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One of t h e major o b j e c t i v e s o f MUFON i s t o s a t u r a t e t h e g e o ~ r a p h i c a l midwestern s t r ' t e s 'w i th t r a i n e d and competent F i e l d I n v e s t i g z t o r s , who w i l l r espond prompt ly t o UFO s i g h t i n g r e p o r t s , c o n d u c t i n g i n t e r v i e w s and i n v e s t i g a t i o n s , t o o b t a i n ' ! the raw

To t h i s end we ' a r e proud t o znnounce t h e appointmenL o'f two new S t c t e S e c t i o n D i r e c t o r s f o r IOWA; L z r r y G . M ? r t i n , 3015 D e c a t u r , Keokuk, I a . Te lephone: P C 319 524-3215 f o r S o u t h e a s t Iowa; 2nd Rober t G . Bybee, 619 E. 1 6 t h S t . , S p e n c e r , Iowa 51301, Telephone: A C 712 262-5946 f o r North- wes t Iowa. ILLINOIS e x t e n d s a welcome t o C l z r e n c e 0 . D ~ r g i e , 615 W. J e f f e r s o n , OTFzllop, 111. 62269, Telephone: B C 616 632-6570, a new S t ~ l t c - S e c t i o n D i r e c t o r f o r t h e E z s t S t . L o u i s - B e l l e v i l l e a r e a . Mrs. R o s e t t a Holmes, S t p t e - S e c t i o n D i r e c t o r f o r t h e C c r l v l e , I l l . , a r e a has been i n - s t r u m e n t a l i n h e l p i n g MUFON a c h i e v e i t s o b j e c t i v e i n t h e s o u t h w e s t e r n p o r t i o n of I l l i n o i s ( e a s t of S t . L o u i s ) by h e r u n t i r i n g e f f o r t s and en- t h u s i a s t i c p u b l i c r e h t i o n s a c t i v i t i e s .

Astronomy 2nd t h e s t u d y o f t h e UFO phenomena hzve a t t i m e s been p r a c - t i c a l l y synonymous. Many o f t h e f i r s t w r i t t e n r e c o r d e d r e p n r t s were made by a s t r o n o m e r s I n Europe d u r i n g t h e s i x t e e n t h and s e v e n t e e n t h cen- t u r i e s . Another mojor a d d i t i o n t c t h e i n v e s t i g a t i v e arm of MUFON w i l l be a d i r e c t working r e h t i o n s h i p w i t h Rmztcur Astronomy L l u b s and So- c i e t i e s t h r o u g h o u t t h e midwest , who z r e i n t c r e s t ~ c ! i n v o l u n t ~ e r i n g t h e i r

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Mess2pe, Continued -. -- --- s p e c i a l e x p a r v l s e . E e r l F. Wrtts, 515 F ~ l l i n : : Leeves Dri-ve, Duncpn- v i l l e , : Texas 75116, Telephone: bC 2 i 4 2 9 8 - 1 5 2 ~ ~ Vice P r e s i d e n t of t h e Texas Ast ronomice l S o c i e t - r , h2s i ~ o l u n t e e r e d t o ~ s s i s t - i n e v e r y way p o s s i b l e f o r t h e D a l l z s , Texas e r e a . John C . P r e i s a c k , Asst. M ~ n a g e ~ o f t h e McDonnell P l 2 n e t a r i u m i n S t . ~ o u i s , Mo. i s MUFONts C o n s u l t a n t i n E.stronomy. "The k t r o n o m y C o r n e r , " a populc"r SKYLOOK column f o r s e v e r a l y e s r s , hps been e d i t e d by Ted P h i l l i p s , 2nd jo ined l ~ t e l y by Merk H e r b s t r i t t . The v p l u e of a s t r o n g as t ronomy r e s e p r c h team t o : t h e g o a l s o f MUFON i s obv ious . Amzteur o r p r o f e s s i o n a l a s t r o n o m e r s , d e s ? n i ~ i n & t o v o l u n t e e r t h e i r s p e c i a l i z e d e > - p e r t i s e t o t h e ~ n v c s t i g a t i o n of '

t h e UFO phenomenon, shou ld w r i t e t o John 'C. P r e i s z c k , 26g3 B ~ l t u s r o l , O z k v i l l e , Mo. 63129 o r c o n t e c t t h e D i r e c t o r o f MUFON.

DATA-NET "The UFO Amateur Rzdib Network" p u b l i c a t i o n i s t o be con- g r a t u l a t e d f o r i t s o u t s t a n d i n g c o n t r i b u t i o n t o t h e f i e l d of UFO r e s e z r c k i n t h e United S t a t e s w i t h t h e l l S ~ e c i a l Report1' s t a r t i n g i n t h e Mzrch 1971 i s s u e t k t l e d "Type-1 Phenomena i n S p a i n 2nd Porguga l : A S tudy of 100 I b t r i c Landingsll by Vicen te ' 9 a l l q s t e r Olmos 2nd Jacques V a l l e e . - T h i s i s t h e f irst p a r t o f a n a r t i c l e - d e v o t e d t o t h e a n a l y s i s of a c a t - a l o g of I b e r i c l ~ n d i n g s . As 2 r e s u l t of 2n unprecedented agreement , t h i s S tudy i s a l s o - b e i n g pub l i shed i n F r ~ n c e by -LDLN i n S p a i n by STENDEK, and i n England by FSR ( F l y i n g Sauce r ~ e v i e w j .

A vote' 'of app l ; ec i ? t ion and h e n ' r t f e l t t h a n k s is o f f e r e d t o t h e gen- e r o u s members and f r i e n d s of MUFON, who h ~ v e n o t o n l y v o l u n t e e r e d t h e i r s e r v i c e s , b u t heve e f f e c t i v e l y c o n t r i b u t e d m o n e t a r i l y by d o n a t i n g sev - e r a l i t e m s e s s e n t i a l t o t h e s u c c e s s ,of t h e MIDWEST UFO CONFERENCE, MUFOK a d m i n i s t r a t i o n , and SKYLOOK.

