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home f r o m t h e Millf>rLumber Co., where h e i s employed i n t h c S Z I - e s D e p e r t m e n t , Nov. 2 4 , 1970. I t was a :lcudy n i g h t , no s t a r s v i s i b l e , and t h e r e was no wind. At, 5 : 4 5 iRrC /'ili r o l l e d down h i s c a r window ~ n dsaw a round o b j e c t , i t s o u t l i ~a t~ f i r s t f u z z y , t h e n becoming c l e z r 2 n d s p p e ? r i n p t o b e perfectly r o u n d . I t x2s moving t o w ~ r d him c ? t t h e s p e e d o f a j e t ~ l z n e ,s l c . w d t o ? c o m p l e t e s t o p ~s h e t u r n e d i n t o h i s d r i v e , t h e n moved due w e s t much f s s t e r t h a n a j c t . He o b s e r v e d t h e o b j e c t f o r l e s s t h a n 2 i v e m i n u t e s .

On e n t e r i n g h i s home, h e w ~ cs z l l e d t o t h e t e l e - h o n e , t h e n w 2 s summoned t o t h e d o o r by a knock 2nd f o u n d h i s n e i g h b o r , L ~ r r yP a t t e r -

s o n s t a n d i n g o u t s i d e . M r . P r t t e r s o n asked him i f he h2d s e e n a n y t h i n g p e c u l i a r on h i s way home. I n s t e a d o f r e p l y i n g d i r e c t l y , L l l i a s k e d i f

P a t t e r s o n had--2nd wzs t o l d he had.

L a r r y K . J . P ~ t t e r s o n ,#8 P h y l l i s D r i v e , l e f t t h e f i r n o f 3 . K .

H o l t , CPA, w h e r e h e i s employed '2s an a c c o u n t a n t , a n d s t o p p e d a t a

n u r s e r y s c h o o l t o p i c k u p h i s l i t t l e d ~ u g h t e r . He sighted t h e r o u n d

o b j e c t i n t h e sky a s he was d r i v i n g through Foundation ( ? ) Pcrk and k e p t t h e UFO i n s i g h t t h e r e s t of t h e way home. h e s ~ i di t e p p e a r e d t o be s o l i d w i t h a b r i l i i ~ n tglow o f w h i t e and y e l l o w . I t was h o v e r i n g when h e f i r s t s ? i~t , t h e n it began t o move i n a c i r c u l z r f a s h i o n arid i n r a p i d s p u r t s . iie s t o p p e d h i s c z r a t Grzgg S t r ~ t t o w a t c h t h e o b j e c t , t h e n w e n t on and s t o p p e d i n f r o n t o f A l l i l s home. He s ~ i d h e t u r n e d t o " s e e i f Sammy w e r e home1' and when h e t u r n e d a r o u n d t o l o o k ? t t h e o b j e c t a g a i n , lit had d i s a p p e z r e d . Me t h e n knocked on t h e door t o zsk R l l i i f he had seen t h e object.

M r s . R o s e t t a Holmcs obtaincd complete w r i t t e n r e n o r t s from both men, 2nd t h i s i s w r i t t e n from t h e i r a c c o u n t s . M r . A l l i t h o u g h t t h e o b j e c t was t h e s i z e of a dine held a t arm's l e n g t h , while M r . Pcqttersr:l estirnzted t h e s i z e t o be t h a t of a pea hcld 2 t arm's length,

B o t h a g r e e d on t h e w c a t h e r c o n d i t i o n s , t h e d e s c r i ~ t i o nof t h e o b j e c t and i t s movement; arid b o t h w r o t e t h e y a t f i r s t t h o ~ p h ti t might be a p l ~ n e ,h u t r e ~ l . i z e di t w ~ ms oving t o o f z s t . Nr. ? ; > t t c r s o n ~ ? t c : - , : : ~ . t h e object f o r about 15 minutes, s o saw it before h i s neighbor sight.ed it.

