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PERMISSION GRANTED to use our repprts,' provided full c r e d ~ t ter of s t a t is t t' and t h e n move i n t o t h e p a r t icvi~r is given, as: SKYLOOK, BOX 129, Stover, Mo. r 2 ised ' Y the hynOthed quest ADVERTISING: loc per line, minimum 50c (count 12 words per tu' en' s of s i s ~f or tho ten^ line). w r i t e for rates on printed ~nscrts. W e reserve right to reject mater~al cons~dered unsuitable. UFO r e s e a r c h a r e f a m i l i a r w i t h t h e MOVING? s e n d us your change of address ~mmed~atelyT h d oUts t a n d i n g work done i n t h i s class mail is not f o w a r d e d , but returned to us and we have to a r e a by Aime Mic h e 1 i n h i s book pay postage for the return trip " F l y i n g $,aucers and t h e S t r a i g h t IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L i n e My st e r y-. t t .Dr S a und e r s j o i n s a n e l i t e g r o u p by f o l l o w i n g D-. J , A l l e n Hynek and S t a n t o n T . F r i e d man t o t h e l e c t e r n o f t h e Midwest UFO C o n f e r e n c e i n s u c c e s s i v e y e e r s , Two o t h e r o u t s t a n d i n g s p e a k e r s have c o n s e n t e d t o s p e s k on June 17, 1972. John F. S c h u e s s l e r , S e n i o r E n g i n e e r a t McDonnell-Douglas A s t r o n a u t i c s i n S t . L o u i s , M i s s o u r i , end R . C e d r i c L e o n a r d , g . D . , s u t h o r and a n t h r o p o l o g i s t o f Oklahoma C i t y , Oklahoma, w i l l implernei~t t h e s p e a k e r s p r e v i o u s l y announced--as J o e B r i l l , F r a n k l i n ? : r k , I l l i n o i z ? and Ted l ' h i l l i p s , J r . , S e d a l i a , M i s s o u r i . Yz. S c h u e s s l e r i s NJisso~:.;5. D i r e c t o r f o r MUFON, D i r e c t o r c f t h e UFO S t u d y Group of G r e s t e r S t , L o u i s , e d i t o r of UFO POTTOURRI and stsff member o f SKYLOOB. D r . Leonard i s a c o n s u l t a n t t o MUFON i n h i s f i e l d o f e x p e r t i s e - - a n t h r o H i s S p e e c h w i l l b e a p p r o p r i a t e l y t i t l e d ttUFOts i n h - ~ t i q u i t y . ~ ~ pology. M r . George D . - F a w c e t t , n o t e d UFO l e c t u r e r and r e s e a r c h e r f o r 2 5 y e a r s , h a s b e e n a.n$ointed S t a t e - S e c t i o n D i r e c t o r i n NORTH CAROLINA f o r E u r r y and F o r s y t h c o u n t i e s . George r e s i d e s a t 607 North Main S t . , Mount A i r y , N o r t h C a r o l i n a . He h a s a l r e a d y opened t h e p u b l i c r e l a t i o n s d o o r s i n t h e Winston-Salem a r e a w i t h a news a r t i c l e and announce-. ment i n t h e Winston-Selem l t J o u r n a l t t on Dec. 2 , 1 9 7 1 , c o n c e r n i n g h i s a p p ~ i n t m e n tt o t h e MUFON p o s t . It i s o n l y c o i n c i d e n t a l t h ~ t h e new S t a t e - S e c t i o n D i r e c t o r f o r Marion County, I l l i n o i s , R u s s e l l "Herbt1 W i l l i r m s , h a i l s f r o m Salem, I l l i n o i s , r e s i d i n g e t 3 0 0 Oak T r e e . H e r b ' s a p p o i n t m e n t f o r Merion County s o l i d i f i e s MUFONfs c o v e r a g e o f C e n t r a l I l l i n o i s , C o n t r a t u l a t i o n s f o r ? n o t h e r j o b w e l l dr:ne a r e e x t e n d e d t o t h e UFO S t u d y Group o f G r e p t e r S t . L s u i s f c r t h e s u c c e s s of t h e December 5 t h l e c t u r e 2 t t h e McDonnell r l ~ n e t 2 r i u mi n which J(>hn F. S c h u e s s l e r and W e l t e r H . Andrus, J r . . v c r e t h e s n e a k e r s on t h e s u b j e c t "UFO C h a l l e n g e . tt ( C c ~ r l t i n ~ z e on d PJext Page ) .