The March 3 0 t h srid A p r i l 1 5 t h MUFON Amzteur Radio ~ o m m u n i c a t ~ i d n s S e c t i o n d r i l l s under t h e l e a d e r s h i p of Net C ,on t ro l , .Ronald Anderson , WA9PPM, have becornr v e r y f r u i t f u l a s 'a * s o u r c e of UFO r e p o r - t s and r e p i d nkws c'ommunicztioris.,

The Annuzl Me,eting of MUFON w i l l be hk ld Sunday, June 13 ,- 1971- from 10:OO am t o 12 noon a t t h e H o l i c ' ~ y I n n - Nor th , i n S t . L o u i s , M?. , i n c o n j u n c t i o n wit-h t h e MIDWST UFO CONFERPNCE. F 1 1 S t ~ t e D i r e c t o r s , , MUFCI1 S t ? f f ; S t? - t e -Sec t ion D i r e c t o r s and C o n s u d t ~ n t s ? r e inv i t e .d 2nd enccur- aged t o 2 t t e n d . TEe , , a ~ e n d a f o r o u r f i r . s t 'lAnnuzl Mc c t i n g s t w i l l be meiled t o a l l p ~ r t j i c i p a n t s p r i o r t o J u n e 1st.

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ma t ion f lepr low and r a p i d l y o v c r Q u i n c y , Ill. , F r i d a y n i g h t , A ~ r i l 92 197x. T h e r e was no sound 2nd t h e o b j e c t was observed and r e y o r t e d by s e v e r 2 1 w i t n e s s e s :

V i c t o r 'M. Hubbard o f 1602 S t a t e S t r e e t , Q u i n c y , was g e t t i n g i n t o h i s c a r a t a r e s i d e ~ c e a t 2020 Broadway ( h e i s a n i n s u r a n c e s a l e s m a n and had rm de a b u s i r e s s c a l l ) when he saw t h r e e r e d d i s h - s l i ~ h t l y o range l i g h t s a p p r o a c h i n g from t h e s o u t h - s o u t h e a s t , When f i r s t obse rvcd t h e l i g h t s L w e r e i n a n ex tended t r i ~ n g l e f o r m z t i o n . As t h e y passed d i r e c t l y o v e r M r . Hubbard, t h e l i g h t s chenged t h e i r o r i g i n a l r e l a t i o n s h i p t o - e a c h o t h e r , t h e n resumed t h e t r i a n g l e f c r n a t i o n a s t h e y p r o c e e d e d ' n o r t h - . west ; There was no sound. : The l a c k o f -sound and t h e r a p i d mot ion of t h e o b j e c t c o n v i n c e d - t h e o b s e r v e r t h e ob j e c t c o u l d - not b e ariy c o n v e n t i o n a l a i r c r q f t . The n i g h t was c l e a r w i t h a f u l l moon about 65 d e g r e e s ~ b o v e t h e h o r i z o n . The t h r e e l i g h t s , ' when f a c i n g s o u t h , -were co t h e i m r e d i a t e r i g h t of t h e moon 2nd Hubbard s ~ i d e a c h l i g h t was abou t t h e f i f t h of t h e s i z e cf t h e ' f u l l - , moon and w i t h t h e b r i l l i a n c e o f t h e b r i g h t e s t s t a r . Eech l i g h t had a "fuzzy" o u t l i n e . .

Hubbard went t o t h e Quincy P o l i c e S t ~ t i o n t o r e p w t what h e h2d s e e n and Off i ' cer Wilson ' : r c a l l e d k!alt Andrus who immedia te ly i n t e r - viewed 'Hubbard.

The ' y i t n e . s s s e i d he c q u l d ' n o t ;ee any a t t c c h m e n t be tween t h e t h r e e l i g h t s o r an- o u t l i n e i n t h e d a r k sky ( t h e s i g h t i n g wss at- l o F P M ) . If t h e y had passed d i r e c t l y o v e r t h e . f a c e of t h e moon, an o u t l i n e o f ' a n o b j e c t c . o u l d ' - h v e been observed. The' t h r e e l i g h t s gave t h e i m p r e s s i o n o f a ''f liyi 'ng wirig ," t1ubb;lrd s a i d .

a The FAA o p e r a t o r a t Baldwin F i e l d , 1 0 m i l e s e a s t o f h u i n c y , s t a t e d he knew of no a i r c r z f t over t h e c i t y of Q u i n c y a t t h e t ime of t h e s i g h t i n g . The o b j e c t would n o t h ~ v e passed ove r Baldwin F i c l d i n i t s c o u r s e .

Harold B a r k l e y , ape ' ~ 6 , s n I n s l p c c t o r e t t h e Gardnar-Denver do., was a t h i s home 3/4 .rni8le s o u t h o f T a y l o r , Mo. on U.S. 61 a t 10 PM end 2 l s o r e p o r t e d s e e i n g th'e o b j e c t and was i n t e r v i e w d b y M r . Andrus, o u r MUFON D i r e c t p r . B a r k l e y was l o o k i n g o : , t o f a p i c t u r e window on t h e n o r t h s i d e of h i s r e s i d e n c e .wheri-he s2w t h r e e l i g h t s coming i n low ( t o o low 80r a p r i v a t e p l a n e ) and moving s t r n i g h t s o u t h . He went o u t t h e b e ~ k d o o r f o r a b e t t e r v iew, and t h e o b j e c t was t h e n moving e a s t . He r e p o r t e d t h e r e d ' l i g h t s b e i n g i n t h e t r i a n g l e shape . I ,

The o b j e c t p,?ss&d d i r e c t l y o v e r t h e house 2nd & s ' o b s e r v e a by Mr. BarGley and h i s s o n , A l v i n , age 14. The' o b j e c t scemed t o be p l i d i n g , and t h e r e was no sound. The l i g h t s were r e d , b u t l ? r $ e r t h a n ones s e e n on a' p h n e . No o u t l i n e of t h e o b j e c t could be -<obse rved . The o b s ~ r v z t i o n was of 10. s e c o n d s a u r a t i o n . A h 2 l f d o l l z r h e l d a t arms l e n g t h w o ~ l d c o v e r t h e - t h r e e l i p h t s a t t h e i r c l o s e s t p o i n t t o M r . Eb rk ley .

