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PLANNING T/IEETING FOR MID'dBST UFO NETWORK HELD pD.Y 3 1 s t S-dYLOOK Naned As O f f i c i a l P u b l i c a t i o n f o r New O r g a n i z a t i o n -.--

Reported by Walt i i n d r u s 40 C h r i s t o p h e r C o u r t , Q u i n c g , I l l .

I n t h e i n t e r e s t of i m p r o v i n g a n d c o r r e l a t i n g UFO o b s e r v a t i o n r e p o r t s , A l l e n R e U t k e , %.D., C o n s u l t a n t t o ASEiO i n Chemistry a n d ~ s s o c i a t e P r o f e s s o r of C h e m i s t r y a t W i s c o n s i n S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y i n Oshkosh, Wise, p r o p o s e d t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n of a MIDWiST UFG XZTWbRK t o i n c l u d e t h e s t a t e s of W i s c o n s i n , M i c h i g a n , M i n n e s o t a , I l l i n o i s , I o w a and M i s s o u r i . A p l a n n i n g m e t i n g w a s h e l d play 31, 1 9 6 9 , i n Quincy, I l l . , t o d e t e r m i n e t h e i n t e r e s t and work o u t o r g a n i z a t i o n a l d e t a i l s . R e g r e t t a b l y , n e i t h e r of t h e APRO c o n s u l t a n t s , A l l e n Utlre O r John S c h u e s s l e r , w a s a b l e t o z t t e n d due -to c o n f l i c t s beyond t h e i r c o n t r o l , Delega.tes a t t e n d i n g t l i c mce cirlg a n d r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e i r s t a t e s o r ' i n v e s t i g a t i v e g r o u p s were: Ronald ill. Anderson, 1 6 0 9 W. C l a i r e m o n t Ave., Zau C l a i r e , - W i s . ; Haymond i.'!. t i a t t s , 1 2 9 Meadows Ave., E a s t P e o r i a , 111. ;, R i c k Reynolds, 1 0 2 9 W. B u r n s i d e , P e o r i a , I l l . ; J o e Biclcing, BOX 8 : S i l v e r Lake, Kansas; I"Irs. K i e t k a M. P i , s h , 924 N ~ cVic,?.r, Topeka , Kans. ; WalJccr 13. Andrus, Jr., 40 C h r i s t o v h e r C o u r t , Q u i n c y , 11.1.; a n d A. S. P e t z o l d t , 2500 Vermont, ? i ~ ~ - n c g11-1, ,

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The s u b b e s t e d o r g s ~ l i : ~l o~n. at l s t r z c t , ~ ien b l o c k d i s g l ~ m sand t h e d u t i e s d ~ l ur e s p o ~ 1 s i b i l l z l e s01tile ~ l l r e c i ~ 'r&ts e U c h l e v e l were r e viewed .as s u b m i t t e d by Ur. Ukke. T h i s w a s d e v e l o p e d f r o m a n . o b s e r v e r n e t w ~ r ki n community a r c z s t h r o u g h g e o g r a p h i c a l s t a t e s e c t i o n D i r e c t o r s t o t h e S t a t e D i r e c t o r s . The S t a t e D i r e c t o r s m2ke u p tht? Board of D i r e c t o r s who r e p o r t t o t h e Midwest Network D i r e c t o r , Each l e v e l h a s a Ham Radio Network a s i t s communication arm t o transmit UIU s i g h t i n g r e p o r t s u l t i m a t e l y t o t h e Midtv'est D i r e c t o r f o r t h e m a s t e r f i l e of rei1or-ts. A N e w s d i s t r i b u t i o n t o t h e p u b l i c o c c u r s on a s t a t e b a s i s and on a n a t i o n a l l e v e l . The Midwest Network would be a f f i l i a t e d w i t h APRO, b u t n o t c o n t r o l l e d by APRO t h r o u g h a " d o t t e d l m e " r e l a t i o n ship. S e v e r a l d a t a r e d u c t i o n s y s t e m s were e v a l u a t e d , namely one s u g g e s t e d by APRO and t h e s e c o n d by Tk. John K e e l , A. DRS must be u t i l i z e d , b u t n o d e c i s i o n w a s made b e c a u s e whichever s y s t e m i s a d o p t e d , i t s h o u l d be n a t i o n w i d e i n i t s u s e a n d a p p l i c a t i o n s o that r e p o r t s c m n o t o n l y be p l a c e d on " n e e d l e c a r d s , " b u t c a n be a d o p t e d f o r c o m p u t e r i z i n g i n t h e near future.

It w a s t h e c o n c e n s u s of t h e r e p r e s e n t a i ; i v e s t h a t t h e p u b l i c a t i o n SKYLOOK, e d i t e d a n d p u b l i s h e d by Xrs. iLTorua E , S;lort, would be t h e o f f i c i a l o r g a n of t h e I ~ ~ i d w c sUFO t l\lcl;work. 'diti? a n e w s 1 e t t c . r of t h i s c a l i b e r e x i s t i n g , a n d t h e s t r o n g d e s i r e of M r s . S h o r t t o r c ~ r e s e n t t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n , t h i s d e c i s i o n w a s immediately reached. O f f i c i l r s seloct;(!cl r ? t t h e r n n ~ t i n pr r i t 1 1 7,-ny more t o be wmed 8s t h e r e p r e s e n t c s t i v e s r e t ~ c r nt o tl.e s t - t e g r Q v . 3 ~re: A l l e n R, Ut're, Midwzst UFO D i r e c t o r ,:nd Eastcri1 C.liscor,s-l_r Section i r ~ r d ico r ; Honc.ld A n d e r s o n , Ham Kadlo U l r u c t o r ;ild v/dst~:r~l b l i s c ~ n s i l la z c t l o n u l r u c t o r ; m d Lit k n d r u s , I l l l n o i s State D l r e c t c r . SKYLOOK w i l l be s u p p l i e d w i t h . i n f o : r r n a t i o n by t h e d i r e c t o r s , a n d w i l l be a b l e t o draw upon t h e c o n t r a 1 i z s d f i l c s nf n r t i c l ns a n d c l i p p i n g s ,

With t h e E d i t o r SKYLOOK i s honomd t o be s e l e c t e d s s t h e o f f i c i a l p u b l i c a t i o n of t h e Midwest UFO Network and p r o n i s e s f u l l cooperation.

