. A witness letter described a domed object covering the highway, with orange-yellow and ash-grey areas. Small dark-green figures were allegedly visible inside. Later summaries specify at least five. The women watched, then followed the departing object toward a second landing. Versions differ about the light failure and lapse in recollection; no checked clock supplies a measured amount of missing time. HUMCAT identifies a copy of the witnesses’ letter that reached Budd Hopkins, while later literature includes it in abduction surveys. That classification does not establish a recalled boarding or medical examination. The plate combines reported phases, clearly labelled, showing both women and five unresolved occupants inside the craft. Its exact vehicle construction and faces are artistic.

Recorded details

Local time
11:45 p.m.
Craft description
Two nurses driving home from a Waverly, Tennessee hospital stopped for a traffic light in Erin, Tennessee. Two nurses driving home from a Waverly, Tennessee hospital stopped for a traffic light in Erin, Tennessee. The lights on their car went out. The next recollection was of the object high in the sky leaving them, but they perceived no time lapse nor did they ever check the time. (MUFON Sympap81, p.
Entity description
11:45 p.m. CST. Two nurses driving home from a Waverly, Tennessee hospital stopped for a traffic light in Erin, Tennessee. While stopped they saw a large UFO approach and land on the highway in front of them. The lights on their car went out. The next recollection was of the object high in the sky leaving them, but they perceived no time lapse nor did they ever check the time. (MUFON Sympap81, p. 23)
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