( E d i t o r ' s N o t e : We w e r e n ' t s u r e i f t h e l e t t c r w ~ as n "1"" c?r z n " O V r ~ n d e c i d e d on t h e f o r m e r and h o p e we have s p e l l e d M r . h l l i l s name c o r r e c t l y . Mrs. Holmes h z d j u s t b r o k e n h e r g l ~ s s e s ,~ n ds e n t t h e r e p o r t s on t o u s , a s s h e w ~ us n z b l e t o t y p e them f i r s t h ~ r s e l f . )

- Coming i n t h e F e b r u a r y 1971 SKYLOOK

"The UFO: J u s t Beyond t h e S t ~ t e - o f - t h e - f r t " by J o h n F . S c h u e s s l e r . The c o m p l e t e t e x t o f h i s a d d r e s s a t t h e E i d w e s t UFO C o n f e r e n c e h e l d

a t B r a d l e y U n i v e r s i t y , P e o r i a , I l l . , J u n e 13, 1970.

" N o t e s on M e r g e r s n by C l i n t o n C u r t i s W i l l i a n s J r . i; f a s c i w t i n g a r t i c l e on a i r c r z f t "merging" w i t h 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 .

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w i l l ,provide him , w i t h,menayp o t e n t i a l UFO-interested c o n t a c t s .

IOWA g r e e t s a n o t h c r S t e t e - S e c t i o n D i r e a c t o r f o r t h e Iowa C i t y are'a.

He i s : , W i l l i a m H. ( l l ~ i l)l H?ulnkins, WABKOM, Eowa C i t y , Iowa. Telephone

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Iowa. He h a s a M 3 s t e ~ sd e g c e r i n L i b r s r y S c i c n c e and i s employed i n

t h e Government S e c t i o n o f t h e S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y o f Iowa L i b r a r y . His

s p e c i a l i z a t i o n i s e l e c t r o n i c UFO d e t e c t i o n d e v i c e s .

The Radio Cornrnunicaft,ions S e c t i o n o f MUFON me't f o r one o f t h e i r

monthly d r i l l s on November 3 0 , 1970 u n d e r t h e d i r c c t i o n o f 'Ronzld M.

Anderson, WA.9PAb7, Chippew2 F a l l s , W i s . I n a d d i t i o n t o . t h e r e g u l a r

a m a t e u r r a d i o s t a t i o n s r e p o r t i n g i n W@NC S t . L o u i s , Mo. ; K@UQJ,, Hazel-

wood, Mo.; W A ~ A R G ' , Q u i n c y , I l l . ; E a s t P e o r i a , I l l . was r e p r e s e n t e d by

K9PWQ w i t h , Bruce a t ) t h e rnicrophonc. S t a t e - S e c t i o n D i r e c t o r . f o r ' t h c

P e o r i a ' a r e a , Ray W a t t s 2nd mcmber, Dezn- Maybcrr-y,; were i n z t t e n d z n c e

t o e x c k i ~ n g ec, ommunicstions on , c u r r e n t UFO r e p o r t s . D i l l Armstrong,

WmNC i n S t . L o u i s r e l e t e d t h e d e t a i l s o f a m u l t i p l e w l t n e s s s i g h t i n g e

made November 16 p t 9:)O PM n e a r S t r e c k n e r , I l l . , t h a t w a s r e p o r t c d

b y Mrs.' R o s e t t a Holmes, o u r S t ~ t e - S e c t i o nD i r e c t o r f o r t h e C a r l y l e

a r e a . 'The n e x t d r i l l w i l l b e . llect-rnber 1 7 , 1970.