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U n t i l now, we hzve considered our magazine -to be t h e t i u n o f f i c i a l " v o i c e of t h e midwest a s we have m d e a s p e c i c l e f f o r t t o o b t a i n U3'0 s i g h Lings f ~ b l i z YnXs area,, along w i t h o t h e r ; s ~ g h t i n g s ,and-.t o - s e r v e %!;a- v z r i o u s uf dlbgy organizations, i n t h e arcaL..Now, w i t h "off i c i 3 1 t ' ' s t a t u s , we f e e l our e f f o r t s have been r e ~ o ~ i z e d - - a n dn o t only by t h e new o r g a n i z a t i o n whom we now r e p r e s e n t , but by o t h e r UFO public a t i o n s which, i n g i v i n g us p l u g s , have theniselves pointed out our "hard t o g e t mldwest s i g h t i n g s , A s announced l a s t month, Rod 13, Dyke, c d i t o r o f t h e UFOEC J O U R N - a , which hzs ceased p u b l i c a t i o n , rimed SKYLOOK a s r e c e g i c n t of ,211 une x p i r e d J3TWTAL s u b s c r i ~ t i o n s ,2 t r i b l ~ t et o our s i n c e r e n t t n m p t a t honest r e p o r t i n g , n s t h e JOURNAL was a no-nonsense u9.c-zine.

us t h e s e good t h i n g s Li;:vc: come our w ~ yill l e s s t d n a yer!r cis e d i t o r m d p u b l i s h e r of skYbOOk, we f e e l a l i t t l e ovemhslr.led r ~ n d deeply g r a t e f u l . Lest t h i s nppum a s porsonal ego on t h e p a r t of your editor--hecx t h i s ! Anyone can s i t a t a desk 2nd be an e d i t o r , , but t h e r e a l work i s done by t h e s t a f f , We f i r n l y b e l i e v e our f i n e s t a f f i s seconcl t o none, and t o them goes a l l t h e c r e d i t f o r any l t s u c c c s s HSKYLOGK has o r w i l l achieve. Without a worki g s t a f f , :my p u b l i c , ~ t i o ni s dead. Our s t a f f has

s t u c k w i t h us through t h i c k and t h i n , a s t h e saying goes, and we d o n l t hc!ve t o be rcminded t h z t some o f our e a r l y s t r u g g l e s were pretty thin, Ted

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'Vnlt A n d r u s D i c k d up n copy while h e w n s i n NCM York C i t y e a r l y i n June 'nd was interested. i n f i n ~ j . n g? r e n o r t he m d e t o APRO on p ~ p 26-27. s It concornta an I l l i n o i s t'x??ri?nce by P h i l Cu~mings, J r . , of Quincy,, r:nd Douglrs Gowdy, -f ne-:r 'C?,hton, I l l . , an' March 1 4 ? 1 9 4 6 i T h i s precedes t h e Kenrizth ArnolZ s i 2 , h t i n g by more t M n o ye-re .

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We have r e c e i v e d a copy o f YJPO Nachrichten", newspzpcr s i z e ?ad . f o r ~ n n t ,and i l l u s t r n t e d - - 2 n d a l l i n Gernzn. How we w i s h we could read it! If any of our r e n d e r s can :rend Gerrnn, we'll r e q u_ c .s t. receive'd, .

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Saucer-Shaped UFO Seen i n N o r t h e a s t I l l i n o l s An u n i d e n t i f i e d f l y i n g o b j e c t t h a t beamed a d a z z l i n g r a y of l i g h t t o t h e ground and skimmed over a r o o f t o p , c a u s l n g two f r i h h t e n e d teena g e boys t o duck i n f e a r of being h i t , was r e p o r t e d i n t h e P a i a t i n e Lake L u r i c h a r e a i n n o r t h e a s t I l l i n o i s t h e n i g h t of Play 12, 1969. Both t h e I1 Chicago T r i b u n e " and t h e "Chicago Today American" c a r r i e d a r e p o r t of t h e s i g h t i n g and i t being under i n v e s t i g a t i o n by D r . J. A l l e n Hynek, of i J o r t h w e s t e r n u n i v e r s i t y . The f i r s t t o report; t h e UFO wa.s .G-reg L u c h t , 18, of 210 N. Schube'rt P a l a t i n e , 111. Fie a n 6 Alan P r o u t y , a l s o 18, 949 iCei?ilworl;h Terrace. St Lake Zuri-ch, f i r s t si.y11tefi t h e n h i e c t f r n ~t 1 - e i r cr7r w ? i j l e d r i v i n g n o r t h on Highvlay 53 ab0u.t 1 0 ~ 2 5p.m. 2 l i t t l e 17-st t h e 3es.eda s u b d i v i s i o n .

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h c h t s d i b he f i r s t thought t h e o b j e c t was a lidit on t o p of a radi o tower dnci hat a f l a s h t h a t was e n i ~ t e c icdiile from a b i r d being e l e c t r o c u t e d on t h e wires,. B u t on d r i v i n g ptlst a clump of t r e e s , t h e UP0 came i n t o f u l l view. I t was saucer-shaped, l i k e a World War I E n g l i s h helmet. It had a concave i n d e n t a t i o n i n t h e c e n t e r of t h e und e r s i d e w i t h a l a r g e l i g h t i n i t , Luch* s a i d . . The l i g h t went on 2nd o f f a number of t i m e s , e m i t t i n g a b r i l l i z n t beam. A t one p o i n t t h e UP0 nosed down and f r o m t h e f r o n t i t appeared o v a l w i t h t h r e e l a r g e " h e a d l i g h t s " a t whst a p p e m e d t o be t h e f o r ward s e c t i o n . S m a l l e r r e d and w h i t e l i g h t s , which were l o c a t e d t h r e e q u a r t e r s of t h e way around t h e r i m of t h e UE'O, k e p t b l i n k i n g on and off, A p p a r e n t l y i t d i s a p p e a r e d from view when t h e boys were on F a i r v i e w Hoad a b o u t two b l o c k s from P r ~ u t y hone, ~ ~ a t 10:40, and t h e y went on t o t h e home where Lucht phoned t h e Nike base t o r e p o r t what t h e y had seen. He was s w i t c h e d t o t h e a i r f o r c e where h i s r e p o r t was l i s t e n e d t o . "But I d o n ' t t h i n k t h e y b e l i e v e d me,"Lucht s a i d , The o b j e c t caxe i n t o view a g a i n a t 1 0 ~ 5 0and Lccht and P r o u t y climbed on t o t h e roof f o r a b e t t e r view, t h e n ducked t o l i e f l a t a s t h e o b j e c t went d i r e c t l y overhead. " I t h i n k i f I had s t o o d u p , I could have h i t i t w i t h a r o c k , I t Lucht s a i d l a t e r . By t h i s t i m e , A l a n ' s p a r e n t s and a n o t h e r c o u p l e , Ray Holmes, end h i s g i r l f r i e n d were a l s o viewing t h e ob-ject.

