Croy unidentified-object report — April 19, 1979

Around 11:30 p.m. on 19 April 1979, thirty-two-year-old John Milroy was driving his mother from Ardersier toward Croy in the Inverness area of Scotland. According to the fuller account, he initially thought that lights ahead were vehicle headlights and dimmed his own. The light then seemed to spread across and above the road. Fearing an aircraft might crash, he stopped and helped his mother get out. The pair reportedly could not hear the revving engine, a car door closing or their footsteps as they moved away. After reaching a roadside ditch, ordinary sound returned. They reported the incident to police, and the account says Mrs Milroy was sufficiently distressed to receive a sedative. These are reported perceptions and aftermath, without an instrumental recording of the alleged silence. INTCAT traces the story to the Aberdeen Evening Express of 20 April, International UFO Reporter and a Nigel Watson article. NICAP's abbreviated chronology instead gives 11 p.m. and incorrectly places Croy in England. The named route and Inverness context identify Scotland, while the exact time remains a source variation. Although imported into an entity category, the accessible narrative contains no occupant, body or communication. The light's detailed structure is not established either. The plate consequently shows mother and son leaving their car beneath an unresolved spreading glow, without adding a saucer crew or turning temporary silence into a proven physical field.