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Wednesday, March 19, 2014
The Day 'Martians' Made Contact
Posted by Lon Strickler
On April 24, 1964, at approximately 10 AM, a 27-year-old farmer named Gary Wilcox was in one of the fields on his 300-acre farm spreading manure at Newark Valley, New York, when he noticed something unusual over by the edge of the woods. Curious, he drove his tractor over for a closer look at a bright flash of light on the hill. The flashing was intermittent, like a mirror reflecting sunlight. When he was about 300' away, the flashing light turned into an egg-shaped object. Wilcox shut off his tractor and walked the remaining 100 yards. When he came in close proximity to the object, the following description was given in the police report:
The first thing I noticed was that it was off the ground, it was a little bigger than a car in length. It was an oblong shape something like an egg. There were no seams, rivets or anything like that. It was completely smooth. It was aluminum color. I touched the thing and the metal was harder than aluminum and it did not move. I don't know whether it was on legs or hovering in the air. It was about 20' in length, 4' high and 15'- 16' wide. While I was feeling it there was no vibration or sound and it was not hot or anything. While I was touching it, two small men about 4' high came out from under the tank object. I don't know where they came from. Each of them was carrying a tray about a foot square. The tray looked like it was made of the same stuff the ship was made of. Inside the tray was what appeared to be sod. I was standing about a foot away from the ship
One of the figures advanced to within 5' of Wilcox and said:
Don't be alarmed. We have talked to people before. We are from what you know as the planet Mars.
In his police report, Wilcox gave a detailed description of the two figures:
I could understand what was said but cannot tell whether they were speaking English or not. One of the men was standing in rear of the other. I could see that both of these 4' high men had arms and legs the same as us. I couldn't tell whether they had feet or hands the same as us. They were quite broad for such short persons or individuals. I could not distinguish whether they had shoulders or not, they seemed to just go straight down. They had no face, such as eyes, ears, nose, mouth, or hair. The voice seemed to be coming from about them rather than from either of them. There was a voice, but I don't know where it was coming from insofar as their body was concerned. They seemed to have a sort of suit on that covered where the head would normally be located all the way down. When they raised their arms, you could see a wrinkle where our elbow would be located. The color of this completely smooth cover-all-type suit was whitish-aluminum-tint color. There was no evidence of hair. The only thing I noticed was the wrinkle when they moved their arms at the elbow.
Wilcox couldn't tell which figure was speaking to him, but it appeared to be the one closest to him. They told him that they had been watching him for some time. In fact, they, assuming their race, had been watching people on earth for some time. He was asked questions about the tractor, the manure and the manure spreader. They were very interested in organic substances, such as soil. Martians obtained their food from the atmosphere and had a very rocky terrain that was not suitable for growing. They knew little about agriculture, but were visiting earth in the hope that they could restore their soil and raise food crops. Cows were quite a mystery to them. They could only come to earth every two years and on this voyage they were collecting samples from the Western Hemisphere. The figure expressed an interest in commercial fertilizer and Wilcox made an offer to bring them some.
The conversation ranged into other topics other than crops, fertilizer, and agriculture. The figure spoke of space, their ship, and of other subjects that went over Wilcox's head.
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Gary Wilcox 1964 Martian Encounter
Uploaded on Apr 24, 2011
On April 24 1964, Gary Wilcox claimed to have approached an object on his farm and found it to be a landed craft. From the craft appeared two humanoid figures who he then spent an hour and half talking to, 'We are from Mars' they said.
In this interview, from May that year, Wilcox repeats his claims.
The images are mostly related to the early 60s to give a sense of background. The Martians apparently predicted the deaths of Gus Grissom, John Glenn and two Russian cosmonauts. Vladimir M. Komarov was actually the first known man to be killed in space. This happened on April 24, 1967, exactly three years after the 'prophecy,' when his capsule plunged to earth under unopened parachutes.
Only Wilcox knows what really happened that day and he hasn't added anything more to the story ever since. An interesting account whatever the truth of it all was.