The s i g h t i n g was mentioned on KHgA TV i n Quincy 2nd r e p o r t e d i n "Th? Hera ld Whig. - 0 I n summing up , M r . kndrus w r i t e s : " A f t e r i n t e r v i e w i n k b o t h M r . V i c t o r Hubberd and M r . Harold B a r k l c y , who gpve n e a r l y i d e n t i c a l , s t c r i e s p of t h e i r s i g h t i n g s ; t h e l i k e l i h o o d o f t h i s b e i n g a c o n v e n t i o n d l a i r c r e f t i s v e r y ~ r n a , l l . ~ ; : :I: 7:: I have been u n z b l e t o l o c z t e eny a i r c r a f t t h a t h a s . t h r e e l a r g e r e d " r u n n i n g l i q h t s " and no o t h c r o b s t r u c t i o n l i g h t s s u c h a s g r e e n and w h i t e l A t t h i s p o i n t i n t h e i n v e s t i g a t i o n , it i s c l a s s i f i e d a s a UFO."

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Come t o t h e Second Annual Midwest UFO Conference t o b e HeJd i n S t . L o u i s , Mo., June 1 2 , lc', .: - Noted S c i e r i t i s t S t g n t o n Trn Friedman t h e F e s t u r e d S p e a k e r - Many ,Others - Order T i c k e t s NOW _-______________--_______-_----I---------------- ________________________________-_--------------------

The theme f o r t h e second a n n u a l Midwest UFO c o n f e r e n c e t o b e h e l d i n S t . Lou i s , June 12 , i s ' ; U n i d e n t i f i e d F l y i n g O b j e c t s - Def,iance t o S c i e n c e n .The UFO Study Group of , G r e a t e r S t . Lou i s w i l l h o s t t h i s y e ~ r ' , " . e v e n t a t t h e Ho l iday l z n ( N o r t h ) 4545 N . L indbergh ~ l v d . and t h e Midwes- UFO Network co;.a,inlly i n v i t e s t h e p l ~ b l i c t o a t t e n d . The Conference w i l l open a t 8:00 -AM enz i s progr,ammd. t h r o u g h 10:30 PM.

The f e a t u r , e d s p e e k e r i s t h e cuc:!ccr s c i e n t i s t ~ t e n t o n 7 . Friedmen, f r ~ m Redpndo Beach, C a l i f o r n i a , His suS j e c t w i l l b e "UFO.'s--Myth 2nd Mystery." M r . Friedman h z s a un ique oackground c o n s i s t i n g of '14 y e a r s . e x p e r i e n c e i n h i g h l y s p e c i a l i z e d f i e l d s o f advanced t e c h n o l o g y - be ing . i n v o l v e d wit!h t h e development of n u c l e z r a i r c r z f t and r o c k e t s , f u s i o a r o c k e , t s , and n u c l e a r powerp lan t s f o r s p a c e and ea r thbound power a p p l i - c a t i o n s . h e has , l e c t u r e d t o hundreds of c o l l e g e , p r o f e s s i o n a l and l a y a u d i e n c e s throu$hout t h e Uni ted S t a t e s and Canada s i n c e 1967. and i s p r o f e s s i o ~ a l l y a f f d l i z t e d w i t h t h e American P h y s i c a l S o c i e t y , t h e Amer- i c a n Nuclear S o c i e t y and t h e American I n s t i t u t e of Aernnau t i c s . and liq't- r o n a u t i c s ( A 1 j . A ) . k f t € r 12 y e a r s of r e s e p r c h and i n v e s t i g a t i o n of UFO's, M r . Friedman r e c e n t l y s t ~ t e d i n SA.GP, magzzine t h a t h e i s llconvinc.ed t h ~ ; t h e e p r t h i s b e i n g v i s i t e d by i n t e l l i g e n t l y c o n t r o l l e d v e h i c l e s whose o r i g i n i s e ~ t r a t e r r e s t r i a l . ~ ' He s t ~ t e d , "Some o f my c o l l e a g u e s admi t t o t h i n k i n g we a r e b e i n g v i s i t e d by e x t r a t e r r e s t r i e l s . , b u t a r e unwillin,: t o e x p r e s s t h e i r f e e l i n g s due t o job p r e s s u r e s a n d - f e w o f c r i t i c i s m o "

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On Nov. 3 0 , 1969 R u s s e l l h ~ t o r , a g e 46, X-ray t e c h n i c i a n , of Q u i n c ~ ? I l l . , a c c o m p ~ n i e d by h i s w i f e 2nd s o n , was d r i v i n g h i s c a r on S t ? t ? H i ~ h w a y < # 96, 13 m i l e s s o u t h o f Q u i n c y , when a r e d , g lowing objec: , ma-:ed d i r e c , t l y o v e r t h e i r ckr., c z u s i n g t h e c z r t o r i s e f romthe , p ~ v e d highway abou t 10 i n c h e s . The comple t e r e p o r t , a s w r i t t e n by l":alt Andrus who i n v e s t i g ~ t e d t h e happen ing , a p p e a r e d i n t h e J e n u ~ r y -1970 i s s u 6 of SKYLOOK.

