UFO Reports from Around the World

Captain Lawrence J. Coyne was the pilot of a Bell helicopter which in October 1973 had a close UFO sighting near Mansfield, Ohio.

The object apparently flew at approximately 600 knots on a collision course towards the helicopter. Coyne had to make a sudden descent to avoid the impact.

For a time the object appears to have paced the helicopter; the object was described as cigar-shaped and grey with a dome on top, and some sixty feet long. It was held probably to have been manned, and operated a light which scanned the helicopter.

There were several witnesses on the ground below the event, confirming the encounter. Coyne and his companions filed a very detailed report of what was held to be one of the most important sightings of that year.

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