Mufon Journal - 1969-2

L e t t s Separate F a c t fkom Eantasy

No. 35

UFO S i g l ~ t i n g si n 1owm'and I l l i n o i s

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k t e r a s i x month l u l l u n i d e n t i f i e d flying o b j e d t r e p o r t s a r e coming i n . On ' t h e evening of Jan. 9 a t 8:30. p,. m. a s i n g l e . b r i g h t l i g h t mowing up r i v e r from t h e a r e a o f t h e dam was observed and r e p o r t e d by l o c a l r e s i d e n t s . , It w a s f i r s t s e e n moving n o r t h over t h e r i v e r on a ~ a r a l l e lcouxse t o .%he witnesses ' car. kt f i m t i t k e p t pace with .the c a r , then sped ahead suddenly, s t o p ped and hovered. The l i g h t changed %o amber and.was ,observed f o r abouii t e n minutes hanging approximately 400 f e e t over t h e r i v e r . It t h e n ' dimmed and moved over Iowa and disappeared. It was noted t h a t , a s it disappeared i n , the d i s t a n c e a plane came i n from the e a s t t o land a t Keokuk a i r p o r t , . . ..

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With tlie E d i t o r The Condon Report 1s o u t and i t s c o n t e n t s h a r d l y a s u r p r i s e t o any one whz :is followed i t s p r o g r c s s ( ? ) d u r i n g t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f , Color c d o t s taro y e a r s t u d y of u n i d e n t i f i e d f l y i n g o b j e c t s , While Dr. Edv. -(! G. CI-andon, who headed t h e i n v e s t i g a t i o n , c o n s i s t e n t l y r e f u s e d t o -6 -60 ~ > e , m r t e r s t, h e r e were l L l e a k s l b from time t o time--some from r., . X _ L _ L Li3 group from t h o s e d i s s a t i s f i e d w i t h i t s o p e r a t i o n , m d some c -o %.: ~iL.:r u l a l o g y g r o u p s o f f e r i n g c o o p e r a t i o n and f i n d i n g i t t o be. ~rt~; :.~ ; d.- h:ch of 7;i:is came o u t i n t h e a r t i c l e i n LOOK, s o w i d e l y r e a d .-.s bo -?-,2f- ILO filrtllu'r mention here. I

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i'k-. tdaerzil p u b l i c - w a s c o n d i t i o n e d t o a c c e p t t h e c o n c l u s i o n Ihthat n o t h i ~ g . h a scome froin t h e s t u d y of UFOs i n t h e p a s t 2 1 y e a r s which h a s sddeu -to s c i e n t i f i e knowledge .I! While t h e s c i e n t i s t s gave themselves. an o u t iil wrltlng "If ilew evidence a p p e a r s , l a t e r , t h i s r e p o r t can be a p p ? o p r l ~ t c i y r c v l s e d i n a second p r i n t i n g , I 6 t h e tone of $he r e p o r t w c s bvch t h a t , t h e n e g a t i v e a s p c c t s were emphasized. Some of t h e headI x e s c. k 8 i e d by t h e cress a r e : "Pilore UyO Study Callkd Waste o f Time!', ( ~ l , ca;. Louis Globe-Democrat ), WFO Study Finds No Tjes w l t h m o t h e r ~ o r l d " ( ! " l ' h eHerald-irJlligtL, Quiacy, 111. ) , "UFOi s Not From Another WorldtL ( a l t o n (111. ) ~elegrauh), hBPOts Not Space V e h i c l e s " ( S t . L o u i s PostD ~ s ~ : . . - ; c L )"UFOs , E a r t h l y , S c i e n t i s t s AgreetL ( ~ u l s aDaily w o r l d ) , and W P G ~ t , l d i e sOver 21 Y w r s Aed UD t o NothingIP ("The Evening Nowst', h r r i s k t --r, P2.).

Iio-&dv2r, lnost of the .news media does n o t f e e l t h e sub-ject i s c l o s e d The iri. .& d11'Y TirdS s a i d , J a n . 14, "'ln any e v e n t i t a p p e a r s u n l i k e l y t h a t I..> 1,485 page, 3-volume r e p o r t w i l l s e t t l e t h e UFO argument. If ail)-th; ,I;, i t w i l l probably f u e l t h e f i r e . "

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The p l a n e t Venus s e t s soue four. hours a f t e r s u n s e t and i s now a t . , magnitude, -&., ' t h e. a h. .n e t f s. d.i. s c i s 52% iliuminated. .