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2 SKYLOOK, J a n u a r y 1972 z l t i t u d e ~ n dmuch f ~ s t e rt h a n a n y j e t ? i r . c r a f t e v e r s e e n . The p a t t e r n o f f l i g h t wes d i r e c t and str2igklt. T h e r e w 2 s no s o u n d , no o d o r . - The o b j e c t s , a s t h e y p u l s a t e d i n b r i g h t n e s s , became a s b r i g h t a s a s e ~ r c h l i g h t p o i n t e d s t r e i g h t a t t h e m , t h e n f ? d e d q u i c k l y and t h e b r i l l i n n t There. were l i g h t would a t once wme f r o m a n o t h e r 3 5 j e c t c l o s e by. s e v . e r ? l , ' a t one t i m e , b r i g h t e n i n g , t h e n dimming, i n rzndom f a s h i o n , n o t j u s t one. b r - i l l i a t p u l s e .of l i g h t i n t e r m i t t e n t l y frcm o'rx ~ b ~ c c t , E. c o n f u s e d " - n z t t e r n of f l ~ s h i n gl i ~ h t sover. t h e body o f t h e format'ion, Net a l l t h e l i ~ h t sw e r e r;\f e q u e l i n t e n s i t y , b u t -it would be a s t e a d y l i p h t wh'ile r'on.ll The a p p 2 r e n t l l t e i l f l t o t h e o b j e c t F I ? ~ d e s c r i b e d mos,tly - a s sw-t o f ! ' r e d d i s h " glow. The a p y e z r z n c e o f t h e indilviduc71 o b j e c t s was e l l i p t i c 2 1 i n s h ~ , p e , n z r r w e r f o r e end a f t , a n d t h i c k e r i n t h e m i d d l e . L i k e a " s & h o o l o f f i s h when t h e g r u n n i o n a r e r k n n i n p e T t t h e o b j e c t s p r o p e r w e r e of s i l v e r , w h i t e o r crczni c o l o r . The t?i'l nsrtim of t h e ~ S j e c t swere d e s c r i b e d 5y one w i t n e s s e s l o o k i n g x , l i k e t h e " a f t e r t a i l " f,f a - j e t - - 1 o ~ k i n g i n t o i t . The f.ir F o r c e MoJor, Air C o n t r o l , r e r o r t e d l y s a i d he d i d n o t ' s e e 2ny o f t h e s i g h t i n , . b u t had no comment. The z n g l e of v i e w . f r c m t h e porch ( f ~ c i n gw s s t k a s f r o m 3 0 t o 40 d e p e e s , 2nd w i t n e s s e s greed t h e y c o u l d n o t h ~ v eb e e n t o o f c r t o Che w e s t of them, u n l e s s t h e y were e x t r e m e l y h i g h b e c a u s e t h s m o u n t z i n s r i s e a 5 r u p t l y i n f r o n t o f them from t h e r z n c h s i t e l o o k i n g w e s t , 2000 f e e t . No animp1 r e a c e i m , a n item D r . Connell w2s a l e r t e d f o r , a s t h e wild l i f e i n t h e area is h i s e a r l y - w a r n i n g a l e r t f o r e a r t h q u ~ k e s , h i g h wi'nds e t c . C o n n e l l l s w i f e ' s o b s e r v a t i c n t o t h e PF & j ~ trh z t t h e s i g h t & was c e r t a i n l y "no damned swamp ges" f z i l e d t o ~ r o d u c eany comment f r b c h him. C o n n e l l saw 10-15 n b j e c t ~ . H i s w i f e saw 14 t o 20. O t h e r e s saw 8 . None of t h e w i t n e s s e s ~ p p c :r e d t s hzve had e a r l i e r s i g h t i n g s . Tiiey s p o k e o f t h e many s i g h t i n g s c v e r t h e y e a r s i n 2 n a r e a known 2 s St, M ? r y l s Cznyon. A l s o known s s " L i t t l e Goose Csnyon.ll
