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No. 36 W e t k l l i t a s i t - i s . " November 1977

A Midwest F l a p ? . ., . . By .Rober t Smcl1.in;: 1

Thrce s e p a r a t e UFO r e p o r t s o c c u r i n g w i t h i n t h c l a s t s i x weeks have come t o my a t t e ~ t i o n . Two were l e s s t h 2 n t e n mi-les f rom Hamiltcln (I ' l l , ; and t h e o t h e r l e s s t h e n 25 m i l e s , I rnlght add t h a t . Septepber-Oc+,ober s i g h t i n g s p redomina te i n t h l s l m m z d i ~ t e a r e a . , .

On t h e 4 t h of, S e p t c m b ~ r , n c a r ! : s x i l t a n , N r s O t t o Dennison s t e p p e d o u t of- h e r f a rm hope t o s e e why t h e 'dog mes b a r k i n g . A l n o s t i~n rn~d i ' a t - e l y s h e saw an o b j e c t i n t h e s o u t h w e s t s k y w h i c h - s h e thou-ght , on f i r s i glance. , t o b e t h e noon. Q u i c k l y , however , s h e n o t l c e d i t was movlr,g towzrd a farmhouse l e s s t h a n one e i g h t h o f a mile w e s t . Th€re it s topped j u s t above t h e t r e e s and began making e r r B t i c movem~n.ts 'which resembled a k i t e which h2d no t a i l , ' j e r k i n g 2nd s h i f t i n g i n e v e r y d i - r e c t i o n . The l i g h t b e i n g e m i t t e d f r o m t h i s roulld c o n f i g u r a t i o n was' b a s i c a l l y y e l l o w t o ye l low-orange ,

Mrs. Dennison wondered whet t h i s t h i n g ' n e s and whet s h e s h o h l d d o a b o u > , i t . Her h u s b m d w ~ s a s l e e p 2nd t h t n e i g h b o r s h2d no l l g h t , ' s o s h e assumed t h e y - w e r e n o t home. She went i n s i d e f o r a few m i n u t e s w h i l e ponde r ing t h e s i t u p t i o n , A f t e r a w h i l e s h e r e t u r n e d t o h e r y a r d b u t d i d - n o t s e e a n y t h i n g u n t i l s h e t u r n e d - t o t h e e a s t . Now t h e T i g h t was bouncing above t h e f ~ r m h o u s e t o t h e e a s t , mentioned above: No l i g h t s were on a t t h z t home and s h e h t e r l e ~ r n e d t h e y t h e y were, away a t t h e t i m e . She ent .ered h e r home a p a i n % f o r a p e r i o d of t i m e and when s h e a g a i n looked f o r t h e l i g h t , i t c o u l d n o t be s c e n . It h a d - b e ~ n i n t h e a r e 2 z t l e a s t a h a l f hou r . - .

About 3 : 0 0 a.m. on Monday, Oc tobe r 5 t h ) n e a r K ~ h o k a , " M O . , Robe r t Benj2min m d J a c k i e , Jones st topped t h e i r a u t o when t h e y s 2 w a " b l u e moon.'', Not o n l y t h e c o l o r ceuglit t h e i r - a t t e n t i o n , b u t on f u r t h e r ' o b s e r v ~ t i o n , t h e y could t e l l i t ' w ~ s moving s l o w l y . They g o t ou< 'of t h e c 2 r , s e n s i n g some th ing v e r y u n u s u a l . The n i g h t w a s c l e z r and t h o s k y d a r k e x c e p t f o r s t a r s and t h i s p a l e b l u e c i r c l e which f o o k e d ' l i k c ''a p i e c e o f p l a i n blu'e p a p e r c u t i n t o 2 c i r c l e and p i a c e d i n t h e s k y l ' ' Aftelr- two o r t h r e e minu te s a t z i l , o r s t r e a k , o f ye lxowish i i g h t s t r e r k e d skywcrd from t h e b l u e b a l l . Thc b a l l f ~ d e d away, bu t t h e - s t r e a k remained f o r z n o t h e r t h r e e minu te s o r more u n t i l < , lt a l s o , f , z d e d away.

Then on Wednesdey, Oct . 14, Pks. Raymond Tcdd, who wes d r i v i n g from Hamil ton - t o ' C ~ r t h ~ g c , Ill., n o t i c e d a. b r l g h t s t a r i n t h e +?,st, Aft 'cr a w h i l e t h i s s t a r seemed n e p r e r t h e moon wh ich was i n t h e e;tcst s o u t h e a s t . Now wz tch ing more clo'se.ly a's ' s h e d r o v e , s h e cou ld c l e e r l y s e e t h e l i g h t wgs bov ing f rom l e f t t o r i g h t o f t h e moon, Mrs. Todd p u l l e d o f f on t h e shcu lde r : ar,d g o t o u t z;s s h e m a r - e d C a r t h a g e . The b r i g h t l i g h t was now p a s s i n g overhead . Behind t h e b r i g h t l ~ g h t she cou ld s e e two r e c t a n g u l a r , d i m l y lit ? r e a s which looked l i k e windows; And ,i f o l l o w i n g a s h a r t - d i s Lance b e h i n d , b u t l o w e r , were two more "win- dows." The back s e t changed p o s i t i o n enough a s s h e w ~ t c h e d t h a t i t i s t h o u g h t t h e y be longed t o 3 s e p a r 2 t e u n i t . A s t h e l i c h t t r a v e l e d away t o t h e w e s t , it grEw dimmcr snd soon d i s a p p c ~ 1 . c d . A t I t a s p t e n minu te s e l apsed f rom t h e initial s i g h t i n g .

