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in 'May, 1969, r e s i g n e d :because of:-..a :heavy wb'rk 1oad i . a t t h e .Wiscor?.sin . - S t a t e &Jn~v.e~sity.,wher~yhe:.i.s~:Associate : P ~ o f e s s o r o f -Ch-emis.try - i n d i ' a l s o because he- f e l t . Someones~c lose r l ' . t o~~~the :a lre 'ady ' es tqbP$shed ' UFO -0rgan.i- zatkons; .wjt-hin- the Network Jwoild,?.bk i n .a::be~t'er p b s i . i i g n t o mcet t b ~ .,

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F i r s t Uni ted P r e s b y t e r i a n Church. V!2lt.has l e c t u r e d on UFO's i n t h e T r i - S t a t e a r e a ( M i s s o u r i , I l l i n o i s and ~cwa) s i n c e 1967 and h a s beaq a n en thuS i2s t . j c workx:? i n s e v e r a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s devo ted t o t h e i n w s - t i g a t i o n of 13'.(3fs. Fle .has serve: i a s S t a t e D i r e c t o r o f I l l i n o i s s i n r # ? t h e .or,gani,zai,ion o f tile Midwest, UP3 Network aild was t h e unanimous c ! - ~ ~ i - ^

to r loplace Dr, Utkqo P S o m r 'eaders know, he i s 'a ncmber of t h e SKXQ@i: s t a f f . q -

Walt s e r v e d i s P u b l i c i t y Clqairman f o r tYi'e Midw6st"UFO Conference held, i n P e o r i e , Ill., 6n ,June of t h i s y e a r , and we i n t h e N i d w e s t knon he was l a r g e l y r e s p o n s i b l e f o r i t s hr:.gs s u c c e s s because of h i s f i n e work i n P u b l i c R e l a ~ i o n s and His vn-cl:-ing e - f f w c s i n ' p l a n ~ i ~ n g and ,pro- 'moting t h e meet ,

Your e d i t o r i s p e r s o n a l l y z c q u a i n t e d w i t ? , W a l t and J e a n , a s t h e y have v i s i - t e d i n o u r home s e v e r a l t i m e s , and w e know them a s f r i e n d s i n a d d i t i .rn, t o our SKYLOOK r e 1 sr,5 onsh:l?. We speak- w i t h conf idence when we s a y t h a t Walt, ~ i t h h i s knowledge and i n t e r e s t i n u f o l o ~ y , h i s a b i l i t y t o g e t a l o n p w i t h cvcryone. and h i s "know how'' i n organ- ' i z i n g and g e t t i n g t h i n g s done make him i d e a l l y s u i t e d f o r h i 3 p o s i t i o n a s D i r e c t o r . I n a d d i t i o n t o t h e s e ' q u a l i t i e s , s o n e c e s s a r y f o r effect lT:r ' l e a d e r s h i p , Walt h a s someth ing more going f o r him--he i s a gent leman,

The Nidwest UFO Netwcrk i s a c o o p e r a t i v e g roup of S t 2 t e S e c t i o n s working t o g e t h e r t o i n v e s t i g a t e UFO s i p h t i n g s , t o e v a l u a t e them, and t o s h a r e t h e i n f o r m a t i o n t h u s o b t a i n e d i n a s e r i o u s e f f o r t t o h e l p s o l v e t h e UFO enigma. P l a n s 2 r e b e m g s t u d i e d f o r improving and ex- t e n d i n g a l l a r e a s of. a c t i v i t y , and p r o g r e s s r e p o r t s w i l l b e made frbm t i m e t o t ime.

SKYLOOK a 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 Network7! w i l l c o n t i n u e t o p u b l i s h t h e b e s t r e p o r t s r e c e i v e d and b e g i n n i n g nex3 month, we w i l l i n t r o d w ' e a new f e a t u r e , t o -become a r e g ~ l a r : - - ~ ~ A M e s s a z * ~ from Your D i r e c t o r . " T h i s t i t l e i s s e l f - e x p l a n a t o r y , anti e v e r y mem- b e r w i l - l want t o keep up w i t h i t ,

While some o f f i c e s i n t h e framework of o r g a n i z a t i o n a r e y e t t o be named and filled,.the.present-set-up i s a s f o l l o w s :

D i r e c t o r - - W a l t e r H. Andrus, J r . , 40 Chri,,stopher: C ~ p r + , , . Q u i n c y , Ill. : 62301 . Telephohes : ?Home-AC 21 7 222-8374; B u s i n e s s : 222-91 66.

SKYLOOK E d i t o r , Mrs. Norma E. S h o r t , Box 129', S t o v e r , Mo., 65078, Telephone: AC 31 4 377-2836.

Amateur RadioLIDirec tor - -Ronald Andeisori W9PAM, Route 5 , .Box 51 1 , Chippewa F a l l s , Wis. 54729. Telephone: A C 715 723-1729

Consu l t an t s - - A l l e n R I ~ t k e , Ph.D ( Chemis t ry ) Wiscons in ~ t z t e Unive; s i t y , Oshkosh, Wis. 54901. Telephone: AC 414 235-6220.

John F. S c h u e s s l e r , B.S. ( A s t r o n a u t i c s ) - - P . 0 . Box 9, allon, on, Mo. -65366.-,

Ralph* W. Theobald , N.D ( R a d i o l o g i s t ) --I7 Kentucky Road, Q u i n c y , Ill. 62101. Te lephones : B l e s s i n g H o s p i t a l , AC 2'1 7 223-581 1 1 Home, A C 21 7 223-2245.

W i l l a r d P . Armstrong, Ph .D. ( Chemical Engr. ) --6908 inks b u r y , st'. L o u i s , No. 63130. Telephone: A C 314 863-9177.

Norman L e v i n e , Ph.D. ( E l e c t r i c a l Engr . ) - -Un ive r s+ ty of M i s s o u r i . R o l l a , Mo. Telephone: Res idence , 7 Redbud Lene, R o l l 2 , No. AC 3 1 4 364-7130.

- Dwight Dauben, Ph.D. ( P e t r o l e u m Engr.)--5641 S. g3rd E a s t Ave., T u l s a , Okla , 74145. Telephone: A C 9 1 8 252-2029.

S t a t e D i r e c t o r s : ARKANSAS:--Lucius F a r i s h , Route 1 , P l u a e r v i l l e . ~ ' r k . , 721'27.' ILLINOIS-&Robert S m u l l i n g 8 t h & Broadway, Hamil ton :?lo 62341. T e l e hone: A C 217 847-3319. MIS~OURI--~ohn F. S c h u e s s l s r ( s e e C,onsul tan tsT. W I S C O N S I N - - A ~ ~ ~ ~ R . Utke, Ph. D ,( See C o n s u l t a n t s ) .

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. P C 61 8 594-2 : ; A . e 1 : Edward L.. S s l e , Route 5 , C o ~ l t o n , 111: ,61520. Te lephone: AC 309-6.7:5T55. INDIANA--Paul Doss , Route 3 , Cov inp ton , I n d . 47932. T e l e ~ h o n e : A C 317 793-2931~. IOWA--Glenn A , McWzne, 526 S. R i v e r s i d e D r . Tow3 C i t y , 1 2 . 52240. T e l e p h o n e s : Ho~nel--AC 319 351 -6204. B u s i n e a s : AC 3 19 338-9328. NISSC)~F~I - -T~G P h i l l i p s , J r 1 12 Ware 'Ave., S e d a l i a , Mo., 65201 . T e l e ~ h o n e : . I!ornB A C 816 %?'/-0912. 'n'orman L ~ y i n e , Ph.D. ( See C o n s u l t s n t ) B e r r y D i m n i t t , 4034 H i l l s i d e D r -f e ~ a n n i b a : , Mo. 63401. Te lephone: Home: AC ; I l l 22 1-6652. Amzkeur h d ? o D i r r c or f o r Mis sour i - -Wi l l a rd P. A r r n s t r o ~ g , Fh.D. \!POP. 6908 Kingsbury , S t . L o u i s , No. 631 30. Te lephone: AC 31 4 btr3-91 77. \ ~ J I S C O N S I N - ' B O ~ ~ ~ ~ Mi Anderson, Route 5 , Box 51 1 , Chippewa F a l l s , h s . 54729.

I n f o r m a t i o n on t h e above has been coming i n f o r t h e p a s t week?, and i t , i s possib1e:we have g i v e n someone t h e wrong s h ~ e . ~ ? f s o , ' w e r e g r e t t h e e r r o r 2nd w i l l make - t h e c o r r e c t i o n when n o t i f i e d . We s u g g e s t you c l i p t h i s l i s t f o r p o s t i n g n e a r ' y o u r t e l e p h o n e . Read'ers h ~ l s t i i n g , t o r e p o r t a\UFO s i g h t i n g s h o u l d c a l l t h c i r c l o s e s t s t a t e ~ d i r e c t o r .

