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a l l I:.-, ; e j - i r l i : s ~ d I S f r o m r e l i k ! ~ l e s o u r c e s . To t h e b e s t o f o u r k ' b i l -
i t y , w e t e l l I t a s it i s ,
S t a f f and S p e c i a l C o n t r i b u t o r s t o SKYLOOK
!lea ; ~ 1 1 i l l i $ s,: J?. ,.::Hkpoftei- and ~ e ' a t u r eW r i t e s , 1 1 1 3 Ware A v e . ,
S e d a l i a , No.
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S u b . . ; c r i p t i o n s , c o r r e s p o n d e n c e and r e p o r t s a h o u l d be m a i l e d
t o the e d i t o r , N o m a E. S h o r t , Box 1 2 9 , S t o v e r , Mo. 65078.
-When p o s s i b l e , a l l r e p o r t s s h o u l d be i n by t h e 20th. SKYLOOK
i s p u b l i s h e d t h e f i r s t cf t h e month.
Mi s s o u r i I-Ifis F Y u y o f UFO R e p a r -t:3
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Stous F a i l C a r r i e r ' s Truck -Farmers See UEY) " A s B1g A s a HouseH
K i e s o ~ : r ik i d a f l u r r y of ~ i d e n t i f i e df l y i n g o b j e c t r e p o r t s d u r i n g
Mzrsh-.-cl,l:c~w h i t i s more s u r p r l s ing, newspdpers such a s " m e Kansas,
C j ' y l.'1ri.\sH m d "The S t , Louis Globe-Democrat" c a r r i e d r e p o r t s , Even
r x -u. o 3 '-5t e l e v i s i c n g o t i n t o the a c t ,
"The Fhco-n Chronicle-Herald1' c a r r i e d a f u l l r e p o r t of a Macon (bun-
ti-ir,'- ?:?:,oii.nter w i t 3 ib s t r a n g e , f l y i n g o b j e c t which stopped h i s r a d i o
and -t,.,icl; siigii:e, fI?-ctr,?ha t h . William h e r s t r e e t , 51, i s a s t a r r o u t e
m i l c a r r i e r out of Elmer, a s r i a l l town i n n o r t h e a s t Missouri, and is,
a l s o t h e c l t j - z c r s l - x l . The newspaper d e s c r i b e s him as a man "not giv-
en t o e : ' ~ a ~ ~ : , g e r a talld ~ who L k d taken l i t t l e s t o c k in UFO s t o r i e s
i o ~ :one
u n t i l h i s e x p r i e n c e w i t h one,
SXlr'LdL?T;'s e d i t o r wrote t o N r . O v e r s t r e e t and asked f o r a p e r s o n a l
r e p o r t of his encounter, and h i s l e t t s r in r e p l y i s so well-written,
we a r e giving !lia story i n h i s own words, a s follows:
I n reg;~irds t o your l c ~ t e rabout t h e UFO t h a t I saw March 4, 1969,
a t 6 s43 A.M. on i-1Lghway J , 4 rn-iles west of A t l a n t a , No., t h i s i s what
happened,
I was "caveling e a s t approaching E a s t Fork Bottom when I n o t i c e d
a large x d o b j e c t about -one ha12 x i l e t o the r i g h t of me, i n t h e f i e l d ,
It was t r a v e l i c g n o r t h and I was going e a s t . When it came upon the,
road i n f r o n t of me, i t t a m e d the same way I was going. Judging from
t h e w i d t h cf t h e road,, the o b j e c t was about 100 f e e t a c r o s s . The low-
e r eCge ~3f the red glow was about 50 f e e t above &he ground. It seemed
t o sea? 'JOT 2 seconc LS i t turned t h e szime d i r e c t i o n a s 1 was going.
c l o s e r t o i t , a r e a l s t r o n g w ~ l i t elight came down upon
A s I c?~~!e
t h e rod6 i n f r o n t of me. The l i g h t was f u l l width a t the t o p and came
to a ~ 2 0 % about 8 f e e t a c r o s s on t h e road. The l i g h t magnified t h e
c h a t on the highway ' t o about s l z e of golf b a l l s . T h i s l i g h t beam t h a t
cane c:? the g m u n d was e x t r e n e l y hot. The h e a t c& through t h e wind.c-' '
s h l k f j 2 sly %nick so bad t h a t i t T e l t l i k e I w a s s i t t i n g out i n t h e
sun i L . not summer dcy w i t h t h e c a r g l a s s e s r o l l e d up.
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'il;-,i-;-. i;' i s beam came t o the ground, t h e o b j e c t changed colors.