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
The Day 'Martians' Made Contact
Posted by Lon Strickler
On April 24, 1964, at approximately 10 AM, a 27-year-old farmer named Gary Wilcox was in one of the fields on his 300-acre farm spreading manure at Newark Valley, New York, when he noticed something unusual over by the edge of the woods. Curious, he drove his tractor over for a closer look at a bright flash of light on the hill. The flashing was intermittent, like a mirror reflecting sunlight. When he was about 300' away, the flashing light turned into an egg-shaped object. Wilcox shut off his tractor and walked the remaining 100 yards. When he came in close proximity to the object, the following description was given in the police report:
The first thing I noticed was that it was off the ground, it was a little bigger than a car in length. It was an oblong shape something like an egg. There were no seams, rivets or anything like that. It was completely smooth. It was aluminum color. I touched the thing and the metal was harder than aluminum and it did not move. I don't know whether it was on legs or hovering in the air. It was about 20' in length, 4' high and 15'- 16' wide. While I was feeling it there was no vibration or sound and it was not hot or anything. While I was touching it, two small men about 4' high came out from under the tank object. I don't know where they came from. Each of them was carrying a tray about a foot square. The tray looked like it was made of the same stuff the ship was made of. Inside the tray was what appeared to be sod. I was standing about a foot away from the ship
One of the figures advanced to within 5' of Wilcox and said:
Don't be alarmed. We have talked to people before. We are from what you know as the planet Mars.
In his police report, Wilcox gave a detailed description of the two figures:
I could understand what was said but cannot tell whether they were speaking English or not. One of the men was standing in rear of the other. I could see that both of these 4' high men had arms and legs the same as us. I couldn't tell whether they had feet or hands the same as us. They were quite broad for such short persons or individuals. I could not distinguish whether they had shoulders or not, they seemed to just go straight down. They had no face, such as eyes, ears, nose, mouth, or hair. The voice seemed to be coming from about them rather than from either of them. There was a voice, but I don't know where it was coming from insofar as their body was concerned. They seemed to have a sort of suit on that covered where the head would normally be located all the way down. When they raised their arms, you could see a wrinkle where our elbow would be located. The color of this completely smooth cover-all-type suit was whitish-aluminum-tint color. There was no evidence of hair. The only thing I noticed was the wrinkle when they moved their arms at the elbow.
Wilcox couldn't tell which figure was speaking to him, but it appeared to be the one closest to him. They told him that they had been watching him for some time. In fact, they, assuming their race, had been watching people on earth for some time. He was asked questions about the tractor, the manure and the manure spreader. They were very interested in organic substances, such as soil. Martians obtained their food from the atmosphere and had a very rocky terrain that was not suitable for growing. They knew little about agriculture, but were visiting earth in the hope that they could restore their soil and raise food crops. Cows were quite a mystery to them. They could only come to earth every two years and on this voyage they were collecting samples from the Western Hemisphere. The figure expressed an interest in commercial fertilizer and Wilcox made an offer to bring them some.
The conversation ranged into other topics other than crops, fertilizer, and agriculture. The figure spoke of space, their ship, and of other subjects that went over Wilcox's head.
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Gary Wilcox 1964 Martian Encounter
Uploaded on Apr 24, 2011
On April 24 1964, Gary Wilcox claimed to have approached an object on his farm and found it to be a landed craft. From the craft appeared two humanoid figures who he then spent an hour and half talking to, 'We are from Mars' they said.
In this interview, from May that year, Wilcox repeats his claims.
The images are mostly related to the early 60s to give a sense of background. The Martians apparently predicted the deaths of Gus Grissom, John Glenn and two Russian cosmonauts. Vladimir M. Komarov was actually the first known man to be killed in space. This happened on April 24, 1967, exactly three years after the 'prophecy,' when his capsule plunged to earth under unopened parachutes.
Only Wilcox knows what really happened that day and he hasn't added anything more to the story ever since. An interesting account whatever the truth of it all was.