Things aJ re happeni-ng i n t h e Network s o r z p i d l y , it i s e n t l r e l y pds- s i b l e o t h e r o f f i c e s have been a s s i g n e d by che time 'you r e a d t h i s . So i f your name i s n ' t included--2nd s h o u l d b e - - j u s t h o l d everything‘, w e ' l l - - have i t n e x t month,

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account. -,of UFO . S i g h t i ,ngs i n . the : C a r l y l e a r e a . . ,. . ;. . ' H o w -'do you".l i .ke t he . , n e w c.over? T h i s ccirne t d uC from : t h e T r i - S t a t e ~ r o ; & ~ , t h r o & h w a L . .- .- .. . , A-ndrus ,. a n d we r e d,el-i-ght ed. Wa 1.c. t h i n k s ' t h i s 6 6 v e ~ :c'an~';b'-6':i-~p$oved, and is,:working on a n o t h e r one , !so waitch f d r :'i.t.. :Wr,al.s:o' . . 3 F p r e c i a t e

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1 - l o l a l , - ~ a n s a s : A t h i r d m y s t e r i o u s i n c i d e n t , t h e second i n a month n e a r Humbolt 3211, s o u t h o f " h e r e , has some o l d - t r n e r s wonder5r-g if t h e a r e a , , r,ep.~!ted t d - b e t h e l o c a t i o n o f a n I n d i a n b u r i a l g round , may n o t b5 s a c r e d ground. ,

E a r l y . l a s t F r i d a y morning a t r a c t o r - t r a i l e r u n i t c a r r y i n g f r e i g h t f rom Tulsa and -headed f o r Kansas Ci-ty, s u d d e n l y l o s t a l l e l e c t r i c a l power on t h e s o u t h s l o p e of t h e h i l -1 , which i sA c r o s s e d by U S - J ~ ~ .

The d r i v e r r e p o r t e d t o s h e r f - f f l s o f f i c e r s t h a t a s he approached t h e h i l l , h i s e n g i n e sudden ly i i 3 d and t h e l i g h t s on h i s 1- ig sirnu!-t2n- : eous ly dimmed and went o u t . Effo.r t3 t o r e s t z r t t h e e n g i n e wcre f r u i t - , ' l e s s a n d , t h e e l e c t r i c a l sys t em r e m i n e d dead. The u n i t - w a s towed t o a s i d e r o a d by an I o l a wrecke r and d u r i n g t h e n i g h t it was removed by its owner.

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h i l l . S h e r i f f Ross Wade, who a i d e d i n t h e i n v e s t i g a t i o n of t h e tr?ffii, a c c i d e n t , s a i d t h e c a t t l e a p p a r e n t l y were d r i v e n by f r i g h t Y,-crn a

- p a s t u r e a t t h e t o p of t h e h i l l . They r i p p e d down a g z t e and t r ave lec i n e a r l y a q u a r t e r o f a m i l e from t h e p a s t u r e a s a h e r d . Nine of t h e an ime l s . were k i l l e d i n t h e q c c i d e n t .

The h i l l , a l o n p r i d g e , i s bounded on t h e n o r t h by low b l u f f s and b r u s h and on t h e w e s t by a r e l a t i v e l y l a r g e t i m b ~ r . e d a r e a . The . t o p - e a s t and s o u t h p f r t s ,of t h e h i l l e r e p a s t u r e l a n d and c r a p ground, Lo- c a t e d on i t a r e t h r e e houses , and an o l d G i r l S c o u t T camp. None o f t h e t h r e e h a s been o c c u p i e d ' i n t h e l ~ s t deczde .

Cat t r a c k s found: Large c a t t r a c k s hzve been found on t h e h i l l s e v - --- e r a 1 t i m e s and meny p e r s o n s b e l i e v e one o r more c o u g a r s l u r x i-I t h e '

. h i l l ' s u n d e r b r u s h and r o c k y edges . S o u r c e : "Topeka D a i l y C a p i t a l , l1 ' Ihursdey , J u l y 2 , 1970. c r e d i 5 : ' Lou F a r i s h . E d i t o r ' s Comment: The p r e s e n c e o f a couger cou ld a c c o u n t fo:. t h e c a t t l e s tampede , b u t t h e e l e c t r i c a l i n t e r f e r a n c e i s a n o t h e r m ~ t t e ~ , The r e p o r t of a b l i n d i n g l i g h t would stem t o s u g g e s t a-UFO , - - - - - - - - _ - - - - _ - - _ _ _ _ - _ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . - - ~ ~ - - - ~ ~ _ ~ - ~ ~ ~ ~ - ~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - ~ ~ _ ~ - _ - ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ _ _ ~ ~ ~ ~ _ _ ~ ~ - - . ~ - . . ~ ~ -

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a..m.. on Monday by- two . l o c a l r e s i d ' e n t s . I t w2s moving i n a n e a s t - t o - . n o r t h d i r e c t i o n o v e , r , C a r t a g e S t r e e t a t a speed e s t i r n ~ t e d a b t a b o u t 15C m.p.h. a t a - k i g h t of ab'out 1200 f t . W i t n e s s e s d e s c r i b e d it a s brown- i s h o r a n g e , c y l i n d r i c a l end open a t t h e a f t end . It was a l s o complete:: n o i s e l e s s .

The o b j e c t was ;bout 1 5 f t . s h o r t e r t h a n a ~ o k k e r F r i e n d s h i p s i r c r o : : and hsd a s l i g h t l y g r e s t e r d i a m e t e r . The re were' no v i s i b l d markingc. On check ing with Williamtown R.A.A.F . b a s e and t h e Department o f c i v i l A v i a t i o n , it was l e s r n e d t h e d e s c r i p t i o n d i d n o t match any known civi--. l i a m a i r c r a f t . Source : "The Nor the rn D a i l y Leader , ' ' Tamworth. N.S.W. C r e d i t . L . Faris:.:

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a t h e first comes from I%-s, E'i~y J a n n e t t , of Beckirneyer, 111. I n t h e e a r l y p a r t - of Seyt,ernber, 1367, Yrs. J a r ? n t > t t , h e r s o n , a f r i e n d and sev - e r a 1 c h i l d r e n wktcned a s t r a n g e l i f ib- tea o b j ~ c i ; f o r zbou t a minl:t,s an:. a h a l f . T h e , l i g h t s appea red t o be w-I t n ~ n a h a l f b l o c k of t ? e J a n n e t t home and were s e e n below t r e e t o p i e v e l . She s a i d t h e l i e h t s seemed tc be on t h e s i p h t o f a n o b j e c t , b u t nJ p h y s i c a l f e z t u r e s of t h e ~ b ~ e c t c o u l d . be- de te rmined .- L i g h t s on t h e "s ide1 ' o f t h e o b j e c t s f l a s h e d on and o f f i n a c o u n t e r c l o c k w i s e d i r e c t i o n ; and l a r g e r e d and g r e e n l i g h t s c o u l d be s e e n ori t h e f r o n t and r e a r of t h e o b j e c t . No sound wsg l i e s rd .

I a ' M r . . Clarence1 Dergie ,) 61 5 West J e f f e r s o n S t . , ~ t F z l l o r 1 , I l l . r e p o r t s t h a t - d u r i n g August of ,1950; he and a g i r l f r i e n d (now h i s wi 'fej were w a t c h i n g a baseba ' l l garnebfrom a road a d j z c e n t t o t h e b a l l diamond, and obse rved a c i g a r - s h a p e d : o b j e c t o v e r t h e b a l l f i e l d . A t f i r s t , he ' though: it was a b l i m p , t h e n r e a l i z e d t h e o b j e c t a i d n o t hZve any runn ing l h g h t s ; Vdithin s e c o n d s , t h e o b j e c t began t o glow o r a n g e , t h e n t h e r e ' w a s a f l a s h of ,wh i t e l i g h t . a n d t h e o b j e c t d i s a p p e a r e d .

The t h i r d r e p o r t d e a 1 s : w i t h an o b j e c t which has become known a s a "humanoid11 and t h e s p e a k e r d o e s n o t w i s h h i s name u s e d , s o w h - w i l l r e - f e r t o him a s M r . X. He was awake one cold morning abou t 6 : 3 0 o l c L o c k , f i v e o r six y e a r s ago ( h e d f o e s n ' t # r e c a l l t h e e x a c t d a t e ) and went t o t h e , k i t c h e n . Looking o u t t h e window, he saw a n s b j e c t l i k e a human form abou t ' 190 f e e t ' d i s t a n t . % M r . X s a y s t h e - f i g u r e was abou t 2; t o 3 f e e t .high and was - c l a d in- a n o l i v e d r a b s u i t whi'ch appea red t o have a h e l - met b u i l t i n t o it. I t ,s-eemed t o be a l l head and body and Nr. X coulci n o t s e e any s l i t s i n t h e un i fo rm t h a t i n d l c a t e a n x i and l e g s . There seemed t o be a l l fogt ' a round t h e f i g u r e . A f t e r g a z i n g a t it f o r pe rhaps f i v e m i n u t e s , M r . X ded ided t o o u t s i d e f o r a c l o s e r look; He r e t u r n - ed t o \ h i s bedroom t'o d r e s s and when he r e t u r n e d t o t h e k i t c h c i l t o 1001.: o u t t h e window a g a i n , t h e ob . jec t hfad d i s a p p e a r e d ; b u t t h e farm dog w a s on a t h r e e ' p o i n t s t a n c e s n i f f i n g a t t h e ground where t h e f i g u r e ' ha4 been s e e n . The dog walked g i n g e r l y a l o n g , s n i f f i n g a t t h e ground u n t i i h e , d i s a p p e a r e d beh ind t h e b a r n . M r . X f o l l o w e d t h e d-og b u t t h e r e was no f u r t h e r , t r a c e o f t h e f i g u r e .