I t m:lde a n u n u s u a l 1 1 , mmicg n o i s e t h 6 t 5 1 1 1 - ) d C r i s e cLiidf a l l i n p i t c h i n a r e g u l a r p a t t e r n . A n e i g h b o r 1 , dog began b c l r ~ i n gwhen t h e UkD appeared over t h e P r o u t y home, m c h t r e p o r t e d . The u n u s u a l b r i g h t l i g h t on t h e o b j e c t a l s o a t t r a c t e d t h e a t t e n t i o n of Morton Konlon, owner of t h e R o l l i n g Green S t a b l e s i n L ~ k eZ u r i c h ,' Konlon s a i d he f i r s t saw t h e o b j e c t between 9 and 1 0 p.m. w i t h two o t h e r men. When he g o t back t o h l s s t a b l e s , he wztched i t a s it f l e w around e m i t t i n g - f l a s h e s of b r i l l i a n t l i g h t a b o u t 8-second _inl;ervals_. The li h t came s t r a i g h t down and f l a s h e d b r i g : ? t l y ' l i k e a g i a n t f l a s h bu.1 going on and o f f . K m l o n s a i d i t l i t up a l a r g e a r e a on (Continued on n e x t page)

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Saucer-Shaped Object Seen--(Continued) t h e ground. Konlon, who f l i e s spa11 a i r p l ~ n e sh i m s e l f , s a i d t h e l i g h t s were n o t l a r d i n g l i e h f s from an ~ i r n l a n e . F u r t h ~ r r n o r e , t h e o b j e c t had two r e d l i g h t s on i t instear7 of l;he n o r v . 1 red nnd green l i g h t s 011 a n a i r p l a n e . . He c, uldnt t e l l tile shage of tne d b j e c t , he s a i d , because when h e l i g h t s werit o f f , he c 3 u d n t t s e e aaytlilng. Ee bescribed the n o i s e a s sounding a t f l r s t l l ~ ea grop d i r p l a n e wnsn i t was f a r away and then l i k e a j e t v~heni t was overhead. he awakened s e v e r a l of h i s employees, but by t h e t i n e they came o u t s i d e , t h e objec-tr, had disappeared. *

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D r . Iiynek i s quoted a s saying t h e r e p o r t s of t h e o b j e c t appeared genuine. ''You have t o conc1.udc from t a l k i n g t o t h e s e people t h a t they a r e e i t h e r badly mistaken o r t h a t t h e y r e a i l y d i d see a n unusual obj e b t i n t h e sky, 'I he s a i d ,

He interviewed t h e two boys s e p r a t e l y and s a i d both msde n e a r l y i d e n t i c a l drawings of t h e . o b j e c t . From t h e i r d e s c r i p t i o n s , i t may have been about 50 f e e t i n diameter. D r . Ily-nek was c o n t i n ~ i i i gh i s i n v e s t i . g a t i o n i n t o t h e m a t t e r t o determine i f t h [ P O can be explained and i n t h e Pay 25th i s s u e of "The Chicago Iribun13" asked t h a t anyone e l s e who had seen t h e o b j e c t between 9:30 and 11:30 p.m. telephone him. Source and C r e d i t s : News c l i p p i n g s s e n t i n by Lyle Krause, of Union, I l l . and Walt Andrus, of Quincy, 111,

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Some of our m o s t t i r e l e s s rnA enthuusiilsstic i n v e s t i a a t ? r s admit they have never h a d t h e good f o r t u n e t s e e a UFO. They s h o ~ ! l d ha-;e the , l u c k of Edwin l i , Bohl, J r . , o f Lo+n, mnsLTs, who " s ~ l i dhe went looki n g and found one. It, Just l l k e t h a t ! Bohl, age 20, s a y s he s i g h t e d t h e o b j e c t on I-Iighway 2 4 , f i v e miles e a s t o f H i l l C i t y a t 11:30 p.m. Pionday, A n r i l 1 4 t h . The o b j e c t w i t h d i f f e r e n t colored l i g h t s came down over t h e highway and stopped i n mid-air a t a 45 degree angle from t h e c a r . There was no scund, Bohl said. It k i l l e d tile motor of B o h l f s c a r a s i t hovered about -Lhree minu t e s , t h e n s t a r t e d moving slowly eastward f o l l o w i n g t h e highway toward Stockton. Source and c r e d i t - X i e t h a F i s h , UFO Resezrch f i s s o c i a t e s Lnc., P. 0 , Box 8 , S i l v e r Lake, Kansas. B d i t o r f s Note: A s s t a t e d i n t h e June i s s u e of SKYLOQK, Kietha i s our Kansas r e p r e s e n t a t i v e , but we e r r e d i n r e f e r r i n g t o h e r a s "lliss". It

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Flaming O b j e c t s Seen i n Missouri and I l l i n o i s Sky JL?-ne5 t h P l a m n g o b j e c t s f l z s h c d a c r o s s t h e sky t h e cvcning of June 5 t h and t h e r e was a f l u r r y of teic!~hoi?e c a l l s t o p o l i c e and p r e s s i n many c i t l e s through o u t N i s s o u r i znd I l l i n o i s , . l h n y o b s s r v ~ r sthought t h e y hiid s e e n a UFO, b u t checks w i t h s c i ~ n t i s t sand o t h ~ rinformed s o u r c e s seem t o i n d i c a t e t h e f l J r i n g o b j c c t s were t h e bresk-u-p of a meteor. The " S t . L o u i s POst-Dis;~2tch" d e s c r i b e d t h e o b j e c t s a s b c i n g w h i t e w i t h a g r c e n o r b l u e t i l i g e , f l ; i n g a t a s p e e d f a s t e r t h a n 2000 m i l e s @n h o u r , VJitnesses i n t h e S t . Louis a r e a i n c l u d e d t h e p i l o t s of two s m a l l p l a n e s , one of v~homgave c h ~ s eb r i e f l y . Thc Q u i n c y , 111. "Herald-Whig" r e p o r t e d : "The f i e r y d a y - l i g h t breakof a meteor l a t e QLursday afternoon gave Quincyans a r x e view of a e r i a l phenomenon. The mctcor p l u n g i n g t o i t s d c a t h as i t r a c e d i n t o t h s atmosphcre a t a b o u t 30 m i l e s a second, L e f t a t r a i l o f g r e e n i s h b l u e s t r e a k s i n t h e sky. It gave t h e a p p e z r a n c c of b e i n g more t h a n one o b j e c t a s i t wzs b r c a k i n g up." The meteor W L L S v i s i b l c f o r o n l y a fcw sccvnds a s i t moved from , ut t h e e a s t i n t o t h e b r i g h t sunlight i n -thc w c s t c r n sky a b o u t 5 ~ 5 2 b many Quivlcy z r e a residents saw -the c o l o r f u l e v e n t . The breakup was v i s i b l e over most of c e n t r a l I l l i n o i s and T4jssouri. Thcre were r c p o r t s : from P c o r i n , R a n t o u l , F I z n v i b ~ 1, Tlihi?rty, T(eok111: and 1s fqr s o u t h a s R o l l a , No. The "Herald-dhign m i d s p c u l , . .t i . , n t hi;t h e obJe,ct w.,s a n u n i d e n t i f i e d i ' l s m g o b j e c t was 1rillt.d by s e v e r z l sources--one b e l n g h h l t Undruq "Quincy GPO e x p c r t " who s a i d lt u-ndoubtcdly w a s a meteor a n d l t hzd t o be a l a r g e one t o be v i s i b l e i n d a y l i g h t . " A t n i g h t , I' h e s c i d , "The show would hzve been b r i l l i z n t . I b D r . J o s e p h Id. Senrle, J r . , s a t e l l i t e - t r a c k i n g chzirman of t h e depnrtmdnt of c i v i l e n g i n e e r i n g a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y of P l i s s o u r i a t Rollc?., No., r u l e d o u t t h c o b j e c t b e i n g t h e burlling of Echo 11, e x p e c t e d any day. h r b e r t E Both, of Donvcr, d i r c z t o r of Volunteer P l i b h t O f f i c c r s Network ( ~ P 0 N ) ' s a i dc h a r t s kept by t h e group t o t r a c k s z t e l l i t e s show none was expected t o r e t u r n a t t h e t i n e of t h e s i g h t i n g . Three were e x p e c t e d t o r e - e n t e r Thursday o r F r i d a y b u t would n o t c r o s s t h e sky from c a s t t o west a s t h e s t r a n g e l i g h t s d i d , he s a i d .

