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UFO case file · UFO-7886

East / Mokena, IL abduction report — September 24, 1951

CE4United States1951-09-24

EAST / MOKENA, IL, Illinois, United States

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Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — East / Mokena, IL abduction report — September 24, 1951
Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — East / Mokena, IL abduction report — September 24, 1951

Case description

At about 11 a.m. on September 24, 1951, a man east of Mokena, Illinois, reportedly experienced an unusual interruption while rolling a tractor tyre. The catalogue associates the event with a saucer-shaped object and two helmeted figures. The man’s account included approximately five hours he could not explain. It also mentioned peculiar frog-like forms, but the surviving wording does not make clear their appearance or their part in the sequence. His name, the place where ordinary awareness resumed and the detailed movements of the object are not preserved. The source supplies no full interior account, so the reported helmeted figures and other forms are not given additional anatomy, clothing or dialogue.

Recorded details

Local time
11:00
Craft description
Craft / Vehicle
Entity description
Other Humanoid, Other Nonhuman Biological, Unknown
Coordinate precision
SOURCE_APPROXIMATE
Date precision
EXACT_DAY

Case videos and witness interviews

A Message to All Humanity: Three Incredible Onboard UFO Encounters

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The video identifies this witness as Harrison Bailey and dates his encounter to September 23, 1952. The imported catalogue entry uses September 24, 1951; the distinctive tractor-tire, helmeted occupants, missing-time and frog-like-being details identify the same reported experience. The date difference remains unresolved.

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