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On J a n u a r y 2 2 , 1 9 7 0 , D r . J. A l l e n Hynek, Chairman of t h e D e v n r t m n t
o f Astronomy a t Northw.e*stern U n i v e r s i t y , E v a n s t o n , I l l . , a r r i v e d i n
S t . L l o u i s , Mo., f o r a s p e a k i n g engagement a t t h e M c n o n n e l l P l z n e t a r i u m
a t Forest Park, I

D r . H m e k was i n t e r v i e d b y S t . L o u i s newsmen on a r r i v ~ l~t t h e

a i r p o r t and was g r e e t e d b y f r i e n d s i n t h e u f o l o p y f i e l d who hqci c o n e
t o meet him and t o a t t e n d t h e l e c t u r e ,
. L More1t h , a n 500, p e o p l e were a t t h e P l a n e t a r i u m . many s e 3 t e d i n a
room b e l o w t h e l e c t u r e h a l l t o h e a r t h e l e c t u r e o v e r l o u d s p ~ a P ? z - s
a s t h e h a l l wzs f i l l e d t o c a p a c i t y , The S t . L o u i s t ~ G l o b e - D e t n c c r a t l t
s t c t e d i t was t h e l a r p e s t crowd g a t h e r e d t o h e a r a s p e 2 k e r s i n c e
t h e v i s i t o f Edward T e l l e r , a t o m ~ c l . s c i e n t i swho t helped develop t h e .
a t o m bomb, Many f r o m o u t o f t h e s t a t e , who had bought t i c k e t s t o
t h e l e c t u r e , w e r e u n a b l e t o r e a c h S t , L o u i s b e c e u s e of h a z a r d o u s
road conditions.
.,
' T he ex-Air F o r c e C o n s u l t a n t h e l d t h e a t t e n t i o n of h i s a u d i e n c e a s
h e p o i n t e d o u t f l a w s i n t h e Coildon r e p o r t , "They i n v e s t i g a t e d , t h e s i ' g h t -
i n g s on a n i n d i v i d u a l b a s i s , t t D r . Hynek s a i d and added t h s t a more
s c i e n t i f i c a p p r o a c h would h a v e b e e n t o a l s o " s e a r c h f o r c o m m a n a l i t i e s
involved." T h i s r e p o r t f o r t h e Air F o r c e a n a l y z e d 1 2 , 6 0 0 UFO s i g h t -
' i n g s and recommended t h a t A i r F o r c e ; i n v e s t . i g a t i o n :of UFOs be d r o p p e d ; .
Hynek showed s l i d e s o f r e p o r t e d UFO p i c t u r e s and . o u t l i n e d t h e
h i s t o r y o f UFO s i g h t i n g s . The s l i d e s i n c l u d e d t h e C a l g a r y , Canada,
p h o t o g r a p h s , showing a d i s k - s h a p e d o b j e c t t a k e n i n d a y l i & t & , b y t h r e z
C a n a d i a n p r o s p e c t o r s . Alss i n c l u d e d w e r e s e i ~ e r a lc a r t o o r s , scine b a s e d
on t h e % v a m p g a s t f e p i s o d e w h i c h o c c u r r e d d u r i n g ' , t h e famous I t i c h i g a n
s i g h t i n g s of 1966.
Some who r e p o r t s e e i n g UFO's a r e t t o b v . ~ a l - . $ l y ? b ? ? , ~ j iHynek
,'', comnented
b u t o t h e r s a r e c r e d i b l e w i t n e s s e s , "The o n l y t h i n p we h o w f o r s u r e i s
t h a t we d o n ' t know," h e ~ t ~ t e d , ~ ' ~ o6 rf nt eh e w i t n e s s e s a r e n c t l i ~ r s
and a r e n o t d e l u d e d . P r o j e c t B l u e E o o k r d i d n o t s e t t l e t h e UFO p r c b l ~ m . ~ ~
'UFOs may n o t be synonomous w i t h e x t r a t e r r e s t r i a l i n t e l l i g e n c e , he
s a y s and s u g g e s t s t h a t t h e y m i p h t b e s o m e t h i n g a s n a t u r a l a s t h e
N o r t h e r n L i g h t s "which w e r e n o t understoi3d s t f i r ' s t ,
Hynek m e n t i o n e d t h z t many s i g h t i n g s of 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
a r e n o t r e p o r t e d a s w i t n e s s e s f e a r r i d i c u l e . A number o f h a n d s w e r e
r a i s e d when Hynek a s k e d how many );resent had s e e n a UFO o r knew of . -
, someone who h a d . When a s k e d how many had r e p o r t o d t h e s i g h t i n & , o n l y
a f e w hands were r a i s e d ,
D r . Hynek, who s a y s he h a s n e v e r s e c n a UFO h i m s e l f , s t i l l b e l i e v e s
t h e r e should be an independent s c i e n t i f i c i n s t i t u t e e s t a S l i s h e d t o
c o n t i n u e i n v e s t i g a t i o n o f uniCc.i-,iificd I l y - , ? g o b j e c t s ,
'"If t h e r e i s s o n e t h i n s c n k n r - m , vou s h ? v l d make <zn a t t e m p t t o f i n d
, o u t w h a t i t i s , " h e s a i d . "An a t t e m p t t o ~ . a d ~ r s e a ; , ,d h ~~:lk,~ob~,l
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c r e d o of t h e s c i e n t i s t ; ."
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a s k e d showed t h a t i n t e r e s t ' i l l unlc',c,-!t f ied f l y i n g o b j e c t s i s f a r f:
fading out,

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who a t t e n d e d t h e 1ectv.i-e and wkre j;.l-resst:d b y Dr, ?yrieicrs vies,-:. . 2;::;
we a r e most g r a t e f u l t o a l l who s m ; i z ;7n;v7 c : ~ l p c i n & . 3 f r . ~ nt , " l 6 t Z ,
L o u i s p r e s s c o v e r i n g t h e even;,, Fr. Phiil!i?s bra-red t h e ice 7ncl SP,:;:~
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we have r e c e i v z d mFny newspc-pei~ c , l ~ p n i : ~f gr o~m o u r str?ff a n 5 r e ~ d e r : ; ,
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f o u n d t h e f i r s t p i e c e o f t h e r x e t c o ~on 2 snuw-.covered. r u r s l rc?: f i ~ ; ' ; "
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it t o o was s e n t t o t h e S r n i t h s c n i a n 1 n s t ~ t u : ; i o n Tor a n a l y s i . 3 ,
S e a r c h f o r f u r t h e r f r a g m e n t s was c o n t i n u e d b y a f i v e - m ~ n te2m f r m
U r b a n a , I l l , h e a d q u a r t e r s of ~ n o i h c ro b s e r v a t o r y net-dark,

