'Railway Tank Car' UFO Sighting Near Amherstburg, Ontario

I recently received the following account from Stephen in Windsor, Ontario:

On the morning of August 12 2001, after viewing the Perseid Meteor shower just about a half hour or so before the sun was to rise, my brother-in-law and myself were stunned when suddenly, what appeared to be a totally black object which looked very similar to and the size of a railway tank car, floated up very slowly on a 45 degree angle out of a line of trees just to our right. We were in a remote area of the countryside in Essex County in Malden Township outside of Amherstburg, Ontario.

The road we were on, which is virtually unused at night, was about a half mile from the entrance of Holiday Beach Provincial Park where there are many scattered ponds just off Lake Erie. The object, which we watched rise for about 10 or so minutes, suddenly stopped and then began to very slowly rise straight up directly in front of us about 500 to 700 feet away.

It continued to rise until it turned into a brilliant coppery orange colour as it ascended into the glow of the rising sunlight. As it continued to rise it became blue and disappeared into the blue of the morning sky. All total the event lasted 20-25 minutes.

The object was completely silent and moved so slowly that it was apparent it was not a balloon or anything of that sort, like a blimp no lights...nothing. We have no idea what it was but coming up out of the area of the ponds and being the shape of a tank car does seem a bit odd!! The recent findings of water ice on the surface of the moon leads us to wonder if this was some sort of shuttle being used to ship water up there? Who knows? Because of the remoteness of the area (there are a few farms and such) it makes us wonder if we were not supposed to have seen this!!

Stephen LeBoeuf - Windsor, Ontario, Canada

NOTE: Stephen mentioned that he had filed a report with NUFORC previously. Apparently, there was no investigation. This is truly a bizarre sighting...an abduction of a tank car? Government project? I look forward to any information or thoughts...Lon

'Railway Tank Car' UFO Sighting Near Amherstburg, Ontario