M r . Andrus d r o v e o v e r t h e segment o f highway conce rned s i x , t i m e s and found no e v i d e n c e o f a- d f p o r bump which would c r e a t e th;! s e n s a t i o n o f a c z r - r i s i n g o f f t h e thighway, and he b e l i e v e s t h e ! \ to rs a r e r e l i a b l e w i t n e s s e s . , '

"The above c s s e h;s g r e a t e r we igh t if you c o n s i d e r t h i t it was f o l l o w - ed by a n o t h e r on Dec. 19 , 1969 <?t 16: 1 5 a.m. ," M r . Andrus w r i t e s * The 1969 Ford p i c k u p t r u c k w i t h a czmper i n s t z l l e d on t h e b e d , d r i v e n b y Marvin Mixer, was s u b j e c t e d t o a s i m i l ~ r . f o r c e . T h i s o c c u : r e d a o n E l l i n g - t o n Rocd be tween Columbus Road and 3 6 t h S t r c ~ t , i n t h e n o r t h e z s t p z r t o f Qu incy .

Mixer', a n employe,e )of t h e Moormen Manufac' tur, ing Co., was d r i v L n g abou t 50, mnh on h i s .way t o work , procee"ding:west down 2 s l i g h t i n c l i n e on 2 smooth b l 2 c k t o p %county hiphwzy. He s z i d he f e l t l i k e he had h i t , a . l i t t l e bump ( t h e r e was none found on i n v e s t i g a t i o n ) when t h e t , r uck l e f t t h e ro2d . The f i r s t s e n s z t i o n w4s t h a t t h e f r o n t w h e e l s were s i m p l y t u r n i n g from s i d e t o s i d e w i t h o u t a n y f o r c e a p p l i e d . (He d o e s n o t have power s t e e r i n g ; ) The e n g i n e race,d and t h e speedomete r advanced beyond t h e 80 mph r e g i o n . (The speedomete r i s connec ted t o t h e d r i v e s h a f j t . ) The t r u c k was t h e n dr.opped t o t h e hiLghway a s i f he had h i t e r a i l r o a d 1 t r a c k c r o s s i n g , a t :h-igh s p e e d . To h i s ~mazement , , t h e campez- on t h e t r u c k , which weighed 300 t o 400 l b s . , c o n t i n u e d e s t r s i g h t up - t o t h e l e v e l of t h e power l4ne.s ( 2 8 f t . ) a s i f i n s l o w mot ion ;~md slowi;r - *

t u r n e d o v e r on i t s back and s e t t l e d g r a c e f u l l y on t h e b l a c k t o p road j u s t a s h o r t 7 d i s t a n c e q bekbid h i s t ruck . , which h e s t o p p e d a s soon a s poss ' ible. . The onLy d>amager was a broken window g l a s s . i n t h e b2ck d o o r of t h e canne r . The' c a m p e r r f i t i n t o - s i x s t z k e w e l l s -on t h e ;pi'cltup t r u c k b u t ' had- n o t b e e n b o l t e d down,. ?'he camper i s 6 f t . , wid,e, 8 f t . l o n g , ar-ci 30 i ,n. h i g h , and i s t h e same h e i g h t a s t h e c a b r o o f of t h e t r u c k . Whej~ q u e s t i o n e d a b o u t t h e p o s s i b i l i t y of t h e chmper -b lowing , o f f , he s a i d ,

- t h a t h e h a s d r i v e n ' a l l summer on e x p r e s s r r a y s a t 80 mph S i t h no i n d f c a - t i o n s of a wroblemi (The csmper would have t o r a i s e a t a 90 d e g r e e . a n g l e t o t h e t r u c k . bed s i n c e t h e t s ix s t p k e s f i t down i h ~ o ; t h e t r u c k bed r a i l 1 1/2 ft.1) - . I

Marvin .first watched t h e camper r s i s e B t r a i r h t : up fych, t h e bed of. h i s t r u c k t h r o u g h t h e 4 l a r g e ~ l l W e s t c o a s t v m i r r o r on h i s l e f t b u t a f t e r i t c l e a r e d t h e t r u b k , . -he cJould u s e h i s r e p l e r re?r . -v icw.mir ror . ' - H e l i k e n e d t h e m o t i c n , t o n s l o w speed movie p i c t u r e . Three f e l l o w s d r i v - .ing a 1963 r e d , 4-d00r C h e v r o l e t , who work ~t E l e c t r i c Whkel Co. (names unknown), were d i r e c t l y behind. M ~ r v i n and s t o p p e d t o a s s i s t him. Thee f o u r of them, w i t h d i f f i c u l t y , were z b l e t o p i c k up t h e ;c$mper and-: i n - s e r t it back i n t o t h e , s ix s t a k e , h o l e s i n t h e t r u c k b & d . ' T h c o ~ l y o t h e r demage, . b e s i d e s t h e b roken . window g l a s s was a . d e n ~ e d chrome s t r i p on t h e roof a s t h e t o p of th'e camper s l i d t o a s t o p 2nd t h e e l e c t r i c a l _ w i r i n g i n t h e camper w h i c h was severed .

It w i l l be n o t e Q t h e r e w 2 s no r e p o r t of F UFO b e i n g s e e n i h t h i s ; c a s e , . Mixer ,was s o r e l i e v e d t h a t t h e czmper was n o t smashed t o b i t s

i ( c o n t i n u e d on n e x t p a g e ) '

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An u n i d e n t i f i e d f l y i n g o b j e c t .was s i g h t e d b y a number o f B r e e s e , 1 1 1 0 r e s i d e n t s be tween 7 : 3 0 m d 8 o l c l o c k , Tuesdzy n i g h t , Msrch 3 0 , 1971. .