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. . . . . s i g h t i n g interv-?kws -and, ~ n v e s t i g a t . i : o n s . These ~ i $ l e I n y e s - t i g a t o r s become mem6.ers o f th 'k Midwei:t UYO ' ~ e t w o r k - (MUFON.) . The Sta%e-Seclt-ion . .

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b u r f:$da&ntal g o a l of f-ks6lvin.g t h e UFO phenomna , I am s u r e t h 2 t each one- o f u s s v i l l - Y J ~ $ . - t o n o t o n l y sha re . . our.- UFO- r e s e z r c h and k;7owl-* edge., . b u t k i l l w8nt: t o a l s o s h ; r e i n t h e minima 1- c o s t s o f . making. ~!uFOM a f i n - . p r o f i t s e l f - sGppor t ing o r g a n i z a t i o n . t h r o u g h annua 1' m e m b e r s h l ~ 'dues .. The: Board of Dii-e'ctors . w i l l . . .d.ktermine' t h i . s - a,mount p r i o r t0,' '.,2-.~?2<'. u a r y 1971. Through. p r i o r c o n ~ s u l t a t i ~ o n w i t h t h e Bodrd of Direc' to '~:L, s u b s c r ~ p . t i o n t o SKYLOOK, I1t.he, Voice o f t h e , M-IDWEST UFO NETWORK . . . ,!!- ~221 be entirely ind.ependeh t, of t h e ' d u e s . s tru.c!i:ge"- of' MUFON.., . .

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CHAMPAIGN-URBANA COURIER, S e p t . 1 , 1970: A m y s t e r i o u s l i g h t i n t h 2 s k y , t h a t was, " c l e e r l y n o t an z i r p l 2 n e V was r e p o r t e d t o t h e Champaign p o l i c e Monday n i g h t by Robe r t P e t e r s o n , 2002 S . Lynwood D r .

P e t e r s o n , an z s s i s t a n t p r o f e s s n r o f ' p s y c h o l o ~ g a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y of I l l i n o i s , gave t h i s r e p o r t o f ' t h e u p i d e n t i f i e d f l y i n g o b j e c t (UFO) :

"My w i f e and v o u n g s t e r end I were r i d i n p b i c y c l e s Monday n i g h t . We were s topped a t t h e c o r n e r of M~t t i s 2nd Kirby a v e n u e s , f a c i n g s o u t h a f t e r w a l k i n g o u r b i k e s a c r o s s t h e i n t e r s e c t i o n ,

W e j u s t happed t o l o o k o f f t o t h e l e f t , when we saw a v e r y b r i g h t , w h i t e l i g h t . It wps e a s i l y t h e b r i g h t e s t l i g h t i n t h e sky .

ItAs..we watched , t h e l i e h t s p l i t i n t o two l i g h t s , a r e d one and a w h i t e one.

"The r e d l i g h t f l o a t e d s l o w l y down u n t i l it d i s z p p e a r e d , 2nd t h e w h i t e l i g h t c o n t i n u e d t o hove r f o r a s h o r t time. It was dimmed some- whzt , a f t e r t h e r e d l i g h t s p l i t away.

"Then t h e w h i t e l i g h t b e g m m n v i ~ g away i n a s o u t h w e s t e r l y d i r e c t i o n , s l o w l y enough t h a t we cou ld f o l l o w i t e a s i l y . The m h o l e - t h i n g l ~ s t e d pe rhaps two o r t h r e e minutes . "

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A f t e r bo th l i g h t s h ~ d d i s a p p e a r e d , he c ~ l l € d t h e Champaign p o l i c e , who r e f e r r e d -him t o J~mcs Wr igh t , 2 U . of I. s t u d e n t , 2nd a u t h o r i t y on UFO s i g h t i n g s ' i n t h e a r e a .

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Wright cou ld n o t b e r e c c h e d t h i s morning t o comment on t h e s igh t jn ; ; b e l i e v e d t o be t h e f i r s t i n t h e ? r e 2 i n s e v e r a l months;

A l t h o u ~ h he ~ c k n o w l e d g e s t h e UFO s i g h t i n p w ? s i n t h e g e n e r a l a r r s o f t h e U. of I. W i l l p r d A i r p o r t , P e t e r s o n . s i x s w h ~ t h e ' s ? w w ? s n o t an a i r p l z n e . ( C r e d i t : L. E. Coleman, D e c a t u r , I l l . )

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She s ' s i d 'it seemed t o be made o f some t y p e o f ' u n p a i n t e d m e t a l , was. n o t 'an a ' i r p l a n e 2nd had f o u r s m a l l s q u a r e s o f l i g h t - a l o n g i t s l e f t s i d e which l o o k e d l i k e windows. She s a i d t h z t i+, w r s n o t f l y i n g f a s t and t h a t - i t l e f t no s t r e a k s of l i ~ h t o r e x h ~ u s t t r z i l i n i t s . wake. ( C r e d i t : L. E. Coleman, D e c a t u r , 111.) ---------- -------- --=======-_--====----==~-~:=~.-~F-.:==--==-=r-=~===-~-~=-~=-~==-====?--

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JOURNAL, Macomb, I l l . , S e p t . 5 , 1970: UFOs, t h o s e u n i d e n t i f i e d f ! ~ - i n g ob j ' ec t s , - ' have b e e n ~ s c o f f e d a t by many o v e r t h e y e a r s b u t two You: B u s h n e l l men, who p r e v i o u s l y mpy hpve hpd ' s e r i o u s d o u b t s , e r e now tho- rough iy , convinced t h e y - a r e f o r r e a l , They s p o t t e d one Thursdzy nigh;; o v e r Bushne l l .