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RSund, White Ob-ject S e e n Over T u l s a A t 5:37 P.M. Nov. 3 0 , 1971, Todd K v l e , ? g e 9 , s 2 w 2 r?ur:d ' ' Q P Y ? . b a l l " sh??ed o b j e c t t r a v e l i n p a c r o s s t h e s k y , 2nd he and h i s r n ~ t : l ? c , Mrs. C z r l a K y l e , o f T u l s a , wztched t h e o b j e c t f r o m t h e i r k i t c h e n window f o r a b o u t t e n s e c o n d s b e i o r e i t jilst "disc7ppe;red ' i n mid ai:>-lf The o b j e c t was w h i t e , a b o u t t h e s i z e ~f a s m l l , comrncrci?l a i r > l c . n e , and h e ~ d i n gs d u t h i n t h e e a s t e r n s k y . Mrs. Kvle s ? i At i : e o b s a P i f f e r c n t f l i g h t p ? t h t h a n most y l m e s and t h c r e were j e c t w ~ on no l i , ~ h t s .L i p h t s w ~ u l dS e v i s i 3 l e i n t h e n e a r l y d s r k 2nd p ~ r t l y Eloudy s k y . The o b j e c t f o l l o w e d 2 s t r ? i g h t c o u r s e . Jeff G e l y e n , e d i t o r : ~ fMIDI1d.'ESTUFO RE-ORT, i n t e r v i e w e d Mrs. R:l e , 2nd Todd. I n s e n d i n g u s t h e r e p o r t , he alids, "1 l e s v e dnen t k a ; < : s ~ i b i l i t y t h ~ tt h i s o b j e c t c o u l d h z v e been a p k n e s e e n u n d e r ~ h n c r m a l a n y t h i n g m c ~ r e , I T l ll e t c o n d i t i o n s o r a w e ~ t h e rb , ? l l c o n . If I l c ~ m you kndw
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..Mi-.and Mrs. J a c k lzl, J a r e o , - J r , .o*f.3 a l l w i n , Mo., had l i ~ t ~ : ? t~o( i j o m e . , . l e c t u - e s on;:UFOs :and Mrs.,. J a r e b . was 'k'eeri1.y i n t e r e s t e d , : ' her iusband .w$s i n c l i n e $ . . ~ . os c o f f . a't t h e . whole, i d e a . . . n t .6 : 49 p,m,, on :&ept. 3 . 0 , . 1971 t h e c o u p l e we r e shop;\i-ng..: i n - E l l i s k r i l l e and: y e r e ebou:t ~ e a d yt:o stnrt: home .'..They w e r e i n t h e i r MGr4fideet > o n a e r t i b l e ; - w i t h , ! t h e , t , o p ndjivn', g i v i n g a : c l e a r v i e w : o f t h e : s k y , %?re-. p r z n g . t o : l e a v e : t h . e p r k i n g l o t , a t c h e .Za)res., D e n s r t m e n t S c o r e - ' - a n d .,: . .. . n.ere d i s - c u s s i n g . UFO.% ; . . ,. M r .: J a r 9 0 !wzs comr;.,e,nt,sng . o n t . h e . Henry .Ford. s i g h t i . n g a's r'e-l.a.te:d. i_? 5KYLOOK:,i :?.r,iJ Mrs.. J3r.e.o ..:;j.ys h i s e x a c t words w e r e , -"Well.:, th.ey 5'5.;y.:...'. ' i t a; ' 3enr.y F o r d s a i d he 'sayi it. If I hec?rd .-Henry F o f l . s a y h e S: E W . .. . . . t h e n I7.d b e l i , e v e i t M r s - . J.areo. t i l t e d . h e r head . . b a c k ! i n s i l e n t e x a s p e r - s t i o n - - a n d ' t h e r e it was!, V e r y ' h i g h i n t h e cle,:r s k y , . b u t c l o s e , enough t o s e e t h e c i r . . . c u l a r , s h a p e w i t h t h e siig:i+; d m e wss a. UF,Oi . ''-It,.ioo.ke.d a s 1E i t y z r e b a n k i n g w i t h . it's l e f t '2ree- c l o s e s t ' g b e a r t h ? ,lf~she,j e x p l a i n e d ., . ti2t.,was t r a v e l - i n g f r o m n o r t h - t o s o u t h , k t . $ h e . s i z e . to... b e . t h a t of ..a: p e a r l The. ni-ms,J,enp.th.,.. 