Mike and Haro ld Meyer, t e en -age s o n s of M r . and Mrs. Haro ld Meye-, S r . , who l i v e n e a r Shephprd E n g i n e e r i n g , r e p o r t e d t o t h e "Breese J o w n - a l l 1 t h ~ t t h e y s ~ w t h e UFO b e f o r e 8 p.m. and t h e n used a t ' e l e s c o p e t o o b s e r v e i t . A f t e r 2 r ~ p o r t of t h e s i g h t i n g a p p e a r e d i n t h e l l Jou rn? l l l -- I ' p r i l 1st) t h e boys were in3erviewed. b y C l z r e n c e D a r g i e , of O I F a k l o n , I l l . , and R o s e t t a Holmes, GJ" C a r l y l e , I l l .

.Harold Meyer, 13, was fi:.st t o s e e t h e o b j e c t . He s t e p p e d , o u t s i d e t o empty 'some t r z s h and s a w t h e objcc:,, He r a n i n s i d e t o t e l l h i s b r o t h e r Mike, age 14, and t o g e t a t e l e s c o p e . 3 ~ t h boys r z n o u t d o o r s t o - w a t c h t h e o b j e c t which was i n view f o r a b o u t a n h o u r and a h a l f . Dur ing t h i s p e r i o d t h e boys were j o i n e d by t h e i r . s i x t e e n y e p r ' o l d s i s t e r . , ~ e h b i e . end a c o u s i n and n e i g h b o r , Rodney Meyer, 18 . -

When f i r s t o b s e r v e d , t h e o b j e c t was s c u t h w e s ~ . o f B r e e s e a t kn e l e v a - t l o n o f a b o u t 50 d e g r e e s above t h e hor5zon. It moved no r thw-es t , t h e n e a s t o f B r e e s e where it hovered f o r a b o u t 1 5 mznutes . It t h e n descended v e r y s l o w l y t o a p o i n t c l o s e ' t o t h e g round , t h e n asc'ended r ~ p i d l y - t o its o r i g i n a l - a l t i t u d e . I t t h e n moved s l o w l y o u t o f s i g h t behcnd some t r e e s , o n l y t o r e n p p w a g a i n # a t , i ts o r i g i n a l p o s i t i o n sou thwes t ' o f 4 o w n . It . r e p e a t e d i tsA o r i g i n a l c o u r s e f o u r more t i m e s . . , .'I

Haro'ld s t a t e d t h a t ) h i s s a t t e n t i o n was c a u g h t by- a h i g h - p i t c h e d a

whine which caused him t o l o o k zro'und a n d 3 t h e n up t o l o c ? t e t h e s o u r c e o f t h e sound. & t h e n saw t h e UFO and s z i d t h e sound c e z s e d i n 2 minu te o r two.. The w i t n e s s e s d e s c r i b e d t h e o b j e c t 'as * b e i n g o v a l , o r .eggishap- e d , w i t h a b l i n k i n g r e d l i g h t on one .end 2nd a w h i t e l i g h t on t h e o t h e r . There was a p r o t r u d i n g j r i n g a rocnd t h e h o r i z o n t a l a x i s . No o t h e r unus- u a l f e 2 t u r e s were s een , It was a c l e a r . n i g h t w i t h moon- p n r l + s t a r s v i s i b l e .

Rodney' bleyer t e l e p h o n e d t h e e d i t o r of t h e ?Journa l -" and . s t ~ t e d he c a l l e d back l a t e r , a s k i n g f o r more i n f o r m a t i o n and s t a t i n g he lhad 2 l s o s e e n t h e o b j e c t .

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On- March 26 , -1971, a t a b o u t 2210 CST; t h e , w i t n e s s l e s ; M r . ~ n d Mrs. l lX l l , w i t n e s s e d a r a t h e r u n u s u a l o b j e c t some 8 mi- les , e a s t 'of S . p r i n g f i e l d . The ' w i t h e s s e s l i v e on. a f z r m and t h e condfc t ions f o r , :obsesk ing . t h € he'av- e n s l a r e i d e a l . The n i g h t w a s ) c l e a r and b$; Xiwas closing1 a window-lo- cate l ! on t h e s o u t h s i d e o f t h e i r home when s h e obser 'ved a v e r y b r i l gh t , r edd i sh , -o range l i g h t which s h e f irst t h o u g h t was a s t t a r . It wcs s o i b r i g h t , however , s h e c a l l e d h e r husband ' s e t t e n t i o n : to lt,. As t h c y ' b o t h wa tched , it s u d d e n l y moved abou t 30 d e g r e e s t o t h e w,esh a$ a h igh . r a t e - of speed . I t s t e p p e d , hovered f o r a b o u t 30 s e c o n d s , ( t h e n moved away a t a h i g h speed towards t h e n o r t h w e s t and d i s a p p e a r e d % n t o : t ; h e d i s t a n c e i n a v e r y s h o r t t i m e . The e n t i r e o b s - e r v a t i o n l a s t e d a b o u t 2 ,minutes , . C r e d i t : Ted P h i l l i p s , who a d d s , l lks t h e w i t n e s s e s z r e v e r y c l o s e r e l a - - t i v e s and UFO skep't ics, 1 c.-~l t a ~ r - t . n i 1 1 1 y V O I I C . ~ ~ fla. i.b;>'j 1% i-,ct2-i?! i 1 G ? - 3 f . 11

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be r k l a t e d ~ t b ~ t h e Apol lo 1 4 m i s s i o n . We i rk :g , rAt .kfu l t o M r . W a t t s for prov'i.d>scg:,a'- copy: 0.f': t he . - l e t t e r , mDre t h a n two pages : i n l e n g t h , and ap- pr.ec1alt.e: t he"' c o o p e r a t i o n ' -from DJhSh, .~ . . .