E d i t o r t 5 s Note: We have hea rd fFom t,wo o t h e r s p r e s e n t who hea rd -Mr . X g i v e t h i s r e p o r t i , and t h e y a r e convinced M r . X'wes t e l l i n g t h e t r u t h , Itrhoever, o r w h a t e v e r , it was he s p w i s a s much a mystery t o him t o d a y a* it w a s , t h a t w i n t e r morning.

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Two k p p w r on Radio Program

'Mrs. R o s e t t a Holrnes, o f C a r l y l e , I l l . , and C l a r e n c e 0. D a r g i e , of O I F a l l o n ; Ill., appeared:on t h e "Hot Line t1 r a d i o program, s t a t i o n WILY, C e n t r a l i a , I l l . , August 1 4 t h . They were i n t e r v i e w e d - b y Wayne Crane , Miss Suzanne Rich and Miss S a r a h Schnocke. The m t u r e and p r o b a b l e i n - tent of- UFO!-s were d i s c u s s e d . Ws. Holrnes spoke of t h e humanoid s e e n f i v e y e a r s ago .and M r . Da rg ie gave a s h o r t h i s t o r y of a c c o u n t s of C'FOPs on ~ e c ~ r d s i n c e B i , b l i c a l t i m e s ( a s s e t f o r t h i n t h e f i r s t c h a p t e r of E z e k i e l ) and r e l a , t e d h j s ~ w n si~hting rn~dc- in 1950. The two were on t h e a i r n e a r l y sn hoiu..

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M r . , Leon Worley, . zn e l e c t r i c a l eng inee r , and h i s s o n , P a u l , a n emploxee a t t h ~ Deca;ur "Herzld and Reviewv Newsp~per o f f i c e , saw an ova l - shaped b r i g h t l i g h t t h e morning o f J u l y 2 2 , 1970.

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M r . Worley p n 3 son h ~ d l e f t t h p i r home a t No. 7 Calumet Ro-d, ~ e c a t u - - . I l l . , a t zbou t E : r; o l : l nck , on t h c i r way t o t h e newspaper o f f i c e , when b o t h . s a w t h e b r i g h t o b j e c t i n t h e c a s t e r n sky z b o u t 1 5 t o 20 degrees nprLh o f e a s t , and 10 dcgrt e s above t h e hor izon . They had t u r n s d oa t o Grove road and were d r i v i n g e a s t . C l o u d s c o u l d be seen on t h e d i s t a n t h o r i z o n - a n d below t h e o b j e c t . The ' sun wzs jus t r i s i n g , aria no s t a r s were v i s i b l e i n e i t h e r t h e east,c?rn> o r wes t e rn sky .

Af:ter c o n t i n u i n g f o r a q u a r t c r mi le i-o t h e i n t e r s e c t i o n w i t h Highm: 5 1 , t h e y t hen d r o v e n o r t h on 5 1 f o r zbout t h r e e miles and con t inued t c ~ watch t h e o b j e c t , u n t i l it was l o s t t o , s i g h t beh ind t h e b u i l d i n g s i n downtown Decatur . M r . Worley d i d n o t -see the8 o b j e c t again a s he t r a v e l - ed s o u t h . o f t h e c i t y b a c k - a l o n g t h e same r o u t e t o h i s home.

The biorleys de sc r ibed t h e o b j e c t a s be ing ova l - shaped and a b r i g h t w h i t e l i g h t , abou t 2$ t imes , t h e w i d t h i n l e n g t h . It appeared t o be s t a n d i n g - o n end and seemed t o be s t a t i o n a r y .

On J u l y 30, 1970, M r . and Mrs. John Garren, of D e c a t u r observed- a w h i t e l i g h t which t h e y f i r s t though t t o be a s t a r , t h e n cha::ged . t h e i r minds a s m o r e 7 d e t a i l was observed.

M r . Garren i s employed a t t h e A . E; S t z l e y Company plan$ and Mrs. Garren works a t t h e Adolph Meyer-Zone Cen te r i n Decatur . T h e y were r i d i n g i n a r u r a l a r ea ?bout 9 : lO PM when t h e y f i r s t saw t h e w h i t e l i g h t w e s t o f t h e i r home and t h e y t r i e d t o ge t c l o s e r t o - i t . They drove over v a r i o u s c o u n t r y r o a d s west of o e c a t u r f o r a d i s t a n c e of pe rhaps 20 miles.

M r . Garren made a s k e t c h of the o b j e c t w h i c h was a c i r c l e w i t h a t r i a n p l e ( o r cone) on t o p and a n o t h e r cone on t h e bot tom. The llconell on t o p was a w i g h t . w h i t e l i g h t and t h e one on t h e bot tom of t h e round o b j e c t was r e d i n c o l o r ; and t h e v n o t i c e d t h e r e d l i p h t became b r i g h t e r a s t h e o b j e c t moved, up and a t t imes became - s o brigh;; t h e e n t i r e obljecG2 seemed t o t u r n red.

The o b j e c t z ig -zagged-over a sma3l. a r c of t h e s k y , f l y i n g in. a , g e n f r a l l y n o r t h w e s t e r l y d i r e c t i o n 2nd b r i g h t e n e d and dimmed-in no r e g u l a r c y c l e . They compcred i t i n s t i e t o t h e appEren t s i z k of the f u l l moon; .or a c o i n h e l d a t a rmls . - l eng th , and zppeared t o be t h r e e t imes . a s b i g a n d b r i g h t a s t h e ! e v e n i n g s t a r ( V e n u s a t t h r t t ime) u n t i l - i t d i sap ,pearcd f r o m s i g h t i n t o t h e n o r t h w e s t .

Tlie Garrens de termined t h e o b j e c t was i n motion by s i g h t i n g it i n r e fe rence t o va r ious s t a t i o n e r y o b j e c t s d u r i n g t h e i r chase . A t one t ime, when it was i t s biggest and b r i g h t e s t , t h e ~ ~ t h o u g h t t h e y might have been, w i t h i n . a mile o f i t - - b u t most of t h e t ime it was much fu r tk tv - away, e i t h e r h o v e r i n g i n one plzce f o r a t ime , o r s p e e d i n g eway i n e r r a t i c f a s h i o n . The o b j e c t was under o b s e r v e t i o n f o r an hour :and t e n minutes.

The i n v e s t i g a t o r and r e p o r t e r f o r t h e two s i g h t i n g s i s M r . Leonar? W. S turm, o f D e c a t u r , I l l . M r . Sturm f~ one of t h e I l l i n o i s - D ' i r e c t c r s of t h e Midwes t UFO N-etwork.

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The n i g h t of J u l j r '7, 1970 i~ a ~r~tllriorab! e ? f o r Mrs. G ( nHlx i n 0.2- - f i l e s ) ' and h e r c h i l d r 2 n a s t h e y we-re - . i d i n p ,me fi-~rn C 0 3 t s b u r g ) 111. ; on Route 1. b n e o f t h e boys was f d r - 3 r ~ : ? g an , chcy were a b o u t a h a l f m i l e n o r t h df C o ? t s b u r g when Pks. G j s i t t i n g i n t h e back s e a t on t h e l e f t , no t i , ced z ,: - ? i g h t , g lowing o b j z c t 3 0 d e g r e e s above t-he w e s t e r n h o r i z o n , o f open i ' i e l d s , I.1 L , It w ~ s a . d < a r k n i g h t w i t h b roken c l o u d c o v e r , b u t t h e new m'oon and k'vening s t a r ( J u p i t e r ) were , v i s : b l e i n t h e w e s t , and t h e r e was a b r e v f r o m t h e s o u t h . 1t. was 10:30 P~VI CDST, -

M r s . G d e s c r J b e d t h e o b j e c t 3 s b e i n g somewhat egg-shaped " w i t h a hump on t o p f 1 and a n o range -pe l low g l ~ i v . A l r t a i l " of s i x o r e i g h t r??. and g r e e n l i g h t s -ex tended i n a row s t r i i - g h t o u t f rom t h e back of b q i l l i a n t l y i l l u m i n a t e d o b j e c t . I t was conpared i n s i z e a s b e i n g '?half t h e - s i z e o f a f u l l moon and many, many- t i m e s l a r g e r t h a n J u p i t e r e l '

Xs Mrs. -G and h e r c h i l d r e n , a g e s 1 6 , 13 and 1 2 , watc2ed t h e o b j e c t which seem'ed t o . b e moving p a r a l l e l t o t h e c a r , t h e y had p roceeded a h i l e - and a h a l f when Nrs. G s a i d they . s h o u l d d r i v e a l i t t l e f a s t e r S O t h e y , c o u l d g e t home pooger and c a l l M r . G t s a t t e n t i o n t o t h e o b j e c t . J u s t a s s h e f i n i s h e d making t h e s u p p e s t i o n , t h e o b j e c t t t s i rnply d i s - a p p e a r e d f t and was s e e n no more. The re was no sound o t h e r t h a n t h e c a r e n g i n e d u r i n g t h e o b s e r v a t i o n .

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C r a i g T r i p l e t t , age 10, 901 Sum i t D r i v e , and T e r r y Sch l ipmann , a l - s o 10, 2703 Nor th l r idge , Q u i n c y , Ill., were p l a v i n g b a l l n e a r C r a i g ' s , home t h e e v e n i n g o f Piay 2 0 , - 1 9 7 0 , and paused a t 6 o ' c l o c k CDST, t o s i t u n d e r a- t r e e and r e s t . C r a i g g l a n c e d i d l y e t t h e s k y , t h e n came t o s h a r p ,attention a s an o b j e c t appea red i n t h e n o r t h e a s t and moved to:;.a;.:: them. The boys f i r s t t h o u g h t t h e civa1;shaped o b j e c t was t h e Goodyear b l i m p , t h e n . a p l a n e ; b u t a s i t c i n e c l o s e r , t h e y r e j e c t e d b o t h i d e a s .