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I t i s i n t e r e s t i n g t o n o t e t h a t t h i s o b j e c t was s e e n w i t h i n 100 y a r d s . . of where a p r e v i o u s one w 3 s ~ s 4 e n by t n e owner ' s w i f e 2nd h c r f o u r c:;:.L:: r e n a b o u t 3 y e a r s ago . I t t o o was 2 c l o s e s i g h t i n g - - h o v e r i n g t e n fee^ o v e r a garage , 50 f r e t f rom t h e .~bservc::, C r e d i t : Art E p s t e j n . ( R e a l nzme of f a r m e r and f a r m owner on f i l e ) E d i t o r ' s !\Tote: Our r e a d e r s ~ 1 1 1 nct,e this s i s h t i n g wss .st t h e Sam?

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seep one of t h e o b j e c t s Sund2y f o r t h e second t i m e i n n i n e d a y s . The f i r s t s i g h t i n g , o c c u r r e d Oct . 4, C r e d i t : A r t E p s t e i n .

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The w h i t e s t u f f was b lowing from n o r t h t o s o u t h w i t h t h e b i g g e s t p i e c e s 8-12 i n c h e s l o n g , b o t h i n s t r a n d s 2nd c l u s t e r s ; M r . Gurney man- aged C o p i c k some of it 'up m d it " s h r a ~ k o r d i s s o l v c d v on h i s hands u n t i l i t was z b o u t Ltf l o n g . 3y t h e t i m e he c o u l d g ~ t ib i n t o a c o n t a i n , .

j e r it had d i s s o l v e d "like c o t t o n candyt1 t o a b o u t one i n c h , a n d by t h e itime he r e a c h e d home t o pu t t h e sample i n t h e r e f r i g e r a t o r , it was a b o u t a q u a r t e r o f a n $nch i n l e n g t h and " looked l i k e a p i e c e o f s t r i n g , '

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The s u g g e s t i o n i s i n a 500-page notebook t h a t 1s r e s t r i c t e d t o f lacademy,use only." The s e c t i o n on UFOs i s a I,!+-page c h a p t e r w r i t t e n by Ma j. Donald G . C a r p e n t e r .

Academy o f f i c i a l s d e n i e d t h a t t h e Air Force had been . h i d i n g t h e t e x t b o o k f rom t h e p u b l i c . They s a i d t h a t t h e book was i n s h o r t s u p p l y because on ly 200 c o p i e s have been p r i n t e d .

The c h a p t e r on UFOs s a y s t h a t such o b j e c t s have been r e p o r t e d f o r a l m o s t 50,000 y e a r s and t h a t " t h e e n t i r e phenomenon c o u l d ' b e psycholo- g i c a l bu t t h i s i s q u i t e d o u b t f u l f f because o f some o f t h e r e l i a b l e w i t - n e s s e s who have s p o t t e d them.

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f f T h i s l e a v e s u s w i t h t h e u n p l e a s m t p o s s i b i l i t y of a l i e n v i s i t o r s o r a t l e a s t a l i e n - c o n t r o l l e d UFOs. However, t h e d a t a a r e n ~ t w e l l c o r r e l a t e d and s u g g e s t s a t l e a s t t h r e e and maybe f o u r g r o u p s of a l i e n s , p o s s i b l y a t d i f f e r e n t s t a g e s o f development..

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E d i t o r f s Comment: M r . Gurney a l s o c a l l s ou r a t t e n t i o n t o t h e a r t i c l e i n t h e Oct . I l ' t h f?National_ F n q u i r e r " which c r e d i t s UFO r e - s e a r c h e r E a r l J . N e f f , o f C leve land , w i t h o b t a i n i n p a copy of t h e book and r e l e a s i n g ' t h e s t o r y . D r . Condon7s n e g a t i v e r e p o r t on UFOs d i d n f . t convince everyone--a f a c t t h a t s u r p r i s e s p r a c t i c a l l y no one,

UFO CHRONOLOG, a bi-monthly u f o z i n e , i s e d i t e d -and p u b l i s h e d by Joseph M. E r h a r d t , 43 Rich land D r i y e , Newport News, Va., 23602. There a r e U F 0 , r e p o r t s f rom th'e T idewa te r a r e a and e lsewhere , , a l o n g w i t h t h e i n d e x sys tem used t o r e - p o r t and a n a l y z e UFO's i n ' t h e - kept -up- to-da te Chronology. Send l+5$ f o r a sample copy; $1.25 f o r t h r e e i s s u e s ; o r $2.50 f o r a y e a r s u b s c r i p t i o n ( s i x i s s u e s . ) .

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A l t h o u g h ' t h e a tomic a b s o r p t i o n s p e c t r o p h o t o m e t e r i s a h i g h l y sens:- t i v e i n s t r u m e n t which w i l l measure c o n c e n t r a t i o n s o f most " t r a c e " m e t a l s a s low a s ;n:lrts p e r m i l l i o n o r p a r t s pe r b i l l i o n , t h e f lame pho tomete r -does a b e t $ e r j . ~ b of a n a l y z i n g f o r t h e a l k a l i m e t a l s ( I-i . t h ium, sodium, r - t a s c i 3 i m , c e s i u m ) , bo ron , uranium, and t h e r a r e e a r t h m e t a l s .

