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S a u c e r Landing R e p o r t e d i n Alabama
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N o r t h , S o u t h , E z s t 2nd West o f t h e U . S . A .

With O t h e r W r i t e r s

Other Reports

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AIR FORCE G O I N G OUT OF UFO BUSINESS s a y s " T u l s a D z i l y World," Dec. 1 8 t h

FLYING SAUCER BELIEVE.RS 'UNMOVED BY END OF - A I R , FORCE PROBE s a y s 'lTulsa
D a i l y World,lf Dec. 1'9th ( 19691,
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S e d r e t a r y of t h e A , i r F o r c e R o b e r t C , Seamzns J r . announced Wednesda:

(Dec. 1 7 ) t h a t p r o j e c t Blxe Book, t h e A i r F o r c e a g e n c y which k e p t vols-
,uninous f i l e s on r e p o r t e d s i g h t i n g s of u n i d e n 5 f i e d f l y i n g o b j e c t s , i n
being closed imnzdistely.

. . 1 He s e n t t h e c h i e f o f s t a f f , Gen, John D. Ry?n, a rnernorzndum s a y i n g

P r o j e c t Blue Book " c a n n o t b e j u s t i f i e d e i t h e r on t h e ground o f na.i;<~ii:;a::.
s e c u r i t y o r i n t h e i n t e r e s t of s c ' i e n c e . "
- 58 . S i n c e r l g k - 7 t o . t h e p r e s e n t , t h e ~ i Fro r c e h a s r e c e i v e d b e p o r t s of
1 2 , 6 1 8 UFO s i g h t i n g s . Of t h e s e , 7 0 1 went i n t o t h e books a s u n i d e n t i f i e i . ,
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B r i e f l y , t h e above i s t h e c r u x of t h e f i r s t A s s o c i z t e d P r e s s r e p o r t ,
w i t h t h e Condon R e n o r t q u o t e d a s j u s t i - f i c ~ t i o nf o r d r o p p i n g t h e s t u d y ,
D r . Condonrs 0 p i n i o n . s a r e t o o w e l l knowa t o c ? i l cur r e a d e r s t o n e e d
a n o t h e r r e h a s h , s o we w o n T t w z s t e . o u r t i m e and ,.. y o u r s , -
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r e p o r t e d n i n e s t r a n g e moving o b , j e c t s i o v a r .Mt. R a n i c i ~ , . , d i o u C h i n gb,f f s t: h e
' f l y i n g s a u c e r f e r a i n th-e U n i t e d S t a t e s , ' l I t g o e s on t o st,?+,e t h a %
t h e g o v ~ ~ r n m e nct l o s i n g i t s i r i v e s t i g a t i o n f l i s n ! ~ tr. ;l i k e l - y to::change.:;any.onei;
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o b j e c t s - - r e f l e c t i o n s , d i s t a n t p l e n e s , b a l l o o n s , k i t e s ! , q-louds.; : . S t a e a ,
p l a n e t s , , f i r e b a l l s , t h e moon ( ! ) 2nd s. o . on, You've r e a d them 2 1 1 t i m e
and a g a i n , , , ' . .
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A i r F o r c e headquarters w i l l c o n t i n u e t o h a n d l e r e q u e s t s f o r i n f o r -
m z t i o n Irom t h e p u b l i c , t h e f i r s t a r t i c l e s t ~ t e a ,and s u g g e s t s you
c a l l t h e l o c a l a i r b a s e t o d e t e ~ m i n ei f t h e b a s e k s see'n $ a n 3 i d e n t i f i e . -
t h e UFO you have o b s e r v e d ,
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It w i l l b e i n t e r ~ s t i n gt o s c e i f t h e A i r Fame w i l l ncw l i f b t h e
i r o n c u r f a i n f r o m c h s s i f i e d r e p o r t s which have n o t bken r e l t a s e d t o
t h e p u b l i c . If n o t - - t h e n WHY no2?
Most t i m e l y i s t h e f o l l o w i n g f r o m a n a r t i c l e w r i t t e n f o r SKYLOOK
b y B r i z n C. Cacnon, Canadian i n v e s t i g a t o r s n d w r i t e r , BEFCRE t h e
a b o v e announcements:
A Time To Work
It seems q u i t e c l ~ e r ,a t t5ris ' p o i n t j t ' h ? t ; . t h e UFO phenomenon i s v e r y
much a l i v e . . A n e r e i s l i t t l e d~i).b'; t h s t UFOs a r e s t i l l accS.ve i n 0u.r
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a t m o s n h e r e and r e p o r t s ? r e a g e i r ! b'cginn?'.qg t o f l o w i n t o t h e UFO organ-