C r a i g s a i d : the o b j e c t had a d u l l - s i l v e r c o l d r " w i t h a w h i t e m i s t a - round ' t h e edges t t and he t h o u g h t he c o u l d s e e a l i n e ' e x t e n d m g a l o n g t h e s i d e . Al tho. , t h e s u n was s h i n i n g , t h e o b j e c t d l d n t t r e f l - e c t t h e sunlight. It d i d n ' t spcm a s l a r g e a s some a i r p l a n e s i n t h e ~ s k y a t t h e t i m e , and i t moved much s l o w e r t h a n a p l a n e . T h e r e was a o ' s o u n d o r j e t t r a i l . ,

It moved t o w a r d t h e o b s e r v e r s , a b o u t 45 d e g r e e s above . t h e h o r i z o n ; a t t h e c l o s e s t p o i n t , t h e n t u r n e d s o u t h , a p p e ~ r e d t o h o v e r a moment, t h e n - h e a d e d n o r t h w e s t . As soon a s t t e boys- d e c l d e d t h i s o b j e c t was " u n i d e n t i f i e d , l l C r a i g dashed i n t o t h e house t o c a l l h i s f a t h e r . When G a i l T r i p l e t t , Pe r sonne l D i r e c t o r 6 o r t h e Mdto ro l a P l s n t a t Q u l n c y , , came o u t , he c a u g h t j u s t a g l i m p s e o f t h e s i l v e r y o b j e c t a s it d i s - a p p e a r e d i n t o t h e n o r t h e r n sky .

The s k y w ~ s c l e a r and. v i s i b i l i t y was good. The . e n t i r e s i g h t i n g l a s t - ed no more t h a n f i v e minu te s . ( I n v e s t i g s t e d by Walt k n d r u s ) ---------------------------------------------------------------z------ ...................... ------- --- - _- --_--- __ _

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Ted P h i l l i p s , J r . , of S e d a l i a , Mo. , i n v e s t i g a t e d a n u n u s u a l s i g h t - i n g o f colo-ed 5311s of l i g h t a p p e a r i n g on a f a r m i n P e t t i s County, 1 0 m i l e s s o u t h of S e d a l i a , J u l y 25, 1970. H i s r e p o r t f o l l o w s :

S i g h t i n g t o o k p l z c e on a s m a l l fa rm lo , c? t ed 3$ m i l e s e a s t of R t e U , f a rm l o c ~ t e d OR a g r a v e l ro2d which r u n s e a s t and w e s t . A t zbou t 9 PM CDST, S taf i ley D ~ l o n , age 17, hcz rd dogs b a r k i n g and went o u t s i d e t o i n v e s t i g a t e . He saw a b lue -g reen l i g h t i n t h e d i s t a n c e , n f a r a r i d g e abou t a h p l f m i l e t o t h e e a s t . 'The l i g h t seemed t o b e s t a t i o n a r y in t h e g e n ~ r a l a r e a of a pond. A f t e r abou t one minu te , t h e l i g h t moved tow2rd t h e D i l l o n fzrm and W ~ S l a s t s e e n j u s t beyond a lsw t r e e L i n e some 230 f e e t f rom t h e house. Young D i l i z n went back i n s i d e when t h e l i g h t v a n i s h e d and mentioned t h e incider:'; t o a s i s t e r .

A t ? b o u t one o ' c l o c k t h a t morning, t i l e dogs began bark;jng a g a i n anci S t a n l e y and h i s s i s t e r , C h r i s t e n e , a g e 21 , went o u t s i d e . l h e y s a w , a b l u e - g r e e n ' l i g h t a t t h e t o p o f a t r e e ( 2 5 f e e t h i g h ) l c c a t e d some 230 f e e t n o r t h e a s t - o f t h e house. They c a l l e d t h e i r mother and s n o t h e r s i s t e r , Mary, a g e 23 , . t o come o u t t o s e e t h e - o b j e c t .

A s a l l w ~ t c h e d , t h e l i g h t went o u t , t h e n r eappepred ~t t h e base of t h e t r e e o n l y a s ~ c o n d o r two l a t e r . Apain t h e l l g h t went o u t , o n l y t o r e a p p e a r a c o u p l e seconds l ~ t e r a t t h e b a s e o f o f a n o t h e r t r e e , 60 f e e t f rom t h e f i r s t one. The l i g h t b l i n k e d o u t , b u t was s e e n c??rnosL i n s t a n t l y a t t h e t o p of t h e t r e e . B l i n k i n g o u t , t h e l i g h t app/:ared a g a i n ? t t h e f i r s t t r € e , m o v i n ~ t o t h e t o p , t h e n t o t h e p r o u d and back a ~ ~ i n t o t h e second t r e e ; b l i n k i n g o u t b e f o r e each move,

The l i g h t t h e n moved awzy t o t h e e a s t and d i s a p n e a r e d i n t h e d i s - t a n c e o v e r a r i d g e . The e n t i r e s i g h t i n g l a s t e d s e v e r a l m i n u t e s . ,%e w i t n e s s ~ s c o u l d n ' t be s u r e of t h e e x a c t t ime t h ~ t t h e l i ~ h t w ~ s i n s i g h t . s a i d i t appeared e s a b lue -g reen glow and d u r i n g t h e o b s e r v a t i o n , one o f t h e dogs g rowled , a n d r s e v e r a l ducks seemed d i s t u r 3 - - ed.

A l l f o u r o b s e r v e r s desLcr ibed t h e o b j e c t a s b l u e - g r e e n , a glow, a?:na;n t h e s i z e o f a b a s e b a l l z t a r m l e n g t h . They s z i d it moved r s p i d l y . 6 . would b i v i s i b l e a t one s p o t , b l i n k o u t , r e a p p e p r a t a n o t h e r s p o t (:> one d n s t a n c e , 60 f e e t awa ) i n s t a n t l y . It d i d n o t change s h a p e , ~012;- o r b r i g h t e n a t any t ime . The a r e a i n which t h e o b j e c t w p s s e e n i s q ~ i t ? rough ; t h e weeds - a re a b o u t 4 t o 5 f e e t h i g h and t h e f l i g h t pa th .c rosFc: . a f e n c e a t two p o i n t s . There w ~ s no sound e t any t ime . The o b j e c t d5:. n o t seem tb i l l u m i n ~ t e t h e b r e e s o r ground i n t h e ' a r e a . No o thc r . . l i gb t . ; were seen . A.C first t h e w i t n e s s e s t h o u g h t t h e l i g h t was a l a n t e r n , b u ~ a s t h e y no ted t h e r a p i d mot ion , t h i s - w a s - r u l e d ou t .

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r e p o r t of l i g h t s moving i n t h e t r e e s was made March 13, 1970, i n Surrc: . England. We q u o t e f rom t h e A p r i l i s s u e = o f UFOLOG* a s f o l l o w s r -

Witness and h i s g i r l f r i e n d were s i t z i n g i n ' h i s caf e a t i n g a snack. The g i r l opened t h e window t o throw o u t t h e - w r a p p i n g p ? p e r when s h e - s & ; + t h e o b j e c t . It had n o t been observed p r e v i o u s l y b e c ~ u s e t h e windows were mis t ed . T h i s ob- jec t w ~ s . c i r c l i n g a r o u n d ' t h e t o p o f a t r e e . I t . c o n - t i n u e d t o c i r c l e , f o r a b o u t t e n seconds ( a b o u t t h r e e o r f o u r . r e v o l u ~ i o n , ~ i n a c lockwise d i r e c t i o n ( f z l c ing t h e t r e e . ) . I t was d e s c r i b e d a s ye l j~ ; . r and s t a r l i k e , w i t h s p i k e y edges and it appea red gaseous .

A f t e r i t h z d e c i r c l e d t h e t r e e it moved l o t h e l e f t o f t h e t r e s . graa! u a l l y d e s c e n d i n g by i n c r e m e n t s u n t i l -it ~12s ? b o u t 100 f t . f rom t!ie ti-ee. It now-appesred t o 'be c l o s e t o t h e ground a l t h o u g h i t w ~ s d i f f i c u l e f o r

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t h e - w i t n e s s . t o :.??.I. where t h e rrolj:id was b e c a u s e i t wcs c h r k . - A t t h i s 9 o m t -,;1? l i g h t went o c t , j u s t a s i f it ked been s w i t c h d

o f f ; . b u t ' w i t h i n s s?.,:nd F;., , ? n o u h ~ r l l g h t a p p e r r e d rvhtre t h e o t h e r - -?

h a d . b e e n f i r s t s e e n . & t was luzl3ind t h e t r e e a2d e f t e r i t hed completct-: h a l f a r e v o i w t i o n it ,move6 2wsy from the t r e e i.n t h e s z n e d i r e c t i o v i:s t h e f i r s t , but 'ddcscended ~t an a n g l e u n t i l it r e a c h e d t h e s p o t where t h e f irst o b j e c t hail 6 i s a p p e a r e d , and t h e n it a l s o d i s a p p e a r e d i n ; the same way. 'The' e s t i m a t e d speed o f t h e o b j e c t s was -8 rnph and whm first s e e n a t a s o u t GO f t . fro31 t h e . g ~ o w J ~

'The w i t n e s s e s c o n t i n u e d t o vizccrl t h r o : ~ g h t h e open window, b u t n e i - t h e r o b j e c t r e a p p e a r e d , s o ~ f t c r a few minu tes t h e y l e f t and t r i e d ?,o c i r c - l e around t h e ~ l ? c e where t h e o b j e c t s had b e e n , b u t t h e roacr t o o k them' away' f rom t h ? t point. .