1 , ' w o u l d , .est.im?te:: shape .. w a s - ,q u i t e c l e a r a n d . . t h e r e - c w a s . n o c o n t r a i l ; . . . . ''When t h e o b j e c t h?d t r a v e l e d f r o m - a b o u t- 6 0 d e g r e e s !(where .we h+-d' ,: f i r s t 5 i g h t e . d i t ) t d . . a b o u t , : - 9 0d e g r e e s , ;we q u i c k l y t u r n e d t h e c a r sl:ound jin - o r d e r t o b e , : f a c i n g it ,: J u s t a t tbl;i-s p o i n t , a n o t j h e r , o bj 6 c t t h e same s i z e and .. s h a p e : a p p e a r e d . a t , - a b o u t -75 d e g r e e s . I n : i ; i u s t ? a n . L n s t z n. t. , i,t was : t h . e r e a s : if,f r o m ,nowhere. I t wes t r a v e l i n g ' f r o m , s o u t h t o n o r t h - . . T.he two 65j e c t s w e r e a b o u t t,he s ~ m e. a l t i t : u d e , ,ma'ltho- t h e 2bje:ctj t r i . v e l i n g ' n o r t h 'may ha.v'e been a l i t t l e l o w e r . - . l i f t e r w z t c h i n g t,he sec,ond - ob j e . c t , for..-2 Yew seconc! s , -.we l o o k e d sout:Hwa.rd- t o ' p i n . . p i n t . Clie f Trst'., whicrh . b y t h a t t i m e , h a 4 diszl7pe'ared.--ari(I t h e n . b e k k ' t o t h e . ,,. 2 1 S O 1 0 s - t - . t o . , . , o u. rv i s ibn:" . : , . .. . . seco'nd o b ' j e c t i n d .lt.-.w?s. Mrs. J a r . e o s a i d , "The t h i n g w h i c h i m p r e s s e d me s o much a b o u t my f.1rs.t. UFO s i g h t . i n g was t h e s t r s n g e and b e a u t i f . u l . .t i m i n g ,. I t ,was . a l - , . a o s t 2s. .if Iw e c e . . g e . t t i n p some v e r y s n e c i a l heLp- i n n r o v i n g - . t o my -.:.. husbpnd t h z t l S a u c e r s f d o e x i s t . l l .. . .. .- . . . .. , . ,
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CLAIMS T T IS ' A ST^ R--$ ~,ty,onorn&r ,,firt h u r cl"'1,uhh o f ~ a w r..c_ n_.c. e' .~ n d v e p ; s i t y d5t.e' l i n e ' ~ i ; ? l k t o n,Wis... Apr.i:l 13 ? r o v $ a b e y 0 n d . n d o u b t t h p t ? t h e su$po$ed; hA-shPp. o...b. s e r v e d Mo@$y"n'icht' w?s. $he s t ~ r a( e r t d l p e s e i n - . , t h e don'ste.XI~~~:it.ioh Orlbn.. l f ~ e - l & ~ c ' d ea%' e s \/+j h i n t t o n end' St., L . o u i s Upi, v e r s i t i e s swept, t h e s k y L - f r o mz k n i t h t " o ' h o r i z o n i n a ' n o r t h - w e s i ; e r i y d i - . r e c t i o n l a s t . n i g h t a s t h e pr,o,f e s s o r s , . a-t t h e s e ims,.titutj.ons-:eqd.eavo.red: t o s o l v e t h e - m y s t e r y t h z t is. now . : p u i z l i n . g i'he~ Cerh-21 West;" .Yes.:. '^.'s t a r s and p l a n e t s 2 r e f r e q u e n t l y - ,m i s i n t e r p r ; e t e d . 