Circa 1-18-97: John Tosti and Robert A. were driving down Snoddy Road, south of Bloomington, checking out the evening sky. They caught sight of a brilliant object hovering motionless over the town. John began to video tape the event while Robert stood guard. Moments had passed, without any movement on the part of the glowing apparition. Robert decided to test the UFO's sensitivity to light, and flashed his headlights directly at it. It moved slightly, but remained on station. John continued taping for a while longer, then growing tired, he shut his camera off and headed home.

It was a couple of days later when John dropped by to show the tape to me. On it was a bright orange object that looked for all the world, like a hamburger! It was round, but slightly flatter at the "poles" with a Saturn-like ring around the equator (where the beef would be). John was taping with a new camera, and therefore, not totally familiar with the focusing controls. He was zooming in and out, in an effort to get a "lock" on the object. There were apparent distortions before the object coalesced.