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UFO case file · UFO-5481

Clarksville entity encounter — August 1, 1978

CE3United States1978-08-01

Clarksville, Tennessee, United States

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Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — Clarksville entity encounter — August 1, 1978
Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — Clarksville entity encounter — August 1, 1978

Case description

An anonymous woman’s report places this experience in rural Clarksville at about 10 p.m. on August 1, 1978. She said she awoke from an evening nap in an upstairs room and saw a large circular object outside the window, above a nearby wooden structure. She also said her husband saw the object. After an apparent loss of consciousness, she heard a voice telling her to open her eyes. She then described a tall, thin, white, insect-like figure in a dark robe or suit, with other figures in jumpsuits nearby. She believed communication occurred without visible lip movement and recalled asking questions while frightened and repeatedly closing her eyes. Her longer submission includes an alleged onboard examination, another blackout, large rounded heads, and helicopters near the object. These later elements are additional claims from her recollection, not independent observations that establish an abduction. The timing of the report is crucial: it was submitted to NUFORC on July 23, 1998, roughly twenty years after the alleged event. The current NUFORC entry marks the event date as approximate. No corroborating statement from the husband or contemporaneous documentation is supplied in the consulted account. The illustration combines the woman, described figure and exterior craft in a clearly labeled interpretive scene; it omits the reported invasive episode and does not claim an exact view or verified chronology.

Recorded details

Craft description
A woman had been taking a nap when she woke up to see a large craft hovering outside the upstairs window, over a nearby wood shack.
Entity description
When she did she was confronted by a tall creature resembling an insect, thin and white in color, wearing a dark outfit.
Coordinate precision
LOCALITY_APPROXIMATE
Date precision
EXACT_DAY

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