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UFO case file · UFO-6142

Paintsville unidentified-object report — January 14, 2002

CE2United States2002-01-14

Paintsville, Ohio, United States

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Case description

On January 14, 2002 at Paintsville, Ohio, United States, at exactly 2:47 a.m., while working a coal train enroute from Russell Kentucky to Shelbiana Kentucky, a locomotive trailing unit and first two cars were severely damaged as they struck an unknown floating or hovering object. The entire electrical systems on both locomotives "went haywire.".

Recorded details

Craft description
At exactly 2:47 a.m., while working a coal train enroute from Russell Kentucky to Shelbiana Kentucky, a locomotive trailing unit and first two cars were severely damaged as they struck an unknown floating or hovering object.
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