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came i n t o b e l i n g a r e e e g e r t o g e t h o l d o f m e t e o r i t e s n s s o o : ~C ? L ~ p o s s -
i b l e a f t e r t h e y l a n d . T h i s i s b e c a u s e r a d t s a c t i - ~ i t yindu:zti i n Lhese
Z r a g m e n t s o f s p a c e d e b r i s by m i l l i o n s oP y c z r s o f expcsu'e t o c o s m i c
- r a y s , w h i c h m2y b e c l u e s t o how t h e u n i v e r s e was c r e e t e d , qi.:ickiy
f a d e s - s f t e r a m e t e o r i t e p l u n g e s t h r o u g h t h e p r o t e c t i v e b l z n k e t of t h e
E a r, t h -' s a t m o s p h e r e ,
The S p r 3 n g f i e l d , Mo. " D a i l y Newsu o f J z n . l.3', q u o t e s . S m i t h s o n i a n
I n s t i t u e i n s a y i n g t h e m e t e o r i t e may h a v e bcen f r o m M z r s f o r b i t ,
"The' T u l s a Worldu d e v o t e d s e v v r ~ lc o l u r m s t o t h e M e t e o r s t o r y , a n d
t o l d o f t h e b r i g h t f l ~ s h2nd t h 1 r : d e r i n g Lrerno-T t h a t r a t c ; l e d I ~ ~ ~ O W S
and s h o o k f u r n i t u r e . A t V i n t t a ( Okla. ) d l s p z t c h e r Lee 2 o r d ~ nr c - q o r t e 4
h e wc7s o u t s i d e t h e OHP o f f i c e w ' r . ~ i l t h e r e wzs 2 s u d d e n b?:ipht light s o
s t r o n g t h a t h e t h o u g h t someone w ~ ss h i n i r g 2 s p o t l ~ g hc ~, ~hl:.~, 2~ t h e n
saw t h e f i r e b a l l i n t h e s k y , and i t s e e m d t o b u r s 2 i n t c f l . 7 1 ~ : s: o u 3
of Vinita,
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s e r i e s of s o n i c booms--from two t o f s u - - - . v s r y ~ l o s etop;e?hel-, The f i r s t
boom was t h e l o u d e s t , a l t h o b!--.;re w n y e two vci:y d i s t i n c t b o o x ~, The
f a c t t h z t s t h e r e were s e v e r a l b o o m i n d i c 2 . t e s t h e r e were s e v e r z l l a r g e
p i e c e s , o r g r o u p s of s m a l l pieces, s 2 i d K, E . McCrosky, o f Car.;bridge,
Mass, h e a d i n g a tezm o f s e a r c h e r s ,
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t o 9 : 3 0 p.m, W e a t h e r : Very c o ? d , sky c l e a r w i t h b r i g h t s t a r s , no c l o u d s ?
Wft 9 : 3 0 p.m. I r e c e i v e d a c a l l from 3 f f i c e r B. of t h e Lad115 P o l i c e
~ e b a r t r n e n tof S t . L o u i s County, ~ e 9 o r t i n . gt h ~ ft i v e p e o p i e had c a l l s ? -
i n t o h i s o f f i c e i n t h e p a s t f i f t e e % ~ $ z ~ t e as l, l r e p o r t i n g 2 s t r a n g e
l i g h t i n t h e s k y , None wanted t h e i r n m e s u s d ,
The g e n e r z l d e s c r i p t i o n of t h e l i g h f was t h a t it was v e r y b r i g h t
and k r g e w i t h p i n k l i g h t s around 1;- One woman c a l l e r s a i d i t w 2 s sc
b r i g h t it obscured h e r v i ~ i ~ : .w ~ h l l e 6 : - i v i n g - - t h i s was i n t h s a r e a oZ
t h e i n t e r s e c t i o n of P r i c e and Ladue Roads,
I c s l l e d b ~ c ka n h o u r l a t e r t o s e e i f 2cy more c 2 l l s had corn12 i n , a n d
t h e o f f i c e r r e p o r t e d two more had b e e n r c z e i v e d - - i n a l l , one t 7 ? r x v nt 3: --, -
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i n . The words " p i n k l i g h t s " appeqreci i n t h e i r r e p o r t a l s o , ,
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had no r e p o r t of s e e i n g l i g h t s , however Cll'i'lcer C . d i d f i r d one w i t n e s s
who e s t i m z t e d t h e s t r a n g e l i g h t made t e n p a s s e s o v e r t h e neighborhood.
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was l o o k i n g o u t of h i s bedroom window between 3 and 4 a.m. and r e -
p ~ r l e dw a t c h i n g a s t a t i o n 2 r y l i g h t i n t h e n ~ - t h w e s t . S e e n t h r o u g h
b i n o c u l a r s , t h e o b j e c t had a r z d and E7eSil i l g h t on e a c h s i d e , A
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On t h e n i g h t of J s n u ~ r y€:. 1'271,Miss C ~ r o lJ ~ h n s o n , a g e 2 j , was
d r i v i n g home on Route 1 2 7 an2 w s l e s s t h a n :~ m i i e f r c m he- d e s t i n a t i o n
when s h e s p o t t e d a r e d b a l l - l i k e o b j e c t i n t h e s k y o v e r he1. pc.rentsp
home. It seemed t o move t h r o u g h t h e l z r g e t r e e s around t h e house and
s h e t h o u g h t i t must be a p l a n e i n t r o u b l e ,
On z r r i v i n g home s h e asked 5.f anyone had s e e n o r h e a r d t h e l l p l a i ~ e v
and no one h2d, A s h o r t t i x e l c ? t e r , t h e i ' i v e p e o p l e w a t c b i n g TV i n t h e
room h e a r d a s h r i l l w h i s t l e whl:h s t a r t l e d them. Miss Johnson went t o
t h e windows t o c l o s e t h & b l i n d s and a l l h e z r d a sound which H r s , Johnso r .
and h e r d a u g h t e r d e s c r i b e d a s "a - ~ - e i i dl a u g h e V i M r . Johnson (Amos) wenb
o u t on t h e p o r c h , b u t saw ana h c a r 4 n o t . h i n g u n v s l ~ a l ?
Mrs. R . E. Holmes, o f C a r l y l e , I l l . , i n % e i m T ~ i e wtehde J o h r s c n s an+
s a i d t h e y g a v e p e r m i s s i o n t o 1 ~ s etheFr. nac:c; i n s p i t e of t h e f a c t t h e y
have a l r e a d y b e e n r i d i c u l e J , Yrs, J o h n s o x say.3, "1 know what I h e a r d , l l
C r e d i t : Mrs. R , , E. Holmes
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I f t h e Richm3nd ( V a . ) a r e s e v e r i s i n v a d e d f r o m o u t e r s p a c e , i : ~ ' 7 . 1
be i n f o r a bar! t i m e , b e c a u s e a p p a r e n t l y t h e r e ' s no one t o r e p o r t s u c h
a disaster t o ,
T h i s p o s s i b l y u n s e t t l i n g f i ~ d i nr e~s u l t s f r o m UFO s i g h t i n g ? e a r l y
y e s t e r d a y by B h r e e Richmond p 3 l i c c ; n s n a n d a r e p o r t e r ' s s u b s c t q x n t e r f o r !
t o r e l a y t h e i r repor<s t o s o m n2Lional defense a u t h o r i t y ,