Piaiars ~ 1 s . about e ~ one and a half hours . p a s t midnight and i s 1st rnagnitade. The p l a n e t moves from Virgo t o Libra. J u ~ i t e ri s v i s i b l e from 'about and hour and h a l f before midnight i n tiis c o n s t e l l a t i o n Virgo. It is mag. -1.,7. Sa t u n , i n . P i s c e s , I s y i s i b l e i n t h e h i g h s o u t h e r n sky u n t i l 'midIt i s the same magnitude a s Mars, however h r s w i l l soon be night. m c h b r i t h t e r t h a n S a t u r n a s i t n e a r s t h e e a r t h . Mars w i l l be even b r i g h t e r than J u p i t e P by mid-May,

The c o n s t e l l a t i o n of Or2on i s an a r e a of h i g h i n t e r e s t d u r i n g the w i n t e r months., It i s ringed by b r i g h t s t a r s ; B e l l a t r i x t o t h e northwest; chG red g i a n t b e t e l g u e s e ' t o t h e n o r t h e a s t , Saiph and Higel t o t h e s o u t h D 2One pronlnent f e a t u r e l s r t h e b e l t , t h r e e b r i b h t s t a r s i n a n e a t row--they a r e . u l n i t a k , LLnilam and Mintaka. . South of t h e b e l t i s a n o t h e r row o f ' t h r e e s t a r s , a - l i t t l e f a i n t e r thzn the b e l t , the middle I1star" i s t h e Orion nebula., .M-42, a no st f a n t a s t i c s i g h t even i w i t h a small t e l e s c o p e . The nebula appears a s a' g i a n t green cloud. .

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On .Tail. 5 , 1969 t h e Soviet Union launched an unmanned probe to-. ward -,;he p l a n e t Venus. The probe w i l l t r a v e l a . d i s t a n c e of some 1 5 5 . m i l l i o n miles t o t h e cloud covered p l a n e t . -%e Venus. 5 probe weighs about one and a q Q a r t e r t o n s and i f a l l goes w e l l , w i l l s o f t land on t h e p l a n e t in mid-May. ' A ~ o t h e rprobe, t h e Venus 6 , was launched-some f i v e days l a t e r and i s scheduled to s o f t land on t h e n i & t s i d e oft t h e p l a n e t . The'=nus 4 probe reached Venus on O c t . 18, 1967.. atmosConsiderable i n f o-mati o n was' obtained fib? the p l a n e t phere. It was. learn'ed t h a t the atmosphere c'onsisted mostly of carbon dioxide and r e g i s t e r e d t e a p e r a t u r e s of 536. degrees Fahrenheit. The p l a n e t noves around t h e sun in 225 days and has a diameter of some 7,575 milcs. Through a. t e l e s c o p e V-enus appears a s a t i n y moon, going through the v a r i o u s ?bases a s does our mom. Visually',' t h e p l a n e t appears a s a yellow-ish-white in c o l o r ; no s u r f a c e d e t a i l s a r e v i s i b l e ; due t o th-e cloud cover o v e r the e n t i r e p l a n e t . Venus has n o s a t e l l i t e s , a d the plandt i s the b r i g h t e s t o b j e c t i n t h e heavens o t h e r --By Yed P h i l l i p s , - Jr. than t h e moon ahd. sun. '

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The n k i n problem h a s b z m t h e tendency t o o v e r s i m p l i f y a most .compl i c a t e d s i t u a t i o n . U f o l o g i s t s and t h e i r o r g a n i z a t i o n s have s l i g h t e d - a major p a r t i o n of t h e a v a i l a b l e d a t a because i t s i m p l y does n o t conform t o t!le i)op~!lar t h e o r i e s . The whol-e key t o untangli'ng --this mess i s t o a l l t h e d a t a , n o t merely "acceptable" fragments4of .it, E s s e n t study i a l l y , t h e U F O nhenonenon is a massive, w c l l - ~ l a n n e d - a i v e r s i o ndesigned %is t o : conooal a much b r o a d e r and i n f i n i t e l y more comglex s i t u h t i o n . is:.;why. 1 ' u r g e all . u f o l o g i s t s t o s"d; 5 o x 2 b r 3kp --z,.Es: c1;0ln jl n - l Y2.rfare,. iJe ~nuyt *ulders:taaa t h e , t a c , t l c s b e m 6 emgloyed bef:ore we CaD g r W p t h e whole m a n i n g . ( E d i t o r t 14ote: 'Thank you, 1;lr. K e e l , T o r your, most i n t e r z s t m g l e t t e r . Ne . a r e i n t r i g u e d by t h e s t a t e m e n t i n your f i n a l i v e ,..well-planned d i v e r s i o n p a r a g r a 2 h r e t h e UP0 phenomenon b e i n g a It1mass designed t o c o n c e a l a much b r o a d e r and i n f i n i t e l y mo,re ,complex a situa t i o n . " Would you c a r e t o e n l a r g e on t h a t i n a n a r t i c l e f o r a f u t u r e i s s u e o f SKYLIOOK?) I