i z a t i o n s ~ n dt h e news. r.iedia. ( L d i t o r :s r i o t c : we h z v e o r n t t t e d h i s f i r s t
p 2 r a g r a p h r c t h e Ccndor~ 3 e p ~ r . i ); ~T".s f sr:.,21-one i s s i g i 2 - f i c z n t and
i n d i c c t c s t h z t SO2ETIIIK i s b e i ~ gs e e n by : r , u n t l e s s n u n b e r s o f p c r s o n s
--someth3.n~ t h z t i s t ~ n g i b l c - ,~ n ~ c h l n e -i !kt. 2nd t o t e l l ? i r x c o n v e n t i o n a l ,
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It is e l m o s t a p a r a d o x t h a t mzny s c i e n t i s t s a r e now t z - k i n g -a s t a n d
- on t h i s r n y s t i f v i n g , s u b j e c t . The C o l o r z d o R e n o r t h ~ sse r v e d a r e 2 1 PUT-
pose , i n s t i r n u l $ t i n g a k n o w l e d 9 ~ b l e 6 2 b a t e w h i c h , h e r e t o f o r e , most
s c i e n t i s t s chose t o ignore. I n Canada, UFO r e s e a r c h i s o u t o f t h e h a < -
o f t h e government d e f e n c e z g e n c i e s and i s b e i n g h a n d l e d by t h e N a t j m a -
R e s e ~ r c hC o u n c i l , a scientific body s u p - o r t ' e d by p u b l i c money. Si~i!:s-~.:.:;
there is a strong indication t h ~ w t i t h t h e r e t i r i n g o f Major H e c t o r
Q u i n t d l a , P r o j e c t Bluebook wll-1 e x p i r e end t h e U', S. A i r f o r c e Gill d3.-,
v o r c e i t s e l f of t h e r e s ~ o n s i b i l i t yo r i n v e s t i g a t i n g UFO c e s e c . Now,
e v e r y UFO g r o u p h a s s r e e l oppcr%unj.t.y - y e s , e v e n a n o b l i g a t i o n - t;o
g e t down t o t h e b u s i n e s s e 5 hznd! I t is t i m e t o d i r e c t a l l of o u r a+,-.
t e n t i o n t o t h e g a t h ~ r i n gof UI"O d a t a and t o 2 m e t h o d - o f cooperation l n
a t t e m p t i n g t o f i n d t h e s o l q t i o n t o t h e UFO m y s t e r y .
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On DecernGer 26 a n d 2 7 , 19hgp t h e r e w i l l b e a symposium on U n i d e n t i -
f i e d F l y i n g O b j ~ c t si n B o s t o n , b s s . a n d n o l e s s t h a n 16 s c i ~ n t i s t s
w i l l be p a r t i c i p a t i n g i n t h e disc::ssioris. T3e p u r p o s e of t h e s y r n p ~ s i m
i s t1 .. t o d e m o n s ~ r a t et h e a p p l i c a z i o n o f s c i e n t i f i c r n e t h c d o l o g j ta
a contemporqry c o n t r o v c r s y , 2nd t o a c q l ~ na t~ s c i e n t , i s ; t s with t h e wid2
v a r i e t y of f a c t s 'and i n t e r p r e t s t i o n s . l t . I n s p i t e of . t h e C o l o r e d o s t u d y ,
- s c i e n t i s t s a r e s t i l l i n t k r e s t c d i n t h c f a c t t h z t UFCS, and r e p o r 5 s 0 2
s t r z n g e a e r i a l c r s f t s i ~ , l l l ' e x i s t , UFO s t u d y ' g r o u p s and o r g a n i z ~ t i o i i s
have a p a r t i n gathhcrir,,; t h e i n f c r m t i o n r e - u l t i r g f r o m t h z x a n d s of
s i g h t i n g s t h s t o c c u r e a c h y e x , It i s i n d e e d " 2 t i m e t o w o r l ~ , (~2 n ~d
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on i % o ? s & u p l k s t t on Feb:. 1 8 t h ( t h i s da'te' t e n t $ t i v e . ) , end' + h e r e wi 1.1b e . " ' '

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s ci.enc!e t.ea'che;rs -a,tt,e.ndiyng.a conf ei-c~nce.2 t*. t i 1 2 Lewi.s. and C i a e i i C o > . l k g ~ -
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, o f t h e highway. I t ' d i d ' n o t seem t o b e moving a t . f i r s ' t and M r . J o n e s
t h d u g h t ; , i t m,ight , b e r g t o w e r , l i g h t . As b o t h - c o n t i n u e d . t o w a t c h , -. ' J. o. n.e .s .
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' t2cal: niotion.. . Iri l e s s ' t h a n a m i n u t e , i t w 2 s a p v s r e n t t o - t h e :voung ;c,qu73.:'
t h a t t h e ' o k j e c t was n o t a n z i r c r ~ f co r any f a m i l i a r o b j e c t , and t h e y
p u l l e d o f f the.highway t o ,watch a s t h e o b j e c t .passed s l o w l y overhead
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w h i c h , glowed a . b r i g h t r e d , w h i l e t h e GS j e c t a s 'a whole'wa's "much. l i k e a
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:of ' t h e r e 2 . r openi,ng. . T h e s e - s p a r k s o r p a r t i c l e s , d i d , n o t - t r a i l . t h e . ,
ob j'e'& j: a n d , f d h e r e 'wa.s n o " t r a i 1 r .froin . .. t h e e x h . a u s t , g l o w o r f l a m e . ;The r.e,a:.-. ,
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t h e ob je,c.t,: much l i k e i b o k i n g down t h e e x h a u s t of a j e t a i r - - c ; - a f t , T h e r a
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Ari . o r a n g e h e l d ? t a r m ' s l e n g t h would . h a v e j u s t . c o v e r e d t h e o b j e c t whitkt
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CLARKSBURS, A ~ o t h e rs i g h t i n g was i n v e s t i g a t e d by SKYLOOKts r e p o r t e r ,

Ted F h i l l i p s , agd t h i s one o c c u r r e d Nsv, 2 2 , 1969, and waz w i ~ n e s s e d-by
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a g e s 1 4 , 1 2 and 1 1 , who w e r e o u t s i d e r e m 7 ~ i n gsome g s r m e n t s 'f.rom..a
.clothes l i n e ; : ; r a n i n t o tlie .i;(.il.l,se.-and: . f p u r a d u l t s pres:e5n:t ( who ci3
. n o t w i s h t h , e i r n'ames ' u s e d . ) r a - n ol;?i;l.le. t o o b s e r v e t h e ob j e c f I t ai!p,ii~-- .
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r e m a i n e d m o t i o n l e s s f o r a b o u t 1 0 m i n u t e s , One of t h e o b ~ e r v e ~c hs e c k e d
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s m a l l e r , a s t h o u g h t h e o b j e c t was moving d i r e c t l y away- and i n t o t h e
distance, I n l e s s t n a n a minu!.e, ' it-d i s a p p e a r e d from view. No up and
down m o t i o n was o b s e r v e d a t a n y t i m e , ,
There a r e no ground l i p h t s t h a t n i g h t - a t c o u n t f o r t h e o b j e c t , and
t h e n e a r e s t a i r n o r t is 30 m i l e s f r o m t h e v i e w e r s 1 a r e a , ,
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o t h e r s . i n t h e v i c i n i t y a l s o . o b s o r , y e d .i t , and S K Y L O O R : L ~ O1.5 U: ~k! . 6~ t o h e .e r. .
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Democrat he and Miss Knehans were d r i v i n g n o r t h on P r i c e r o a d i n 'Ladue
. a b g u t 11 p a m , Tuesds-y when t h e y f l r s t n o t i c e d t h e - o b j e c t : 'T' -was-r e a l
h i g h u p 2nd l o o k e u l i k e a s t a r : l l N i l l e r s a i d , 'Fit came t o v q b o u t t e n
f e e t o v e r t h e c a r , I g o t s c a r e d and B a r b a r a s t a r t e d c r y i n g ,
"We t r i r d t o get' 2 ~ .fTo,n 2 ~ i?,. k h e n we t u r n e d o n t o Delmar ~ o u l e v a r - k l - ,

