Cape Girardeau, Missouri: Trucker Temporarily Blinded by Turnip-Shaped UFO on Interstate 55
At 6:30 a.m., October 3, 1973, south of Cape Girardeau, Missouri on I-55, a trucker and his wife encountered a turnip/top-shaped spinning object with 'rainbow lights' that paced them and cast a beam of light onto the trailer. The man was totally blind for 2.5 hours; his glasses were blistered and warped — a physicist concluded high heat was the cause.
Background
At 6:30 a.m., a husband and wife driving a trailer-tractor rig was south of Cape Girardeau, Missouri on Interstate 55. The man saw something approaching rapidly without headlights. It slowed and began pacing right behind them. The overall shape was 'like a turnip or top,' its mass covering both lanes. A band of glittering 'rainbow lights' shone in the middle.
Blinding Beam
When the ship cast a beam of light onto the rear wheels of the trailer, the man leaned his head out for a better look, but 'something like a red flash of fire hit me across the face and forehead.' He was totally blind for the next 2½ hours. His glasses, blistered and warped, were tested by a prominent physicist who concluded that high heat was the cause.