About 5 45 a.m., a l l saw u n f a m i 1 i ; r l i g h t s i n t h e s k y , - 0 2 3 .L-;z!+-

moved s l o w l y c7 C T O S S t n e sky. _'\nol;i.ler mcvec? tw:.co a s f a s t a s . ' I - . I. ::?s.i..
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t h e o f f i c e r s r s p o r t e d to i?cadqmrt?:i.:j
" I t w a s n ' t a n y s t a r , " s a i d T a n n e r , who- s a i d t . h e f i r s t ; 05i'ct ? o v d
<. . .

livery, v e r y s l o w l y from s o u t h e a s l i;.3 :,sx.-l!-.r~~st,

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S t 2.:;k2d .l i k, e ?. '5.;: ;:
b u t i t moved and s t o p p e d . I t wasn'it, r%!Ilo 15 wssn lt, blue--just :~hj.Le,':

W h i l e T a n n e r was t a l k i n g t o a r e p o r t e r on t h e phone S h a n n o n b r o k e
i n e x c i t e d l y t o r e ~ o r z : .liI','s noid g o i n g ' S o u t h .. I t ' s : r e a l l y n o v i n g , l r
.

The F e d e r a l A v i a t i o n Admj.nistra+Jion 2 : : c':??d F i e l - d s z 5 d it, cou,ld p i c k

. up n o t h i n g on if,s r a d a r . B u t , t h e X 4 A L < i i i o it;l;'
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i p p a r a - t u s ivaa g e a r e d
t o p i c k u p l o w - f l y i n g bb j e c t s , r a t. h e r t - i ; ? nthe n i g h - f l y i n g U r . O s ,
.

The FAA s u g g e s t e d t h a t t h e r e p o r t s - - 3 r ' n . ~ : ~ i rPSi f o r i n f o r n ~ a t i o n - -

rrl
b e r e f e r r e d t o t e l e p h o n e numser 5$+361!.. t:-,~: t u r n e d out. t o t e t h e
number o f t h e F e d e r a l B u i l d i n g i n down:own ik-chmond, An o p e r a t o r - a t t h e
F e d e r a l B u i l d i l z g was a b i t t a k e n a b a c k , w h ~ i ?a s k e d a b o u t UFO r e p o r l ~ i n g
p r o c e d u r e s . She r e f e r r e d t h e c a l l t o m i l i t a r y i n t e l l i g e n c e ,
"It w o u l d n ' t b e u s , " s a i d m i l i t a r y i n t e l l i g e n c e , "The o n l y o f f i c e
I c a n s e e l i s t e d h e r e i s t h e Air T w c e OJ"fil;e,7;
A c a l l went b a c k t o t h e FAA, a s k i n g which o f f i c e t o c o n t a c t , "The
number on t h e b o a r d i s o u r r e f e r e ? c e , l 1 t h e FAA a n s w e r e d ,
So t h e A i r E o r c e was c a l l e d ,
"Na, i t ' s n o t o u r o f f i c e you w a n t , " t h e A i r F o r c e s a i d . 'W 8:.-p
s t r i c t l y i n t h e r e c r u i t i n g b u z i n e s s c7nd ~ L S V Er i v ~ h i n gt o do wish t h a t ,
You might t r y t h e k d a s h i n ~ t o nALL- D e f e m o ? S 1 2 c t o r a t B y r d F i e i d . The
number i s 737-rJ1!&,?1
Washington A i r D e f e n ~ eS e c t o r c o u l d n ' t h e l p , b u t s u g g e s t e d t h a t a
L t . J o n e s i n t h e i*?for,-rlation ?f Cl.ce a t F t . Lee m i g h t be t h e ' p a r t y t s
t a l k with,
L t , Jones s z i d h e w a s n r t t h ? man and r e f e r r e d t h e c a l l e r t 3 Langley
A i r F o r c z gase,
A c a l l t o L a n s l e y and a r e q w s c Co q?c3'; t o t h 2 UFO i n i 7 e s + , i g a t i n g
o f f i c e 7 met w i t h a :?Stand b y p s j . ~ , Then
~ ~ t h e qz11 was p u t i n c o a phone

i ContFnu.ed c n n s x t p a g e )
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 ' p o l i c e S e e UFO. .. . (continued) . . SKYLOOK

which r e g i s t e r e d a busy s i p n a l .

The C h e s a ~ e a k eand Potornac T e l e ~ h c n eCo. o p e r q t o r o b l i g i n g l y r e -

d i a l e d t h e c a l l , and t h e b a s e c p e ; d t o r , a f t e r come h e s i t z t i o n , connsp:.-
ed t h e c a l l e r w i t h what a p p e a r e d t o b e t h e 4 5 0 0 t h Air Base Group Cmrxar,?.
Post.
"Is i t a new r e p o r t ? 1 9 t h e c a l l e r w a s s s k e d ,
"Heck, I d o n ' t know, Maybe scmeone r e p c ~ l i e dt h e s e b e f o r e , " was t h e
answer
The c a l l e r was t h e n r e f e r r e d t c ~a C a p t , M i t c h s l l , c h i e f of t k 0 f Z j - c ~
o f i n f ormati on,
F o r two h o u r s , a c a l l e r g o t n o t h i n g b u t a b u s y s i g n a l when he di.:;'l.ed
t h e number g i v e n ,
I n t h e meantime, t h e FAA F o r c e p s o f f i q e c f s p 3 z i a l i n v e s t i g a t i o n
i n t h e F e d e r a l B u i l d i n g was empcmered t o t a k e s u c h r e p o r t s ,
A c a l l a s k i n g i f t h e y had h e a r d a n y t h r r ~ ga b c u t t h e s i c h : i n g s brought
t h e r e p l y , "Only w h a t I r e a d i n t h e n e w s p a p e r s , "

A spokesman f r o m t h e o f f i c e s a i d h i s ini it was n o t d i r e c t l y c o n c e r n e d