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i.t t o o k o f f w i t h o u t q1lj n o i s e i n a w s s t e r l y d ~ r ~ c t i o n . "
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i c a . i when s h e -was--;b- the-st?t'io,n -'l ,.ec.de.r ' ,-'-.; w > ? - !+ h e G;ckc--D.emo-cra t

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t h e n e x t d a y , "1 d o n ' t want t o At a l k a h o u t i t . "
I . . M i l l e r s a i d *he a l s o r e p o r t c d t h c i n c i d e n t t o Ladue p o l i c e .
~ o t hp o l i l c e d e p a r t m e n t s r e c e i v e d no o t h e r r e n o r t s o f a s t r a n g e ob-
jelnt i n t h e s k y , and o f f i c e r s s u r m l e e d t h e c o u p l e may have s e e n t h e l a n d -
i n g l i g h t on t h e n o s e wheel o f a j c t a i r l i n c r b e f o r e it e n t e r e d t h e
f l i g h t p ~ t t c r nof ~ L z m b e r t - S t . L o u i s M u n i c i p a l A i r p o r t .
CLPRK NATIO'NAL FORFST. Art E p s t e i n , PPRO field i n v s s t i g e t o r and mi~mbr
.,of - t h e .<UFOS t u d y Group of Grc2tGr S t . L o u i s , and John P r i e s a c k , Assis(:--
a n t Managrr- o f t h e S t . * L o c i s NrDonnell P l a n e t a r i u m , and a new menber o i
t h e s t u d y g r o u p , have b e e n b u s y i n v e s t i g a t i n g s i p h t i n g s i n t h e .St. Leu.-:
a r e a and one i n t h e C l a r k N a t i o n a l F o r e s t , 7 8 m i l e s s o u t h o f S t . L o u i s ,
John F,. S c h u e s s l e r , SKYLOOK S t a f f rnembe? and APRO c o n s u l t a n t , s e n t i n
their reports.
We w i l l c o v e r t h e s i g h t i n g a t t h e C l a r k N a t i o n a l F o r e s t f i r s t . The
o b s e r v t r s w e r e : John C h a k l o s , , 3 8 i 8 Iowa Ave. ,. S t , L o u i s ; h i s n e x t d o o r
n e i g h b o r , P a u l C o g a r , and ~ o h nV o s s , a l s o a n e i g h b o r .
h he rnen.&ere s q u i r r e l h u n t i n g on t h e D e l b r i d g e H i d g e , b e f o r e s u n u~
w i t h ' s t a r s v i s i b l e , between 5 : 3 0 2nd 6:jO t h e morning of O c t o b e r 19, 1355
when t h e y saw a b r i g h t l i p h t t h r o u g h t ! ~ ct r e e s , They t h o u g i l t it rnig3,
b e a n o t h c r c a r on t h e r o a d coming toward them--then t h e l i g h t r o s e above
the., t r e e t o , p s a t - a n e s t i m a t e d a n g l e of a b o u t 45 degrt.es.
They judged it t o b e t h r e e t o f o u r t i m s l a r g e r t h a n t h e morning s t a r ,
Venus. D q i n g i t s - a s c e n t i t m d e s ~ v e r a lz i p - z a g movements r i g h t and
l e f t t h a t w e r e 1 estimarted t o c o v e r a s p a n o f a one f o o t r u l e r h e l d a t
arms l e n g t h . I t a l s o made s e v e r a l up and down movements, s e v e n t o tei1
times,
M r . Wo.ss , t h o u p h t it a p p e a r e d t o be n o t a s l a r g e a s a f u l l moon, but;
a l m o s t t h a t l a r g e . A t a b o u t 6 ~ 5 a, second l i g h t a p p e a r e d and a p p r o a c h - ,
ed , t h e f i r s t , o n e , . g e t t i n g t o w i t h i n a b o u t s i x i n c h e s . I t a l s o made z i g , .
z a g , r n o t i o n s a l o n g i t s c o u r s e and was compered t o a s o f t b a l l i n s i z e .
Both l i p h t s , a s t h e y r o s e above t h e h o r i z o n , g o t b i g g e r i n s i z e , I n
M r . P r i e s a c k l s l o ~ i n i o n , t h i s r u l . 6 ~o u t t h e p l a n e t s b e c a u s e they t e n d LC
g e t s m a l l e r a s t h e y r i s e above t h e h o r i z o n . M r . Cogar s a i d lie h a d b e e r
h u n t i n g i n , t h o s e woods t o o many y e 2 r s t o m i s t a k e t h e l i g h k s Tor s t a r s - - -
tfiey w e r e t o o l a r g e and t o o b r i g h t ,
M r . Chaklos was s o i m p r e s s ~ dby t h e s t r a n g e l i g h t s : he c a l l e d t h e
Mc?onncll P l a n e t a r i u m a s soon a s h e returned home a b o u t 2 : 3 0 t h a t a f t e T -
noon. -The a r e a where t h e l i g h t s w e r e o b s e r v e d , i s a b o u t s i x m i l e s w e s t of
elg grade, Po.
ST. LOUIS COUNTY. k t e l e q h o n e c a l l was r e c e i v e d by M r . P r e i s a c k a t
t h e P l a n e t a r i m on G c t . 2 , 1969; w'r.ir'l r k s u l t e d i n a n i n - v c s t i g a t i o n b y
A r t E , p s t e i n and Robert H ~ ~ . t o,l lo f T:, i d t s t o n , Vo., a n o t h c r f i e l d i n v c s -
tigator.