D r . Utke e x p l a h s t h a t t o l!cJe a f l ame pho tomete r one s p r a y s a , s o l v . . t i o n o f t h e s a m p l e - i n t o a - g a s / a i r f lame and t h u s a t o m i z e s i t . The a t c a r a r e r a i s e d t o a n " e x c i t e d " s t a t e and when t h e y l l r e l a x l : , t h e y e m i t a c h a r a c t i s t i c l i g h t r a d i 2 t i o n , i n p r o p o r t i o n t o t h e i r c o n c e n t r a t i o n , which can t h e n be measured.

He po- in ts o u t t h a t t h e ~ e t h o d s mentioned w i l l o n l y g i v e a q u a l i t a t i v - and q u a n t i t a t i v e p l c t u r e of t h e sample- - in o t h e r words, whzt e l e r l ?en t s CI compounds 'are p r e s e n t and how much. More s o p ' h i s t i c a t e d i n f o r m a t i o n can be gathc-red- by t h e u s e ' o f x - r a y d i f f r a c t i o n , n u c l e a r magne t i c r e s o n a n z e t e c h n i q u e s , and mass s p e c t r o s c o p y .

We a r e ' t o l d t h e x - r a y d i f f r a c t i o n a n a l y s i s can be a p p l i e d - t o most e l e m e n t s and compounds---the sample i s bombarded w i t h x - - r ~ y s which a r e d e f l e c t e d by t h e a t o n s , a n d molecu les p r e s e n t , i n a p a t t e r n whicki i s c h a r a c t e r i s t i c of t h e s a m p l e ' s s t r u c t u r e . The p 2 t t ~ r n i s r e c o r d e d on a p h o t o g r a p h i c p l a t e and t h e n used f o r q u a l i t a t i v e and q u a n t i t a t i v e an.- a l y s i s , and more impor tan t - - ehe p a t t e r n can be used ' t o t e l l somethinrl; a b o u t t h e a tomic s t r u c t u r e o f t h e sample . Only s m a l l amounts o f s a h p i ? a r e nceded and t h e sample i s no t d e s t r o y e d .

N u c l e a r magnet ic r e s o n a n c e (tW12) i s one o f t h e more r e c e n t a n a l y t i c a t o o l s a v a i l a b l e , D r . Utke c o n t i n u e s . I t dan be appl . ied t o most e ! ~ c : ~ - ; -. and compounds,' r e q u i r e s o n l y a s m a l l amount of szlmple 2nd the ' sample r n o t d e s t r o y e d ,

The sample i s p l a c e d i n a s m a l l t u b e which i s su-rounded by a st,ro;.- ~ a g n e t i c f i e l d . A s t h e f l e l d s t r e n g t h i s i n c r e a s e d , t h e n u z l e i of , t h e atoms a r e a f f e c t e d a t c e r t a i n 11 resonan t91 frequencies ~ n r i a s ip-el i s i n d x e d which can b e ampl i f ' i ed 2nd r e c o r d e d a s a p a t t e r n o r spec t rum which can, t h e n 6 e uied f o r q u a l i t a t i v e and q u a n t i t a v e a n a l y s i s , t o l r n y

, someth ing a b o u t t h e Zrrangcment o f t h e atoms i n t h e sample , and t o de - t e r m i n e ' t h e p e r c e n t a g e compos i t ion o f any u n u s u a l i s o t o p e t h a t may b:! p r e s e n t . ( I s c t o p e s a r e d i f f e r e n t k i n d s of a toms o f an e l emen t t h a t a r e a l i k e i n evory .way b u t t h e i r a tomic w e i g h t s . Every e lement is mpde up of two o r more i s o t o p e s which a r e p r e s e n t i n t h e e lement i n c e r t a i n f i x e d p e r c e n t a g e s ) . The l c s s s o p h i s t i c a t e d a n z l y t i c n l m ~ t h o d s ' descr l .3 ed p r e v i o u s l y w i l l n o t d i s t i n g u i s h between i s o t o p e s b u t w i ' l l mere ly gi: you an ov e r a 1 1 a n a l y s i s of e ~ c h element p r e s e n t . DJMR w l l l a c t u a l l y (1; . t i n g u i s h between i s o t o p e s . The mass s p e c t r o m e t e r w i l l a l s o ,

I n a mass s p e c t r o m e t e r , t h e sample i s bombarded w i t h e l e c t r o n s , c o r - v e r t i n g t h e atoms o r molecu les i n t h e sainple t o charged atoms and mo, r.- c u l e s , c e l l e d i o n s . Each i o n h a s a p 3 r t i c u l a r r a d i o o f mass t o c h a r ~ e ( m / c ) . The i o n s s r e s e p a r a t e d a c c o r d i n g t o their (m/c j r n ~ i o s by u: . I::

an e l e c t r i c o r -m?,gnetic f i e l d o r by t i m e o f f l i p h t i n a f i e l d - f r e e en- v i ronment . ' The s e p a r a t e d i o n s can thc,n b e d e t e c t e d e l e c t r . o n - i c a l i y 2:jrl

t h e r e s u l ' i s r e c o r d e d i n t h e form o f a spec t rum. The in tens it,^ o f t l i ? peaks i n t h e ,spectrum i s p r o p o r t i o n a l t o t h e abundance of t h e i o n a n i t h u s t o t h e o r i g i n a l atom o r molecule i n t h e sample, . Although th-i:\ method i s s o m ~ w h ~ t d e s t r u c t i v e o f t h e s a m p l e . ~ n l y s vc1.y . ~ - 3 ? 1 ?:'lnunt

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~ r i e , P e n n s y l v s n i a , i s n ' t t h e b e s t s p o t i n %be wor ld f o r observi-s: t h e s k y . T h e r e i s much m o r e . c l o u d . c o v e r t h a n ~ 2 . 1 - k i n e . T h i s was t h e town,my p ~ r e n t s had chosen 2nd. where I was bol-z: -2nd r e ~ r e d .