, W ? l t ' a n d ~ e a n n eh d r u s - e x t e n d th.e h e a r t i e s t o f Season: G r e e t i n g s t o . 2 1 1 o f . t h e members o f the-MIDWFST UFO KET-

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U n i v e r s i t y , S a t u r d a y s a i d a ~ y s t e r i o u so b j e c t s i g h t e d i n l F r o v i d e n c e s k i e ' s S e t u r d a y morning c o u l d have beien s p a c e s h o t d e b r i s . The a s t r o i l omer s a i d t h e d i r e c t i o n of t r a v e l of t h e s i g h t i n g and t h e l e n g t h qf t i m e i t / w a s o v e r t h e m e t r o p o l i t e n a r e a made i t , unli1cr;fy t h a t t h e o b j e c t was a n a t u r a l phenomenon, such a s a meteor-ite. The b r i g h t , w h i t e l i g h t , reportedly moving'from west t o east s t z r t l e d ezrly risers. Officials a t t h e N a v a l Air S t a t i o n , Air F o r c e B2ses i n M a s s a c h u s e t t s 2nd t h e Nati o n a l Weather S e r v i c e were uneble t o e x p l a i n t h e phenomcrlon. (Source, ! V r k a n s z s G a z e t t e , " Dcc. 6 , 1970; c-i~e4it8--LouF ? ~ . i s h )

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By T e d P"h-.j-.-2-..1...-i-.-n.-~,

Don P. K a b l e r end 3 f r i e n d wFre on a d e e r h u n t i n g t r i p ?rid w e r e

s i t t i n g i n a c r r w a i + , i n g f o r d a Y l i $ l t t h e m o r n i n g o f Nov. 1 7 , 1 9 7 0 , The s k v W ~ Sc l e a r 2nd t h e moon 2nd st2rs w e r e v i s i b l e . I t w ? s . 5 : 3 0 a.m. rnd t h e y saw a l a r g e , b r i g h t o b i e c t , r e d i n c o l o r ~ l n dg u l s n t i n g . I t w z s on 2 w e s t t o e z s t c o u r s e , moving s l o w l y . I t was much l z r . y e r t h z n t h e s t a r s pnd n o t 2s l a r g e a s t h e moon. I t p a s s e d o v e r t h e c p r e t a n u n d e t e r m i n e d a l t i t u d e ? and t h e r e w ~ ns o s o u n d .

The o b j e c t moved i n a s t r z i p h t l i n e , b u t i n 2 s e e m i n g z i g - z z g movement. I t suddenly stopped, hovered f o r ,3bout one minute, proceeded towartis t h e n o r t h , hovered z ~ a i n .It continued t o do t h i s

d i ~ r i n gt h e 1 2 - 1 5 m i n u t e s it was u n d e r o b s e r v z t i o n .

As t h e s k y b e g ? n t o l i g h t e n , t h e o b j e c t was s t i l l v i s i b l e . K z b l e r

and t h e o t h e r w i t n e s s l e f t t h e c 2 r and went i n t o t h e wooded a r e a

n e e r b y , 2nd l o s t s i g h t of t h e o b j e c t , s t i l l i n t h e n o r t h when l a s t s e e n . The o b j e c t d i d n o t b r i g h t c n n o r dim a t a n y t i m e , :?nd no d e t , a i l s or other l i g h t s could be seen.

I have known Don K z b l e r , a n I n s p e c t o r w i t h t h e Highwey D e p a r t m e n t , t h e p a s t e i g h t y e a r s 2nd c o n s i d e r him a m o s t r e l i a b l e individual. I am n o t a c q u a i n t e d w i t h t h e o t h e r w i t n e s s , b u t h e c o n f i r m e d t h e s i p h t -

i n g 2nd d e s c r i p t i o n a s g i v e n by Kabler.

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By Mae J 2 n n e t . t

My h u s b a n d , s o n 2nd I were t r a v e l i n g on I n t e r s t z t e 7 0 , j u s t e a s t

of Effingham, I l l . , t h e evening of Dec. 6 , 1970, j u s t a f t e r s u n s e t .

We saw 2 v e r y b r i g h t l i g h t t h a t l o o k e d l i k e a . s t a r , b u t much l a r g e r - - a b o u t h s l f t h e s i z e of t h e moon. I t wzs n o t moving when f i r s t

seen, then s t e r t e d moving t o t h e west and soon fzded from view. There

was s t i l l enouph l i g h t t o determine t h e r e was no o u t l i n e o r shepe o f a p l a n e , 2nd it w ~ ns o t h i n g t h z t I c o u l d r e c o g n i z e .