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The p r i n c i p a l p r t s of the. conc:ern w e r e -two'-1 a r g : e c i g e r - s h a p e d b a l l o o n s ; e a c h t h i r t y - s i . x ' f e e t . i n l e n k t h . in.8-a:bout-'-10x3-:2::? f e e t i n s i z e , i n s i d e cf which w e r e th,e c o m n r e s s o r s a n d g e n e r s t o r s , , : w i t h w h i c h - t h e s t r 2 . h g e r - p u a r d i n p t h e m o n s t e r seamed . t i b e ~ e r l e c t l yf a m i l i ? r a n d . . o f ,which h e 's$oke q u i t e . f r e e l y , . " . Y e s , a n e l ~ b o r n t e*j6.k&,.$nd : h o a x , . b u t s i m o l ' y t'humb'.t h r o u g h y o u r UFO r e s e z r c h f i l e s f o r ; o r e s e n t d a y ex-' a m ~ l e s : , ' . I'. ., . ~ I R S H . I P > I N V E P J T O R - - O ~h~a , Nebr ;,,, A p r i l : 2 6 , 1 6 4 7 , f r o m ? ' ! ~ u i n~- ~ b r n i n ~ WHIG." - ( ~ f t e' r e q u e s t. i n g . 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Dl~$+m,~ . . ;. the' '~@,lJ-knom'e x n e r i m e n t e r . i n a e r i a 1 . - nsv.igati,b,n;.pn$ Chi'ef o f ' tLe . . Ij,al'l.._I: . 4o.n. C.oYPs .of .t'he 'Unit'ed..St?te:s Army., recei'v,ing., ikvor,: 'b-le r e v l i c . 3 f r o m ; ekch'.') '$.ome) cf h i s f r i e n d . < . would l i k e tb;.beli&'& -$hi&. h e wzs resp?hsj'-, b3,e -. f.or'1t h* a i r s h i p which ..tourned..t h e . clen t r a l ' . .n d , . wi.s t e r n s t 2 : t . c ,,.:. , ,,: b u t v ; $ h e r e . i S no . g ~ i @ e n ctfi~~6.1. e ~ he . w+. e b l e - t o s.e.c;ure~, . . f'ingn.c-is1 bbcking: s o .is' t o : p r o d u . c e ' s h c h .a ' c , r ~ f t ' . , ,. : _ . . . .. i MULTIYGE WITNESS - SIGHTINGS':-''T~~ .. J i r s h i b O v 5 r , ~ u i i c i f? r~p h t h e : :, . Q ~ i n c y!!Morning hi.^^., l!' A p r i l 11, 1897. ':.The a i y s h i p , which h s s b g e n :,., .s,ky.lBrkilig o v e r . 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Boys R e n o r t UFOs--Tolice Lzurh T h r e e b r e z t h l e s s 1 4 - y e z r - o l d boys s 2 w t h r e e UFOs t h e n i g h t , ~ f Dec. 1, 1971, and d ~ s h e c !t o t h e n e ~ r e s tt e l e n h o n e 5 0 0 t h t o i n f o r m t h e "Herald-Newsv of G a r f i e l d , N. J . , of t h e i r f i n d . They cl?imec! t h e UFOs w e r e " c i g a r - s h ~ p e d , " " g l o w i n g b l u e and g r e e n T 1and h e a d i n g i n t h e s o u t h e a s t d i r e c t i o n a l o n g P a s s a i c S t r e e t . They r e f u s e d t o ~ i v e t h e i r nzmes b e c a u s e , s a i d o n e , l l p e o p l e m i g h t t h i n k w e ' r e c r a z y o r something." The p o l i c e , when c o n t a c t e d , s a i d t h e y h a d n ' t r e c e i v e d a n y r e p o r t s 2nd one o f f i c e r s u y g e s t e d "Maybe t h e k i d s s h o u l d chznge t h e i r b r a n d of smokes,ll One o f o u r r e a d e r s , John T . C l o s s e y , o f L v n d h u r s t , N. J ( t w o mile^ f r o m G z r f i c l d ) s e n t u s t h e c l i p p i n g from t h e n e w s p p e r ~ n c l i s t r y i n g t o l e a r n t h e n7rnes of t h e boys zncl t o g i v e u s f u r t h e r d e t 2 i l s of t h e s i g h t i n g , r:nd, p e r h a p s t h e lc7w o f f i c e r would d o w e l l t o follfxw h i s own a d v i c e ,
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