The ce:lter p e r t changed to a b r i g h t blue w i t h a quivering sensation0
Arom? bl:le was a wide r e c band, then a small yellow band on -the
o u t s i d e , i*/j!ich glowed l i k e bubbie l i g h t s and made t h e yellow band
l o o k l i k e it was t u r r i t n g clockwise around the r e s t of-. .it. The light
was e x - ' z m e l y b r i g h t . I could n o t see through t h i s glow. I couldnt t
t e l l what kirld of ~ z ~ ; t ; e r i at hl i s was made o f . I could s e e no windows
o r doors. There was a l s o no sound,
I s .;;r$ed
~ - - moving up c l o s e r . I had my two-way r a d i o on and was
t r y i n g t o t a l k over i t , but sez~ned t h a t my s i g n a l was n o t g e t t i n g out.'
When I got c l o s e t o the- beam -of l i g h t , my t r u c k motor q u i t and a l s o
my r a d i o . It sesriled t k x i t tile
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b a t t e r y i n my t r u c k was dead;
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T , h e . l i g h t was s o s t r o n g I; had t o p u l l my sun v i s o r down and s h i e l d
my eyes w i t h my hands,. I r e l e a s e d t h e c l u t c h 'and l e t t h e t r u c k c o a s t .
the Seam moved f r o m me a few f e e t , I heard s t a t i c on my r a d i o and
l e t t h e . c l u t c h out and t h e mot,or s t a r t e d . I moved up slowly t h i s
time. When .I g o t w i t h i n s i x f e e t of t h e beam, t h e motor s t a r t e d miss-
in.gc I-gave i t m o r e gas a2d it d i e d a g a i n as' before--radio out a l s o .
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ILCL.L t h e o b j e c t m v e d away from me, t h e t r x k s t a r t e d a g a i n . I
rlroppsj. back away f r o n i t , ther, followed i t about f o u r m i l e s . I t moved
L . s 2 . ! * . ~ t, ,;-. .+; i- . ~ : A i . . k ~ ; d c f i; L.I.. A. +Ln:.i~~..lil~:. r V d G w l t i l tlLe k ~ e ~ n,k;,:n
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i t changed back t g i t s o r i g i n a l c o l o r which was a b r i g h t r e d . it.
s t a y e d about - t h e . s z q e h e i g h t above .the ground. It went up and down
w i t h . t h e contour of t h e ,ground a n . was t r a v e l i n g a b o u t ' 40 m i l e s a n
hour. . .
We a r e g r a t e f u l t o Mr.. h e r s t r e e t f o r t h i s p e r s o n a l r e p o r t which
c o n t a i n s iiiore d e t a i l s t h a n the aewspaper a c c o u n t s . A s s t a r t l i n g as,
- t h i s e n c c u n t e r must have been, he kept h i s w i t s ab0u.t him and was
a b l e t o give m . e x c e l l e n t d e s c r i p t i o n of what happened,
n o v e l t y , s p o t t e d a n o t h e r h i g h o v e r Novelty.
S t a t e Highway P a t r o l Trooper Warren Robinson, s t a t i o n e d in Brook-
f i e l d , r e p o r t e d t h ; ~ he was stopped by hie m o t o r i s t s who s a i d they
had s-2zuted a UFO on Boute Z s o u t h e a s t of P k r c e l i n e m d Robinson s a i d
they wzre q u i t e e x c i t e 6 about i t . He went back t o t h e s p o t where t h e y
had s c z n t h e f l y i n g o b j e c t , but he d i d n l t s e e a n y t h i n g ,
Ed Z e t z e r , of t h e P l i g h t S e r v i c e S t a t i o n i n K ~ r k s v i l i e ,r e p o r t e d
t h a t lie had s e e n an a i r b o r n e o b j e c t Sunday n i g h t , March 2.
On Thursdzy n i g h t , Fbrch 6 , Fz. and M r s . B i l l Anderson s a w a UFO
"'as bi&-;s a two--;;tory house" h o v c r i n g o v e r t h e t r e e s a b o u t one hund-
r e d y a r d s from t h e i r farm house on Route 1, Road FF, about seven and
a h a l f raiies s o u t h v e s t of S t o v e r i n Morgan County,
T h e couple were watching t e l e v i s i o n about seven o ' c l o c k when Mrs.