-- I&chele Lee, 18,~of 304 Weidmann Road, S t . L o u i s County, and Handy

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Kaup, 19; o f 3137 T a b l e r o c k D r i v e , l'/Iznchester, No., w e r e i n a c 2 r on

t h e Weidmann Road, a b o u t ,ll p.m., O c t . l s t , a p p r o a c h i n g t h e home o f Miss
L e e ' s p a r e n t s , when b o t h saw t h e V F L - ~ b r i g h t l i g h t a b o u t 300 f e e t ' a b o v e
t h e h o r i z o n a n d a l i t t l e t o t h e l e f t , o v s r t h e Lee rr s i d e n c e , '20C y a r d s
o f f t h e Weidmann R5ad o n a 1 3 - a c r e s t r a c t . I t was a c l e a r n i g h t w i t h
moon and s t a r s v i s i b l e .
Randy l o w e r e d t h e l c f t window a s he was d r i . v i n g and s l o w e d t o a s t o p
t o observe t h e light'. They w e r e on $ h e Fieidm::nn Road, l o o k i n g n o r t h ,
a n d w i t h i n 0.8 o f ,a , m i l e f r o m t h c r t s i 4 m c e 0 T h e r c wa's no so-md of
any a i r c r a f t .
Randy d e s c r i b e d t h e l i g h t a s e x t r e m e l y b r i g h t a n d f o u r i n number,
f l a s h i n g on and o f f i n s e q u e n c e . The most p e c u l i a r p a r t of t h e i n t e n -
s i t y o f t h e l i g h t s was t h a t t h e y w t r e s p a r k l i n g " l i k e 4 t h o f J u l y s p a r k =
l e r s " a s t h e y w e n t on a n d o f f . The l i g h t s seirned' t o b e h o v e r i n g , whcn
Randy s t o p p e d t h e c a r , and the r z t e of f l e 5 h i n g wwas a b o u t 2 t i m e s p e r
s e c o n d , Then a s t h e o b j e c t moved away? t h e r a c e s p e e d e d u p . < - He e s ' u l -
mated t h e 2 l i g h t s a t t h e e x t r ~ m i t i ~t os b e a b o u t 6 0 f e e t a p a r t , , Th?
two l i g h t s i n t h e f i i d d l e a p p e a r e d one b e h i n d The o t h e r . He c o u l d s e e nq
o t h e r shape o r o u t l i n e e x c e p t t h e cilstance from f r o n t t o back, . -
Miss Lee c o n f i r m e d Randy's o b s e r v a t i o n , b u t was noL s u r e oY t h e
i n d i v i d u a l i t y of e z c h l i g h t , a s t h e y a p p e a r e d more " b l u r r e d " Lo h e r .
Randy n o t e d t h e l a c k of a n y o t h e r c o l o r of l i g h t s - - n o r e d o r g r e e n
a t a l l . He e s t i m z t e a t h e c l o s e s t t h e y came t o t h ~o b j e c t was w i t h i n a
quarter of a mile.
Mrs. Lee r e p o r t e d b o t h young p e o p l e w e r e v e r y e x c i t e d when t h e y
came r u n n i n g i n t o t h e h d u s e and i n s i s t e d t h z t s h e g o o u t s i d e t o
s e e t h e l i g h t s , However, t h e l j g h t s had d i s e p p e a r e d by t h e t i m e . s h e
l e f t t h e h o u s e . She and Mr.. Lee had b r e n w a t r . h i n g t e l e v ' i s i o n p r i o r t n
Lhe young cour>les t a r r i v a l . and r e p o r L c d s e e i n g 2nd h e a r i n g n o t h l n g
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ninutes,

The Lee home i s l o c a t e d i n a sublirban a r e a w i t h many- l a r g e t r z c t s o f

open f a r m g r o u n d , e n d , a h i g h t e n s i o n l i n a p a r a l l e l s t h e Weidmann -Road,
1-unning n o r 3 h and s o u t h t o t h e west o f t h e Lee r e s i d e n c e .
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i n v e s t i g a t i o n by A r t Eipstein .and John P - r i e s a c k , , on Octo,h&r :29, 3 9 6 9 , '. z,
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1 a r g e ) g l o w i n g o b j e c t h o v e r i n g 2nd movjng o v c r t h e Crestwood S h o p p i n g
. - r e a a l i t t l e more t h a ~a ~m i l e f c n ? t!:cir homes i n S t , LGUE C o u c t y ,
"lrr. and K r s , Ber?.rrh 2nd the-;-t!-rc-e i.:c -, a g e c h i l c l r m r e s i d e a ; 1313+
-Ia-rwick * D r i v e , C r e d - 5 ~ 0 3 4 , Mo., arid F!r. a ~ c iXrs. Lynch a n d ' t h e i r t h r e e
k e e n a g e c h i l d r e n a t .iOil+O Harwjck Z , - i v e .
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DATE: November 3 0 , 1969. TIME: 5 : 3 0 p.m., C.S.T.
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Auckland: --New- Zealqnd h a s been p u z z l e d f o r t h e l a s t c o u p l e o f months

by t h e m y s t e r i o u s a p p e a r a n c e o f c i r c l e s of dead v e g e t a t i o n on x i d e l y -
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S c i e n t i s t s c l a i m a l l o f them c a n b e e x n l z t n e d , b u t t h e i r explanatioi?c,
have n o t c o n v i n c e d . a good . w n y peo::le who h a v e v i s i t e d t h e s i t e s .
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The f i r s t phenomenon a p p e e r e d e a r l y i n S e p t e m S e r n e a r t h e t o v m s h i p
o f K g a t e a , w h e r e a 6 0 - f o o t c i r c . l e o f s c r u b was f o u n d d e a d a n d b-lea,i,i,l
on a f z r m , w i t h t h r e e V-shaped g r o o v e s i n s i d e t h e c i r c - L e - a h d .p o i n t i n g
t o t h e c e n t e r . T h e r e w e r e no m r k s of a t r a c k e d v e h i c l e anywhere n c z r ,
Members o f t h e Auckland U n i v e r s i t y U n i d e ~ ~ i f i eFdl y i n p O b j e c t s
R e s e a r c h Group v i s i t c d ' t h e s p o t a i ~ dw e r e c e r t 2 j . n the,,phenomenon was no
hoax and r e j e c t e d a p l a n t d i s e a s e a s r e s p o n s i b l e ,
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o u t a n d t h a t "no e a r t h l y s o u r c e o f . e n e r g y y vwould c a u s e s u c h a n e f f e c t .
However, government s c i e n t i s t s who v i s i t e d t h e s i t e some t i m e l a t e r
gave a n o p i n i o n t h a t t h e c a u s e was s a , p r ~ ~ h y t fi ~ c n g u sl i v i n g i n - t h e d e a d
t i s s u e p r o b a b l y f o l l o w i n g b l i g h t . . k n ' o f f i c i a l government s t a t e m e n t d e -
n i e d t h a t t h t r e was a'ny r a d i o a c t i v i t y - ~ r e s e n c . O t h c r . s c i e n t i s t s ' s a i d
t h e marks on t h e ground w e r e c a u s e d by p i g s r o o t i n g .
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happy . w i t h t h e - f i n d i n g s . He d e n i e s t h a t f u n g u s a t t a c k ~ p r o d u c e sa, n eT.-
f,ec& s u c h a s des,cr7i.b,ed, and s a y s , h e knows p e r f e , c t l y - w e l l w h a t p i g r o o t -
i n g l o o k s l i k e ahd -it d o e s ' n o t r e s e r b l e t h e marks on h i s -farm,