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Oh Noirr' 2 5 t h ~Greenwell a d d r e s s e d t h e UFO Study Group of ~ r e a t e rSt L'oClis, I n 'th'e main brxclri- of t h e S t . Louis P u b l i c -Library, w i t h John P, S c h i r e s s l e r , as cha4rman. There', as i n Quincy, h i s t o p i c w a s "A Currer,: A p p r a i s a l of t h e UFO Phenomenon i n S o u t h umericatl', w i t h g r e a t - i n t e r e s t evinced! 'by b o t h groutps. ,

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El, C i r o c t s t h e s c i e n t i f i c community--as h a s University of Arizona p h y s i c i s t , D r . J a m s !lcQorldd, l o n g l y and, loudly--to tdke a' r e d a s s e s s ment- of the UFO prol3lem. He asks science t o exdmne t h e physical, p s y c h o l o g i c ~ land psychic . e f f e c t s s u f f w e d ,by t h e s u b j e c t s which remain unsolved,

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'' D $: ~ c k w a r t z, p a r t i c u l a r l y asks medical doctors , -s.ometimes the f i r s t t o come a c r o s s UP0 r c p o r t s , t o Itkee.p an open mind l e ~ t - , h eu n w i t t i n g l y d i s c o u r ~ g es i g n i f i c a n t r e p o r t s from those who n i g h t have had v a l i d c2peri.;-nc'es, and t h u s i . n f l i c 9 damage on them. * (,%urc'e, Berkeley ''Dail? Gazette" Oct. 15, 1968. 'Credit, LOU' F a r i s h . )

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Hcnry Ford I1 wns one o f a planeload of Executives ,who saw a UP0"on a t r i p - h o m e t o D e t r o i t from t h e Hemisfair (inTexas a f e w months 2g0, '

W e saw something round and white, l h l u O r d sclid. I t 4 1 dont t1&now. what it was; btit it d c s i n i t e l y : wasnt t .a ; The Ford company' Jetstar " A l l of a was t r a v e l i n g aboxt. 550. m.p!.h; a t c l o s e t o 40,000 f c e t . sudden 'this b i g object-'appeared," Ford isaid. I ' - I t .looked l i k e a dish. It st:?yz,.d 'with u s , "out some distance'away. - I asked o u r . p i l ~ tt o r a d i o t h e A i r Force t o send a f i g h , t e r plane up f o r a look. He d i d n f t want t o because he w 2 s a c r a i d they wocld- t h i n k he was a kook. . .

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c o n t i r ~ s e s . "Up t o now, we j u s t have testimonies--thousands. On a j u r i - d i c i d l b a s i s , - w e t v e won our c a s e , because you only need two w i t n e s s e s 6, c r e d i b l e witnesses a r e , t h e p h y s - i c i s t s i n a court o f ' l a w ; ~ ~ - however a r e n o t going t o be convinced, Even i f t h e p r e s i d e n t - e l e c t saw a UFO and r e p o r t e d i t , a l o t of people would doubt h i s o b s e r v a t i o n a l a b i l i t y . " Greenwell 't11i;iks t h a t many UP0 f l i g h t s a r e made by remote c o n t r o l , b u t s i x may be manned f l i g h t s .

Be has j u s t conp-le-t-ed h i s r " i r s t , book on UPOt s , "TJn Estudio Sobre. Los' Oyilisl' ( A Study of U Y ' ~ ' S ) one , of the f e w b ~ o k son t h e s u b j e c t t o be w r i t t e n - and published i n Ssanish. .