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Dur ing t h e S p r i n g of 1966, when M i c h i g a n - r e s i d e n t s werea s e e i n g UFOs ( o r "swamp g a s T f i f you b e l i e v e D r . Hynekls . v e r s i o n ) , o t h e r e q ~ n l l y ~ i n - t e r e s t i n g s i g h t i n e s were t a k i n g p h c e i n M i s s o u r i and o t h e r s t a t e ' ~ : ~ *

One 1966 r e p o r t ; f rom Benton , Mo.-,* h e s ' o n l y r e c e n t l y -come t o my a t t e n t i o n , t h a n k s t o my good f r i e n d , Mi ld red H i p g i n s , who i s now r e -

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i n t h e " a c t i v e " p e r i o d , i , . e . S p r i n g of 1966. The WI-tness , , S z d i e Hegar , o f Benton, was r e t u r n i n g f rom a c h u r c h s e r v i c e be tween 10:OO and 1 0 : 3 0 p.m. I w i l l q u o t e from Mrs. H i g g i n s i l e t t e r t o me, f o l ' o w i n g h e r i n t e r - v iew o f t h e w i t n e s s : . -

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"The c h u r c h i s i n Benton abcut, 2 o r 2$ m i l e s f rom the i . . r -bhe ~ a ~ s r s _ l 7 fzrm. A s s h e was d r i v i n g home o i r e r t h e g r a v ~ l r o a d , sh'e n o t i c e d ahtsld of h e r b u t o f f t o t n h e l e f t , a r e d l i g h t o r two , low i n t h e a i r . H e r firs(. t h o u g h t was . t h a t it was .a low p h n e and s h e would k e e p > h e r e y e on it.. It g o t c l o s e r end s h e t h o u g h t it wast g e t t i n g c l o s e r t o h e r , b u t s o o n r e a l i z e d t h a t s h e was g e t t i n g c l o s e r t o it.' Sudden ly , s h e saw ' t ha t i t was j u s t down t h e r o a d i n Z ron t of her - -be tween -her and , he r home---very low, h o v e r i n g o v e r t h e r o a d , ( A c o u p l e weeks a g o when S a d i e -. . . to ld1 me so i rk th ing o f h e r s i g h t i n g . . . I had a s k e d how f a r above t h e r o e d t,he UFO was and s h e s a i d a b o u t a s h i g h a s a t e l e p h o n e .p-ole. Yes t ' e r j ay z d a t e o f i n ~ e r v i e z , t h o u g h , s h e s a i d , n o , i t w a s n ' t even t h a t hig11. She knew a s s h e dr'ove unde r it t h a t had s h e b e e n s t a n d i n g on t o p of :':c- c a r , s h e cou ld 'have' r e a c h e d u p and touched it. She i s a b o u t s ix ' f e e t t a l l w i t h h e r s h o e s on. hnd s h e d e c l z r e s t h a t i t was no w i d e r t h a n t h e r o a d . She, r e a l i z e d a t once t h e t it. was n o a i r p l z n e and , ; i m r n a i a t e Q n s h e reachc.d ove r and snapped t h e l o c k on t h e c a r -door opposti te ' k r . 1hf.y

was w e i r d and s h e was f r i hter ied. s h e knew ' t he t s h e would; eircher h31:~' P t o s t o p t h e c a r , ( a t t e m p t t o t u r n around i n t h e count'r-y r x d - - - c r r ::,I on unde r it.

"S ince s h e w a s n ' t a b o u t t o s t o p ' the c a r , s h e s t e p p e d on t h e gas , an;' went .?head. 'sh'e went u n d e r i t , h e r h e a d l i g h t s lit up i t sd b e l l y s o t h a t s h e c o u l d s'ee it- was m e t a l * ( s h i n y ) 2nd w p s c o l o r e d , a s l z t - g r e y ( t h e c o l o r t h z t would' make you t h i n k it be longed ' t o t h e Navy i f i t be:- longed. t o o u r govern'ment- s t a l l ) :'It cu rved up a t bo th4 efi'ds; s e u c e r - l i k e o r f ' f o o t b a l l - ' l i k e ' l and t h e r 'ed l i g h t s ( o n e ~t e i t a h e r e n d ) glow:L! a n o range - red bu t " d i d ' n o t send any r a y s downward. T h c r e y ? s a b s o l u t c l j i no n o i s e ! The r e d l i g h t s a t he ends of t h e " sh ip" seemed t o be *up above ,it somewhat a s though ex tended on m e t a l p i p e s lor b;.ms o r s o m e t h : ?:;, Now s h e r e e l l y t o r e o u t and s p i d ' s h e ' b e 6 s h e r n ~ d e t h , 2 t c u r v e ?t ?blou: 100mph. (I d o n f t ]inrow i f s h e mcant h e r d r ivewny o r s,ome pkev ious c u r v e . I d i d n o t a'sk ' h e r t o come sh'ow me t h e e x a c t sspo~ts @ h e r e e a c h t h i n g happened. ) Anyway; s h e n e v e r :saw i t a g ~ i n a f t e : s she; d r o v e u n b e r i t and looked u p , b u t s h e f e l t e s 't;hou,gh i t were f o l l o w i n , g i m m e d i a t e l y above h e r . She lsaird s.he was b l z r i n g h e r horn f o r hebi husb;and a s ' she d r o v e i n t o t h e dr%veway: He came' o u t , t h e y looked a l , l rpund 2nd n o t h i n s was t o be s e e n . Afiter t h i s , s h e phoned t h e s h e r i f f 2'nd he; and - h i s dep - u t y came o u t t o s e a r c h i f a n y t h i n g h ~ d crashe,d." ,

The r e d l i g h t s ex t ended -on p i p e s o r arms c e r t a i n l y r,eminds one of' t h e UFO r e p o r t e d *by B e t t y and B ~ r n e y H i l l i n t h e i r now-faimous ' ! i n t e r r u p t ed jou rney . " I a sked Mrs. H i g g i n s t o a s c e r t a i n w h e t h e r br ! n o t M r s . Hag.? had s u f f e r e d a n y l t t i m e l a p s e s f 1 a s d i d t h e H i l l s . S h c h a d ' fi~t.

