Source: The UFO Encyclopedia, Volume 2, by Jerome Clark, page 361. 1992 Omnigraphics Inc.
The UFO Encyclopedia cites: Marshall, Lee. Report of interview with P.A.
McGilvra in files of National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (n.d.).
Around three o'clock one morning in the summer of 1900, as he was returning
from a dance in a rural area near Reedsburg, Wisconsin , 14-year-old P.A.
McGilvra stopped his horse atop a small hill. The animal was acting up,
apparently disturbed by something in the densely wooded area, and as
McGilvra searched for the cause, he happened to look up into a cloudless
sky brilliant with stars. There he saw the outline of an enormous dark,
dirigible-shaped vehicle. The object passed at a low altitude over some
nearby poplar trees, and as it did so, the trunks of the trees bent
dramatically as if in reaction to a strong wind, but no wind was blowing.
When the object flew over the witnesses head, he heard a loud swishing sound
which reminded him of the sound of a stick passing rapidly through the air.
Soon the UFO was out of sight, but the horse remained frightened for some
time. When interviewed many years later, McGilvra said that other local
people had similar experiences around the same time.