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In Pebruery 1 9 6 8 Greenwell r e p r e s e n t e d APRO on an extended t o u r of South k x e r i c a which took him t o C h i l i , Argentina, Uruguay and B r a z i l . While. iin Argenti'na be spoke with o f f i c e r s of t h e Argentine Navy and A i r k'o'rce, aid Pound t h e s e ' o f f i c i a l ageilcies regard t h e UFO problem very before s e r i o ~ ~ s l y 'iviore . r e c & t l y he has s2oke.n on the problem of UI'-U's s c i e n t i ~ l cand c u l t u r a l , l n s t r t u t i o n s such ds t h e a f f i l i a t i o n of Eemv i a n Engineers, the Astronomical & s o c i a t i o n of Peru, the Geographical Society- of P e m , .'and he' Peruvian-American C u l t u r a l I n s t i t u t e . SOLth' -Aine'rican UP0 w i t n e s s e s very in background and professions o m h b c peasants a n 3 . a number a r e . commercial p i l o t s , Greenwell r e p o r t s . "'It i s q a i t e impossible f o r some w i t n e s s i n g s t o hav6.:been suggested by f o r e i g n r e p o r t s because of t h e i s o l a t i o n of t h e people. %ome w i i n e s s e ~ a r e Q U ~ C ~ TIJn~d i a n s who pco?le the relnoter p a r t s of Ecuador and i t s neighSoriling c o u n t r i e s . These' I n d i a n s c a l l t h e UFO' s ' s i l e n t boards. "I' I

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FIorz on January S i g h t i n g in I l l i n o i s . The February i s s u e of SICKLOOK t o l d of I l l i n o i s newspapers g i v i n g hekdll-iks. t o a'JanuaFy s i g h t i n g of s t r a a g e l i g h t s which was l a t e r exulairi&2 i ? s : b a l l o o n s bearing cou2ons good f o r f r e e meals in a l o c a l ', r e s t a u r a f i t , However, the r e s t a u ~ s a n towner supposedly seeking p u b l i c i t y was ~ o i ti i e n t i f l e d by hame and no r e g o r t has been made of anyone f i n d i-..-g, rrit, of the ~ h r e cbeiloons o r the coupons. T h i s e x p l a n a t i o n was giv,217 i n -~l?c: '!Daily-Courier-N,ws". ( ~ l g i n ,I l l . ) on Jan. 1 4 t h , while the "IIer,L<-;i~;ig~' of Q u ~ i l c y ,s a i d the phenomenon %as n o t h i n g more than t h e reflec-bed l i g l i t s of a i r p l a n e s which were c i r c l i n g while a w a i t i n g l ? ~ . i l a ~ iil ng s' t k u c t i o n s from t h e O t Hare I n t e r n a t i o n a l A i r p o r t tower. 'I'

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' ~ l g o u ~ u P in o l i c e Sex. Xussell Hiclomn went t o the a r e a of Edgewood and H,xisi:n Roads where peoijle wer5 r e p o r t e d t o be observing an unusual l i g h t e d o b j e c t i n t h e sky. Ofl reaching t h e a r e a he too saw "'a reddishorange c i r c u l a r 'oall of lmlense size"' hovering and f l y i n g i n t h e sky and. !is S. i d i t w-ent towc~rdsBzrrington and then west towcrd Huntley. In . h i s r e p o r t ' t o p o l i c e C l i i e f 'Ned S a n f i l i p p o , Hickman s a l d , "This mny be rather hard t o believe,. but with o t h e r , w i t n e s s e s , my s i n c e r i t y and - a ,since=.e i n - t e r e s t of t h e i n v e s t i g a t o r s t h e r e must b e something t o it.'" ( T ~ O irlvesrtigat,ors of ,the IJational Inves t i g a t i n n ~ofnmit t e e on & r i a l Phenomena--Sherman Larsen, of Glenview, and Chester Gain, of Northbrook, 1i:id. h e n a l e r t e d when, the o b j e c t wcs f i r s t s i g h t e d and were, on t h e s cc32 ,) I

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p o l i c e t h ~ at l a r g e , round blue o b j e c t i n t h e sky took c o n t r o l of t s e i r car. C a r % ? r , , a s s i s t a n t managdr of aBen Schwartz Food Mart i n Z e o r i a , kn: I ; ~ l . - . l m e i e r ,who met through l o c a l c h a p ~ c r sof n a t i o n a l UFO organi k e t , , , ~ ~ smet ; a g e a r and a h a l f ago w i t h a group of Richwoods High ~ z i ~l ; ~ ' s t u d e n t s who Lei been doing some s t u d y i n g i n t h e uf ology f i e l d . Two di' ;Ir,,sc boys, Rick Reynolds, of 1029 W. Burnside D r . , and J a c k Sintl-.-r, of 60'0 B r i a n ~ o o d ,now a r e on t h e c l u b 1s e x e c u t i v e committee.