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s c i e n t i s t s now d e c l i n e t o c c n t l n u e c o n d u c t i n g t e s t s , l h e y s a y r e a s o n -
, a b l e c a u s e s -of phenomena exa,:incd h ~ v ebeen f ' o u n d , and t h a t th'e c i r c u m .
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i s f l a t t e n e d i n i . a .d i r c u l a r : mannGr. . In t h e background o f t h e - p i. c t u r e ,
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d i s t a n c e o f less t h a n . 901 u n t i l . i,t f i n a l l y l e f ' t , leevine ' b e h i n d a c i r c ' l e
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grcw i n t h a t a r e a have f a i l e d , -TrGnsp!Lanted gr'ass;.dl.ed;. Bi?i.Rs., d-ogs irx
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s t r i p a b o u t t h r e e f e e t wide a l o n g t h e ~ u t e i -edge o f t h e ci.rc:!e wa?

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good w r i t e up i n "The V a l l e y P r e s s .
Mrs. J o s e p h i n e J . C l p r k , e d i t o r of DATA-NET REPORT, r e c e n t l y hbd a
," of Felton, Czlifornia Jo - l i v e s a t
Ben Lomond, C a l i f , (?LO HarvarZ ' 3 r i v e ) and i s a b u s y h o u s e w i f e ? b u t
' f i n d s t i m e t o w r i t e , c u t c t e n c l l s a n d mimeograph t h e m o n t h l y < p u b l i c z t i o r
w h i c h , i n t h i s editor!^ o p i n i o e , i s one o f t h e v e r y b e s t UFO mags you
w i l l f i n d . M i c h e l file J z f f e , 62!+ F a r l e y S t . , N o u n t a i n View, C a l i f . , i s
" C o n t r o l , " h e a d i n g - t h e t h r e e - y e z r o l d n e t w o ~ ko f r a d i o o p e r ~ t a r s
z c r o s s t h e U . S.A. 2nd some f , , r t i g r ! c o u p , t r i n s , i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e u q ' l d e ~ "
i f i e d f l y i n g obj.er;.ts, A l o n g l i s t .-)fC o r i r o i s t a t i o n s i s g i v e n i n t k
, November i s s u e . o.f DAT!.--NET REFZRT. The OPE 2 t Mountzin View i s
bit
WB I?PL 2nd Mike woxld l i k e t o h e a r from o t h e r r z d i o z m ~ t e u r swho wo:llr-
l i k e t o j o i n : t h e n e t w o r k , Mernbcrship i s &!+~,00p e r y e a r ,
DATA-NET RSPORT i s f u l l o f UFO news f r o m e v e r y w h e r e . We l o o k f o r -
wzrd t o l M i k e - 1 s p s r s o n $ l comment which sometimes s i 7 e l e s ? and J o ? s
f i n e w r i t i n g c o n L r i b u t e z t o a v c r j . r e h d a b l e m ? ~ ? z i n e . You' c a n g e t
a sample copy foi? 35$.
V i c t o r Kucharek, 6 7 2 1 M i l l ~ r ?D e t r o i t . N i c h i g 2 n , i n f o r m s u s t h z
D e t r o i t U:F;O. I n f o r m a t i o n &' R e s e a r c h Ceht s r w i l l d i s c c i i t i n ! ~ ~a,s oP
J u n e 1970. s u b s c r i b e r s t o t h e n c w r l e t t c r w i 3 - 1 r a r e i v e t h e i r c ~ p i e s
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a c c o r d i n g t o e q i r n t i o n d a t e , il:.:.'; _.lC.wand r enew,?l s ~ b s c r i $ ; i o n s a y e

n o t b e i n g a c c e p t e d , I l k , K u c h r c k 2nd h i s w i f e p l ~ nt o concirluc t h e 2
own p r i v z t e r e s e ~ r c hi n u f ' c l o g j 2nd j n v i L e c o r r c s p o r i d e : ~ c c . We w i l l
m i s s t h i s i n f or1nui;i.v e b u l l e t i n whl.:h h a s b e e n i n t e r e s t i n g r e a d i n g f o r
the past 3$ years,

B r i a n Cannon, 91 Voyageur Ave., Winnipeg 22: Canada, s e n d s h o l i d a y

g r e e t i n g s a n d i n f o r m s u s t h e N ~ t i o n a lR e s e a r c h C o u n c i l o f Cen2da r e -
c e i v e d I d 6 r e p o r L s of UFOs i n 136; and 157 r e p o r t s f r o m J a n u z r y - t o
0 c t o b t . r 1969. B r i a n r e c e n t l y . r e t u r n e d f r o m la t r i p w e s t w h ~ r eh e me2
D r . P, M, ,I-I, Edw,?rds, PPRQ a d v i z c r i n V i c t a r i ~ ,B. C , 2 n d v t s l te;!
John fibgor,, eddt,or of CA:JP,3IAX \iUG REPOR'I', t h a t f i n e .bi--rr,o~';h'7 pub]--i -
f at ion, y h i c h i s $ 3 , 0 0 p e r y e a r . Address--Canadian UFO R e p o r t , BOX 75s'
D m c a x , B, C . , Canada. B r i a n i s a c o n t r i b u t i n g e d i t o r ,
- . .
We t h i n k Mark B o u g e y s SAUCER MAGAZINE i s much improved i n appea?-anx&
and cont-en5 i n r e c e n t mortlis, w i t l : more a n d b e t t e r w r i t t e n UFO r e p o r L s ,
I t i.s ~ j ~ i k ~ i s hmeodn t h l y a.ild i s now $ ~ , o op e r y e a r . Checks s h ~ u i db e
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s e n t ' tc- > k ~ r kBouge, 1911 M2in S t . B e l l e v u e Nebr, 683Oj,
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C3ppare:-a ,
I T T , 131k .H?nna S t , ; C ~ r r b o r o .N. C , i s a d o u b l e i s s u e of'
2 0 pc?gcs. The e d i Lor end John V j n i n g c o - ~ u t h o r v f ? 4 y s t c r ya; EpLtzbc-rgenT'
a ~ e v i e w0 f . a r e ~ o r t e dUFO c r a s h a t S n l c z b e r g e n , Norwey i n Lf32? a n
i n t e r e s t i n g z r t i k l e , T h i s montlliy p u b l i c2t.i cn i s $ 4 . 0 0 p e r y e z r , and
e sample copy i s 3OC. T h i s s p e c i a l d o u 5 l e i s s u e i s 35#,

