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Havana, Gadsden County, Florida, United States

The Lee Family Encounter

Jared Lee later described a December 1991 family encounter at their Havana, Florida home: lights over the treeline, a car horn sounding, coloured luminous spheres and finally a huge silent object above the woods for 10–15 minutes. The story's earliest traceable public record in this pass is a 2014 U

Date1991-12
LocationHavana, Gadsden County, Florida, United States
TierTier 3
Evidence Score3/10
Media Score2/10

Why This Case Matters

A dramatic family close-encounter narrative whose value is mainly methodological: the long documentation gap makes it unsuitable for strong evidential treatment despite multiple related witnesses.

Chronology

  • Dec 1991 family returns home around 22:00
  • Jared notices treetop lights
  • parents reportedly join observation
  • coloured lights and large silent craft described
  • no contemporary report located
  • Jared recounts case publicly by 2014 as an adult/aerospace engineer

The Witnesses

Jared Lee13 at event, later aerospace engineer/graduate student
his mother and fatherreported co-witnesses

Evidence

The following evidence types are documented for this case:

Evidencethree related-witness retrospective testimony
Evidenceno contemporaneous police/NUFORC/MUFON record located
Evidenceno physical trace or event photo

Conventional explanations: Memory reconstruction, family narrative reinforcement, aircraft/helicopter or other lights, and embellishment over a >20-year documentation gap are serious alternatives.

What Remains Unresolved

Key Takeaways

Sources

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