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Dr.. R..> Cedkic: ~ e o n i r h , i?nthr.opoloey C o n s u l t a n t t o t h e ~ n t e ~ n a t i o n a l UFO- Bureau, . ! h e a d q ~ a . ~ . t ~ r s . % t 'Oklahoma ' . C i t y , : w r i t e s . us: concern i f ig ; t h e - . :

s i g h t i n g by Dr .- Eula, Page, mentioned i n t h e r e p o r t . We quote,,:. .''It., . . re.& . . . pos$s.-- :~h.at : ; , ' she. s t 0 ~ p . e . d and. ob-ser-ved a humanoid shape c.overed $i t h .

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a . l a r g e .window. it h r o u . :whic.hi ;she, . obse rved f pur , .o.ccupant.s .' ..Two .of -$hem' were .Wl :k ing , a bowt ji"-s.ornet i.rne,s; : t u r n i n g t h e i r , h c k s . . t o h'er a n d t e k i n g . - I - : i-&adin.gi:-f ram ,th'e ;J'c'ohputer-like1! wa 11 beh ind , them. ( T:his wall. -cu:v&d. w f t h t h s . i nne ' r -sh$p&',iof,: t .he s a u c e y . ) .Two .,of- them re.mained i t t h e . h r g e window .bbser,vi-ng h e r . : T-hky. were n o t .:dver 5 o r 6 . f e e t f rom h e r . . .T.hey w e r e humanoi-d., . had :no , . fur . , had t igh . t , - f i t t i n g un5f.orms, and s l ' i g k l y . , H - . - t 'or. i :e$ialrf; eyes. . e r -bo.y -not i c e d ; .from . the ones. w i th1.:th.e1 r. ba C ~ S t.urn'- ed., jttrh:ha;$. t h e y .had . : h a : i r o n t h e i r :heads. much ' l i ' k e ours'.-: 1n t h e excit.emeri+, no ,:one. qqbi ced ' , t h e , e x a . c t "features -of t h e n o s e . o r mouth #of , t h e s e , b ~ i n g s ' ,

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c u 5 s i n g ~ : h e r s i g h t i n g for h o u r s o n , s e v e r a l o c c a s i o n s ; ( M r .; .Hewes and m y - s e l f botp: have . : fu , l - l . . rep .o~t ' s , f i l l e d o b t : s e p a r a t e l y by. h e r '2nd':Ber. c h i l d - . '

ren : j , a l o n g w i t h . -separa, : te . ' d ~ a w i r g s ) , t h e s e ; be ings . 'were ' most s i m i l ~ r . t o . , ; . . . Typel ~ ~ ~ , . ' w h ~ i c h . is most e a r t h - l i k e . . . . .

''1 :have know-n Dr. Psge a l m o s t a l l my l i f k - - s h e i s s v e r y .isieri;oqs; , , , , .

pe.rson--and. s h e is most d . i s t r e s s e d t h s t . t h e informa. t ion , h?,s, become ', ' '

confused . S-inc e h e r - s i , g .h t i n g might be- .picked up and' rep$:ted fn , f l v i n g s a u c e r p u b L i c a t i ons.,: you cou ld do.. h e r ( and. UFO r e s e s r c h i n g e n e . r s l ) . .a gcea t i s e rv i . ce by , p r i n t f i g . . . a c o r r e c t e d ' v .&rs ion o f ' h e r s i p h t i . n g . i n , ..a c o n s l p ~ c u ~ o ~ u s c l F c e - in : ' y6ur magezine . : Her ; c r e d e n t i ~ l s . - c o u l d make h e r a' . .

pr ime i t ~ r g e ' t f o r cr . i t . i .c ism, ' m d . c f f o r t s t o keep #.the' . f a c t s - s t r a i g h t shph1,d , b e - . r e w a r d i n g f o r a l l UFO r e s e a r c h e r s , i n - t h e f u t u r e . Y Y i t h . a 11 good, w i s h e s , I,..,zrn:, . . . . . ,

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It was ' ~ u n d a ~ t h e 28th of F e b r u s r y , 1971. My wi fe was in S a n t a Bar- b a r a , d i v i n g f o r l o b s t e r . My' s o n was busy w i t h h i s newspaper r o u t e and my d a u g h t e r ' w a s p l a y i n g w i t h ' f r i e c a s and n e i g h b o r s . I dec ided t o t ake , a m t o r c y e l e r i d e t o Bodega and Bodega Bay, l o c a t i o n f o r t h e A l f r e d - Hdtchcock movie "The Birds ."

The wea the r was c l e a r 2ndJsunny w i t h some c l o u d s . The' t e m p e r a t u r e i n t h e low f o r t i e s and t h e wind was from t h e w e s t a t 25 t o 50 Km p e r h o u r w i t h g u s t s i s h i g h a s 65: I d r e s s e d warmly. I p lanned my r o u t e 2s follows--Hiway 1 0 1 s o u t h t o hiway 237 g o i n g e z s t . I would t h e n t a k e h i - way 1,7 n o r t h t o t h e town o f San Raphael t o meet 101 g o i n g n o r t h . I would t h e n t r a v e l 101 t o 116 g o i n g w e s t . T h i s would t a k e me t o t h e two Bodegas.