D r . J, A l l e n Hynek, p r o f e s s o r of astronomy at Northwcstcrn Univers i t y , s a l d t h a t t h e o b j ~ c t scould 21av~'been p r t s of a man-made s a t e l l i t e t h a t burned a s i t r e - e n t c r c d t h e e e r t h ' s atmosphere. However, an o f f i c i a l a t t h e S p c e Defense C c n t c r in Colorado S p r i n g s , t o l d t h e "Post-Dispatch" t h a t t h c c e n t e r , which t r a c k s m n - m d e s a t o l l i bee, had no r e c o r d of a s a t e l l i t e scheduled t o r e - e n t e r t h e atinosphcre. I n Mobcrly, i,lo., whcrc Larry Yoder', r c c c n t i n v e s t i g a t i o n of UFO's h a s been g i v e n p u b l i c i t y by t h e l o c a l p r c s s , s e v e r a l s a w ::ad r c n o r t e d t h e f l 7 < i n go b j e c t s . One d e s c r i h ~ dit 2s h ? i f i g g r n c n , r c d ?.nd b l u e and "thrcle t i m e s f a s t e r t b - n 3 i c t . I t A , ~ t h ~ . s7 r i-8 i t n - ? ~ ) > - r ; f dt o be g r c e n and was 11 m l s n t i n g . " M q t t l - P W TIr.c s o n , - 11, s m of-' D r . B o b c r t Hn.sson, s 2 t h e o b j c c t ;1nd s a i d - h e ?.nd o t h e r s ,:t t h e Sun-N-Rln s w ,lnln,fiY;~ c _ 'i, s,. lfl.Aitr.t~w Gescribed i t one of them t h o u g h t i t d i v ~ d e di n t o t l , r e e + r t s ( L . o n t ~ l u ~ ;on d next @ ~ g e j

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PIr. H e r t e l l ha.s s e n t us an extremely w e l l w r i t t e n d e t a i l e d re301-t of h i s i n t e r v i e w w i t h Major John ri. Richmond. USAF, and h a s a l s o s e n t t h e r e ~ o r tt o APRO h e a d c u a r t e r s i n Tucson. Major Richmond, age 34, r e s i d e s a t 23 ' l e t a Drive, B e l l e v i l l e , I l l . , arid f l i e s h i s own 'Cessna i n f r e e t m e . Se h s s d aout T,3J0 Ir'lj.-ing h o w s t o l i i s c r e d i t and he ttli.ked f r e e l y w i t h hr. H e r x e l l , z f t e r s e e i n g the f l y i n g ob j e c c s t h e everting of June 5 t h , a:;& we draw upon t h e 5-page typed intepview f o r t h e o f f i c e r t s r e p o r t of what he observed. Major Richmond was f l y i n g a T-33 ( j e t t r a i n e r ) w i t h Captain George Stevenson r i d i n g a s an observer. They were criaising a t 33,000 f e e t a t 462 miles p e r hour inbound t o S c o t t A i r Force Base and were 138 m i l e s west of t h e f i e l d when he f i r s t saw t h e c b j e c t . We now quote h i s exa c t words, a s w r i t t e n down by Ivk. H e r t e l l and i n c l u d i n g t h e l a t t e r f s p a r e n t h e t i c a l n o t e s : Itme time was 22527 (5:52 1 M C D T ) . I was on ) I f i r s t saw t h e o b j e c t , It was Chanml 5.9 c a l l i n g BLv ( ~ c o i t when a t my 1145 p o s i t i o n ( i n f r o n t of him) on a heading of 280 degrees It was chronle-green, v e r j b r i l l i a n t , l i k e a n a r c (head i,ng w e s t ) . l i g h t o r l i k e burning pliosphorus. I c a l l e d t o Stevenson and pointed t o it. He saw l t t o o . It continued on a c r o s s t h e sky off my l e f t wing and. exited. about 4,000 f e e t above me (37,000 f t . A l t i t u d e ) . It was a s l a r g e a s our l a r g e s t a i r l i n e r and i t h d a t a i l 200 f e e t long of what looked l i k e white phosphorus, a burning t a i l . T h a t t S about a l l I can t e l l you. W e both s2w i t go a c r o s s t h e sky--it was s t i l l daylight. I ' v e nevcr seen a n y t h i n g l i k e t h a t i n a l l t h e time I ' v e It kept been f l y i n g . What r e a l l y g o t me was i t s P l a t t r a j e c t o r y . It s u r e w a s n ' t a meteor--I've scen r i g h t on going s t r a i g h t west. p l e n t y of them. They only l a s t a couple of seconds 2nd a 1 x . y ~curve dovm t o ~ ~ ~ at hred e a r t h . " F u r t h e r ~ u e s t i o n sfrom P I r . 1.hjor estim. t e d t h e ob3ect w per h i c r dlld he e s t i m L i e d l t plane. de repedzed 5h;t Iile a l o n g i t s p a t h t t from e a s t t o j e c t o r y zt a l l .

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Asked how he would compare it i n s i z e w i t h an o b j e c t h e l d a t arms l e n g t h , t h e IJIajor s t u d i e d a moxent, t h e n r e p l i e d , ttidell, I ' d szy i t was 3J4'"' i n h e i g h t Llnd ,?.bout 6" l o n g t o t a l 9 i r i t h t a i l 9 a t zrxs l e n g t h . I t h i n k i t w 2 s about 30 f e e t l o n g by about 1 0 f c e t wide and i t hnd a 200 f o o t fragmented t a i l . It w a s i n s i g h t between 35- and 45 second$ (a watch was used t o accura,$cly e s t i m a t e t h l s time f a d t o r ) , 'Iajor Richmond r e p o r t e d t h e o b j e c t t o S c o t t A i r f o r c e Base, but t h e y d l d not s e e t h e o b j e c t on t h 2 i r s c r e e n . The Ilajor e x p l a i n e d t h % s was tt