W i t n e s s s z i d that he was f a m i l i a r ' w i t h o b s e r v i n g a i r c r a f t 2nd s a t - e l l i t e s . The s k y was c l e 5 r 2nd t h e s t a r s were v i s ~ b l e .

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Rhlph M o l l e t , 'of 1214 Windon, P e o r i a , I l l . , a t h i r d yep+ c o l l e g e s t u d k n t , r e c e n t l y . i n ~ d e . a r e n o r t " o f a 1968 s i g h t i n g t o David . S c h r o i h ,

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n i g h t of Aupust 1 5 , 1968:-a c l e ~ r n i ~ h t w i t h st2rs s h i n i n g and mooc v i s i b l e - t o t h e , + ? o u t h . There was no wind.

About 9 o t c l o c k , M r . ~ o l l e t s t o p p e d h l s c a r t o check a t i r e which seemed low. A s he g l enced up, he n o t i c e d a b r i g h t o b j e c t which appee r - ed t o - b e a b o u t a h a l f m i l e d i s t a n t a t a b o u t 150 f e e t e l e v a ~ i o r ~ . I t r o s e i n a manner s i n i l e r t o g o i n g up s t e i r s , M o l l e t r e p o r t e d - - r i s e , s t o p , . ? o v e l a t e r a T l y ~ , ' & t o p , and r i s e a g a i n a t a speed c o m ~ a r e b l e t o a l i g h t one-engine p i s t o n a i r c r a f t a t a b o u t h e l f speed . T h i s c o n t i n u e d u n t i l t h e o b j e c t was out' o f s i g h t .

The re a*edra i i l road t r a c k s p b r s l l e l t o t h e highway ebou t 8 h ? l f n;::. from t h e . , rosd. rThe s i z e o f t h e o b j e c t wes c o m p ~ r e d t o en o range h e i d a t a r m ' s l e n g t h . It was a s h z r p l y o u t l i n e d , s e l f - i l l u m i n c t e d o b j e c t , M o l l e t s a i d , and i t s b r i g h t n q s s was compared t o t h e moon. The o b j e c t was observed f o r a b o u t t e n m i n u t e s , and no sound wes h e ~ r d . C r e d i d : A r t Eps te i 'n , -of t h e Skvlook s t a f f .

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announces in- t h e M ~ r c h - A p r i l i s s u e th;t t,he mzpazine w i l l be pe pub- l i s t e d q u ~ r t e r l y i n t h e f u t u r e , i n s t e a d o f b i -monthly .

The s u b s c r i p t i o n remrins t h e s~me--$1 .75 p e r y e p r , b u t a s i n g l e cop7 w i l l now be 50$; M r . Moore h8s becn e x p e r i m e n t i n p w i t h d i f ' f c r e n t - - magazine-stvl~s ;nd e x p e c t s t o soon r e ~ c h a p e r m r n e n t - f o r m a t p l e a s i n g t o h i s s 6 a f f r z n d r e a d e r s . He c o n c e n t r e t e s on Ohio UFO s i g h t i n p s , e l m ; w i t h a r t i c l e s and book r e v i e w s and e x p e c t s t o i n t r o d u c e some new f'-a- t u r e s i n t h e ' q u a r t e r l y . - I n common w i t h o t h e r ufozi-ne e d i t o r s , B i l l i s s h o r t o f f u n d s , and we know h e r d appr .cc i ; l te some edvznce o r d e r s f o r t h e upcoming q u ? r t e r l y ,

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E d i t o r ' s Note: Sometime ago we r e c e i v e d a r e p o r t of a UFO s i g h t i n g and t h e copy c f ' t h e f m m f i l l e d o u t by Mrs. Poor was was-dim i n s p 3 t s and d i f f i c u l t t o r e a d ; We w r o t e t o Mary Lou and a sked i f s h e wouP2 send u s a comple t? r e p o r t i n h e r own words . She n o t o n l y s e n t t h e r e y o r t b u t incl;;:_l.c,d a . second one of a . ,UFO - s e e n by ' h e r h u s b a n a , , and b o t h a r e ' s o in'cers;?z,ting, w e ' r e g o i n ? t o . g i v e , them. t o you i n M5ry.'Lou1s own words,; K-. and ,Mrs. Lee Poor r e s i d e , a t 10710 S t . , S t . Ann:, M o . ,' '

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Abo.+t ~dfie'dlclock,;~he;.morning of March 3 0 , 196.7, I wol!ced i n t ' o cI& ' t .

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-which I can o n l y d e s c r i b e :as.. b e i n g - . , s h , ? ~ e d . 3.ike a n u m b r e l l a - ( open'.).'.:di-. a J e r g e h ~ t . . . It .-!hovered t h e r e ' f o r s ,ev,erah. minu te s w h i l e 1 - w a t c h d j qu1, te- unbel'ieving~wh.at ' . i .I w2s s e e i n g ! Then .I. b,ec:?me - e x c i t e d and .somehow s u r 3 I w8s se.ei ,ngJ a . p o s s i b l e UFO, $ r~n ,~ ; . i . n to : - the bedroom to . w3ke L ' "

" m y husband ' t o , come s e e i.t. He w a s : f a r : from. happy,- a t b e i n g d i s t u r b e d from- h i - s s l e e p , a'nd. tq1.d me . I was ! ' p ~ o b , a b l l y Sus t-:.see.$ng a n . a i r p h n e - ; So

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The o b j e c t w a s . s t i l l j u s t , "hanging!l t h e r e , l a r g e , an'd b r i g h t - i , T h e n : - a f t e r - 10, m i n u t e s , o r l e s s , it s u d d e n l y r e u e r ~ e d : back t o . b e i n g a smal.1

r e d T i g h t , b u t t h i s t i m e it was - .no t b l i n k i n g . MeanwhiLe., -my husband. ..

f i n a l l y ~ g o t ' u p irid .-came: l n t o . : t he k i t ~ h e n j. b u t ; mi s sed . s e e i n g . i t w h i l e : it >was l, 'arge,,an$. u m b r e J l ~ s h a p e d ( - .much~~to .my. d - i s g u s t ! ) .,..I. had : g o t t k n -my b i - n o c u l a r s ~ ~ a s so.an :as ' i-t chenged . tb - t h e , , ~ ~ a ~ g e , , . o b j ec t - : and .continued,-; :-:I. watch-ing tt t h r o u g h 'them.. ,.I .handed . t hem: tq .my husband .znd , t r i e d t o ' ' ' show-,h$m where: t . 0 - l o o k f o r . tee obj .ec , t .whi:c,h was- . : s t i l -1 i n t h e .same !pl:?-cc:

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. . B d o r e he c o u l d l o ' c r t e i t , t h e l i g h t s e e r n e d t o sudden ly . "go out!' p:.: and 6 i s a p p e a r e d c o m p l e t q l y . . A t n o .-t.-iim2ee7 d:iidsf the: o b j e c t s e e m t o lowe:. on t h e . -horiz-on, ]a:s a . .p lane w.ould, if i t l l w e r e t r a v e l i n g . away from, yoyui A l l of ' a . sudden. ' i t , j.us,t: wa ' sn" t : - there !.. , , .;.: . , > . . . . . . . . . , -; (-, .. .7 !

- wrote ' d o k . . . my. i i np re s s ion of .what I . h a d s e e n : b e P o r e g o i n g to,- .bed,: . and t h e n e x t m'om-i-ng I. . c a l l e d . ~ambert:'$ir~or-t.a:nd::;was:-ad.vl.sed. G o calj,: S c b t t . A i r ' 'F0rc.e .Base 'and ' r e p o r t { t h e ::i,nc.iden-t .-t.p.1. them. ::. I d i d ) s o 9 ':'':ah< :

one ' i n t e r e s t i n $ ' . thing 'to. me. wa.s t h e f a c t t h a t , t h e !pe r son I was t ? l & $ t o . w2s 'h.earQ, t 'o; a s k some,one e ' l se : t h e r e wh.~ae:--the.-.U.FO re .p 'or t fo rms . :,were . . ] . "I .could- no^ .hear':.the . o t h e r , pcrson! s,,, r e p l y , .but. t h e ( : miin , '1 was : t2.1klngL :t.:. s a i d , ''"I know . , th'e.jrl're:, , th .e re - , becausel-.J-'.v-.ei; ta,kew:.thr:eee r e 6 o r . t ~ : aIei-ez$-:i. today:: 1 1 " T h i s , ..t5 he;::indic$Ded $ . l e a r l y : , t , h ~ t z t - - l e l z s t , ' t h i ?&e o t h e r ,peF?' s o n s had s e e n . *mething;-the ;. s~me;,night.:..(-or-,.ra~ber Iec?r ly rnorning..).:~nd;lii r e p o , r t e d it.. '..He t o l d . .:.me . ; C a p . Mc-~he r son : jw6u ld r c o n t a c t . me h t e r , b u t . . . .b$- -

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same n i g h t o f my: s i g h t i n g . . . . . .