Packed my b i n o c u l a r s i n my t a n k bag. Ny csmera wes o u t of- f i l m , and I l e f t it behind . A t abou t 1 1 : O O a.m. I l e f t f o r my d e s t i n a t i o n .

From my'home t o t h e j u n c t i o n of Hiway 237 and 17 t h e treffic was l i g h t and I made pood t ime. -Once I g o t on 17 however I found t h e hiway t r a f f i c v e r y 'heavy. Many campers , Sundey d r i v e r s and t o u r i s t s f i l l e d t h e two- lane hiway. Because o f t h i s , , I 'wc7s t o u r i n g a b m t 1 0 0 K m s p e r hour.

As I ,passed t h r o u g h Fremont , I c a s u e l l y , looked up and- w a s - ' s u r m i s e d t o s e e two s a i l l a n e s be ing towed t o t h e i r a l t i t u d e s . B e c ~ u s e of t h e wind c o n d i t i o n f had n o t expec ted any s o e r i n g f o r t h i s day. * A l l f o u r a i r c r a f t s were w e l l i n f r o n t o f me, s o 1 was a b l e t o g l a n c e a t them o c c a s i o n a l l y . A s I passed t h e G e n e r a l Motors assembly p l ~ n t , t h e h i - way widened t o t h r e e l a n e s . The t r a f f i c w ~ s s t i l l heavy 2nd t h e wind f a s t . I . chose t h € , c e n t e r Pzne a n d ' con t inued . a t a b o u t 1 0 0 K m p e r hour . Soon .I _ n e s r e d t h e s m a l l c i t y - o f Hayward. &bout two o r t h r e e k i lome5crs o f . t h e - s m a l l Hayward' a i r p o r t , I g l a n c e d a t t h e p r i v a t e a i r c r e f t s around t h e a r e a . Suddenly t o my d i r e c t l e f t I saw a s m a l l t w i n e n g i n e a i r c rL ' ; ; d i v i n g s h a r p l y ; i n f r o n t of i t , . p e r h a p s 100 m e t e r s I saw a most un- u s u a l o b j e c t . The . z i r c r s f t ; WAS s m a l I k r t h a n a C-25. - P r o b a b l y a s i x t o

, e i g h t , {passenger . type, . - 'Y l i i r s : a i r c r a f t was pe rhaps 1 5 0 meter ,s above t h e hiway. The o b j e c t was k e e p i n g t h e , s a n e d i s t a n c e f rom t h e p l a n e and was a l s o d i v i n g . . . ,

Because of t h e ,heevy t r a f f i k ' and t h e wind c q n d i t i o n '1 wes a b l e : t c keep my eyes on t h i s f o r pe rhaps o n l y f o u r , s ' e c o n d s . The o b j e c t z p p e ~ r z d t o be two b r i l l i e n t s p h e r e s each a b o u t 3 0 - c e n $ i m e t ~ r g ' y i d e , . s e p a r a t e d by t h e same d i s t a n c e w i t h . a hazy c o n n e c t i o n i n be tweer ia tha t t r z i l e d be-

, h i n d . The 1 e a d i n g : s p h e r e was a b r i l l i a n t r e d 2nd t h e EolZowing s p h e r e was a b r i l l i a n t b l u e , I s h o u l d m e n t i o n e t h a t a t t h y t i m e I I . w 2 s c w e ~ r i n g a f a c e s h i e l d t h a t w 2 s t i n t e d ve l low; T h i s f i l t e r , t c n d , s t o m ~ k e t h e g r e e n c o l o r a p p e a r s blue' , t h e r e f o r e Fhe c o l o r of t h e t r a i l i n g s p h e r e could a c t u a l l y h?ve Feen g r e e n . The o n l y t h i n g t h a t I cen comp2re t h e i r b i - i l l i e n c y f o ' i S a l a s e r " o r i g i n L t e h l i g h t . ,

M y n e x t t h o u p h t w s s L t o g e t o f f t h e h iwsy s o t h e t I c o { l d ~ a b s e r v e t h i s b e t t e r 6 u t was b n z b l e t o mov& t o t h e r i f h t ' l m e . I e g ~ i n logkcd - a t t h e above s i p h t . d o t h t h e p i r c r ~ f t m d t h e c b j c c t werq now t o myt l e f t and t o my r e a r , mf k i n g o b s e r v a t i o n n o r e d i f f i c u l t . The p l z n e was now l e v e l i n p o f f ~ n d s o l w ~ s t h e o b j ~ c t , s t i l l i n f r o n t 'of t h e p l a n e and s t i l l ?t t h e s?me ' d i s t m c e . ,

A p p i n I g ~ u g e d t h e t r z f f i c 2nd now W ~ S ? b l e t o m ~ k e my wey t o t h e r i g h t h n e . >I. t o o k a n o t h e r l o o k behind me 2nd t o my l e f t and s w ~ ~ g a i n bo th t h e p l a n e anil t h e o b j e c t . : The p l a n e t now was a l m o s t , d i r ~ c t l y be- h ind me, much f u r t h c r , of c o u r s e , and t h e o b j e c t s t i l l a p p e a r i n g ? t t h e . .

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Another weekly t a b l o i d h2s begun a s e r i e s o f a r t i c l e s d e z l i n g w i t h t h e r e c e n t UFO symposium h e l d i n Oklahoma C i t y . Beginning i n t h e Aprisl 11 i s s u e , NATIONAL TATTLER'S Ca:+d A. Edwards p r e s e n t s t h e o p i n i o n s 01 v a r i o u s -Oklalhoma UFO r - e s e ~ ~ c h e r s ? f i r ? . o t h e r i n v e s t i g a t o r s . The . s e r i e s w i l l c o n t i n u e t h r o u g h t h e i s s u e oZ A n y i L , 25--perhaps longer .

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