BIOVERSE 7 i s now r e z d y f o r m i l i n g ! A f t e r r e m ~ r k c b l cs u c c e s s i n

s e l l i n g t o t h e g e n e r a l p u b l i c ' , we a r e now o r i e n t i n g o u r form,?t t o t h e

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. u s t r ~ t i o n s ,p l u s a r e v e c l i n g l e t t e r f r o m Gene D u p l ~ n t i e r ! Anyone e l s e

would e s k 75 c e n t s . b u t UFOs a r e o u r h o b b y , n o t 2 s i d e l i n e ! J u s t

. 3 5 k , 3 - i s s u e s u b s c r i p t i o n f o r a d o l l ~ r .P u b l i s h e d b i - m o n t h l y . A l l m a i l -

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Debbie Tallmzn and Janice Skiver, of Beckemey~r,Ill., reported

w a t c h i n g f o u r moving o b j e c t s z b o u t s i x o l c l o c k or,e e v e n i n g t h e l2st

week i n August, 1970. The two h i g h s c h o o l g i r l s s 2 w t h r e e o b j e c t s

l1sh2ped l i k e f r i s b e e s f 1 ( a round disc-shsped t o y t h e t s z i l s through

t h e a i r ) . They a p p e 2 r e d t o b e h o v e r i n g o v e r z f ~ r m h o u s e ,C e b b i e s a i d ,

t h e n s t r r t e d moving t o t h e w e s t . r, f o u r t h o b j e c t "swooped o u t of some

clouds" and jolned t h e t h r e e , and a l l slowly f,-,ded from view. There

was n o s o u n d . The o b j e c t s were a s i l % , r e rc o l o r 2nd r ~ ol i g n t s c o u l d b e

seen.

( C r e d i t : Ma? ~ a n n d t ta n d R o s e t t a H o l.m.e..s )........................ ________________________________________----________________________________________---------

B s 1 1 of Light Over Aviston, Ill.

Bob Crow r e p o r t e d t o Mrs. Mae J a n n e t t , o f Beckemeyer, I l l . , k h e t

he ~ n dh i s f a t h e r w c r e h e a d i n g w e s t on R o u t e j O t h e

o f Nov. 26,

1970, a b o u t 7 o l c l o c k , , and were a m i l e w e s t of i . v i s t o n , I l l . , when

b o t h s s w a f l a s h o f l i g h t r e s e m b l i n g a w e l d i n g f l a s h . I\ f e w s e c o n d s

l a t e r a big b2ll of light appeared over Aviston, yellow+sh rcd i n

c o l o r , and noving s o u t h a t g r e a t speed. It disapcezred i n l e s s t h a n

a m i n u t e . Bob t u r n e d on t h e c a r r z d i o 2s t h o~b j e c t d i s z p p e e r e d , b u t

could g e t no s t a t i o n because of s t z t i c . Ten minutes l a t e r , r a d i o r e -

c e p t i o n was normal.

R e v o l v i n g L i g h t S e e n Near J e f f e r s o n C i t y , Mo.

Mrs. B e t t y Kehoe of M o b e r l y , Mo., w ? s d r i v i n g on Highway 4 0

a b o u t s i x O ' c l o c k t h e morning of Nov, 22, 1970, when s h e S 2 W

a b r g e g r e e n and w h i t e r e v o l v i n g l i g h t z b o u t s i x h u n d r e d y ~ r d swest of t h e highway. The ob,ject w s o v e r a d e n s e l y wooded F r e a a b o u t

f i v e mriles f r o m J e f f e r s o n C i t y , Mrs. Kehoe r e ~ o r t e d t h e o b j e c t ceclscs t o r e v o l v e a s s h e p a s s e d t h e s i t e . Because o f t h e b r i p h t n e s s of t h e

l i g h t , she was unable t o see any o u t l i n e of t h e object. (Credit, Larry Yoder)

C a s s i u s C l a y S e e s S t a r s ! ( N , Y . C.)