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Since r e c e i v i n g t h i s r e ~ o r tf r o n Plr. H e r t e l l , we have had a l e t t e r from David .Schroth, raersber of t h e UP0 Study Group of Greater S t . Louis.He r e p o r t e d a UP0 d i s c u s s i o n h e l d a t t h e home of August Hearst, APRG/ NIUP mcnber, t h e evening of June 14t;h, w i t h l'4r. H e r t e l l among those p r e s e n t . Others were John 3'. S c h u e s s l e r , A r t E p s t e i n , C l i f f Palmbe;-g,. VIillard P. Armstroiig and w i f e , William 1'. C h r i s t i a n and s o n and Dave, The t a l k c e n t e r e d about t h e " n e t e o r " of June 5 t h and Pir. k i e r t c l l ' s i n v e s t i g a t i o n and conclusions d r a m . While Dave d i d not quo-be o t h e r s p r e s e n t cis t o t h e i r o p i n i o n s , i t i s e v i d e n t from h i s l e t t e r t h a t he c o n s i d e r s tIr. H e r t e l l a v e r y a b l e i n v e s t i g a t o r an? t h a,t - he . was heard wit11 g r e a t i n t e r e s t nnd r e s m c t . -A11 p r e s e n t it-~cludingMY. H e ~ t e l lralqe SKPL00K s u b s c r i b z r s and nen-Ders of tJF0 i n v e s t i g z t i v e g r o u m a f - f j . l j . ~ t e dw i t h APRO, N I C A P o r bo uh, J.

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Accordiiig t o FLYING SAUCER BULLXTIN, 2. 3 , Yankee ltoad, I~liddletown, Ohio, on Piarch 22nd, f l y i n g s a u c e r s , b ~ . l l so f f i r e and flocks;. of wild geese were r e p o r t e d seen i n t h e sly over R a l t i n a r e , Md,

"Ci'gm-~hc'l~edllUFO's Reported n.11 Ovcr t h e Globe U n i d c n t i f i c d f l y i n g o b > c c t s ni>pcpr jn y s s o r t c d s h ~ p c s2nd s i z e s , and " c i p r - s h a p e d " UFO's have 3cen r e v o r t e d from 211 o v e r th12 g l o b e i n r c c z n t months. t h e n i g h t of k'ebrudry 2 0 t h a t 7:30 o t C l o c k , John Hose, of &lg o o r l i e , Yerth, a u s t r d l a , rupcj;'ted ne h ~ d r l v c n 80 n1.p.L~. i n a n z t t e n g t t o g 2 t away from a cigar-shdpcd o b j c c t which hcrvzrcd o v c r hi^ On a p p r c a c h i n g a r i s c , he saw what appe~:rcd t o be t h e f o r two m i l e s . h e ~ . d l i g i ? t sof 2 c 2 r , aild he dilmcd h i s own l i g h t s . )[hen h e topped t h e r i s e , t h e r e was no crtr i n s i g h t - - - t h e n he snw t h e glowing white-blue l i g h t liovcring at, t r c c . l c v e l 2nd t h e o b j e c t k e p t a l o n g s i d e h i s cr.r f o r t w o m i l e s . Rose then stopped h i s c 2 r and g o t o u t . As he d i d So, t h e c a r w a s f i l l e d w i t h l e a v e s and d u s t k i c k e d u p by t h e UJ?O as it v e e r e d away c.nd diszppeared. As r e p o r t e d i n t h e "kTctst A u s t r ~ l i ~ i l tile , " L)epartment of C i v i l i a n A v k t i o n s,llcl t h e r e w a s no a i r c r a f t i n t h c z r e a 3% t h e time.

A c i g m - s h a p e d o b j c c t w ~ ss p o t t e d on M n c h 30th o v c r S p r i n g d ~ . l e Township i n P e n n s y l v x i i a a c c o r d i n g to 2 r e p o r t i n t h e " V a l l e y D a i l y renl p u z z l e r " a c c o r d i n g t o N e w s , I' ~ a $ c n t u m , Pa. T h i s onc was Robert Goerman and James Speck, d i 7 2 c t ~ rEild c o - d i r e c t o r of t h e C i v i l A e r i a l Investigation a n d Resurrch O r g a n i ~ ? ~ t i o nThey . observcd t h e obj e c t f o r a b o u t 30 seconds a t 2:15 p.a. from t h e 600 b l o c k of C a t z l p a St.:, New h e n s i n g t o n , t h r o u g h a 60-power t c l c s c o p e .

They s z i d i t w _ , s a b h c k , cigzr-sh2pod o b j e c t z b o u t 30 f e e t l o n g , Looking ~ c r o s st h e t r a i l i n g t h i c k b l ~ c hsmoke and a S i t of f l n n e . r i v e r , t h e y saw t h e o b j c c t noving tow;~,r?17-FT TOnsingtcr. It s t o p p e d , ints ~ieces, hovcred f o r 3 momcnt, then P ~ l sl t r ~ i p h t?own9 br?ak!ng Goernm s n i d , La-Ley w l t h s d z n Lcwandcwski, of A r n o l d , d i r e c t J r of A e r i a l & s e a r c h and ' m e s ~ i ~ a t l o cno m i t t e e , trlcy l n s g e c ced t h e area,where I I; ::$pearec~ to fall--a s l a g dump o f f Hiddlc Hun kLond, but f o m d n o t h i n g t h e y could l i n k d e f i n i t e l y t o the object.

T h i s s i g h t i n g wns s i m i l x r t o cnc: t h c y s p o t t c d o v c r t h e sane g c n e r n l a r e a t h e n i g h t b e f o r e xbout g o r c l o c k 2nd t o s i g h t i n g s which have been r c p o r t c d fram more t h n n 20 c o r n u n i t i e s i n .the a r c 3 ovkr tile p.!st seve r a l months, Goermn s z i d ,

A ~ i g h t l n gmade b;r two Pnoenix, Arizdn~,p i l a t s 17th SCCms t o f a l l i n t o t h e saxe c n t e g o r ~ . VJhila shc tcrm t t c i g n ~ ~ s ~ a p wasnit &d~'v used by t h e p i l o t s i n d e s c r i b i n g t h e o b j e c t s s c e n t'!bou.t 3 : 3 2 p.m. on 2 c l e a r , s i m y d ~ y ,;2 s k e t c h ~ ~ . by d c one c f t h e r,,cn s h o t ~ ~t hde o b j c c t t o be cigar-shL1.pcd9 w i t h t h e a d d i t i o n of a s l i b h t bulge i n t h e c a n t c r of t h e l o n g t u b e ,

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Cigar-Shaped ~ b ' j e c t s - - ( c o n t i n u e d ) b e l t and l e a n ovcr t o look down t o t h e l e f t , " s a i d Ripley, 42, a roofi n g )psinessnnn, . S l a t e r , 41, iooked i n t h e d i r e c t i o n of R i p l e y ' s hand p o i n t i n g downward. He described t h e o b j c c t s a s "white, opaque and w i t h n bl?ck s l - r i p e l e a d i n g back on t h e o u t e r edge from a s l i g h t p r o t r u s i o n a t t h e forwcrd s e c t i o n of t h e i r oval shape, I b

' The p i l o t , a former Navy man, s a i d they were f l y i n g an hour a t 5,000 f e c t , hcadirig f o r 5,50C and t h ~ t h e going west a t what seemed t o bc from 250 t o 1,500 f c c t mountainous t e r r a i n , not f l y i n g i n a geomctric p a t t e r n and dipping 8s they follolflecl t h e c m t o u r of the ground u n i s o n , a s though r c n o t e c o n t r o l l e d .