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t h e UFO s u b j e c t . ~t i s a r z t h c r s t ~ r t l i n gd e p z r t u r e f r o m h i s preT;iou.?
w r i t i n p , 2s V a l l e e s c v s h e c o z ~ l c t c . l vf o r g o t hc w ~ 2s scientist w h i - l c
w r i t i n p t h e book. The m c t e r i ~ i2 r e s e n t e d by V z l l e e w s . t a b e n i n 1Br-g.?
p r t . f r o r n l e g e n d s ~ n df o l k l o y e . H s z t t ~ m p t st o show t h z t , i n e l l a g e s .
p e o p l e h a v e b e l i e v e d i n p r & r n ~ : t ? i r z lb e i n g s o f v a r i o u s k i n d s . From
f a r i e s snd e l v e s , we h a v e p r c g r e s s e d 30 "Ufcr.al1ts." While. i t i s b e - .
l i e v d d t h a t r e s e ~ r c ho f t h i s t y p e s h o u l d d e f i n i t e l y b e d o n e , 0n.e f i n d :
i t ' , h c ? r d t o Z g r e e w i t h some o f Va!.lc,efs s t s t e n ~ n t s . H i s cclnments on t h :
n o n - . l i k l i h o o d of s p c e v i s i t o r s a r e r e m i n i s c e n t o f t h e Condon R e p o r t ; :
s t z t e m m t s c o n c e r n i n g t h e l s c k of e n t r a t e r r e s t r i ~ lc o n t a c t w i t h i n t h e
n e x t 1.0,GCO yec?rs! I Z . q i s r i d i c u l o u : : a s s e r t i o n s s u c h 2 s t h e s e t , h ~ tc.c.;.%:
t o mzke p e o p l e d o u b t t h e word o f e u t h o r i t i e s i n g e n e r a l . PAISSORT T13
MAGONIA. i s n o t a l l b z d , however. I t c o n t ~ i n ssomz v e r y f a s c i n a t i n g
a c c ' o u n t s a n d i s w e l l w o r t h r e ~ d i n g ,f l a w s 2nd a l l .

A g ~ i n ,. t h e NATIONAL ENQUI1-2ER i s a good s o u r c e f o r UFO m z t c r i a l . The

D e c m b e r 1 4 t h i s s u e c o n t a i n s a n z : * t i c l e d e ~ . l i n gw i t h t h e r e s e z r c h e s c:?
two C l e v e l a n d , O h i o , y o u t h s 2 ~ 5t h e ~ u b l i : z t , i o n ,t h e y a r e caw d i s t r i b -
uting. The December 2 1 s t i s s u c . t e l l s o f how t h e w i f e o f B r i t i s h TV
s t a r P e t e r Cook t c p a - r e c o r d e d t h e s o x d e m F i x t i n g f r o m a UFO w h i c h
s h e saw o v e r t h e I f l e d i t - e r r ~ n e z ci s l z n d of !%aj o r c a . Sound technicians
heve b e e n : u n a b l e t o i d e n t i f y t h e rc:corded n o i s e ,

i A n o t h e r A.ward R O O ~p a~p ~ r b a c k . e d i t e d by Brad S t e i ~ : e r& J o 2 n l:<hrit-.

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e n o u r , 1s now c n s z l e . - E n t i t l e d 'T'LYTPJC SkUCZR INVASION. TARGET--.EIIt3Tli.,

it i s a ' c o l l e c t i o n o f s r t i c l c s b y v s r i o u s UFO r e s e ~ r c h c r s . S u b j e c t s '
r a n g e from h i s t o r i c e l r e p o r t s of' UFOs s o t h e "Men i n B l a c k , " s i ~ h t i n g a
by p i l o t s , k t c : F!n i n t e r e s t i n $ ' b o c k , e v e n i f a t r i f l e f f r e - h ~ h y , ? l

J o h n G. F ~ l l e r f slatest UFO b o o k , ALIENS I N T?E SKTES, i s s l s o e v s i l -

able in p?prb?ck. T h e c o n t e n t s ?re ~ c - . r h c p 90%s Z-eprints from t h e
?lSmyposi;m on UFOs1? document w h i c h w a s i s s u c d by t h e Gcv:ri;;,?:nt P r i n t -
i n g BffS.re some t i m e a g o . Fuller h ; s ,?ddc.d z n i n t r o d u c t i o n 2nd gCgcr.o:i
commer,.ts, b u t t h i s is ~ s s c r ? t ; i c ? l l yt h e t e s t i m o n i e s o f these s c i e n t i s t s
who r;c".rtj.cip?ted i n t,he h e z r i n ~ sb e . f o r e t h e House Ccrnmlttck on S c i e i l c : ~
and A s ~ r o n z u t i c son J u l y 2 9 : I $ h B - F o r t h o s e who m;y heve x i s s o d t h i s
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h i~s , i s r v c r y good. s u m z r y of t h e d z y r s p r o c e ~ c i i z ~ s ,
 - To Cur R e a d e r s : We hav? t o have a d e a d l i n e - - t h e 2 0 t h of e a c b rr9lrlt.h---
i n o r d e r t o have a w o r k i n g s c h e d u l e t h a t w i l l work---but be;zi?se of tA;c
h o l i d a y m a i l , s 3 m e . m a t e r i a l was u n d e r s t a n d a b l y l a t e i n a r r i v i n g , and xio:
made a n e x c e p t i o n t h i s month ( D e c e r n b e ~p r e p a r a t i o n o f y o u r J a n i l a r y i s s u e )
and h e l d up a s s e m b l y o f SKYLOOK p a g 3 s i n o r d e r t c add a n o t h e r two p a g e s
( t h i s ) . SKYLOOK w i l l .be i n t h e m a i l n o l a t e r t h a n t h e 2 7 t h - - i t j u s t means
e x t r a work on Ye E d ' s p a r t a t t h e l a s t - - s o r e m e m k r , t h e 2 0 t h i s t h e
d e a d l i n e . And t h a n k s f o r l i s t e n i n ' !

