October 26, 1966🇺🇸Sighting
HistoricalClose EncounterAnomaly

Takoma Park, Maryland: Disc seems about to land in clearing, driver's car won't move

At 11:50 p.m. on October 26, 1966, a man driving in a rural, wooded area near Takoma Park, Maryland, saw a disc that seemed about to land in a clearing; his car radio filled with static and the car would not move until the object left.

Date
October 26, 1966
Location / Country
Type
Sighting

Background

At 11:50 p.m. a man driving in a rural, wooded area near Takoma Park, Maryland, saw a disc that seemed about to land in a clearing. It put on a red-and-green light show as it hovered, and a large central beam of light shone onto the field below. The car radio burst with static, and he heard a whirring sound coming from the object. He tried to accelerate, but the car would not move. Radio and drive functions resumed when the UFO moved away. The account follows the entry in George M. Eberhart's chronology UFOs and Intelligence (CUFOS) and the sources cited there; it is not an independent determination by From Beyond Space.