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Both men t o l d of being -.ble t o d u e t ~ ~Lt r: k g r v m Z b s t w e m t h e o b j c c t s , wLlich appu*rt-d t o them c l b ~ I;hyt-e ~ ~ t Gi~lesthe size of a n a u t onlobile. "Thcrc were about a dozen i n a kind of c e n t c r c l u s t e r and t h e o t h a r s w.:re grouped around them haphazardly, I t S l n t e r s n i d . "They weren't j e t s , sun s p o t s o r n o t even shadows s i n c e t h e r e w x s n l t a cloud i n t h e sky. R i p l c y dstim.;tcd t h e UFO1s, i f they maintamed t h ~ i rcourse, would havc passed d i r e c t l y ovcr H ~ ~ v z sC ui t y a i r p o r t , "My hands broke out i n a cold sweat a f t e r whnt we snw i n t h e 15 we h n d n t t had a d r i n k ; you d o n ' t d r i n k and f l y . I t Arizona "Gazette, 3/21/69. The s k e t c h mentioned ,?ppcnrcd w i t h t h e r e p o r t . ) o r 20 seconds,

(31 Pky 21st a cigar-shaped U 2 O was obscrvcd by many persons a t S a r a s o t a , P l a . , as roportcd i n S A U C ~ R jog and t h e s m c Cvcnlng a n ttoblongtto b j e c t was scen i n t h e N,w P o r t llichey area, n o r t h of Saras o t a . This o b j e c t hovered i n a s t a t i 0 n 2 ~ r yp o s i t i o n f o r i ~ lt c z s t two minutes, r u l i n g out t h e p o s s i b i l i t y i t could have been a s z t o l l i t e launched t h a t nlght. u s Joai? ifllritcnour ( e d i t o r ) comcn-t;cd, "No e l l i t e can s i t i n any one p o s i t i o n f o r even one n i n u t e . "

UFO S(:en A t M i s s i l e Complex An unoi'ficl-1 sdurci: i ~ ~ tre el l s o t LL Ur'O b c - 1 1 1 ~u b s ~ r v c dby two c i v i l i a n workers ovor L: 1 i l i ~ ~ 1complex 1 ~ In t h e C e n t r a l A~~L\~Is::.s nrca two wecks ago and t h a t tile pc:ir n o t i f i e d t h e comii~:~ndcrof thc m i s s i l e s i l o who cane t o p s i d e and e l s o saw i t , The i n c i d e n t i s s n i d t o be a c l ~ s s i f i a dm?,tter at t h e b:Lse here. Source : " J a c k s o n v i l l e Daily News " ( ~ r k z n s n s )3/27/69.

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LOU FARISH i s p u t t i n g i n a couple wcelcs on Ni.iti~n:!l Guard duty i n F t . Hood, l'cxns, but w i l l be b;:ck w i t h h i s " I n Others' T:!ords'' nexti month,Perhaps h e ' l l spot a UFG out i n those wide open sp?.ces7

Pive i n Memphis Area Scared by 'LGlowing Orange B a l l 1 ! A b r i l l i a n t l y glowing orang? b z l l t h z zlzs of a house r o i l e d , d a r t ed r,nd ' u ~ u n c c di t s way z l o n g F o r e s t H i l l Road c a l y yestcrd:ty, " s c m i n g t h e l i v i n g d a y l i g h t s t 1 o u t of f i v e p e r s o n s , t h e y s z i d a s t h e y r e l j o r t e d t h e i n c i d e n t t o s h e r i f f ' s d e s u t i e s J . L. Hamby and R , D. h u 2 e r - t . "'rhcy were a l l p r c t t y u p s e t o v e r whiztcvL?rt h e y saw,.lt t h e d e p u t i e s said. Jirmy B a i r d , 18, of 438 C e n t e r i n C o l l i c r v i l l e and Miss P k r t h a Lenox, 1 6 , of 9735 H o l m s doad (Memi,his) s a i d tlicy were r c t u m i n g from a movle about 1:30 a.m. The o b j e c t "jumpcd from nowhere" and s h o t toward t k ~ c i rc a r as t h e y drovc on F s e s t I I i l l Road betwcen Shelby Drive and Holmcs Road.

Young B a i r d contirlucd, "It disappLbr..d ~ * f t ~w .c r drove a l i x t l e way and whcn I g o t down on 5 d m e s Road, I t u r n c d t h e c a r x o u n d and headed bpck t o s e e i f wc h2d r e a l l y s e e n what wc. 'thought s c s a w . " Thc couple t o l d t h e d e g u t i c s when t h e y n r r i v c d a t t h e same s p o t , t h e l i g h t " t u r n e d on" a g a i n . B a i r d s a i d it l o o k e d 'Ins i f i t was C ~ L S i n g us away. Thcrc was a b r i g h t yellowish g o l d r i n g b l z z i n g , a r o u n d i t and some d z r k s e c t i o n s j u s t i n s i d e t h a t r i n g . Thc c e n t e r was a v e r y b r i g h t orange."

The couple s a i d t h c y 'went t o t h e horn o f h i s a u n t , PIrs, M i l t o n ~ a l l 2 . r d ,a t 398 C e n t e r Road m d t o l d h e r w l x ~ t t h e y had seen. ivIrs. B a l l r x d s a i d t h e two youlrg p e o p l e were " t r e m b l i n g aild a l m o s t i n shock" when t h e y t r i e d t o t e l l h e r c b o u t t h e o b j c c t . . Mrs. Ballc.rd and h c r dauglltcr, Linday, '16, 2nd Sam B a i r d , went w i t h t h e couplc t o t h e s p o t ,

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The p l a n e t Mercury w i l l n o t be v i s i b l e a s i t i s l o c a t e d q u i t e n e a r t h e sun i n J u l y . Venus w i l l be a . v e r y b r i l l i a n t o b j e c t i n t h e e a s t e r n sky f o r o v e r ' t h r e e hours .before s u i i r i s e , Mars, s t i l l a v e r y b r i g h t , r e d d i s h colorer: o b j e c t w i l l be v i s i b l e d u r i n g t h e e n t i r e evening, f a i r l y . n e a r t h e s ~ E : ? Antares which i s i n t h e c o n s t e l l a t i o n S o r p i u s , t h e Scorpion. The gicr,-': p l a n e t , J u p i t ? r , i s i n Virgo an8 mcy he s e e n d u r i n g most of -the eveni n g s h i & i n t h e south and s o i ~ t h w e s t ~ ? rsnk y . Fatllrn, t % e r i n g e d nl?.net': i s r i s i n g some t h r e e hours bef-ire s u n r i s e .