Perheps it i s n ' t unusual f o r a f i g h t e r t o '!see st;rsl' of one k i n d o r a n o t h e r , b u t C a s s i u s C l a y s a i d t h i s o n e w 2 s a UFO. He s p o t t e g

i t a s he w?s d o i n g r o a d w o r k i n C e n t r a l P ~ r kDecember 1 s t . C l a y s ~ j 6 h e o f t e n s a w UFOs when h e d i d e a r l y m o r n i n g r o a d w o r k , a c c o r d i n g t o 2 c l i p p i n g f r o m t h e "Chicago D a i l y Newsf1--"They're u p t h e r e a l l t h e tlmr and t h e government is keeping it a s e c r e t , " he said.

Police headquartex-s s z i d e p2trolman i n 2 s a w d czr reported s c e i ~ ; a UFO h o v e r i n g i n Q u e e n s C o u n t y , and t h e La G u z r d l a A i r p o r t a l s o r e ceived r e ~ o r t s .

The i n t e n s e b r i g 3 t l i g h t was Venus, and t h e Washington N e t ~ o n a l

Observatory explained its unusual brightness t o atmospheric conditions,

( S o u r c e , " C h i c a g o D a l l e y News" a n d 'lArk2nses G a z e t t e T 1 - - C r e d i t , Thomas

E. M i l l e r , o f E r a n k l i n P ~ r k ,I l l . , m d Lou F ~ r i z h )

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Dec. 14, 1970 i n J e f f e r s o n County and p a r t s o f S t . L o u i s C o u n t y may

h a v e b e e n a s u n c r s o n i c m i l i t a r y j e t a i r p k n e , a u t h o r l t l c s theorized. However, F e d e r a l A v i a t i o n Apency and S c o t t Air F o r c e Bz-se spokesman

s a i d t h e y knew of no s u p e r s o n i c p l a n e s i n t h e a r e a a t t h e t i m e . The boom r e p o r t e d l y s h o o k t h e J e f f e r s o n County C o u r t h o u s e i n H i l l ~ b o ~a ncd was f e l t by many r e s i d e n t s i n E u r e k a , F e n t o n B s l l w i n ~ n do t h e r p a r t s

of southwest, S t . Louis County. ( C r e d i t : "St. Louis Globe--DmocraL1j

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E ; d i t o r T s Note: One o f o u r M i s s o u r i r e a d e r s who d o e s n o t w i s h h e r nzme u s e d o r t h e e x a c t s i t e o f h e r hone g i v e n ( i n f o r n l ~ t i o nI n o u r

7 f i l e s ) h a s s e n t u s a n i n t e r e s t i n g s i h t i n g . We w i l l r e f e r t o h e r

f a m i l y a s t h e Browns ( n o t t h e i r name and i d e n t i f y t h e i r home a s b c i n f w i t h i n 1 0 0 m i l e s f r o m S t . L o u i s ( t r u e ) . Ye h a v e w r i t t e n o u r r e p o r t f r c m Mrs. B r o w n ' s l e t t e r s , g i v i n g t h e e s s e n t i a l f s c t s and o m i t t i n g c n l y i d e n t i f y i n g lzndmarks e t c w h i c h would p i n p o i n t t h e i r home.

The Browns l i v e on a f z r m sever:' m i l e s f r o m a M i s s o u r i town. On t h e n i g h t o f IJov. 5 , 1 9 7 0 , t h e t e e l l .~;e s o n , who w z s o u t d o o r s ; c a l l e d e x c i t e d l y , "Come h e r e and l o o k a t t k 2 1 i ~ k . t s . l '

Mrs. Brown h u r r i e d o u t s i d e a n d t h e y b o t h w ~ t c h e dl1 a bunch of green and red and yellow l i g h t s b l i n k i n g o f f and on, j u s t above t h e

t r e e t o p s , " t o t h e e a s t . "When two o r t h r e e would come o n , t h e o t h e r

two o r t h r e e would b l i n k o f f ,11 N r s . Brown w r o t e . "If t h e y would have 2 1 1 s t ~ y e don ~t t h e s2me t i m e , i t would h a v e made a c o n p l e t e o v a l i n the sky."