UFO's were a much tc.lked,-about, t h i n g , b u t . o n l y t h e s c r e w b a l l s e v e r saw s u c h a t h i n g - - I t h o u r h t a t t h a t t i m e . Be ing i n t e r e s t e d , i n many t h i n g s o f s c i e r r z s i n c e e e r l y s c h o o l d ~ y s , t h e i d e z o f 2 swept back wing on a i r c r p f ' t w?s a n o v e l i d e a . l I could e a s i l y imppine s u c h a des igr : g o i n g down n o s e f i r s t .

These random t h o u g h t s combine i n t o j u s t one thing--my f i r s t . s i g h t i n g o f .a UFO, and t h e n t h ~ v came i n a p ? i r .

A b e a u t i f u l , b r i g h t sunny dzy combined w j t h t h e d e s i r e t o s e e one o f t h e n e w f ~ n g l e d p i r n l ~ n e s ceused me t o l o o ~ , c l o s e l y 2 t two big-h f lv in . : o b j e c t s l e z v i n g vapor t r a i l s . E x p e c t i n g t o s e e a p a i r o f . j e t s , 1 wzs su- pr i s2ed t o n o t e t h e o b j e c t s c r e p t i n g t h e w h i t e s t r e a k s i n an o t h e r w i s e a z u r e s k y were d i s c shaped , , D i s a p p o i n t e d - t h z t it w z s n l t swept b z c k wings., I a l m o s t i g n o r e d t h e d i s c s . 1 he$ o t h e r t h i n g s on my mind. Then .I s p o t t e d two more s t r e a k s i n t h e sky . They were t h e .swept back wingc'd p l a n e s I, hzd wanted t o s e e !

w e s n l t u n t i l I r e e l i z e d t h e y seemed t o b e p u r s u i n g t h e two d i s c s t h ? t my mind snepped t o f u l l a t t e n t i o n . I was w a t c h i n g two j e t s pu r sue two f l y i n g s a u c e r s ! . v

The two d i s c shpped ob je<c t s made a n a b r u p t r i g h t , angle . t u r n , t h e i r t r a i l b e i n g v e r y c l e a r l y d e f i n e d . The two j e t s swung on t h e d i z g o n a l and ' r a p i d l y c l o s e d on t h e two d i s c s . - I i d l y w o d e r e d ~f I might s e e a d o g f i g h t and wa tched i n t e n t l y . A s t h e two j e t s . . a p p r o a c h e d t h e d i s c s , t h e r e was a sadden i n c r e a s e i n t h e s p e e d o f t h e c i r c u l z r s h s p e d objec::: The vapor t r a i l became p i n p o i n t e d , and t h e d i s c s r a p i d l y d i s a p p e a r e C from my view.

E v i d e n t l y t h e a l s o d i s a p b e ~ r t d f rom t h c v iew o f t h e p i l o t s of t h a . j e t s , f o r t h e r k $ ~ ~ o r s t r e a k s a l l o v e r t h e 'sky a s t h e y a p p a r e n t l y s e a r c h e d f o r t h e round s h ~ p e d o b j e c t s . I h ~ v e n e v e r h e z r d of anyone w i t n e s s g n g t h i s ' p a r t i c u l ~ r experience; u n f o r t u n a t e l y ; I ' n e g l e c t e d t o c a l l - m y w i f e . She s t i - l -1 i s n ' t convinced UFOts a r e r e a l , .

The ' i n c i d e n t was a v i v i d mkior? f o r a l d n g time b 6 t it f a d e d e ' b ik a s t i m e pes sed . We moved t o F h o e i i x , Arlzon:., i n 1'959; - I t w 2 s soon a f t e r l ' t k e t t h z t I saw my zecond UFO, t h i s ' t i ' m e w i t h witnesses ' . ,

A ) d e s e r t d u s t s t o r m hsd ma'de- o u r ~ w j r n r n i n g ' ~ o o 1 l e s s t h z n del ight ;L;?- I d e c i d e d . J t o vacuum t h e poo l and my s o n 2nd h i s , f r i ? n d d e c i d e d i t wou: b e n i c e t o h e l p . 1.t wes 2 r T t h e r wzrm dpy, t h e -15001 wes 2 wclcone th:~,,: I h?d completed bout h e l f t h e j ob , t h e k i d s were - s p l a s h i n g i n t h e p a r i t h z t w 2 s done when I bbec2meLawc?,re o f someone Iooking ~t ale. It FJZS t h e same s o r t of f e e l i n g vou gr-t i n e t h e ~ t e r w h ~ n sqmeone s t c r c s r t t h e back of your hezd. - 1

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yards--next--door , and f o r some reSson I lbokgd s k - w a r d . - T h e r e , e a s y go- i n g a s c o u l d b e , was 2 brownish th i .ng ~ t - e v e r y - l o w a l t i - t ude .