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l1?hen t h e p l a n e t F'lars i s observed v i s u a l l y from Earth-based t e l e scopes, a g r e a t d e a l of d e t a i l may be s e e n , but n o t q u i t e enough, When Mars i s a t i t s minimcm d i s t a n c e from u s , i t may be only about 35,000,000 miles away; however, even t h e l a r g e s t t e l e s c o p e s a r e l i m i t e d by t h e t u r b u l a n c e of t h e E a r t h f s atmosphere. The v e r y f i n e d e t a i l , such a s t h e c a n a l s , may be s e e n f o r a m a t t e r of only a few seconds d u r i n g seve r a l hours of o b s e r v a t i o n , A s a t e l e s c o p e magnifies t h e p l a n e t , i t a l s o magnifies t h e atmospheric turbulance. The atmosphere of M&rs i s so t h i n t h a t it p r e s e n t s h a r d l y any problem a s f a r a s c o n c e a l i n g d e t a i l s ' on t h e s u r f a c e , Mars' c a n a l s were f i r s t seen d u r i n g t h e o p p o s i t i o n of 1877 by Schia p a r c l l i . He observed t h e p l a n e t f o r a p e r i o d of s e v e r a l y e a r s . &ria& t h i s time he noted c u r i o u s l i n e s connecting v a r i o u s d a r k a r e a s l a t e r c a l l e d o a s i s . home y e a r s l a t e r P e r c i v a l Lowell, an American a s t r o n omer, founded a n o b s e r v a t o r y n e a r F l a g s t a f f , Arizona t o observe the r e d p l a n e t . Observers a t t h e o b s e r v a t o r y , which was b u i l t I n 1894, be gall t o record liiany new c a n a l s , some of wiiich disi3layed t h e phenomenon of doubling, two l i n e s r u m l i l g p a r a l l e l t o each o t h e r . Using gowerf u l i n s t r i m c n t s now a v a i l a b l e , t h e c a n a l s aypear a s small 6nrk p a t c h e s on t h e s u r f a c e , a r r a n g e d roiirhlv i n l i n e s . $Then seen thro~l.phl e s s e r t e l e s c o w s , those of inadec!il;l-t;e ~ i l ailt 1 7 Tr a n e r t l ~ r e , t h e s e smell s n o t s would seem t o run t o g - ? t h p r , thlts ~ p - l rn~ i s -c n t i n u o u s 1 Llles on t h e planet1, surfdce,

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The Astronomy Corner ( Continued )

As we c a n s e e on o u r own p l a n e t , l i f e h a s a d a p t e d i t s c l f t o t h e many d i f f e r e n t c l i r i a t i c c o n d i t i o n s . Thus, t h e q u . e s t i o n o f l i f e on t h e r e d p l a n e t . must go unanswered f o r now;. b u t i t - i s a q u e s t i o n t h a t may be answcrcd v e r y soon a s t h e two M a r i n e r p r o b e $ pass. , c l o s e o v c r t h e p l a n c t f s i c e c a p and e q u a t o r .

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A s t e r o i d To Pass Near E a r t h The t i n y a s t e r o i d , Geographos, i s ex~1r3ctedt o p a s s vritliin 5 , 6 0 0 , 0 0 0 m i l e s of E a r t h on Aupust 2 7 , 1 9 6 9 , Ti-c a s t r l r o i p i s an e s t i m a t e d 5 t o 1 m i l e i n d i a m e t c r an3 - , ~ R s i i s c n v ~ r n d< n 1951 by D r . A . G. Wilson of Palorlar o b s e r v a t o r y .

D r . S a u u e l h e r r l c ~ ,p r o f e s s o r o f a s t r o ~ l o m ydt %he U n i v t i r s l t y of C a l i f o r n i a r e p o r t s ' c h i ; GeograPllos will i,~+lieall e v e n c l o s e r a p ~ r o a c h t o h r t h i n 1 9 9 4 when l t w i l l p a s s by a t a d i s t a n c e of o n l y 3 , 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 miles. , A n o t h e r a s t e r o i d , I e a r u s , m i s s e d t h e e a r t h by 3,950,000 m i l e s o n June 1 4 , 1968. The c l o s e s t p a s s made by one o f t h e s e t i n y p l s n c t s w a s made by Hermes wher, i t p a s s e d w i t h i n 485,000 m i l e s i n ,1937. The a s t e r o i d Geographos w i l l n o t be v i s i b l e f r o m t h e N o r t h e r n Hemisphere d u r i n g t h i s pass,

O u t e r Space T r a f f i c Up The U. S . Ajr F o r c e a e r o s p a c e d e f e n s e conmand s a i d J u n e 9 t h i t c a t a l o g u e d 60 new ob j e c t s - - i n c l u d i n g R q o l l o 10--in s p a c e i n h a y . T h i s w a s made u p o f 1 0 U.S, p a y l o a d s , 4 R u s s i a n p a y l o a d s and t n e were r o c k e t b o o s t e r s and d e b r i s . The.A. D. C ' S g l o b a l s a t e l l i t e tracirirlg n e t w o r k , which f i n d s ! t r a c k s , and f o l l o w s r e - e n t r y of s p a c e o r b i t i n g i s ~ c c r i a lr,ow has c a t a l o g u e d a t o t a l of 3,982 o b j c c t s . The 5 . S, s - t i i i has 1 , 2 8 2 o b j c c t s i n space and t h e S o v i e t Union 388. F i f t y - t w o o t h e r o b j e c t s l a u n c h e d by and f o r other coun-tries, a r e orbiting, S o u r c e ; ' "Kansas C i t y T ~ m e s ", June 1 0 , 1963.

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Nccpawz--A r e s i d 2 ~ i toiF iLrd2n and h i s w i f e saw a s t r a l i g e f l y i n g o b j c c t s o u t h e a s t of t h e i r home one morning r e c e n t l y . The o b j e c t seemed t o glow, change c o l o r s , and a t t i m e s s h i m a l i g h t " l i k e a beaconIh t h a t i l l u m i n a t e d a s t a n d of t r e e s nearby. Fraizk h a r d e r , 4 7 , a workcr f o r the r u r a l m u n i c i p a l i t y of Landsdowne, f i r s t s p o t t e d t h e b r i g h t r e d o b j e c t t o t h e s o u t h e a s t a t 3:15 a.12. whcn he went t o t h e k i t c h e n I'or a g k s s of w a t e r . A t f i r s t hc thollght i t w a s t h e moon, but hc had n e v c r b e f o r e s e e n t h e moon r i s e from t h i s d i r e c t i o n . A s he w,itclled, t h e o b j c c t r o s e and began changing c o l o r s , from b r l g h t r e d t o b l u i s h red. A t t h i s p o i n t , h e woke up h i s wife and as- t h e y b o t h watcheb, t h e o b j c c t moved v e r y q u i c k l y i n a s o u t h c r l y d i r e c t i o n and s t o ~ p e da b r u p t l y . M r . Y?rdcr c s t i r a z t e d t h a t i t 1,ioved a htllf-lnile t o t h e s o u t h ,

I t was t h e n t h a t t h z y saw tile o b j e c t s l i n e a b r i g h t l i g h t t h a t i l l u m i n a t e d t h e trees ncarby. The l i g h t , which was b l u i s h i n c o l o r , w a s " a s b r i g h t as a s e a r c h l i g h t , " said Mr. H ~ r d c r ,and t h e o b j e c t moved back anfi f o r t h "2s i.t w z s s e n r c h i n p for snmrthing." dlucstioned a t h i s work s i t e s o u t h e z s t of f i r d ~ n ,Fir. Harddr s z i d thcxt hc 2nd LLS w l f e w~tci1e.dt , l e o b J e c t ior 1 0 Lo 1 2 m m u t e s u n t i l i t d i s d > , p e a r e d beilifld t h c busiles. They o b s ~ r v e di t t k ~ r o u b ht h e i r k i t chen d o o r wlndow, whlch f a c e s south.

