Geraldine/Skirum, AL: Giant UFO over chicken house
On March 12, 1989, at 7:30 p.m., Gary Coker in Skirum, Alabama, and another witness in Geraldine observed a massive UFO hovering nearby with flashing red/green lights and large white bottom lights. The object vanished when witnesses fetched cameras or binoculars.
Background
Event Details
On March 12, 1989 at 19:30, Gary Coker of Skirum, Alabama reported a large unidentified object about 5 miles away, showing flashing red and green lights at the sides and two white lights about 6 feet across underneath. It hovered silently in the air. At the same time a man in Geraldine, Alabama observed an object the size of a football field directly above his chicken house.
Witnesses and Observations
Both witnesses described similar features: metallic blue, with red and green side lights and white lights underneath. The object disappeared immediately as soon as the observers went indoors to fetch a camera or binoculars. No photographs or video resulted.
Significance
The case shows features typical of UFO reports, such as sudden disappearance on approach and enormous size, reported in the local media (Rainsville Weekly Post, March 16, 1989). It fits a wave of sightings in DeKalb County, Alabama in 1989.