I spoke t o t h e two boys. "Hey, l o o k a t t h c t . It l o o k s ? s t h o u g h - a b a r r a g e bal$oon h a s d r i f t e d i n f rom Luke F i e l d . " -(Air F o r c e , f l i ~ h t t r a i n i n g cente 'r .) . - ,

" A w , t h ~ t ' S t h e Coodyear b l imp , lV s e i d ' my s o n i s f r i e n d . "No," I p o i n t e d o u t , " t h i s i s brown, t h e b l imp i s s i l v e r . B e s i d e s

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~ i n u t e s passed and I i e a i n became awere o f t h e - seme s e n s a t i m . I looked up r t t h e , saky and t h e c o b j e c t was i n t h e szme p o s i t i o n . T h z t f z c t ' in t r igued 'me and I examined it more c z r e f a l l y . There wzs no motor , no sound , ~ n d no windows. The s i d e s were m;de up o f s e c t i o n s , m d , r e p 2 i r s were e v i d e n t 2s t h e s e c t i o n s were n o t e v e n l y c o l o r e d . A g ~ i n I h2d t h e boys l o o k up 2nd t h e y b o t h s z i d i t was t h e Goodyeer b l i m p , a f a m i l i a r s i g h t i n Phoenix . As I w ~ t c h e d , t h e c r ~ f t b e g a n ' t o move s l o w l y ; It passed d i r e c t l y ovcrhead and c o n t i n u e d f o r a s h o r t d i ~ t a n c c , t h e n begzn t o swing n o r t h . T h i c k , s h o r t f i n s on t h e l b a c k gzve evel-y

. ' i n d f c s t i o n o f b s r r a g e . b a l l o o n shzpc . A S t h e c r a f t b e g ~ n t o t u r n , it began t o wobble. I c a l l e d t o t h e k i d s

t o wa tch ; it looked 2 s though i t might c r z s h . Thcy watched a s it lumbered around the t u r n , . t h ~ n r e t u r n e d t o t h e i r w a t e r gFmes. I t w z s n l t u n t i l i t ,began t o g s i n 'speed t h ; t ,I r e a l i z e d t h a t I w 2 s n o t l o o k i n g 2 t some U . S . A i r Frjrcd c r e ; ) t i o n . I n c? m;ttcr o f moments t h e r c b wzs n o t h i n g b u t a s m a l l d o t , and t h ~ n t h ? t d i s a p p e ~ r e d ,

There was Q l c n t y o f t ime t o hove g o t t e n a camera, I t was a b r i l l i a n t c l e a r day . The1 c r z f t wes v e r y low. It w a s n ' t u n t i l i t was t o o l a t e , t h e t I r e ~ l i z e d t h e second UFO of my l i f e hed come and gone;

U n t i l 2 p e r s o n a l expc,r,ience c r e z t e s q u e s t i o n s t h a t can1 t be shrugged- of f a s b.eing t h e imagin ; , t ion working o v e r t i m e i n a t i r e d body; a-'UFO s t o r y can be a c c e p t e d w i t h c a s u ~ l i n t e r e s t . When it hzppens t o ' you , t h e n t h e s t o r i e s o f 'o ther-s t 2 k e on a new m e ; - n i n g .

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sun t o be s e e n d u r i n g t h e month. Venus is l o c a t e d between t h e e a r t h and - t h e s u n - a t i n -

f e r i o r c o n j u n c t i o n November 10, l e s s t h a n 25 ,000 ,000 m i l e s from e a r t h , The b r i g h t p l a n e t w i l l be v i s i b l e i n t h e e a r l y morning , sky by t h e 'mon-th' end. The r e d p l a n e t Mars may be s e e n r i s i n g b e f o r e t h e s u n i n ' t h e s o u t h e a s t e r n sky--some two hours b e f o r e t h e sun . J u p i t e r i s n o t we l l " p l aced f o r obse i -va t ion d u r i n g t h e month; it i s q u i t e n e a r t h e sun arid' r i s e s v e r y s h o r t l y b e f o r e s u n r i s e , The r i n g e d p l a n e t S a t u r n msy be s e e n th roughou t t h e n i ~ n t i n t h e c o n s t e l k t i o n A r i e s .

F i r s t qua r ' t e r moon: Nov. 6 ; F u l l moon: Nov. 1-3; L a s t q u a r t e r : Kov, 20 ; New Moon: Nov. .28,

The Leonid meteor shower w i l l t a k e p l a c e on November 17. It i s ex- pec ted t o peak a t about 25 me teo r s p e r hour . The wan-ing g i b b o u s moon w i l l l i m i t t h e o b s e r v a t i o n o f t h i s p a r t i c u l a r shower.