1970 G o a l s t o be D i s c u s s e d a t UFO M e e t i n g
The UFO S t u d y Group o f G r ~ s t e rS t . L o i ~ i sw i l l h o l d a n i m p o r t a n t meet-
i n g a t t h e home o f t h 3 D i r e c t o r l J o h n F', S c h u c s s l e r , 808 P r i m r o s e C o n r c ,
O ' F a l l b n , N 3 . , a t 1:33 pm, S ~ n a c y ,J a n . 4Ln,
M r . Walt A n d r i ~ s , o f Girint-y, Ill,, D i r e c t c r of t h e I l l i n o i s C h a p t e r
,of t h e Nldwest T!F'O N e t w o r k and ~ ? ~ tjh qe I l l i n o i s S e c t i o n of t h e APHO.
w i l l p r e s e n t t h e s t ~ t c solr : i e v z r a l i n ; ~ ~ r t , ~p r~o~j c' c; t s . H i s v a s t know-
l e d g e i n t h 2 UFO f i e l d c a n b2 01v a h e t o a; 1,
Some of t h e t o p i c s t o be c o v e r ~ da r e : S t z t u s of t h e Midwest UFO
K e t w c r k , P l a n s f c r t h e M j <west U1'a Con.i'er~,Lce , Th* fvIlGwzsb Netvor:c
and k P 2 6 , a1-d Ori;aniz-.tiorl cl" t!le 1Cisso~u.j-C h a p t e r o f t h e Miciwest Net-
v-ork. ?lm.3 ~ 1 1 2 -~l S O La-: made r c r f l > t 1 -er n ~ e t l ; ? g s ,
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The "Herald--Whig,'! of Q u i n c y , I l l . , on 3 e c . 1 6 , g a v e a n a c c o u n t o f -
t h e Nove!nSei- 3 3 t h s i g h t i r s , r e p q r t e d b y h a l t ~ n d r 1 . 15n ~ t h j s i : ; s r i p of
SI(YLG35, and *adds t h a t m m b e r s o f t h e T r i - S t z t e llPO Stud)- C r o u p a r e .
h u n t i n g f o r , o t l l e r p e r s o n s who n i g h t h a v e s e e n t h e o b j e l d t t h a t fright,

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A " b r i g h t r e d f l a s h , l l p o s s i b l y a m e t e o r i t e p a s s i n g c l o ~ eby o r f i i t - .
t i n e t h e g r o m d , was o b s e r v e d z b o u t 3 0 m i l e s s o u t h w e s t o f Buckeye, Aria,
Dec. 1 7 , 1959, a s r e p o r t e d by t h e " P h e o n i x G a z e t t e , "
i a r r y S a n k i n , a i r t r e f f i c c o p t r o l l e r a t ~ u k eAir F o r c e B a s e , obser-7- .
ed t h e f l s s t a b o u t 6:57 a,m, He s a i d i t a p p e a r e d a s a s i n g l e f l a s h s i m i -
l a ? t o inteimnal cloud l i g h t n i n g ,
A t l e a s t two Luke p i l o t s , one e n r o u t e t o t h e b a s e f r o m t h e B u c k ~ y e ,
a r e a and t h e o t h e r t a k i n g o f f , a l s o saw - t h e f l a s h . a s d i d o h s ~ r v e r s 2- - t -
Sky H a r b o r t o w e r , One p i l o t s a i d h e saw t h e f 1 . a s h s . " h i t t h e grc>uncifl-but:
coul-d n o t e s t i m a t e t h e d i s t a n c e . A q u i c k c h e ~ ka c c o u n t e d for a i l c i v i l -
i a n a x 4 m i l i t a r y a i r c r a f t . -4 b r i e f ' s e a r c h ~ i 't h e a r e a was rlxid~;b u t
n o t h i n g found t o i n d i c 2 ~ 3a n e x p l o s j o n o r inc3zor c r a t e r . The s k y was
c l e a r and p o s s i b i l i t y of lightning was e l i m i n ' a t e d .
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f i r s t s a w i t - - I s a w t h i s f l a s h i n g r e d l i g h t n o r t h o f me a n d it d i d n ' t
seem t o move.'?. T h a t ' s how d e p u t y s h e r i f f E r n e s t Tande d e s c r i b e d t h e
s t a r t of h i s e a r l y g n i n g e x p e r i e n c e , Nov. 1 2 , w i t h a n u n i d e n t i f i e d
f l y i n g ob je c t , . ,

He s e t t h e t i m e a s a b o u t ?. a,m, and, $he p l a c e a s k i n g a b o u t f e u ?

m i l e s s o ~ t hand e , 2 s t of L a S a l i e , The l i g h t t , , . ~ v e i e d tovial-ds G i c a h i ,
S t . James, b a c k t ~ ~ a r God d s -'-I' tlleii t o t,h e nr,:L7tlic;.astbn l ' c ~ r e dis:?.pi::32-~=-
i n g f r o g s i g h t , Ta.r,de t o l d t h e S t ; Jsmer,, Mir.r.csota u P l a i n d e a i e : : ~ . r '

V e r i f i c a t i o n o f t h e oh j e c t csme f r o m S t James p a t r o l m a n S t e v e B e m m
wh,? spo$.i;cd it a f t e r b 3 i n g a l e r c e d b y 'i'ande v i a r a d i o t h r o u g h t n e can-
n u n i c a t i c n s cen?;er,

Tande s a i d he c o u l d n ' t s e e a n y ? h i r ? . g o t h e r t h a n a l i p h t a n d t h e r e
was r2.3 n o i s e f ~ s o ni';. He s t o o d o?~t:iciz h i s c , ? r to watch and listen, b u t
t h e r e was PO r n 3 t 5 ~n o i s e '?ItV J ~ F1?i!:2'vh~ c a i . d , " e v e n t i ' t . ~ would~ break
t h e v i e w o f t h e r e d l i g h t ; The sky wzs c l ~ z r ,
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kihen he f i r s t s i g h t e d i t , th.e o b j e c t s e e ~ r ; dt o h o v e r . ':A l i t t l e b i t