w i t h t h e s i g h t i n g s , L z t e r , he c 2 l l e d t o cay t h z t t h e s e n l o r d i r e c S o r
a t F t . Lee Air F o r c e s t a t i o n was t h e mhn t o c c n t s c t ,
I E a r l y l a s t n i g h t , e f f o r t s t o r e a c h C n p t , M i t c h e l l T s o f f i c e were
fruitful,
"Czpt. M i t c h e l l h a s gone a n d I ' m j u s t a b c v e t o l e a v e , " t h e c a l l e r
was t o l d ,
"Is t h i s where one would n o r m z l l y p e t i n f o r m ~ t i o na b o u t UXls?"
The a n s w e r W C ~ S : I f I h a v e n f t b e e n a s k e d t h z t b e f c r e . If s o m e t h i n g
came u p , we'd p r o b a b l y hzve some i n f o r m ~ t i o non i t , "
S o u r c e : Richmond, Va, ?'T-,m?s-Dlspr7i;c!l ?
l9 Dec, 6 , 1967. C ~ e d i - : , . Lou F a r <sk
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- ' a n d we a r e a d d i n g t h a t SKYLOOK ;?e.?ofix;encis % h .s i .excelJ.erit p u b l i c a t i o r ~ .
h i g h l y , ' I t i s f i l l e d w i t h . i r f e r e n 5 i n g sjght i2.7.3 and i i f ? . ; ? e l a t e d a r t i c l ~ ,
and we know : o f ;-IO c t h e i - rnag;?zj.no ::].I t h e f i e l d -'h;nat,c.h ijATA-.l\ilI' i n i t s
s e a r c h f o r t h e 3rl1t;n arid it:; c a i i u t i c expc::.:xe o f I;ri:? ?;-2;~.r;, .::he hcs:;
and t h e gimmick w r i t e r . ,.,,., s o t h i s F:; a s2.y w i t ;:-I?:?t 5s ?: c o ~ : = ; t a n t
kc'!..).=).:'
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f i n e s t ! If you t h i n k t h i s is T O G I\ilu:.h, j:~:j;tse;id 1 5 $ f o r a s ~ n p l ec c p y
and d e c i d e f ' o r y ~ x s e l f ' ,
Keep up t h e good work, N i k ?nu Jc. . .
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L a s t J u l y Niss V i v i a n Kocher, of O a k l a n d , C a l i f ; , t o o k a p i c t u r e o f
a small jei, p l a n e t h a t had l a i l d s d a t tr.5 Merion County A i r p o r t n e a r
F l i p p i n , A;.k,

W i l l e t t had b e e n i n t , x e s t ? d ir! G'FOFs f o r many y e a r s z n d , Srl ;:?St?

of f e a r i n g he m i g h t b e c a l l e d r-: ':nut-7
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R i c h z r d G r e e n w e l l , a s s i s t a n t d i r e c t o r cf APRO, w o t e W i l l -e .t t - on
J a n , 8 t h a t t h e p i c t u r e h2d bczn :l:iain:;ned.; n d ~.hc?t,. t , ; l e l h pl;;?.;
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c S j e c t - i n t h e s k y , ? ' Crreonwel'. :\..;'c:c t,h;i '; I;i-:s o b j e c t ; w > s . prn?;.bly be-
tween a h a l f and 2 m i l e s f r o m t h e j2lanz,
" T h e o b j e c t is t h e r e f o r e q u i t c l a r g e , r u l i n g o u t t h e p o z s i b i l i t y
o f hoax ( i . e a model ' f l y i n g .s;:llce-rn t h r o ~ i -h~t o The a i r
He s a i d t h e o b j e c t a p p e a r e d t o b e bsi;i-qe:~ 83 a n d 3 2 0 f e e t a c r o s s ,
The p i c t u r e i s b e i n g s t u d i e d f u r t h e r b y t5.3 c r z a n i z s t i o n w i t h t h e
a s s i s t a n c e o f D r , Ray Pr_it::dcn, ar, e s s o t i i . t J e 3;-of'cssor ~ . opLj.cai f
s c i e n c e s a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f Ar.izana at, Tuczor? a ~ dby C G T , Y ' l ! l i a m
K . Hartmann of t h e L u n z r and P l a n 5 t s r y Labor-;;i?~y of ti::-> i;r.i-~~?rsit.y of
P A r i zona.
Hartmann d i d r e s e a r c h f o r t h e r e c e n t U n i v e r s i t y o f C o L w ~ d oUFO
Projec.5 ( t h e Condog rcmniit!.eej. which was r"u5;lc.l by t h ? 2'r 17brck u n t i l
l a s t jreal-, F ~ i e d z nis 1-.he s c : e n t l st.w h o g n i r e d %a:ne d g r - i r ? ~
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W h i t e L i g h t s Over B i r d s b o r o , P a . , Explained

From t h e R e a d i n g , P a . , TIMES, Dee, 23, 1969,--Now most p e o p l e down

i n t h e B i r d s b o r o a r e a Monday nig:.?c w e r e 2 ' t s a y i n g t h e y w e r e s e e i n g
f l y i n g s a u c e r s , J u s t l i g h t s - . - b r i g h i ; ones---up i n t h e sky.,

" B e t t e r c h e c k i t o u t , " t h e e d i t o r s a i d t o t h e r e p c r t e r who l i k e s

t o read H. G. Wells,

The r e p o r t e r c z l l e d t h e a i r p o r t t o w e r a t S p a a t z F i e l d ,
"1 c e n s e e p l z n e s o u t t h e r e , ' ! t h e a i r c o n t r o l l e r s z i d a s s u r l n g l y ,
" T h e y ' r e p r o b a b l y j u s t s i g h t s e e i n g , l o o k i n g z t Christrnc7s ligl:2;,

"They' r e j u s t a i r p l ~ n e s - - l o o k i n g 2 t C h r i s t m a s l i g h t s , l T t h e r e p o r t e r
s a i d o v e r t h e t e l e n h o n e t o C l z r k P a i n t e ~ ,owner or" p 2 i n t e r 7 s Lurichei~.-
e t t e , Birdsboro.
"1 saw a p l a n e , l l P a i n t e r r e p l i e d , "The liphts d o n ' t l o o k l i k e
t h e y ' r e f r o m a p l a n e , I saw t h r e e l i g h t s , Some p e o p l e s a i d t h e y saw
lo. l'

l l T h e r e l s s o m e t h i n g up t h c r e b e s i d e s e i r p l a n e s l o o k i n g at T h r i s t m a s
l i g h t s , l1 t h e r e p o r t e r r e h y e d t o t h e a i r . , ~ - m t r o l l e r .

l l T h e y ' r e s t i l l o u t t h e r e , Two o r t h r e e p l a n e s , I t ' s a r a r e n i g h t

t o n i g h t . We havc. what i s c a l l e d ' u n l i m i t e d v i s i b i l i t y , ' Up i n t h e
a i r , you c a n s e e 50 m i l e s . I t d o e s n ' t happen v e r y o f t e n t h e s e d a y s ,
P e o p l e c o u l d b e s e e i n g d i s t 2 n t p l a n e s , v i the t o w e r spokesman a n s w e r e d .
P a i n t e r s a i d a good number o f ~ e c p 1 . e hzd b e e n o u t l o o k i n g a t t h e
l i g h t s . l1X saw f o u r them j u s t a f e w m i n u t e s a g o , l V h e a d d e d ,

Thomas Adams, borough manager o f 3 i r d s S o r 0 , g o t on t h e t e l e p h o n e ,