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been a 'UFO. We do .know f o r c e r t z i n t h a t :it wds.-a,-:wednesday n i g h t , , ant , he - r e m * e r ~ i t w2s t h e same . n i g h t t h a t one of t h e A i r . N a t i o n a l , Guard

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. . ; An.yyay$, ,my. husband, .ka,id - t h e t wlien . h e . h e a r d f i e , r :eport o f t h e : cra .sh - w h i l e d r i v i n g t :b <work- ' thenext morning , gf t e r h i s s i g h t i n g o f t h e . UFO, hc

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&Ig.hhd,. been', s L t t i n g :in t h e back j i . r d , when ' t h i g l l f o b t b a l l i l . s hab.ed . ,. ~ b ' ~ . e ~ c t ( v e r y h r g e and.: u i t h a h & x t r & e l y b r i g h t . w h i t ' l i g h t a t e a c h

e n d ) mpv.ed,. a c r o s s - the : s k y fir-om~east t o w e s t . ' l t wes r ioving s lowly . and qu5e<tly:( n'o noiis-e aud5hle. ') ,#.. s'o' s l o w l y ' i n . f a c t ,, ' th 'zt . he ' had, t i m e l t o r u n :up" the'. . ba1ck ~ , t a l r s . ) . - ~ c t , t .he b . h x . u l e r s in. ' t h e house , and it. wks;, s t i l l

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i n s i g h t ' when he wentribfac.k- .ou.tsid'k + , . . ' . . . . . . ,. .. . , . . . . .:, . : . . A S h e :watched i t j . : .he , saw t w o : , bf t h e ' t rh i 'ner ; j e t s hey. a lw~!$ '& '~f l e w

on.:@ednesday-:nights and , . , u s u a l l y . i n groups ' o f t h r e ' e ) come ,l;rom:::&he n b r t h - e a s t i : a p : ~ a r e n t l y l ~ o ~ l o ~ i n g ; j ~ b r : a t , l k ; 7 s t h r i d i n g t q w a $ d s , t h e . .bbz jGct h e , was -wa tch ing ; .Tnc i -den tg l ly , e a ' r l i , e f , , , ,he..had".ssen.' t h r e e , jets,;$? o v e r , : s o w h e t h c r , , t h e , t h i r d : h s d a l r e a d y : c ra shed , Y s n o t known. H e s a i d t h e two j e t s ~ u d d e n ~ y - , t ~rried~:,&ay'.:f:r~om'f allowing d h i db j e c t end .headed . back t o t h e ; a i r p o r t 5 . ~ a s t;holugh t.h"ey. )had been c a l , l e d back. The' . .db j e c t , kept ' . ' rnovin,g s l o w l y t o ' t h e ' w e s t ' ( i h e l i ' g h t s wer'e l l d , azz l ing ,'" ,he , '?id ') and , .

d i s a p p e a r e d i n t o a g r e y i s h - t a n l o o k i n g c loud . ' i $ - t h e soiithwe.st..:He saw '.;. . . A . , . I . no ;mare of' it; :a,f t e r th.2 t ,- - . ,

I : . h a d s t a k e n my s o n f n r , h i s m u s i c l e s s o n 2nd i k r e e v i d : 6 n t l y l&v3.i-,.:: there : sbx.it t h e . s:zmd . ; t , imG' he s 2 W thte 06 j e c t , ; a s we also 'sew, tw'o S e t s : ( n o t t h r e e ) po o v e r t h e p r r k i n g l ' o t - ( . n o t ' m5ny bloc,ks ' 'from o u r home)'. .

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?.we a r e ' s u r e of , . thd . ; : t ime a n d it b e i n g a ' inl+dn&day n i g h t . and . y e a r e , , f a i r l y . sure : . t i t . w ~ . s : i - ~ f i : August o f 1967, b u t t h e on1.i actua.1 ' v e r i f i , c e t i o n

> - qf.,ithe.: month wou ld -~ . .be~ . to f i n d o u t whet n i g h t t h e j e t t r g i - n e r cr'ash,ed.. . . ; E d & t o r J s No te : iM$ry S O U - d r e w s k e t c h of t h e , f o o t b a l ' l - s h i & ' d , o 6 j e c t wi;thi t h e ; n o t e t h a t :he+: h i rsband s a i d . t l ie:Ijbttoin , + o r t i o n s t o o d , o u t m b r e -

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c . i , e e r l y t h a n t h e t o p ' w h i c h 2 pp&i-ed l i g h t e r ; 6?'! 'hazy, A , , w h i t e l i g h t was : s h o u m B t e a e h : end : of t h e o b j e c t ' and a n o t e made t h a t ; ' t h e - w h i t ~ . : l i g h t was . b r i g h t e r t h a n l a n d i n g l i g h t s " o n : p l a n q s . If a n y o f :our S t . : L o u i s researchei -S . hzvk t ime t o ' check t i j t he , . newspaper f i l e s , we hope t h e y ' l l l e t u s know what t h e y . f i n d . It would .be most i n t e ~ e s t i ~ g t o r e ' a d . : t h e a c c o u n t .'of t h e p l a n e cr9s.h a n d ' . ' to che 'ck f o r : ' : ;

other; UFO . r ,epor ta !rrnd.. . 8' p o s s i b l e c o n n e c t i o n . ;. . , ' . , . . . , , . # . a ' . .

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SKYLOOK r e a d e r s may r e c a l l an a r t i c l e , " F l i p p i n , Arkansas , Photo May be UFO," i n t h e M ~ r c h 1970 i s s u e of t h i s p u b l i c a t i o n . B r i e f l y , it concerned a photo t a k e n a t t h e F l i p p i n A i r p o r t on J u l y 18, 1969, i n which an apparer l t UFO is v i s ' i b l e . No u n u s u a l a e r i a l o b j e c t s were v i s - i b l e t o t h e n2kzd :eye a t t h e t l m e t h e p h o t o was t a k e n , b u t when t h e f i l m was deve loped , t h e f a m i l i a r "domed d i s c " shape was a p p s r e n t .

On June 24 , 1970 M r . Herman H a z e l , who l i v e s n e a r t h e e a s t e r n end 0 ; t h e runway a t t h e F l i p q i n k i r p ~ r t , saw a n o t h e r UFO. I n a n - i n t e r v i e w ' w i t h M r . Haze l on J u l y v 2 5 , he d e s c r i b e d t h e o b j e c t a s a p p r o x i m a t e l y 50 f e e t iin d i a m e t e r and l i k e "weathered aluminum71 i n c o l o r . A b l u i s h - '

"hazef1 seemed t o s u r r o u n d t h e o b j e c t . Again , t h e shape w a s ' l i ' k e a ' , a l 1 s ? w i t h a dome on top;

Hazel first saw :the object ; a p p a r e n t l y h o v e r i n g a t abou t 350 f e e t 4 ' < - bove t h e w e s t e r n end of t h e ,runway. A f t e r o n l v a few s e c o n d s , i-t'-moved away.towzrd a mountaim WNW of t h e a i r p o r t , ' t h e n d i ' sappeared upward a't t e r r i f i x speed . ' ~ 2

Upon f i r s t s e e i n g - t h e UFO, M r . Haze l - c ? l l e d t o h i s w i f e , who t h e n . saw t h e o b j e c t d i s a p p e a r : - No n o i s e was h e a r d d u r i n g t h e s i g h t i n g , , n o r d i d t h e o b j e c t l e a v e a t r a i l of a n y s o r t upon moving away. N,o photd- g raphs were t a k e n .

I n a d d l t i o n t o l a s t & y e a r ' s photo and t h i s . r e c e n t s i g h t i n g , some. o t h e r anomalous e v e n t s have occur red a t o r n e a r t h e F l i p p i n A i r ~ o - r t . On one o c c a s i o n , a tower beacon beg'an r e v o l v i n g backwards; a t a n o t h e r t i m e , t h e same beacon seemed t o be, e m i t t i n g "waves1' o f light. There may b e . n o connecti:on .between t h e s e e v e n t s and t h e UFO i n c i d e n t s , b?ut. t h e y a r e mentioned s o t h a t - . p o s s i b l e c o r r e l a t i o n s might .be drawn be'tween them and o t h e r s ' h a p p e n i n g - e l sewhere . '

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I n l a s t mo~:!l's column, we s,poke of t h e Russ ian v iewpoint on UFO's, p o i n t i n g o u t arl a r t i c l e i n SPUFdIK magazine a s ev idence of t l i e i r CGR-,

t i n u i n g i n t e r e s t i n t h e s u b j e c t . Now, i n t h e August, i s sue of ARGOSY: I v a n Sanderson prese ,n ts a most i n t e r e s t i n g a r t i c l e . d e a l i n g w i t h , po5,si-- b l e a r t i f i c i a l c ? z s t r u c t i o n s -on t h e Moon. His i n f o r m a t i o n i$ take:? f rom r e p o r t s and comments o f S o v i e t s c i e n t i s t s . While t h e r e i s n; p r o o f t h a t o t h e ~ i n t e l l i g e n c e s u t i l i z e o u r Moon a s a way-st-at ion, S a n d e r s o n ' s a r t i c l e c e r t a i q i y presenLs sone i n t r i g u i n g c i r c u m s t a i i % i a l ev idence f o r t h a t p o s s i b i l i t y ,

I n ment ioning Ivan S,anderson, we should a l s o .pass a l o n g t h e 1cP.e:;: b i t of news concern ing h i s for thcoming book, INVISIBLE RESIDENTS, Ii,- i r now due t o be pub l i shed i n September by World P u b l i s h i n g Co., p r i c e unknown a s of t h i s w r i t i n g . It should ,prove t o be q u i t e i n t e r e s t i n g . . Some two o r t h r e e y e a r s ago, t h e p u b l i s h e r s of SCIENCE.& MECHANICS

magazine brought o u t a compi la t ion of a r t i c l e s which had p r e v i o u s l y appeared i n t h a t p u b l i c a t i o n . I t was e n t i t l e d THE'OFFICIAL GUIDE TO UFOs. and conta ined, some good m a t e r i a l . It h a s now .been r e p r i n t e d ,.in pa,perback from b y , Ace ~ o o k s , w i t h t h e same t i t l e . U n f o r t u n a t e l y , no upda:t-ing o r r e v i s i o n has been done, s o i t i s a word-for=word copy o f t h e former magazine format .

