Lexington, Alabama: APRO investigator's Geiger counter jumps each time a light appears
After 9:00 p.m. on January 30, 1973, APRO field investigator Bill Rogers and two companions near Lexington, Alabama, watched an ellipsoidal yellow-orange light rise and descend behind a hill; each time it reappeared, Rogers's Geiger counter showed elevated readings.
Background
After 9:00 p.m. APRO field investigator Bill Rogers was driving in Lexington with two companions to look into UFO sightings in the area. Along State Highway 101 he saw a yellow-orange-to-white light moving slowly at treetop level a mile to his right. The three got out and studied it with binoculars; after one minute the light rose about 40 feet and showed an ellipsoidal shape, then descended as if to land. Driving toward it, they saw it move behind a hill; one second later it was visible again and Rogers's Geiger counter read 400 volts and 250 milliroentgens. When it went back behind the hill, the reading returned to normal. The sequence repeated several times with the same readings, and the fifth time the object descended, its glow went out. Eberhart cites the APRO Bulletin (January/February 1973). 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.