" T h e y ' r e j u s t w e i r d l o o k i n g t h i n g s , " h e s a i d , "I saw f o u r , A l l
w h i t e l i g h t s . l1
The h e l p f u l a i r c o n t r o l l e r c a l l e d t h e r e p o r t e r ,
lfYou had me wondering a b o u t t h e t h i n g , " h e szid. " I h a v e y c w a n s w e r ,
P h i l z d e l p h i a I n t e r n a t i o n 2 1 A i r p o r t i s s t z c k e d u p b e c a u s e of kad r u n -
way c o n d i t i o n s ," h e e x p l a i n e d , lfSo-e p.:znes a r e h o l d i n g u p a b o u t '10
m i l e s n o r t h o f Downingtown, between 5 , 0 3 0 and 1 4 ; 0 0 0 f e e t , C m i i e r c i a l
p l z n e s h ~ v es t r o b e l i p h t s , l i
'?Are t h e y b r i p h t w h i t e l i g h t ; ? " t h e r e p o r t e r ssked,
t h e s p o k e s m ~ n ' s ~ i dl l,O t - a n i g h t l i k e t h i s you m i g h t b e z b l e
t o s e e them f o r 40 m i l e s . T h ~ t : swhzt t h e p e o p l e p r c k a b l y 2 r e s e e i n g , l l
" W e l l , t h e r e ' s u s u z l l y e n e x p l a n z t i o n f o r everything ," P a l n t e r s a i d ,
a f t e r g e t t i n g t h e explanation<

MOVING-? Be s u r e t o send- you.:? change cf a d c r e s s t o SKYLOOX,

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home n e a r Holnsehec7d I , a k e , Ar;-,, be2ng d e s t r o y e d by f i r e O c t - 2nG9 S ~ - J -
e r a 1 p e o p l e I n t h e a r e a r o D o r ~ ; ~set-in&
< a "l'laming o b j e c t " f 2 i l i--Ca4
t h e l a k e . We now nave a news c i i p n i r g from t h e "Johnson Col~r";. G r a p h i c r '
of C l m k s v i l l e , A r k , , s e n t i n by L o 2 F a r i s h , which i s o f i h t s r e s 5 .
W2s i t a m e t e o r i t e o r w a s 5 . t e f r a p m c n t o f a s a t e l l i t e t l - z t ?alis?3
t h e f i r e d e s t r o y i n g t h e home of Nr. and Plrs, C l i f f W i ~ g i n snea? I i o r s +
h e a d Lake?
The l a t t e r t h e o r y i s f a v o r e d by D r. T. L. S a i t h , Dcan E c s r i t ~ ~?t
s
The C o l l e g e o f t h e O z a r k s ,
Mrs. D o r i s R i c h a r d s o n who l i v e s n e x t t o t h e W i g i n s propert,:, t 7 l . d
D r . I, T . Beach and D r , S m i t h t h e y hzd beer? f l w ~ f c k l n go v e - t ! . e p l q c s "
s i n c e t h e Wiggins have b e e n away from hone b e c a u 5 e of arl i l l n 2 s s i n
t h e f a m i l y . The R i c h e r d s o n s o b s e r v e d a lYfl,zsi;ni n t h e s k y which l o o k e d
l i k e i t l a n d e d n e a r t h e Wiggins p l - ~ c e - . T h i n k i n g i t p e r h a p s would s t a r t
a > g r a s s f i r e t h e y went t o l o o k 2nd f x n d 2 c o r n e r bedroom of .the house
on f i r e ,
Other persons i n t h e area l z t e r reported s l s o seeing 2 f l a m i n g ob-
je'ct f a l l t o e a r t h .
S i n c e t h e chance of a m e t e o r i t e s t r i k i n g t h e . e a r t h i s s o unusual,
D r . S m i t h , g e o l o g ' i s t , and D r . Beach, P r o f e s s o r E m e r i t u s of C h e m i s t r y
a t CofO, went t o t h e s c e n e t o i n v e s t i g a t e , D r . Bezch r e p o r t e d t h e y
found a h o l e i n a b e d s p r i n g w i t h t h e e d g e s f u s e d a s t h o u g h z n e x t r e m e l y
h o t o b j e c t had p z s s e d t h r o u g h . However a s e z r c h among t h e r u b b l e
b e n i e t h t h e bed reveeled n o t h i n g unusuai. Hence Dr. Smith's opinion
that t h e f i e r y o b j e c t c o u l d have b e e n a p i e c e of s a t e l l i t e t h a t com-
pletely disintegrated i n the resulting f i r e ,
Mrs. R i c h ~ r d s o nt o l d t h e men Wipgins had cut -off,.' t h e e l e c t r i c i t y
i n t h e house b e f o r e 1 e : v i n g f o r t h e i r e x f e n d e d v i s i t ,
E d i t o r ' s Comment: No i n v e s t i g a t i o n h2d b e e n made a t t h e t i m e o f '

t h e e a r l i e r r e p o r t , 2nd we a r e p l e a s e d t o h m e t h i s f o l l o w - u p o f t h e
incident.
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MysJ;erious F l a r e L i g h t s C a 1 i f o r ; l i a Sky '
A m y s t e r y l i g h t s i g h t e d o v e r Hayward a b o u t 9 p.m, J a n . l o t h , was
r e p o r t e d by a number o f r e s i d e ~ t si n t h e a r e a , Highway P a t r o l . 9 f f i c c r s
d e s c r i b e d i t a s "a y e l l o w f i r e b a l l s o u t h b o u n d n e a r Hay-wrdfl arid t h e
Haywerd A i r p o r t C o n t r o l Tower o p e r a t o r s s z i d t h e y spw what t h e y s p e c -
u l 2 t e d might b e a r e d f l a r e h s n g l n g f r o m a b a l l o o n , I t dropped t o w a r d
t h e g r o u n d , t h e y r e p o r t e c i , and i L w s f o l l o w e d by a l m g e y e l l o w f l a s h
and t h e c o n c u s s i o n of a n e x p l ~ ? i o n .
A s e c u r i t y o f f i c e r a t t h e S t a t e Collge reported hekring an explos-
i o n w h i l e i n s i d e t h e b u i l d i n g . When h e went d u t s i d e t o i n v e s t i g a t e , h e
could f i n d n o t h i n g amiss.
Source: O a k l a n d , Calif. llTribunell: C r e d i t : Lou Farish
 Ui FO S i g h t e d Over ~ o b i l e ,Alabama

More t h a n two dozen p e r s o n s c a l l e d r a d i o and TV s t a t i o n s i n M o b i l e ,