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b r i g h t e s s stair; i n C a s s l o p e i a form a L e t t c r W. The o b j e c t s l i s t e d should be d i s c e r n i b l e i n a 6 - i n c h t e l e s c o p e , and

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l i t t l e ' w h i l e t o t r a c k down t h e - p e r s o n i n q u e s t i o n and t o g g t . !TLS f ~ i - ; . s t o r y since he $ 3 . : over$,eas n o w , ' .but t h r o u g h lii .s f a m i l y , I . f i n a l l y j:;.::!; r e c e n t l y r e c e i v e d h i s fu1T : r e p o r t . . f l j ?h~ ' , fu : ' . : : r T ~ q r t o f Ma ' f ine Cc::-.- p o r a l C h e r 1 . e ~ 'J.. 'Br;lndrneyer, :as .givet i c o '-Nrs . ijol!nes, . appea red i n t.?? Augus t i s s , u , e o f :SKYLOOK, and we w i l l n c t ; r e p e e t it h e r e . Mrs. Holmr; had t h , i s to,.:sdd,., - '11 , t e l k e d t o the ' : y e t h e r ; and S h e v e r i f i e d ' h i s s t 6 r y . She .s.zi.d t h e t t h e y .h?d thoupht ' . - t l iei .r ,S6n'wzs : ' ~ o k i n g when lie':?wshed, .

i n t o . % + h e i r .bedrocin ' . ~ Y ! C ? tcl.1 them. 'l1T.here' i s a f l y i n g sauc , e r - o u t ' t ,here . l l But when t h e y rea.l izeci '::e we's q'u'i t e oh >.i 'cGsly a g i t ~ t ed , '.t'h.ev-iden't.' O U ; ~

and t h e y t o o :sew t h e o b j e c t :han,$s i n 1:he sky . She s p f d hc'r :$on d i d n o t dr . ink e n d s h e w r s s u r e h e had .co . r rec ' t ly d e s c r i b e d whet: . . , ,he; . . I saw." K/

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L o u i s a ,young; ~ :~up le . : r e .pb r ' t . ed t h a . t . t . h e i r , . c a r k2d been' chas.ed and. ' th .e , o b j e c t came down t o w i t h i n t e n f e e t - o v ~ ~ , : t . h e i r c a r . An e l d e r l y c o u p l e . csme i n t o t h e Ladue p o l i c e s t a t i o n a ~ h o r ~ t - t i m e l a t e r and, . . . - sa id . . t ; ha$ . .

the&r..:ca-r- -ha-d.- . .ah: :b&n- c h a s e d by -k UFO'. Here we ' , h ~ v e two ,topples ,.- . r e - p o r t i n g s u c h a n i n c i d e n t i n t h e :same:'.ev.ening, a n d - t o t h e $zme p o l - i c e s t z t i o n . . . - , . :

Another i n t e r e s t i n g : 2nd unusua l , ' , b r sb ' n t : l e a s t it would- seem it , f i r s t . g l a n c e ; : sright i , n g . t o o k . p l a c e Zanu9,ry:: 8., t h i s ' y e a r , s o u t h e a s t . o f L ,.

Ca.rl,y,le.. - A young l z d y , : a g e 25 , - 'wa3 r e t u r n i n g 3 home. f rom work trav.el '1n.k we,sg . on a countrry road .when- s h e . 'observed -a ' r o u n d , l i g h t e d , bb ' j ec t . $p.!.j:lf.::*.- i n g Go. b e descend- ing : j u s t o v e r t h e t r e e s :of: h e r p a r e n t s ,home. where ,s::: a l s o , l i v e s . . She b y e l i e v e d - it. t c . b e 3 . p l $ n e i n t r o u b l e . gnd;. on . a r r i v i ~ g home:, sh'e':asked i f . t h e y k d h e s r d - tKe p l j n e . No one had. : h e y s a t do^: t o s u p p e r which wes r e z d y and a f t e r . e ~ t i n g , . s a t down t o . l i s t g n t o TV. . . -

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ground . The famil-y ---1i'ves . i-n- a r u r a 4 : &rea riri-th n.6 o t -he r h o u s e s c l o s e . The d.auFrht.er go t - .up-'t.6 c.l.o'se . t h e -.61-i'nds ah i f a s .sh.e d i d , t 'hey 5\11 I?~a17::' a " w e i r d , most .unea?.th.ly 1a:ugh ,." a s it 'w2.s descri!).ed .by bot:h rn?th€r' and. d.Suc.hter.' The 'dauir;hter s- id'-, 11-I. - thought ' 'it' wis"sorieo.rie' , . . ' l?;:u@hing .L.-- c z u s e -we ;were- f r i y h t e n e d . . 11' This3, ' sound .w!'sl 'hc$'rd by f i v e p.e,o.'ple-. - . . .

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a l s o a t G r a v e t t e . But G r a v e t t e Marsha l C l a ~ l d Boucher s a i d whzteverb it w 2 s , i t was f ~ r t o t h e e a s t .

C a r r o l l County Deputy S h e r i f f Leo S e l l e r s s a i d ' h e had one o f t h e b e s t v iews of t h e phenc~mcnon and b e l i e v e d i t , was g o i n g f rom s o u t h w e s t t o n o r t h e a s t e l It was v e r y h i g h when i t pc?sscd o v e r him, he r e p c r t e d . -

S e l l e r s was d r i v i n g h i s c a r b e t r e e n . E u r e k a S p r i n g s 2nd B e r r y v i l l e - a b o u t t h r e e m i l e s . o u t s i d e o f Eureka.

"It was l i k e a ' f l o u r e s e n t l i g h t b u l b , " ne , s a i d . "I l o o k e d , u p t o my l e f t , t h e r e , w a s t h i s t h i n g coming i n . I t w ~ s r e d and it w 2 s l x g e . I t a p p e e r c d . t o b e , l i k e a b a l l 2nd i t w ? s a l o n g ways o u t . I t - w ? s t r z v e l - i h g a t a t r e y e n d o u s r c t e of speed and z s i t f r a m e i n , it ,bad a t r a i l cx0 s p a r k s l i k e a comet.

