Phenomainon
PCF-112054 · case file

Pascagoula, MS, US

1994-04-01 00:00:00 · Pascagoula, MS, US · 1 sources

The record

size:2 hands@arm's length Shape:Light,Spreading fan. This Witness And His 13-Year-Old Son Were Driving W On I-10 Through Pascagoula, Ms. The Area Was Very Dark. Suddenly An Enormous Prismatic Light Beam Shot Up From The Forest Or Swamps O His L (S) About 3 Miles Distant. The Light Was Extremely Intense And Solid, Not Like Ordinary Incandescent Light But Perhaps More Like Laser Light. It Didn'T Fade Or Diffuse. "It Was Absolutely The Most Brilliant Light I'Ve Ever Seen In My Life." The Beam Was Composed Of At Least 4 Colors, And Lasted Only A Few Seconds Then Blinked Out. It Reached From The Ground To Thousands Of Feet Up In The Air, At A 45º Spread Into The Sky. The Area It Came From Was The Middle Of A Remote Wilderness Or Uninhabited Forest, Which Extends For At Least 50 Miles Alongside I-10. "My Recollection Is That The Colors Within The Beam (There Were At Least Three) Seemed To Be Rotating, Or Changing Places. Imagine Being In A Theater And Looking Up At The Projection Beam. You See Movement. It Was Something Like That." This Witness Experienced An Intense Panic Attack Immediately Following The Sighting, And He Increased His Driving Speed To Get Out Of The Area. He Says He Is Not Prone To Such Attacks, And That This Was The Only Time, Before Or Since, He Has Ever Had This Feeling.

Characteristics
Shape
Light ("Spreading fan")
Nature
Rainbow: red, purple, green, maybe yellow
Weather
Clear
Size
2 hands, side by side, at arm's length
Duration
5 min
Local time
00:30
Theme
entity_occupant
From the source record
# of objects
1
Source records · 1

The unmodified record(s) the master event was assembled from.

NIDSN-58855 fields
City
Pascagoula
Date
1994-04-01 00:00:00
Time
00:30
Shape
Light ("Spreading fan")
Speed
Not moving
State
MS
Country
US
Vehicle
no
Weather
Clear
Altitude
Ground->up
Distance
3 miles
Incident
size:2 hands@arm's length Shape:Light,Spreading fan. This Witness And His 13-Year-Old Son Were Driving W On I-10 Through Pascagoula, Ms. The Area Was Very Dark. Suddenly An Enormous Prismatic Light Beam Shot Up From The Forest Or Swamps O His L (S) About 3 Miles Distant. The Light Was Extremely Intense And Solid, Not Like Ordinary Incandescent Light But Perhaps More Like Laser Light. It Didn'T Fade Or Diffuse. "It Was Absolutely The Most Brilliant Light I'Ve Ever Seen In My Life." The Beam Was Composed Of At Least 4 Colors, And Lasted Only A Few Seconds Then Blinked Out. It Reached From The Ground To Thousands Of Feet Up In The Air, At A 45º Spread Into The Sky. The Area It Came From Was The Middle Of A Remote Wilderness Or Uninhabited Forest, Which Extends For At Least 50 Miles Alongside I-10. "My Recollection Is That The Colors Within The Beam (There Were At Least Three) Seemed To Be Rotating, Or Changing Places. Imagine Being In A Theater And Looking Up At The Projection Beam. You See Movement. It Was Something Like That." This Witness Experienced An Intense Panic Attack Immediately Following The Sighting, And He Increased His Driving Speed To Get Out Of The Area. He Says He Is Not Prone To Such Attacks, And That This Was The Only Time, Before Or Since, He Has Ever Had This Feeling.
Lat. N/S
N
Lat. deg
30.0
Lat. min
21.0
Lat. sec
56.0
Latitude
30:21:56
Location
Pascagoula (driving W on I-10 through town)
Markings
It did not diffuse or diminish in brightness, as it spread infinitely upward
SVP Code
304
Lifeforms
no
Long. E/W
W
Long. deg
88.0
Long. min
33.0
Long. sec
22.0
Longitude
088:33:22
Light Only
yes
Stationary
yes
EMF Effects
no
Impressions
This 47-year-old construction worker is very articulate and credible. His son (now 20 has provided a brief statement corroborating his father's report, and adding some detail. CLOSED.
Under Cloud
no
# of Objects
1
Catalog Entry
N-588
Disappearance
It blinked out
Ground Traces
no
Size (Meters)
2 hands, side by side, at arm's length
Altitude <200'
yes
Photo or Video
yes: sketch
Distance < 500'
no
Light Emissions
Light beam, spreading at 45º upward; colors within the beam (at least 3) seemed to be rotating or changing
Passed Overhead
no
Witness Sex/Age
M / 47
Animal Reactions
no
Change in Motion
no
Duration Minutes
5 seconds
Continuous Flight
no
Landing Touchdown
no
Observation Angle
Straight on
Trajectory (Lift)
No movement
Atmospheric Traces
no
Time or Memory Loss
no
Witnesses Reactions
yes: panic
Nature of phenomenon
Rainbow: red, purple, green, maybe yellow
Physiological Effects
no
Trajectory (Direction)
Up
Geography
Satellite basemap of the case location
Pascagoula, MS, US