A l a . , o n ' 0 c t . 28, 1969, t o r e p o z t a UFO, Tncluded were C e d r i c S u t h e r -
l a n d , 1 8 , and Ge-rry T a l b e r t , a l s o 18, f r e s h m e n a t Mobile C o l l e g e , a
s m a l l coed B a p t i s t c o l l e g e .
"It was 10315 p.m. a n d G e r r y 2nd I were d r i v i n g a l o n g H a i n e s D r i v c
n e a r carnpus,"Sutherl?nd s a i d . "We s 2 w b r i g h t , w h i t e
which I f i r s t t h o u p h t was a l o w - f l y i n g a i r p l a n e , Then
lipts
i n t h e sky.
n o t i c e d i t war
t r a v e l i n g a t a a tremendous s p e e d . Then r e d l i g h t s begzn t o f l a C 2 , Then
t h e o b j e c t slowed down v e r y q u i c k l y , s e t t l i n g o r h o v e r i n g o.ver a SF?:;
and i t seemed t o be f l ~ t t e n i n gt h e h i @ g r a s s an9 b e n d i n g s m a l l t r e e s , ! '
"1 szw i t p l a i n a s d a y ? " h e c o n t i n u e d , " . I t d r o p p e d a t a 45-degree
angle. I t m d e no n o i s e , s p u r t e d no e x h a u s t f i r e o r f u n e s . It s e t t l e d
e a s i l y . The o b j e c t was d a r k g r a y , w i t h luminous w h i t e p z n s l s c i r c l i n g
t h e e x t e r i o r and i t had two r i n g s o f r e d . '1-ashing ligh:.s, It wzs 35
t o 50 f e e t i n d i a m e t e r and a b o u t 15 f e e t , high, I t s c a r e d me o u t of my
wits.
T a l b e r t t o o k up t h e a c c o u n t . "We s t o p p e d t h e c a r s h o r t l y a f t e r we
saw i t , We watched a s t h e c i r c u l a r o b j e c t was h o v e r i n g , l o w e r i n g i t s e l f
o n t o a f i e l d , a b o u t 75 t o 1 0 0 f e e t away r . J-.1 t h 2 r o a d . T h e r e w e r e
f l a s h i n g l i g h t s , t h e n it seemed t o s e t t ? . c and d i s a p p e a r b e h i n d some
trees ."
Max Goodman, a newsman f o r s t a t i o n WKRG-.TV s a i d , " R e p o r t s of t h e UFO
k e p t o u r s w i t c h b o a r d h o t t h ? t n i g h t and t h e n e x t d a y . O t h e r r a d i ~s t a t i c
i n Mobile a l s o r e p o r t e d c a l l s ,
- A f t e r S u t h e r l a n d and T a l b e r t c a l l e d t h e p o l i c e t o r e p o r t what t h e y
had s e e n , P a t r o l m a n G. L. res snail was sen: t o i n v e s t i g a t e ,
P r e s n a l l s a i d , "1 met t h e boys and we went t o where t h e y 3 z i d t h e y
had s e e n t h e UFO h o v e r i n g . I used my s e a r c h l i g h t t o s c a n t h e f i e l d a n d 7

t h e n r o d e around t h e a r e a a c o u p l e of t i m e s , b u t I saw no o b j e c t , I
d i d s e e a s p o t where t h e g r z s s W2S mashed f l a t a n d t h e t r e e s were b e n t
and broken..

Mrs. Marie B e r g i n , p u b l i c r e l ~ t i o n sd i r e c t o r f o r t h e co?-1.-ge s a i d ,

"They were two f r i p h t e n e d boys end t h e y b o t h w i s h t h e y had zi:>*er s e e n
what t h e y ? i d , I ' m convinced t h e y saw 2 UFO, They e r e n o t h c ~ x i n gany-
one, They a r e r e a l down-to-earth b o y s , goo(: b o y s , I ' v e t a l k e d t o them
a t g r e z t l e n g t h and I b e l i e v e t h e i r s t c ~ : : ~ ' .
The boys have r e c e i v e d s o rr,;ily c z l l s eri? l e t t e r s f r o m ne!,smen.
r a d i o s t a t i o n s , magazines e t c , t l 1 3 c o l l e g e h a s t a k e n o v e r a ~ r1e q u e s t s
f o r i n f o r m a t i o n on t h e UFO,
"Mobile i s i n wh?t t h e goy(:-?vent c a l l ; 2 c c a s t a ? c i a - , € e n - 3 z r e a and
Air F o r c e o f f i c i a l s were h e r e l o o k i n g o v e r chs F l L e t h e d y y z i ' t e r
t h e s i g h t i n g , " Mrs, B e r g i n s a i , J ,
. .
S o u r c e : 'IN a t i o n a l E n q u i r e r , l l -, ; d i t : ;;.-\l~ndru.3.
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Echo - 2 Is Buzzed by UFO--Translation frdm F r e n c h . ~ u b l i c a t i o n

E d i t o r ' s Note, The f o l l c w i n g v c r p i n t e r e s t i n g r e p o r t was s u p p l i e d

by M r . a n d Nrs, JVm, F. C h r i s , t a n , c i," f Si, L o u i s . The f o l l o w i n g trer.2.s-
l a t i o n was made b y t h e i r d a i q h t e ~ ,wrs, SLwin Meyer.
' A p r i l B u l l e t i n of t h e S o c i e t y . o f P o p u l a r Astronomy -of Tou;ouse,
F'r'snce. Observation from San PIiquei, A ~ ~ g c n t i c aS,. A . , on idor. 21.196h
Th'is s i g h t i n g , . r e m ~ r l e b l ei n ~ t , sc h ~ r s : t , e r i s ; ; i ~ s , i s COPIW : ~ e d ::: u : ,
a s t r o n o m y and t h e s t u d y of s p a c e from olx- e a r t h l y environr,er,c:
..
W i t h a s t r o n o m y , on t h e one h a n d , be.:ause a t ? l e s c ? p ? wit,:? r: l : l ; ; h O -
power t h a n 100 times h a s been u z e d ; wi.ti: ';5c .,'-.:dg' o f ~ . p ? ? - . c~:c;,.. .-s
i t i s c o n c e r n e d i n f a c t w i t h t h e d o u b l e i n r ~ l v m e n to f Echo ii: d n a~
UFO moving i n c l o s e p r o x i m i t y t o i t ,
P r i n c i p a l o b s e r v e r s : F a t h c ? B e n i t a P,c;,na, p r 2 f e s s o r of ~ ~ t b e m ? t i c , a l
p h y s i c s a t t h e U n l q \ r c r s i t y o f S a l i r a d o r 1 q F-.?nos A i r e s . He is a n ;*La.-
t r o n o m e r and a b i o l o g i s t , a d o c t o r cf sr:yertcl3s a n d a d o c t o r dl" l c t t . e r s ,
He d i r e c t s , moreover t h e s e s c i e n c e d e p ~ r t ~ ~ l l c2nd ; ; three observatcries
( o n e a t S a n t a Fe and two a t SarL Nigue-L) , Am-rig t h e s e l a s t , t w o , one i s
a n o b s e r v a t o r y o f cosmic pKys i c s a n d t h e s e c o n d i s s t r j c t 1 . y a s t r o n . -
, o n i c a l , and it i s from t h i s one t h a t t h e s i g h t , i n g t o 9 k ~laq:,e,
(Geogr-aphical C c c d d i n a t e s : 31, dug. 3 3 : 2'%' SGU:;~ and 52' ~ c g& :2 ! , 40TiW)
.
Sec'ondsry Observers: The t e c h n i c a l personnel o f t h e o b s e r v a t o r y ,
'
whose v a l u e and good f a i t h a r e w o r t h y o f p r a i s e ,
The s i g h t i n g :
F a t h c r Reyna was f o l l o w i n g v i i Zh t h e ' t e l e s c o p e (mag. loox)
Echo 11, which began t o emerge fr3m t h e n o r t - h ~ r nh o r i z o n a t 2 0 H r ,
37 Min., a l m o s t on t h e szmc meridian z s t h e o b s e r v z t o r y - A t 2 0 h r . 45
min, t h e r e a p p e 2 r e d n e e r P e g a s u s ( a constellation) , a UY3 whoze
r e c t i l i n e a r p a t h was h e a d i n g f o r a n e n c o u n t e r w i t h t h e ~ ~ ' ~ e l l l t e ,
Having drawn n e m i t , t h e o b j e c t t h e n d e s c r i b e d a p e r f e c $ s e m i -
c i ' r c l e s r o u n d t h e s p h e r e a ~ cd o n t i n u e d i t s r o u t e a l o n g i t s o * g j . i l a i
p a t h t o d i s a p p e a r a t t h e horizon i n t h e v i c i n i t y of Orion ( a c c n s t e l l -
a t i o n ) . The w h o l e j o u r n e y was c o m p k t e d i n 3 m i n u t e s ; i t was 2 0 h r . 48
min,
A t 2 0 h r . 52 m i n . , t h e r e was a r e a p p a r a n c e o f t h e o b j e c t a t t h e
z e n i t h , in t h e c o n s t e l l a t i o n Ccntauy- ~ r , enew t r a j e c t o r y br1,ught
8-l-1