Mrs. Kyrder, q u e s t i o n e d a t t h e i r home, s u b s t a n t i a t e d h e r husbcnd' "1 would. never have b e l i e v e d i t i f he had t o l d i t t o me," claims. she s a i d , "But I saw i t myself. If Idhen asked whether t h e o b j c c t made a,ry n o i s e , she r e p l i e d t h t s h e d i d n o t he~1.ra n y t h i n g and t h a t n c i t h c r of them wanted t o v e n t u r e outside t o investigate. T/rs, Hc~rderhad n o t d i s c u s s e d t h e s i g h t i n g w i t h anyone e x c e p t a f e l l o w worker and h i s employer a t the t i m e t h a t t h e ItNeepawa P r e s s " q u e s t i o n e d him. Arden i s a v i l l a g e 1 5 m i l e s n o r t h e a s t of Nekpmr.

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k v e r n J a n z e n , p c l i c e c h i e f cf kicsthopc, M. D . , w ~ d~r isv i n g n e a r h i s home base t h e n i g h t of M,~rch1 0 t h whcn, a b o u t 1 0 ~ 1 0o t C l c ) c k , he saw a UFO t h a t i n t c r f e r r e d with t h c c 2 r r a d i o ,q.si t v s s e d i~vcrl--&:ad.. . .

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N o r t h , South, E a s t end West of t h e 3. S, A, ( c o n t i n u e d ) As Janzen r e a l i z e d a UP0 had passed r i g h t over h i s p a t r o l c a r l i g h t i n g up t h e a r e a a l l a r c m d , he "bccame p r e t t y damn sc'rrcd" and p u l l e d o f f t h e road t o s i t and watch t h e o b j e c t hovoring about 700 f e e t up. He t h o u g h t about u s i n g h i s s z r v i c e r e v o l v e r , but d e c i d e d a g a i n s t i t b e c a m e I t i t ~ ~ o u l d have n ~ t been m c h h e l p anyway" he s z i d i n r e p o r t i n g t o Donald E. F l i c k i i l g c r , Chalrr,mn of NIbP' B North Dakota Subcornlittee

The o b j c c t hovered f o r a n o t h e r 1 0 t o 1 5 m i n u t e s , t h c n "took off t o t h e s o u t h w i t h a higll b u r s t of spclcct and disappeared." He added t h a t he e x n c r i c n c e d "a f e e l i n g ~f l i g h t n e s s when t h e UFO t o o k o f f , " a s if he were "going t o f l o a t ? w s v . " Source : The UFO I ~ T V ~ S T I G A W Rpublished , by NICAP F l y i n g Saucer Blamed f o r Car Accident i n lJGw Zecland The Auckland, New Zcaland "Sunday Ucws" of S e p t . 1 5 , devoted some c o l m n s t o t h e f o l l o w i n g : Two y o u t h s , 18 2nd 19 y e a r s o l d , a f t e r havi n g observed f o r s e v c r ~ . ln i g h t s unusual l i g h t s i n c l u d i l l g one accompni e d by an e x p l o s i o n , 011 aeljt. 1 0 t h s i g h t e d a lwninous body p r o j e c t i n g a w h i t e beacon downw:~rd. They g o t i n t o "I;leir c a r and &rove toward t h e l i g h t . Suddenly i t approdchcd t h e c c r and one of t h e boys s h r i e k e d "Jump! I t ' s g o t u s . " Be scrumblzd f r o n t h c a u t o , e n t a n g l m g h i s l e g s w i t h t h e d r i v e r t s and throwing t h e c c r o u t of c o n t r o l . Both boys l m d ed a t t h e s i d e of t h e r o a d and t h e c a r c r a s h e d i n t o a f r u i t s t o r e . The l i g h t remained over t h e c a r f o r about t h r c e seconds, i n c r e a s i n g i t s b r i l l i ~ m c e . The t o m s p o o p l c found t h e boys b r u l s e d 2nd c u r s i n g a f l y i n g s a u c e r t h a t ha6 aztacired them. The d r i v e r was c h ~ r g e dw i t h c a r e l e s s d r i v i n g by t h e p o l i c e , b u t i n t h e trisl he was a c q u i t t e d . And t h e p o l i c e even a d m i t t e d t o have s e e n s t r a n g e l i g h t s on xhe r i l g h t s f o l l o w i n g t h e e c c i d u n t The i n s ~ r a i i c ccorn )any paid w i t h rcsistc?.nce a l l c a r damages, a p p ~ r c n - t l yb e l i e v m g t h e bojr' word.

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t o North J-kk;ol;a f o r Our Apolokies!. k/e g0ol"c.d ~ , ; l l n - - a i d zyol,,lze seeitling t o exclude i t from t h e United b t a t c s . T h i s s e c t i o n 1s f o r UFO r e p o r t s from out of t h e S t a t e s , and t:le WcstLope, 1'. D,, s t o r y should have appeared elsewhere, How m2ny of GUT sharp-eyzd r e a d e r s s p o t t e d t h i s b e f o r e we d i d ? P i l o t s Observe UP0 Over Spain A UFO e m i t t i n g a powerful r e d l i g h t was observed by C a p t a i n Jaime Ordovas, c o - p i l o t ~ u g u sl tn Curva ja.1 a n d F l i g h t Engin-er J O S CCucnca , of

I b e r i a A i r l i n e s , d u r i n g a f l i g h t from Pzlna, 1%jorca, t o t h e S p a n l s h r n a i n l m d , a t % 9 : 1 5p.m. Feb, 2 5 , The o b j e c t followed t h e p l a n e from Majorca, t o S p a i n , t h c n descurlded c l o s e t o t h e ground, csccnded and d i s a p p e a r e d , ( c r e d i t : UFO INVESTISATOB, NIZAP p u b l i c a t i o n )

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Saucer Announces New A r r i v a l One of t h e most c l e v e r b i r t h announcements we have s e e n i s t h e l i t t l e " f l y i n g s a u c e r " announcing t h e a r r i v ~ ~ ofl Barbra Kay a t t h e home of John and Kathy S c h u e s s l e r z t 1 1 ~ 4 1a . m . June 6th.

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