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a l t h o ~ g hC a r t z r hus n e v e r s e e n a n o b j e c t he could f e e l s u r e was a UP(?, he re;jorts viewing "two t h i n g s xhat c o u l d n t t bc 100 p e r c e n t explained. L s t s 7 m e rhe s a w a "very high . f l y i n g white li&t moving n o r t h t o s o ~ t h . "I wou-Ld have thought i t w a s a s a t c l l i t c , but s a t e l l i t e s d o n f $ 30 n o r t h t o south.1s l'9e' o t h 7 : r i n c i d c n t occurre.i a'~o11ta y e a r ago. !'I saw s o m ? t h i n g f l ; ; i : ~ g d o w l ~t l ~ cr i v e r and t ! i ~ u & t i t w s s a plzne. But it had t h r e e ' were biinxin'g c l l i ~ r n a t r l y . I don1 b e l i e v e r e d c i s two ~ i which any g L n e s h v c 3 J U S ~r e d l l & ~ t ssald , ~ ~C a r t e r . "It was f l j l n g a t a h e i & ~ t~ C S Schan the F i r s t ha tlo;lal dank k3uild~llg."' (Source clnd Credit--a2apted from a n a r t i c l e In t h e PEORIA JOJRNAL STAR of Jan. 20, 1969, and i n f o r m a t i o n given bir Wzlt Andrue) ,

E d i e o r f s Note: 112 i n v i t e t h i s f i n e group of a c t i v e i n v e s t i g a t o r s t o a p p o i n t a SKYLOOK r o g o r t e r t o keep u s informed of t h e i r f i n d i n g s .

--SAUCER i.LZG-4ZINE i s a monthly non--prof i t p u b l i c a t i o n of UFO f a c t s , Besid2s p u b l i s h i n g the latest WO s l g h t i n g i n S.M. t h e r e a r e t h e s e r e g d l n r ? e a t u r e s - Glcrns2r e x c l u s i v e s , Xyewltncss i n Ohio, Report from- t h c R e p r c s c n t a t l v c s , Ssucor Scene. -12i s s u e s - $2,00 - Sample Copy - 1CG. Address - 1311 IVlaln S t , , B e l l e v u e , Nebr. 68005..--Adv.

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9 - e 30,-memberg r o u p u n d e r t h e s ~ o n s o r s h i r ,o f t h e I l l i n o i s S e c t i o n xF,?O I L ~ 9s d i r e c t o r , k l r d S , Carter of 726 N. d t . Anthony P l a c e . iJq. J.2 t l - e j do n o t d l s 2;';s t h e c o ~ l c l u s l o no f t h e K=jr Force finclnced s t u d y ~ , u t90 per c x t o f r e g o r t s of Ur'O1 s a r e u n e x p l a i n a b l e , t h e y f e e l ' ' i t ' s t h e r c m l n i r r g LO p e r c e n t t h a t s h o u l d be worked o n , " s a y s 32,;: ,lh?aCy$sS of 1 2 9 , Mdadows u v e . , E a s t Peoria, a member of t h e execu-~ i v cc x x i t t c o , ', i r t i i ; t s - ' h & s e l f r e g o r t s s e e i n g two UFO1s 9 one when h e ' w a s w i t h r 'ihc o r g a n i z a t l o n ' e x e c u t i v e committee, Dale Dufelaiiocfi2r r x r ? ? b f ~of ' m e i e r - 'i'hc 'two were h z a d m g s o u t h on iioute 24 t o a t t e n d a l e c t u r e by - R i c k r d G r ~ e n w e 1 1( s 2 e F c b r ~ ~ r z r jSKYLOOK) r a t t h e T r i - S t a t e UlQ m e e t i n g i n Qu.i.ncy.

" J u s t s o u t k w c ~ s tcf 3 e k i n , s a i d N a t t s , "I saw a r e a l b r i g h t w h i t e light--.:,x~ch :brighi;cr t h a n a s t a r - - t o t h e l e f t o f t h e highway. B e f o r e I COL-ladg c t D u f e l m e i c r t s a , t t z n - t i o n , i t f a d e d o u t . A few m i n u t e s l a t e r a 1it;;~ta ~ p c a r e don t h e r ~ & is i d e o f t h c n i g l l ~ ~ y ,'It , was v e r y S a ~ n t , t h e n i;ilree o r f o 2 r s c c o n d s k t c r 1-t became v e r y b r i g h t . Then I realize d i t was chc s a m ~t h i n g I x d s e e n on t h e l e f t , "