Anderson glanced ovLt t h e wifidow m d s a w t h e "'blood r e d " o b j e c t , She
shouted t o h e r h.l.sband, and both w ~ t c n e dit. 14,. Anderson t o l d SKY-
LOOK'S e d i t o r , ?tf we both hadntt; s e e n i t , I w o u l d n f t have b e l i e v e d
my own eyes and I s u r e w o u l d n ' t h?,ve t o l d anybod-y abdut i t o "
The o b j e c t , wbich MT. A,dc.rson r e p e a t e d l y r e f e r r e d t o a s being
''blood red'! h o v e r ~ i i:i.bout t e n mi:mtes then "a ha.tch l i k e a s l i d -
i n g door" ogened ..tbo;it two t h i r d s t5t7 way u p frola tile bottom, and
t h e r e w ~ i ca b r l & t , wiil?,e I1l;11't ori r;he ~ n s i d e , The guessed t h e open-
i n g t o be d b o u t f u ~ fr e e t s y u d r z 9 out colnld s e e n o t h i n g i l i s l d e except
t h e v e r y r i g h t light, The wicdow c l o s e d a f t e r a few s e c o n d s , ai7-d
t h e c b j c c t continued t o hover a n o t h e r t e n minuces, then moved away
to t h w ~ ? s t , t r a v e l i n g i n a s t r a i g h t l i n e a t no g r e a t speed, When
i t s t a r t e d t o move, t h e r e was a bright l i g h t " a t t h e back" but
no t m i l of ar:y kind and no sound. Mrs. Anderson had opened t h e
~ r i r l d o w ~she s a i d , t o see i f they could h e a r a n y t h i n g ,
The Andemons telephoned r e l a t i v e s i n S t o v e r as they f e a r e d t h e
objctct might r e t u r n and they wanted t h e i r r e l a t i v e s t o know about the
o b j c c t " i n c a s e ,mything happcned t o u s " but s a i d they h a d n ' t t a l k e d
t o .w.c;one e l s e about t h e i n c l d e n t u n t i l we t a l k e d t o them s e v e r a l d e y s
l a t c r , ?hey were too s c a r e d t o go t o s l e e p t h ~ nt i g h t , they s a i d , and
s a t by the window, f c , l r f u l t31e o b j e c t would r e t u r n , Two hours a f t e r
ii; bud. Z-eft the a r e z , two pl;srles appeared and c i r c l e d t h e a r e a f o r
o e , then departed, (1-t i s p o s s i b l e t h e p l a n e s were from t h e a i r
base x.;r S e d a l i a . )
Si20wn a p e n c i l s k e t c h of t h e " t y p i c a l " disc-shaped s a u c e r w i t h
a dolie on t o p , botn t h e A,dersor,s r e j e c t e d i t , r e p e a k i n g t h e o b j e c t
t h e y h z d s e e n w a s "ro;iiid l i k e ti, b a l l . I " find I' blood r e d . I L
P l a s h o v e r Dallas, Texas
T i c D a l l a s Norning N e w s , Feb. 18, 1969. A m e t e o r i t e s t r e a k e d a-
c r o s s : k l l a s a r e a s k i e s s h o r t l y b e f o r e 1 0 p.m. Monday, c a u s i n g a
floo.! 2.f phom c a l l s reportzilg an a i r p l a n e e x p l o s i o n The b i g b a l l
of f:: 3 s t r e a k e d west a l o n g a l i n e from X e s q u i t e t h r o u g h Mansfield.
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Comparison
F i r e b a l l L i g h t s Sky
A b i i l i d i n g blue-white f i r e b a l l , b e l i e v e d t o be a m e t e o r , . t u r n e d
niF.+$ 3;;t.o ?jzy a c E s + F'Tbxi.?o the en>j.tfibreq-toyr!!m?t;p-d- S t ~ t e s-
-ti'ebp , 1969, a e f o r e a p p a r e n ~ i ycrashing u 7 ; 0 tile rugged S i e r r a
Mkdre m o m t a i n s i n Mexico.
"Tke l i g h t was so. b r i g h t wc had t o shade o u r e y e s , " r c p o r t e d a:
ncws man i n Chihuahua. In some Mexican towns c i t i z e n s r a n s c r e a m i n g
i n t o -the s t r e e t s . The i?ewsmnc?r T,1 I-Ieraldo" ( ~ h i h u a h u a )s a i d t h e .
f i r c b a l l c r a s h c d t o e a r t h an6 t h e inprrct c r e u t e d "a tremendous t - r e &
mor" t h a t shook t h e grourld f o r h u n d r e d s - o f m i l e s s o hBrd t h a t some
windows Jver? broken.