71Thcn,11s h e r e n o r t e d , "We saw 3 b i g , w h i t e l i p b t t h ~ stcemed t o be g e t t i n g b i y g e r and b i g p e r a s it cpme c l o s e r , f a r t h e r t o t h e l e f t of

t h e o v a l o f b l i n k i n g r e d , g r e c n 2nd v e l l o w l i g h t s . f f I t w ~ hs i g h e r i n t h e s k y . T h i s l o o k e d l i k e i t c o u l d be 2 n ~ i r q l a n e ,b u t we h e ~ r d

nothing and suddenly it went o u t a l t o g e t h e r - - j u s t went out completely, Then i n a n o t h e r m l n u t e o r t w o , t h e c o l o r e d l i p h t s w e r e gone t o o . we

watched a11 t h i s z good f i v e minutes." The c o l o r e d l i g h t o v a l was : b o u t 5 m i l e s e a s t of t h e Brown home,

t h e y judged, w h i l ~t h e l a r g e w h i t e l i g h t , a l s o e z s t , was h q z h e r i n the sky.

A h a l f a n h o u r l a t e r , t h e Browns w e r e i n d o o r s w s t c h i n g TV when

t h e e l e c t r i c l i g h t s i n t h e house went o f f f o r a minute 2nd t h e n csme b a c k on. T h i s was r c p e z t e d f o u r o r f i v e t i m e s 2nd Mrs. Brown d e c i d e d t o c a l l t h e R . E. A . t r o u b l e number. On c a l l i n g , s h e g o t a b u s y s i g n a l , w ~ i t e da fcw m i n u t e s and c a l l e d a g a i n .

The w i f e o f t h e l i n e m a n r e p l i e d a n d Mrs. Brown h s a r d h e r c a l l t > o h e r husband, ll'. H e r e ' s a n o t h e r i n the same v i c i n i t y . " The l i n e r w n t a l k s ?

t o Mrs. Brown a n d s a i d t h e y had b e e n g e t t i n g o t h ~ e rr e p o r t s of t h e

l i g h t s going on and o f f s i n c e t h e first of October end s a i d , flWelve

checked e ~ e r y t h i n gon t h e l i n e a n d e v e n w a l k e d t h e l i n e s on f o o t , b u t

c z n l t find anything out of order.-F1

Mrs. Brown had m e n t i o n e d e e r l i e r i n h e r l e t t e r t h a t t h e i r l i g h t s

had gone o f f and on a numbc,r o f e v e n i n g s , z l w a y s b e t w e e n 6PM 2nd

7 : 3 0 PM, b u t n o t e v e r y n i g h t .

Mrs. Brown a s k e d . "Do vou t h i n k t h e r e i s 2nv c o n n e c t i o n b e t w e e n

t h e b l l n k i n g li,ghts'in thk o v a l end t h e b i g white l i g h t t h ? t went

o u t , t o t h e l i n e t r o u b l e ? I d i d n ' t t e l l him about t h e b l i n k i n g

l i g h t s ( d i d n ' t want t o e x c i t e t h e whole REA) i f meybe it i s o n l y

some f a u l t y t h i n g on t h e m ~ i nl i n e . B u t I am t e l l i n g vou."

Firs. Brown made it c l e a r s h e w a n t s no p e r s o n ~ lp u b l i c i t y , b u t

s h e g z v e u s p e r m i s s i o n t o s'end a s t a f f member t o h e r home f o r a n

i n t e r v i e w , 2nd we hope t o h ~ v emore on t h i s a t a l a t e r d a t e .

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