,The September i s s u e of SAGA c o n t a i n s t h e conc lud ing i n s t a l l m e n t o f O t t o B i n d e r ' s a r t i c l e -on .Ted. Owens and h i s a l l e g e d c o n t a c t s w i t h t h e S I s (Space intelligence^).^

Dick Henry 's a r t - i c l e , 111970 UFO Over Nebraska," i n , the Sep tenber i s s u e o f FATE, i s a good summary of r e c e n t happening2 i n t h ~ t s t a t e .

.UFO s i g h t i n g s , r a d a r t r a c k i n g s and t h e r a t h e r mys te r ious d i s a p p e a r a n c e of some UFO pho tos , One of t h e b e t t e r r e c e n t a r t , i c l e s .

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ANNOUNCEMENT! SKYLOOK' Gains Another Source of UFO ~ e ~ o r t s -

We a r e p leased t o anh.ounce2 SKYLOOK LOOK i s now t h e o f f i c i a l o u t l e t of t h e North Caroli'na UFO ' ~ e ~ o r t i n ~ Network and- w i l l b e r e e i v i n g , t h e i i - b e s t r e .por t s thr-ough t h e l r D i r e c t o r , Vr. Angelo c a p p a r e l l a III,., ,M:-, C a p p a r e l l a , e d i t o r of t h e UFO INFORMER ( t o c-lose w i t h i t s June 1970 ; i ssu6--see ad e l s e w h e r e ) w r i t e s , ??Though t h i s Network does n o t e x p e c t t h e ,number of r e p o r t s r eck ived by t h e Midwest ,UFO Network, t h e y do ex-. p e c t some i n t e r e s t i n g - s i g h t i n g s t o occur.1T

.We wish $hem w e l l . i n t h e i r g o a l o f i n v e s t i g a t i n g a l l North Carol in , r e p o r t s &nd u rge ouk r e a d e r s t o a i d them by; fomia rd ing any M. C. r e p o ~ ' . t o N. C. , UFO Repor t ing Network, 134 Hanna S t . , Car rboro , N. C w 27510. If you-have f r i e n d s i n . North C a r o l i n a , send t h i s announcement t o them- s o t h e y can g e t i n touch w i t h M r . Cappare l l a .

V z . Cappare l l a i s , a n t ~ r i n g , t h e U n i v e r s i t y of North C a r o l i n a and-we can unders tand how he cdnnot'combine g e t t i n g o u t a u f o z i n e w i t h h i s a

s t u d i e s . However, he expec t s t o have more t i m e f o r r e s e a r c h a n d . i n K e s - t i g a t i o n now, f r e e of t h e , d u t i e s of - e d i t i n g and p u b l i s h i n g s

We a r e happy t h i t SKYLOOK has been s e l e c t e d t o r e p r e s e n t North Car- l i n a a s - w e l l a s o u r own Midwest UFO Network.

I n c a s e you missed i t , M r . Cappare l l a was t h e a u t h o r o f an intere.sl:,- i n g a r t i c l e i n t h e August i s s u e of SKYLOOK, and w e ' r e l o o k i n g fcrwsrri t o o t h e r r e p o r t s .

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M i l l i o n s L o s t i n Space ; S a t e l l i t e Goes A s t r a y ,

Honolulu--A $13 m i l l i o n c o r p m n i c s t i o n s s a t e l l i t e w s s m i s s i n g i n s p a c e yes>terday. The s a t e l l i t e was t o have been t r i g g e r e d i n t o o r b i t by t h e Communications S a t e l l i t e (CONSAT) C o r p o r z t i o n 7 s Paumalu S t a t i o n F r i d a y ,

The s a t e l l i t e wzs t h e t h i r d l o s t i n t h e I n t e l s t a t I11 communic?tion;. s e r i e s by t h e 76-na t ion consor t ium, ' t h e I n t e l s a t , f o r which UNSAY a c t 2 a s manager.

like don l t know w h ~ t hzppened, li a spokesmsn s a i d . Source : "Worcester Sunday Telegram,ll J u l y 26, 1970. C r e d i t : P a u l Brzczp

H o n o 1 u l u ~ - A m y s t e r i o u s g r e e n f l a s h i n t h e s k y touched off a n a l e r t t h a t i n v o l v e d t h e Gozst Guprd, a i r l i n e p i l o t s and even s w c e o f f i c k a h S u n d ~ y . , b u t i t was l ~ t c r d e t e r v i n e d t h e commotion was p r o b a b l y cpused by a meteor .

A t 1 : 33 a.m. t h e c o p s t Guard b e g ~ n r e c e i v i n g r e p o r t s from Hzwaii r e s i d e n t s of a " b r i l l i ~ n t g r e e n f l e s h l 1 sou thwes t o f Honolulu. "It looked l i k e 2 p o s s i b l e a v i a t i o n d i s ~ s t e r , " t h e Cozs t C u ~ r d s ~ i d . , " O u r s h i p s 2nd z i r c r z f t were immedia te ly a l e r t e d - 2 n d o t h e r government agen- c i e s were n o t i f i c d . l l A i - r l i n e - p i L o t s s t a r t e d s e n d i n g i n r e p o r t s f i x i n g t h e p o s i t i o n of t h e f k s h abou t 100 m i l e s of f s h o r e .

J t , w z s q u i c k l y de termined t h 2 t no p l a n e s were m i s s i n g i n t h e a r e a , N a t i o n a l Aeronau t i c s and Spsce A d m i n i s t r a t i o n o f f i c i a l s s a i d t h e f l a s h could n o t have been caused by t h e r e - e n t r y o f any American s p a c e hard- ware.

"We f i g u r e it w 2 s some s o r t of n a t u r a l o c c u r r e n c e s u c h a s a meteor e n t e r i n g t h e e a r t h ' s a tmosphere and exp lod ing . q1

Source : l lCour ier Express , l l B u f f a l o , )Jew York, August 17, . 1970. C r e d i t : David J . Gras , o f B u f f a l o , N.Y. E d i t o r ' s Note: Mr.. Gras added -a n o t e : " T,he meteor t h e o r y brought.. up i-, i n t e r e s t i n g b u t one f a c t o r l e a v e s i t a s a n unknown. When a meteor e n t e r t h e e a r t h ' s a tmosphere , it i s i n t e n s e l y h o t which i n t u r n w o d d -'catme t h e meteor t o glow. Green d.enotes c o o l i n g r a t h e r t h a n i n t e n s e he:at., O r d i n a r i l y me teo r s g i v e a w h i t e , yel low, o r r e d glow a l l of which pe r - t a i n t o . - intense h e a t a s t h e meteor h i t s o u r atmosphere." Dzvid a s k s f o r an , o p i n i o n f rcm someone on our s t a f f . How abou t i t , S t a f f ? '

N . Joseph Gurney, of S t . L o u i s , Mo;, w r i t e s : " R t . g ~ r d i n g t h e . t w o a r t i c l e s i n A u , ~ u s t SKYLOOK on 3 a l l L i g h t n i n g - - I f i n d t h e . b e s t snswsr . t o - b a l l l i g h t n i n g can b e found i n t h e b o o k l ~ t llSyrnposium on UnidentX'ic: F l y i n g O b j e c t s Hezr ings Before Committee on S c i e n c e and A s t r o n a u t i c s , ~ ' 20- J u l y , -1968. I n p ~ r t i c u l z r D r . - McDonald's s t c t e m e n t s on pzges 65 2nd EfO-$3. " e . . . .