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S e l l e r s s a i d , it was h i g h above t h e l i g h t c loud c o v e r and h e d i d n ' t b e l i e v e , t h ? t i t h i t mywhere i n t h i s e r e a . Ac r e ~ o r t e d t h ~ t a t r u c k

G r i v e r 2 t I v r ~ n e t t , Mo., h2d spen it and s s i d it was n o r t h of him, "If it h i t , i t w ~ s c o l d when it h i t . It ~ r o b a b l ~ d i s i n t e g r a t e d i n t o

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The Eureka S p r i n g s P o l i c e D e p ~ r t m e n t r e * > o r t e d t h e s i g h t i n g ~ ' a t 10:O: f o l l o w e d by a loud n o i s e l i k e a s o n i c boom ab'out a ' r n i n u t e l p t e r .

A t one po'i'nt t h e r e was a r ~ p o r t of a h e l i c o p t e r m i s s i n g i n t h e z a r e r ; , But t h i s d i d n o t p rove t o b e t r u e , 2nd a s S e l l e r s - . n o t e d , " t h c t t h i n g s u r e w p s n ' t .any he l ' i cop te r . " C r e d i t : Luc ius F2riLsh, > , . ,

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we d o n o t own a t a p e r e b o r d e r ( t h e budge t j u s t d o e s n ' t s t r e t c h t h a t f p r ) , we cznno t t e k e e d v ~ n t a g e o f - t h e s e o f f e r s . But we DO a p p r e c i a t e t h e t h o u g h t f u l n e s s and good w i l l shown. Thznk you. - - - - - - - -- - . . . -

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p & o b e s ~ t o . ~ : ~ a r s - - t h k . sa ine .ones t h a t , h o t s o rnuch p u b l i c i t y - a y e a r . 0; . t w 5 -. ... ~ago. :$aca .use '~ t h e y ~ w e r e sauc8r-shaped. W i l l i t ; , S h a k e s p e a r e h a d ' t he L.'lght

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a c ~ i , ~ l : e ~ ~ f o r r n ! . i i f i ' . t h e D e c . ,:is s u e o f RP.LB magazine. Kee- l b r ' e s e n t ' s s o m e . . of , , th .e main'y .sigh:t.irigs w h k h ' a r e . -("or idere) r e p o r t e d . i r ~ .' l o c a ' l p a p e r s .

ar,ound, t h e : c o u n ' t r ~ ~ ; ~ . s:ighti.ings ..wh:i.ch one ,learhs a b o u t o,nly .by s u b s , c r i b - i n g t o a newspaper c l i p p i n g s e r v i c e , , a s t h e y a r e n e v e r c 'ar-rfed onj'th'e' ... . . . . . news s e r v i c e- w i r e s . - : '- . .

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o r i g i n a l e d i t i o n and have b e e n - u ~ s e c c e e s f u l , s o t h i s i s a pood ioppor- t u n i t y t o o b t a i n a copy. Late .r . .var icers- on t;he t"UFO .and r e l i i f i ' on r t t o p i , ( . hake c o n t r i b u t ~ d corisideraly more' m a t e r i e l , b u t J e s s u p ' s work was t h e , p i 5 n e e r e f f o r t i n i t s f i e l d . Now, i f o n l y Barke r ( o r .,someone 1- would. r e p r i n t t w o of Jessupt . ' s ' o t h e r b.obks., THE .CASE F O R , THE .bFO and' "THE

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John Schue:j~!.z;.:!.,- -0.f.rec.tor' of t h e gro.up', t . a l ked abou t t h e . imnort , .znc.~ of checki.n.g o.si; ,.i:ghtin,gs from; a s . msny : sources 2 s .poss i .b l~e ' . X a l t A n d r w D i r e c t o r 'of t h e - i ~ ~ l d w r ~ s t L':Fa Network, . spoke . o f t h e Network '-s growt ,h and f u t u r e . W;iLlaLod. Arms.trong gave mir . t e r - s . .on w h ~ t' t o .Took f o r an'd !how t o rep0r . t a UFO..s ight ing. Wi 1 l i ; n c;-.rint,ian t o l d of h i s p e r s o n a l sight - ing. and . had h i s :own d r a w i n g s i-ri c o l o r t o i l l u s t r a t ' e . John P r e i s a c k ; of t h e McDonnell P l a n e t a r i u m , gave a d e m o n s t r z t i o n showing how 'a . s a t - ' e l l i t e a p p e a r s t o r e v e r s e i t s o r b i t a l d i r e c t i o n and t o l d many i n t e r e g t - i n g f a c t s a b o u t cometsr and. m e t e o r i t e s . . . . Ar:t E p s t e i n , 'spoke on ' t h e ' 'a.mounl of l i t e r a t u r e n o w . a v a i l i b l e for s t u d y .

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home i n Q u i n c y , 111,;:Mr: B h l l z n e , . . o u r c l u b t s . 'first p r e s i d e n t ' and now : l v i n g i n Iowa; wzs a , . g u e s t , a d w e ' r e happy t h a t h e i s t h i n k i n g ' . ! o f r e t u r n l n g t o . .Qu incy . and .. t o o u r . g roup . ' ~ e g a v e an i n t e ~ e s t i n g a c c o u n t o'f a 1 9 6 7 - . . : ; ~ b g h t i n g : t n - t h e Abbington-Galesburg ( a r e a . Ment ion ; '

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