a b o u t a new e n c o u n t e r w i t h t h e s z t e l l i t e , t h e n i t t u r n ~ dgwa! b y m a n s
of a h a l f c i r c l e of t h e saxe s i z e , t h c r ! r?lor,g 2 d i f i o r t n t rou;e; it
d i s a p p e e r e d a t t h e h ~ r i z o nn e a r he c o n s t e l l a t i o n Ar:dromda.
' A t 2 1 h r . t h e r e was a new a::d f i n e l a p p e a r a n c e o f t h e IJFO n e a r
Altsir ( a s t e r i n A q u i l l a ) . S o w e r e r , i t s r o u t i n e h2d c h x g e d ; i t r e -
t u r n e d o n l y t o t h e c o u r s e o f i.ios':risinr,-Ii t r a j e c t o r y ,
. . .
. . .

: T h e r e -was a n o t h e r a p p r o a c h &ward t h e s a f e l l ' i t o , e n i t h e r h s l f - . . . .

c i ' r c l e and d i s a p p e a r a n c e n e a r C a n a p i x , a e : i i ? s t e l l a t : i o n ,
 Echo I1 i s Buzzed b y UFO. . .( C o n t i n u e d ) SKYLOOK

and i t s r i m s wcre b l u e , Sometimes, it t o o k u p t h e w h o l e v i e w o f t h e

t e l e s c o p e end z p p e z r e d l a r g e r t h z n t h e f u l l moon. This hugeness, e s t i -
mated a t t h r e e t i m e s t h a t of Echo 7-1 by t h e b r n e d A r g e n t i n e , was n o t
t h e o n l y s u r p r i s i n g c h a r a c t e r i c ; t i c ; a l s o ; t h e r e was i t s s w i Z t n ~ s r ; ,d e -
duced f r o m t h e j o u r n e y c o m p l e t e d i n 3 m i n u t e s z t t h e a l t i t u d e of i h e
s a t e l l i t e t o have approEched 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 k i l o m e t e r s p e r h o u r ? a n i n c o n c e i v -
a b l e speed, even a t t o d a y ' s c a p a b i l i t i e s ,

F i n a l l y , t h e o b s e r v a t o r y 2 t San i4i $lie1 c o n f i r m s t h e p o s s i b i l . i . r , y of

u s i n g a t e l e s c o p e , i n c e r t z i n c a s e s , a m a t t e r s t r o n g l y d e b a t e d un T.~!I
now when i t c o n c e r n e d UFOrs, I n f a c t , t h e UFO: i n s p i t e o f ~ + J s r e ' - .
a t i v e s p e e d a t 1 0 0 0 km. o f a l t i t u d e d i s t a n c t ? ; 6 e s c r i b e d a t 28 :-81:,'.-,-:,

and a n g u l s r movement e q u a l t o 1 d e g , 3b min, i n one s e c o n d a s s e e . ~

from t h e s u n ,

Rene F u e r e , t h e s e c r e t a r y of t h e G , E, P. A , , i n t r o d u c e d i n h t s
a r t i c l e on t h i s e v e n t a r e m a r k a b l e h y p o t h e s i s i n Phenomena o f S p z c e
f r o m which t h e f o l l o w i n g p a s s a g e s a r e t a k e i l :
"Suppose t h e t t h e UFO d e v i a t e d i t s own p a t h i n o r d e r t o a v o i d i n -
f l u e n c i n g t h e o r b i t a l j o u r n e y of t h e s z t e l l i t e . .
a finely delineated
i n t e n t i o n ? If t h i s d e l i n e a t i o n i s t o o much, you a t l e a s t a d m i t a n
i n t e n t i o n . Even i n t h i s l a s t c a s e , t h e e l e m e n t s of judgement make
mistekes. I t r e m a i n s no l e s s t r u e t h 2 t t h i s i s c o n c e r n e d w i t h s c i e n -
t i f i c f a c t s and t h i s , f o r S c i e n c e , must b e t h e main p r i n c i p l e of work,
t o m ~ k et h e s e f z c t s c l e ~ r . .. 11

The " B u l l e t i n o f t h e G . E. P. A . l l p u b l i s h e d i n P z r i s i n i t s J u n e 1966

e d i t i o n e v e n r e p r o d u c e d a p h o t o p r a p h b f t h e moon w i t h 2 shadow c a s t by 2
UFO.
E d i t o r ' s Comment: I t seems t o u s t h e i n t e g r i t y o f t h e o b s e r v e r s i s
beyond q u e s t i o n , and t h i s one s i g h t i n g a l o n e i s enough t o p r o v e t h e
e x i s t e n c e of s p a c e c r a f t o p e r a t e d b y a t e c h n o l o g y s u p e r i o r t o o u r s .
We a r e VERY happy t o r e c e i v e r e p o r t s of t h i s t y p e o
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UFO S e e n Over M o b e r l y , Mo., i n 1948

,, ,
V i r g i l Humphrey, 9000 W e R o l l i n s S t . , Moberly Mo., saw a UFO i n
1948 and made a f u l l r e p o r t t o t h e A i r F o r c e - - w h i c h , t o d a t e ; n e v e r
g o t ?round t o r e p l y .
M r . Humphrey was i n h i s b a c k y a - d a b o u t 11 p.m, when he f i r s t
n o t e d t h e o b j e c t i n t h e northwes-: moving very r a p i d l y t o w a r d t h e s o u t h -
e a s t . I t w: s d u l l b l u e , i n c o l o r , and he j u s g e d it t o b e a b o u t 1 0 0 f t .
l o n g , 2 5 f e e t h i d % and t e n fee: hf-gh, He c o u l d s e e two l a r g e p o r t h o l e s
n e a r a l i g h t a t o n e end. T h e r e wss no sound o r v a p o r t r a i l , ''It j u s t
s z i l e d a c r o s s t h e s k y , " h e t o l d L a r r y Y o d e r , of M o b e r i y , who s e n t i n
the report,