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It r a d e a b i g a r c a n d . s a e m e d t o b e t r e l , i r l i n g T a s t e r and c l o s e r t o t h e
grourld ,". h e s a i d , I t was t k e n he c a l L e d t h e c o r n ~ m i c a t i o n sc e n t e r ,
P a t r ~ l m a nE e r s o n I-,eaded f o r t h e n o r f h p a ~ to f St. J a ~ e san?, w h i l e
o u t n e a r S o n r i ~ l sS u ~ z 2 rc l u b h e s n o t t e d i;.; T a n d e r e l s t e c i t h a t Benzon
e x c l a i r i - 5 , "Holy smoke, t h a t t , h i z i f s j u s t a b o u t s i t t i n g on he grocmi."

Tande was d r i v i n g w e s t t h 2 l i apd was n e a r rlear L a S a l l e when hp qa-.v

t h e o3:e:t a g ~ i no v e r b y t h e Gcdl?z.L t o w e r , lie i ' o l l ~ ~ ~it~ ee da s t a l o n g
the courlty l i n e r o a d a n d n o t i f l e d Erown c o u n c y s u t h c r i t i e s b y r a d i o
a s he w e n t a l m g .
"It w a s n ' t g o i n g v e r y f a s t - - i t d i s a p p e a r e d o v e r t h e h o r i z o n , " he
said,

Three Sai~.the;-n P a c 5 f i c C c r n p : n j r r . ? i l r o a d a e n on a t r 2 i . n . with 106 ' c a r s

m o v i ~ gs3vtthwnst t;clwzra Klamaeh T a l h ; O r e . , s a x a U:?O the n i g h t oT
Des. 5 t h , a s r e n o l . t e 3 by t h e I;i~,;latl; b:all.s ' ' ~ ~ s ; . d ; d 2;, ?<ew.:::''01.; F5.c , G ,
Moel C a i j . l . o ~ f t e , t h e c o n d u - t c r , s ? i l " i t -~--a:s b r i g h t 1.j ~ h ht e a d i n g
n o r ? h . 1's h ? d a Sol??. n F r r o w boarn: It w s . ~ n v F n gd i a z o n ? i ; y a c r o s s t h e
t r a c k s , fl iie e d d c d , y o z , it gi.:-i:; T;:~,;:, t,he ~i-se;:: , :' .. .~ , -C ~ ':~ ~ b l ? ~ -
t h s l i g h z w a s a:; j.e?s?. '53 C?O ft;, h i ~ h 2. s it. . - r o s s e d . t h e tr,?i:i,.;i.n f r o n t ,
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of t h e n . " T 7 v e n e v e r F e ? n a n y f h % n g 2s b r 5 q n t a s t h a t , " h e r e ~ o r . k e d ,
The e n g i n e e r ar,d i'lagman a l s o a&w .cne ob je c.L, ( C1.edi.t : icju P a. r .-: - s h )
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On Monday, Nov. 10, t h e A e r i z l Phenomena Club of C e n t r a l I l l i n o i s
h e l d i t s r e g u l s r monthly m e e t i n g e t t h e N o r t h m i n s t e r P r e s b y t e r i z n
Church i n P e o r i a . The t o p i c f o r d i s c u s s i o n W ~ S" M i s s i n g ' P w s o n s .
A l s o d i s c u s s e d . w a s t h e U f o l o g i s t s r C o n v e ~ t i o np l a n n e d . f o r S a t u r d a y ,
J u n e i 3 , 1970. Me have a f e w moi-e d e t a i l s f ~ t rh e SKYLOOK r e a d e r s p l a u -
n i n g t o a t t e n d . Two o f SKYLOCK'S f e a t u r e w r i t e r s , Ted P h i l l i p s , of
S e d a l i a , Mo,, and John s c h . ; - e s s l c r , o f C z F a l l o n , No., e r e d e f i n i t e l y
i n c l u d e d i n o u r p l a n s . A l s o , t e n t a t i v e l y p l m n e d , a r e a t l e a s t two
o f t h e most renowned u f o l o g i s t s i n t h i s c o u c t r y . O f c o u r s e , t h e i r w m e s
c a n n o t be r e , l e a s e s u n t i l a l l ap-zngernents a r e f i r m ,
The t o p i c f o r t h e Dec. 8 t h m c e t i n g w i l l . b e "UFOls B. C." w h i c h , ,of
c o u r s e , w i l l c o v e r UFO s i g h t i n g s b e f o r e 1 A.D. M i c h a e l ,Morey w i , l l b e
progrzm l e a d e r .
T h i s g r o u p m e e t s on t h e s e c o n d Mondey of e v 6 r y month a t - 7 : 3 0 p.m.
a t t h e N o r t h m i n s t e r P r e s b y t e r i a n Church 2 t 7030 N. R t . -88; P e o r i a , I l l *
The m o e t i n g u s u a l l y l a s t s f o r ? r o u n d two h o u r s , and v i s i t o r s e r e 2.lweys
welcome
R e p o r t e r : M i c h a e l Morey.

T r i - S t e t e UFO S t u d y Group
The m o n t h l y m e e t i n g of t h e T r i - S t a t e UFO S t u d y Group .w.2s h e l d - .
Th6rsda-v, 'Dkc. 4, ii? the.'hcine o f Walt Andrus i n Q u i n c y , I l l .

The m e e t i n g was opened by P r e s i d e n t Bob S m u l l i n g , o f H a m i l t o n , I l l ,

2nd t h e s e c r e t a r y end t r e a s u r e r s 7 r e p o r t s were r e a d and a p p r o v e d , . M . . r .--
S r n u l l i n g i - n t r - o d u c e d M r . A n d r u s , who opened t h e m e e t i n g t o e n iii'3ormhl . . -- .-
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more i n v e s t i g a t i v e t e a m s , and t h e a c q u i r i n g of t a p e r e c o r d e r s f o r
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Because of t h e h o l i d a y s e a s o n , t h e November 2nd December m c e t i n g s
were combined, 2nd t h e n e x t meetLng w i l l b e h e l d i n J ~ n u z i - y .