He a r d D u f c l m e i e r , a r u r a l I t o r t o n f a r d z r , ( W a t t s i s an employee a t the f ' u o r i a C a ~ c r g i i l ~ T i rr a c t o r Co.) watched tile l i g h t f o r a b o u t 'lo r n ~ i ~ u t c. bse f o r e * i-t f k d 2 d . o k t again, Near Lewis town i t a p p e a r e d a g a i n t o ';kc- . ~ . i b f i t , 1:luch c l o ~ c rt o t h e ground, On f a d i n g o u t , i t lt'ft a l i t t l e ?:o;md glow i n t'cie sky and t h e glow f i n a l l y d i s a p p e a r e d . "Akc~ut.l 0 , r r i i l e s s o u t h o f IIewistown t h e l i p h t a ~ p e a r e da g a i n on t h e It W a t t s r e p o r t e d .

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bJzt2ia s a y s kc s a w aa eveil s t r a n g c r UFO a b o u t 4 : 3 0 a . m . S c p t . 24,, 1 9 6 6 , w:xlc lie w a s w a l k m g t h r o u g h E a s t P e o r i a . " I saw a glow -in t h e s k y c . 815 go% b i g g 2 r and bigger. As I was w a i k i n g a c r o s s t h e 1 5 0 v i a dllct ?-.s 1 w xi o b j e c t ~fiuchb r l b h - c e r , a b o u t t h r e e tlmes t h e s l z e of t h e mobn, c m m g t o w a r d roc until i ~ ; was h a l f t h e s i z e o f a h o u s e , I -.i;hought-1C, was commg r i g h t on t o p o f me. "Thzn s u d d c r ~ l yit d i s a p p c z r e d , I 1

Matts s a i d t h e light " w d s a b o u t t h e c c l o r o f a m e r c u r y vapor s t r e e t l i t It sccmed 20 h a v e a mechanism i n s i d e j u s t w o r k i n g a n d g l o w i n g . ~ f - t q $t h e glow . d i s a p p e a r e d , :tfztts s a l d h e n o t i c e d t h a t ' a w h i t e v a p o r t r a i l I ; & gone o ~ t to tile r ~ , , h t or" where t h e glow h a d been. He t h e o r i z e d t h a t . t h i s t r a i l was f r c ~ r r l t n e z c t u a l o b j e c t and t h e glow h e s a w was % s h i e l d n ' b u i l t up a t t-lgh s p e e d s . On t h a t same day, a b o u t the slime t l m e , two P e o r i a n s r e p o r t e d t o ( c o n t i n u e d ' o n n e x t page)

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V ~ l ~t r ~ i l r u sCo-chairnan , of t h e I l l i n o i s s e c t i o n ' APRO and rnern'b~; o l the T r i - S u t e group reviewed t h e c a s e of S t e v e n Hichalak. c 2 , . ~i n t o d i r z c t c o n t a c t w i t h a n u n i d e n t i f i e d l a n d e d o b j e c t J'liclic.la;; -.:c, 1 ; ) ~ 3 3 , 1967, aild r e c e i v e d v e r y s e r i o u s r a d i a t i o n i n j u r i e s . The i n c j 2.21,t o c c u r r e d a t Yalcon Lake n e a r Winnepeg i n Manitoba, Canada, I:li~,iiL;& whs o a t p r o s p c t i n g apd saw t h e o b j e c t on t h e ground, approach-ed a-16 $tit ;:is ?ece up t o qn oyening which a p p e a r e d t o be a window, 6, o-wdrved v z r y b r l g k t l i g h t s on t h e i n s i d e and e s t i m a t e d t h e w a l l s of t:l> s+;z s h i p $a be a b o u t 20 i n c h e s t h i c k . Xe touched t h e s i d e of the s h i p a d i t scdnca l i k e s t a m l e s s s t e e l , w i t h no w e l d i n g , no j o l n t s znci no r i v e t s . It wus, n o t t o t h e t o u c h and t h e r e was a n odor l i k e burinrlg s u l i @ u and a burlling e l e c t r i c motor and t h e odpr rernblnl:u i l l t h e ~ n a n ' s luilgs f o r s c v z r a l days,

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"&l~mb the many o b j d c t i o n s , a c c o r d i n g t o Walt Andrus, of Quincy, who ms s t g d i e d U r n s f o r s e v e r a l y e a r s , aqe t h e u n a c i c n t i f i c cone$s l o i i s i f l t h e r e p o r t and i t s c r i t i c i s m of UFO s t u d y i n s c h o o l s . F'~lC:a r l~s to~n:!wd

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