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The m e e t i n g was t h e n t u r n e d o v c r t o Welt Andrus, end e n open di-sc u s s i b n was h e l d on t h e v 2 r i o u s s i g h t i n e s r e p o r t e d i n t h ? irnrned3~te t r i - s t ~ t e .a r e a . C a p t a i n s o f i n v e s t l g c ! t i.ve t e a m were a p p o i n t e d ; end a f t e r t h e y hzvc o r g ~ n i z e dt h t i r tezrns, \ t h e y w i l l r e p o r t names 2 n d z d d r e , es. Vice P r e s i d e n t B z r r y D i r n m i t t r e p o r t e d on a m e e t i n g o f t h e UuO S t u d y Group. o f G r e a t e r S t . L o u i s a t t e n d e d by him and W z l t . Andrus on ::1:,uer7 f + , . , ~ n dp l ~ n s - w e r ed i s c u s s e d f o r a t t e n d i n g t h e l e c t u r e b y Dr. A l l e n h'ynek t o b e , g i v e n J a n . 2 2 a t t h e McDonnell P l z n a t z r i u n i n S t . L o u i s , Mo.

Walt Andrus p l a y ~ da t a p e d i n t e r v i e w which he and Bob bee hcld msde w i t h . a n E d i n a , Mo; r e s i d e n t wkio had o b s e r v e d a UFO d u r i n g t h e f i r s t bzyt ..of J a n u o r y 19b9. - I t w2s d e c i d e d t h a t d e t e s of f u t u r e m e c t i n g s would b e chenged from Wednesday of e a c h month, , w i t h m e e t i n g s t o t h e - t h i - r d t o t h second ~ , b e h e l d i n t h e homes o f mcrnbcrs w i t h t h e e x c r p t i o n of t h o s e m e e t i n g s h a v i n g g u e s t s p e a k e r s which wilrl be open t o t h e p u b l i c , V i s i t o r s 2 r e i n v i t e d t o a t t e n d , . z n d t h e y mey c o n t p c t e i t h e r P r e s i d e n t Bob S m u l l j n g , HamiJton, 111. , - o r Walt k n d r u s f o r more i n f o r m a t i o n ~ r e g a r d i n gt i m e and iota Lion of m e e t i n g s ,

What . h i ? ~t h e - L i p h t ? The "Arkansas G a z e t t e n c a r r i e d e l o n g r e ? o r t o f t h e A p o l l o f l i g h t , end t h e c l o s i n g p a r a g r n p h s a r e of p e r t i c u l a r i n t e r e s t , and we q u o t e : - - Been l a t e r r e ~ o r t e da m y s t e r i o u s b r i g h t l i p h t s h i n i n g a t them f r o m t h e c e n t e r o f th:e. globe.He s ~ i dh t d i d n o t know w h ~ tit wEa, b u t t h s t it was a s t e ~ d yl i g h t 2nd a s b r i g h t 2s t h e p l n n e t VcFnus. I t wrs c o n i n g f r o t h e , e e s t e r n c o a s t , o f I n d i a , he t h o u g h t , j u s t s o u t h of Burme. ' "1 c e n ' t i m r g i n e wh;t t h n t is ," he s ~ i d ,Ground c o n t r o l s e i d t h e y were j u s t a s puzzled, 9 v I t t as s t e ; d y l < i g h t . I t ' s s s b i g a s some o f t h e t h u n d e r s t o r m f l p s h e s he s e i d , . '''Looking a t t h e a i r g l o w w i t h t h e b i n o c u l e r s - - t h e r e 7 s a n o t h o r s i g h t now t h a t ' s n o t l i k e b e i n g i n e a r t h o r b i i , w h a t s o e v e r . I t ' s a b r i g h e r e d n e x t t o t h e e s r t h end t h e n i t ' s g o t s g r e e n bend i n i t end t h e n i t ' s g o t , a b l u e band," ltThst must , b e a r e c o r d f o r s r ~ e i n gl i g h t s , : ' g r o u n d c o n t r o l o b s e r v e d . c r e d i t : Lou F e r i s h .

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M r . , M e r t i n t h o u p h t it r e s e m b l e d , . e s w e l l 2s h e c o u l d ' j u d g e i t s u c h a d i s t e n c e , ?a b a l l o o n , which scemed t o him t o b e ' . t h e most r e ~ s o n ~ b l e s o l u t i o n o f t h e s p r s n p phenomenon, t h c u e h h e i s o f t h e o p i n i c a Z h ? t it was p r o b e b l y one o f t h e h e z v e n l y b o d i e s ,

It went a s p a p i d l y 2s i t had come pnd w p s s o o n l o s t t o s i p h t in t h e s o u t h e r n sky. M r . M ~ r t i ni s P p e n t l e m ~ no f u n d o u b t e d v e r z c i t y 2nd t h i s s t r ~ n g eo c c u r r e n c e , i f i t was n o t a b a l l o o n , d e s e r v e s t h e a t t e n t i o n o f the scientists.

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