W h i l e t h i s i s a n o l d r e c o r t , w i t h no d a y . o r month, g i v n n , it i s s t i l l
v i v i d l y r e c o l l e c t e d by t h e o b s ~ r v c ; - , and 1;; i s i n t e r e s t i n g t o know
u n i d e n t i f i e d f l v i n g - o b j e c t s WZL-2s e e n i n t? S.s a r e a more t h a n 2 1 y e z r s
ago,
 T H E ASTRONOMY C O R N E R By Ted P h i l l i p s , J r ,

A Look a t t h e Sky
The p l a n e t , M e r c u r y , i s n o t v i . s i l ? l e d u T i n g March a s i t i s n e l r t h z
p o s i t i o n of t h e s u n . Venus, s o o n ta b e v i s i . b l e a s t h e e v e n l n , : j ' 4 r 2 , :.J m

a l s o n e a r t h e s u n , s c t t i n g o n l y ope k L 9 i l r a f t e r s u n s e t . MaTs i s I n r;:le

c o n s t e l l a t i o n , A r i e s , s e t t i n g some t l i r e e a n d n h a l f h o u r s 2';i;e;- i h k
s u n ; i t i s v i s i b l e i n t h e s o u r : r d ? s t , J c ~ i t ea p~p e a r s a s a k $ . . iC.( f k - L ~b:~:,!.
i n t h e s o u t h e a s t e r n s k y , r i s i n g a t z k o - ~ t9 : 3 0 p.m. a t m i d - n o ~ c f i , Ti!($
r i n g e d p l a n e t , S s t u r n , i s i n A r i e s , s e t t i n g 3 haui-s a f t e r sunaei:
Solar Eclipse
A p z r t i a l e c l i p s e of t h e s u n w i l l b e v i s i b l e t o o b s e r v e i - s ? n t h e
U n i t e d S t ~ t e son M2rch 7 t h . The e c l i p s n wlli b e t o t s 1 i n a n a:'Ea r ; -
c r o s s F l q r i d a and V i r g i n i a , The ec1i-p::~ w i l l b e p a r t i a l i2 t h z n l d - s t a t
a r e a , b e g i n n i n g a t ? b o u t . l 1 : 0 5 a . m . , C.S.'.?, and e n d i n p a t 1 : 3 5 p.m<,
B r i p h t Comet May b e V i s i b l e
A comet d i s c o v e r e d on D e c e m b ~ r 2 8 , 1969 nay b e v i s i b l e d q ~ r i n gt h e
l a t t e r p a r t o f March, When d i s c o v e r e d , t h c comet 1 ~ ~ r r ?bout, 7 ~ f i : 5 magni-
t u d e ( t h e l i m i t s of n s k e d e y e v i s i b i l i t y i s g e n e r a l l y 6 t h m a g n i t u i e ) ,
The comet may b e v i s i b l e a s a 2nd m2gnj.?v:le o b j e c t by t h e end o f M x c h
and s h o u l d b e e a s i l y s c e n i n t h q N o r t h e r 2 E s m i s p h e r e . VJz cho-dd be
a b l e t o g i v e t h e e x a c t l o c a t i o n i n t h e n e x t i s s u e of SKYL03K,,~

B e v e r a l of o u r s h a r p = e y e d r e a d e r s . caughf; t h e e r r o r i n t h e F e b r u a r y
SKYLOOK q u o t e from t h e "Sari J o s e I i k r c u r y . . -; ~ w r ; ~r e t h e T ~ i n g u s k yr n e t e o r i t c
I

of "1947." The d a t e s h o u l d h a v e b e e n 1909,

To r e v i e w t h i s i n c i d e n t , we draw f r o z a c l i p p i n g ser?t u s by Joh:7
S c h u e s s l e r , some months a g o , r7
he h ~ s t o r i ce v m t of Jufiz '), 15;2$.,
was 2 t r e m e n d o u s e x p l o s i o n n e a r l a t i t u d e 61 d z g r e e s n o r t h , l c : ; g i t u d &
1 0 2 d e g r e e s e a s t , i n a h r g h l y i n a c c e s s i b l e r e g i o n t h a t w s s n ~ vt i s l t e d
by s c i e n t i s t s u n t i l 1 9 2 7 , a c c o r d i n g t o a n a r t i c l e w r i t t e n by K i r i l i
P, F l o r e n s k v , o f t h e Acsdemy of S c i e n c e s o f t h e U,S.S.R, C c ~ e ra n
a r e a 30 k i l o m e t e r s i n ' r a d i u s , e v e r y t r e s had been b.loim down, ? o i n t -
i n e a t w a r d f r o m t h e c e n t e r of t h e e r e n , The " v i s i t o r f r o m sl;d-en had
e x p l o d e d o v e r t h e t a i g o f o r e s t , l ~ a f i n qno t r a c e s e x c e p t f t x c h o s e
t o p p l e d and b u r n e d t r e e s ,
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s t o r y o f t h e h o s p i t ~ lt o enxarnine 2n e l d ~ i - l yp z t i e n t s r o u n d 5 a c m e on
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i t e t h e c h i l d r e n s t w z r d , one s t o r y a b o v e her:It w ~ s l i g h t l y tipped
downwards t o w ~ r d sh e r , 40 f e e t away, and 60 f e e t o f f t h e g r o u n d .
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b u t , l z t e r when t h e c r a f t t i l t e d more, e h e s s i d s h e g o t a n e v e n b e t t c ~
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o f l i g h t s " around t h e m i d d l e , . z ~ etwo f i g u r e s i n s i d e t h e done had n .
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no sound a n d s h e s o o n r e a l i z e d t:;?t h e r f i r s t i m p r e s s i o n t l ~ ci t was
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M a g o r ' s - - a l s o a h o s p i t p l e m p l o y e e - - t i p p e d him o f f t o t h e s t o ~ y ,t h a n ;
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n e a r t h e v i l l a g e of H a s s e l b a c h ( i n E a s t Germany) when a t i r e b l e w o u t .
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40 t o 50 f e e t a c r o s s . He s a i d it l ~ o k e dl i k e a ''huge o v a l wzrming
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h e a k d , f o r t h e y r u s h e d back t o t h e o b j e c t , climbed r a p i d l y uy, t h e s i d e
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s t a r t e d t o g l o w , j t Linke s a i d . " A t f i r s t t h e c o l o r seemed g r e e n , t h e n i t
changed t o r e d . I h e a r d a s l i g h t hum." As t h e 2 1 0 ~i n c r e z s e d : t h e
c o n n i n g t o w e r was r e t r a c t i n g i n t o t h e c e n t e r o f t h e o b j e c t whlch t h e n
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p a p e r s * B e r l i n correspondent, '..:sny T e r r y , I n d - - ~ s T e r r ; c o , r m n t e d ,
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d i f ' f i c u l t t o c h e c k t h e r e p o r t ."
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