Art E p s t e i n , of S t . L o u i s , comments:. " I n t h e kupus t i s s u e of SAGA, t h e a r t i c l e by Herry L. Helms, J r . " S o m e t h i ~ g Out There j s Tampering w i t h o u r S a t e l l i t e s , " i s w e l l worth r e a a i n g . I n my e s t i w t i o n it i s t h e f u t u r e f i e l d of UFO r e s e a r c h . b e c ~ u s e of t h e h i g h l y s p e c i f i c ins t rumen- t a t i o n t h c t i s u s ~ d i n ~ a t h e r i n p t h i s s o r t of s F s c e d a t a . T h i s a s p e c t o f a UFO r e s e ~ r c h should be f o l 1 o; w-1 vt r-y c l o s ~ l y if N A S A . w i l l on ly g i v e o u t a l l of t h e i n f o ~ w z t i o n . l1

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df :,lobe, . r e p o r t e d - t o p o l i c e Wednesday n i g h t . s e e P n g . 2n u n i d e n t i f 1e.d.-.ob- j e c t , i n t h e sky'. M r . Needham s a i d ' i t was a n ,or2nge-yeJlow c o l o r and .. 'when h i s mothkr saw l t ' , % ' s h e s ~ i d ' i t had 'ch'anied t o a diamond shape with r e d ' Tights: Mr.. N'e .ed .hams~id h,e $ n v e s t i g ? t e d a . s t i n d a xrc;es where hz t h b u g h t F t ' bad'. land-ed, ' - b u t f o u n d n o t h i n g , Two, policemen . s z i d . . t h e y hear;: "wei rd and e e r i e 1 ! h i g h - p i t c h e d sounds i n ' t h e s s m e ' a r e a ~ b o i i t t h e szmp

- t i m e w h i l e on p a t r o l . ( S c u r c e , "The S p e c t a t o r , l l J u l y 17 , 1970, Earni l ton, . O n t a r i o , Canada. C r e d i t : V i c t o r S t a r e c k y , o f Hami l ton )

Midwest O r g a n i z a t i o n Repor t s (And How a b o u t YOURS?)

T r i - S t a t e UFO --- St::cly ---- Group. The g r b u p met S a t u r d a y e v e n i n g , ~u~ilst 8 , a t 8 ~ ' . c l o c k i n t h e home of Mrs. G ~ a c e O b e r l i n g , o f Coa t sburg , 111, Uue t o r a i n , th ,? sky watch o r i g i n a l l y planned was changed t o a n i n f o r - mal d i s c u s s i o n ~ i i c e t i n g , co rduc ted by Vice Chairman R a r r y D i m m i t t .

Fo l lowing t h e t r e a s u r e r ' s r e p o r t , bJa l t Andrus r e p o r t e d on t h e sky- watch a n d . p icn ic . -program h e l d a t C a r l y l e Lake, J u l y 18-19, t h e n gave a p r o g r e s s r e p o r t on t h e Midwestz UFO Network.

S e v e r a l . n e w l 'oc>l s i g h t i n g s were r e p o r t e d and a r e t o b e fo l lowed b j . f u r t h e r i n v e s t i g a t i o n .

M r . and Mrs. Dick Goudschaal werz g u e s t s . The - n e x t mee t ing is >schedu led f o r Wednesday, S e p t . 9.

---Grace O b e r l i n g , Repor t e r .

.Arkansas . ~ r o u ~ ~ ~ & t s . Mr. and Mrs. Ed H i p g i n s , o f F a y e t t e v i l l e , Ark., h o s t e d a two day mect ing f o r a l l t h o s e i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e UFO problem e a r l y t h i s month. The Hipg ins ' home, which i s n e a r t h e t o p of Round, Mountain, s f f o r d e d an e x c e l l e n t view 'of t i l e sky and s u r r o u n d i n g c o u n t r y s i d e . No .UFO7s made an a p p e a r a n c e , however.

Mi ldred Higgins t o l d o f h e r f i r s t UFO s i g h t i n g i n . 1 9 3 2 i n t h e Pana- ma Cana.1 Zone. Lucius F a r i s h summar ized , the l a t e s t happenings a t San Luis V a l l e y , Colorado, which has hdd a c o n t h u i n g d i s p l a y o f u n u s u a l s i g h t i n g s and happenings s i n c e t h e "Snippy" (hor se , ) ~ n c i d e n t . ~ a w r e n r e W i l l e t t , o f . F l i p p i n , Ark., t ook a b o u t t h r e e h o u r s o u t of hi's busy S C ~ C C -

u i e t o b e p r e s e n t and t e l l us- of h i s . s i g h t i n g from t h e a i r and a l s o d i s p l a y e d t h e en largement of t h e w e l k 2 known " F l i p p i n A i r p o r t Photo,? Despi , te i n v e s t i g a t i o n , t h e o b j e c t i n t h e p i c t u r e remains a n unknown,

O t h e r s a t t e n d i n g t h e meet ing t o l d of second and t h i r d , hand' accoun.:-: o f u n u s u a l l i g h t s i n t h e s k i e s d a t i n g back a s f a r a s 1958 t h a t w e r e set;:.

i n t h i s . a r e a . A l a r g e s u p p l y o f w e l l p repa red food was s e r v e d , and a good t i m e

was en j09ed by a l l . --Frank :'A-. Hudson, J r . , Repor t e r .

. . UFO S t u d y Group of G r e a t e r S t . Louis . John S c h u e s s l e r , D i r e c t o r , o f - , t h i s g r o p p s e n t a n o t e i n f o r m i n g u s a b u z i n e s s meet ing would be h e l d August -.I9 ( t o o l a t e f o r a r e p o r t t o make o u r d e a d l i n e ) and we1 11 have- a comple te r e p o r t i n t h e n e x t i s s u e . , , . ----------_----__-___---_-_-_-__----_------------------------ -_--_--I-_---___-__------------------------------------------ . <

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D r . A l l e n Hynek t o ' V i s i t England

From th-e Englarid u f o z i n e ?lPegas,us, l1 23 Coatham P l a c e , C r ~ n l e i g h , S u r r e y : American a s t ronomer Dr. A l l e n .Hynek, t h e m2n wt,o handled thou-. s ands o f UFO r e p o r t s - w h i l e c i v i l i - a n consy . l tan t t o P r o j e c t Bluebook, t h e now d i sbanded USAF UFO a g e n c y , - i s v i s i t i r t g England i n August. *The pr ime purpose of h i s v i s l t is t50 a t t e n d t h e 1 4 t h Genera l Assembly o f t h e In- t e r n z t i o n a l Ast ronomica l Union ( I A U ) , t o be h e l d i n B r i g h t o n and t h e U n i v e r s i t y of Sussex be?ween August 1 8 and 27. While ove r h e r e , D r . Hynek, who c o n s u l t s i n f o r m a l l y w i t h SIGAP, w i l l be meet ing v a r i o u s UFO r e s e a r c h e r s . "Pegasusrt E d i t o r Ron T o f t i s one o f t h o s e who have been i n v i t e d t o a t t e n d a p r i v a t e mee t ing w i t h D r . Hynek t o d i s c u s s v a r i o u s u f o l o g i c a l m a t t e r s . A f u l l r e p o r t o f t h e mee t ing w i l l e v e n t u a l l y a p p e a r i n " F e g a s ~ s . ~

T h i s i s t h e s i x t h i n a s e r i e s of pre-1947 CFO s i g h t i n e s f rom t h e % f i l e s o f Lou F a r i s h , UFO h i s t o r i a n end SKYLGCX ctsff menber., We r e -

mind o u r new r e a l e r s t , h z t Lou a l s o w r i t e s I N OThPRS? WORDS e v e r y nontb --a l o o k a t w h a t ' s new on t h e news s t a n d s .

L a n s i n g , Micli-ipar,, PVENING PRFSS , June 3 0 , 1913 --North Lans ing V i s - ' : ed by an A i r s h i p Sunday Night--Hundr.eds of p e r s o n s who happened t o gc ? .

i n t o t h e e . a s t e rn 2nd northwestei-n sky a t su~ldown l a s t n i g l - ~ t were 'amez - ed t o s i g h t an a i r s h i p s k i m m i n y s w i f t l y , h i y h up , o v e r t h e c i t y , Th? s t r a n g e c r a f t was f i r s t obse rved ez:;t, o f , t h e c i t y , a p p a r e n t l y above t h e r a c e t r a c k . I t seemed t o come f r o m t t h e s o u t h e a s t . Then it headed a l m o s t d i r e c t l y n o r t h , changing i t s c o u r s e l a t e r t o a n o r t h w e s t e r l y d i r e c t i o n . A f t e r t h r e e minu tes it passed f rom view, g o i n g a s s i l e n t l y a.nd m y s t e r i o u s l y a s it had come. .The p a s s i n g of t h e s h i p wzs a s u b j e z z of q u i ' t e . g e n e r a l comment a'nd s t r e e t c o n j e c t u r e i n t h e n o r t h end of t o w t h i s morning; It might have be+en l i k e n e d even t o t h e " a i r s h i p s c a r e t r whi'c'h"sorne months ago t h r i l l e d t h e i n h z b i t a n t s o1f Grez t . B r i t ? i n .

M r . a n d ' M r s . A r t h u r Goodnoe and Mrs. Leonora ,Goodnoe , 1 1 1 1 Nor th C h e s t n u t s t r e e t , were among t h o s e who saw t h e s k y c r a f t .

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, . A second man,., who a v e r r e d . he ca red n o t f o r p u b l i c i t y , s a i d : "I saw what seemed a ,queer bund le f l o a t i n g t h r o u g h t h e sky: F i r s t , it loo?ced ads i t ':f might be a ' b a l l o o n , b u t 3s it approached and f i n s l l y t u r n e d b r o a d s i d e , i t . could be p l a i n l y d i s t i n g u i s h e d a s an a i r s h i p . I t r e -

( mained ' i n s i g h t - f o r a b o u t t h r e e ~ m i n u t e s . " N o word of a n l b i r s h i p e rped1 t&on .was h e a r d . f rom, a n y p a r t o f ) t h e

c o u n t r y t h i s morni-ng-and t e l e g r a p h i c quer iesb-mzde by t h e E V E N I N G PRESS f a i l e d th t h row any light on t h e n o c t u r n a l t r a v e l e r . ( C r e d i t : Gary

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