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PIrc.'Wyatt s a i d : -']Wewatched i t f e r a b o u t ' . - n i n e m'iles when i t sud-
d e n l y inade a h z l f - - c i r c l e t u r n i n f r o n t of u s . It came down a t a v e r y
s l i g h t arlgie toward us a t a v e r y f a s t r a t e . It got l a r g e ,r . and l a r g e r
a i ~ dchanged c o l o r frcm b r i g h t white t o orang'e--red, - ,
ing,nrljr
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n o i s e . The s l q . w a s c l e a r , .
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The abov'e was talren from the "Melbourne Suntt and on Dec. 1 3 t h e
same neyspaper c a r r i e ' d a n o t h e r r e p o r t , a s f o l l o w s : A m y s t e r i o u s top-
shApe2 o b j e c t which h a s mbuzzedl' two m o t o r i s t s n e a r t h e f i s h i n g town
o f G r : ; - , &bout 20 rnilss from l h l l i c e n t , h a s been s e e n a s f a r away a s
o u ' - b i e r The o b j e c t , accofi12anied by a d a z z l i n g w h i t e l i g h t ,
t e r i l . --,?d k k s . J . Harvey, o l Grey, about a month ago when s h e w a s
r e t u r i . . . r i ~ hcme. It k e p t pace w i t h h e r f o r f i v e m i l e s , t r a v e l i n g i n
f r o n t ofo:-.cr c a r .
On S7~ndaym g h ' t , B i l l Ch".fibers, 18, of Grey, was a l s o d r i v i n g home
from i 4 l l l i c e ; i t when he saw the o b j e c t . He s a l d i t stopped about 100
f e e t abovc t h e road and sone d i s t a n c e i n f r o n t of h i s c a r ,
When' I reached lt., ' t h e t h u l g hovered above the v e h i c l e and no
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\ih?r? ~ s k z di f they were f r i g h t e n e d , one of the boys admitted t h a t
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he was ?anq t h a t he ran back t o t h e car. The h e a t f l"om the hovering
o b j e c t was s o i n t e n s e .it was f e l t i n s i d e , t h e c a r . I n about t e n m i n -
u t e s the o b j e c t moved *away.
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Mrs. R o s e t t a ~ o l m c ,s who 'interv'iewcd - t h e . Grapperhms boys, is
convinced . t h e i r s t o r y i s t r u e . T h e i r , p q r e n t s , PIr. and q s . Arnold
G r a 2 p r h a u s , a l s o believe t h e i r sons were n o t p l a y i n g a prank,
The FSIC BULLETIN (&larch -1969) gives e more d e t a i l e d account of
- - -&his sighting.-.TQ::ir a d d r e s s i s P, 0. Drawer ' G , Akron, O h i ~ , ~
Spcofogram: ~ f i i c eShip Caotain t o Home Pl-inct: "No t r u t h t o &mor
e a r t h l u g s a r e i n o r b i t around Moon. Moving o b j e c t obszrved i s
undoubtedly some of - . o w own space ju.@c.tt - -
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The b r c h i s s u e o f h3s an a r t i c l e
" ' u v n g e ~ i t t l elblen PromdO u t e r Space" by
L , J o h A. K e e l and h a s what i s . s a i d t o
be t h e f i r s t c o l o r p h o t o o f a HumanBLd
. t a l c o n Zuly '11, 1 9 6 7 , i n N c r t h C a r o l i n a . I n a l e t t e r t o SKYLOOK, M r ,
>.
. Two ~ r t i c l e sdca,l.
. UPOtis , i n t h e March i s s u e of FATE.. One is
: p : . i t h
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,. - . .
- A h-ve reviewe?. .dl of the ' f i r e b a l l t s t u d i e s of the 1 9 5 0 f s , and
conaucted s e v e ~ a lmvll s t u d i e s of my own. There i s an e x c e l l e n t chance
t h a t a s t r o n o x e r s h:v;re been mis-identifying t h i s phenomena f o r y e a r s
The ' E i r e b a i l s ' foil-~vws p e c i f i c r o u t e s , o f t e n change course even
.
-movi;?g a t r i g h t anr;:cs t o . t h e i r o r i g i n a l path, and a d e f i n i t e time
.schedl-:le i s followcd year a i ' t e r year. These f a c t o r s a u t o m a t i c a l l y
' r u l e out n a t u r a l e x ~ l a n a t i o ~ s++, * -%
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Kr. P h i l l i p s w i l l r e l a t e ' ~ i spersonal i n v e s t i g a t i o n s of a number
of outstanding ~ F O ! s i g h t i n g s i n Missouri and w i l l d i s p l a y photo-
graphs and slwtches or? s l i d c s t o i l l u s t r a t e h i s lecture.. One case
s t i l l under , i n v ' e s t i g ~ t i o ninvolves
' cxcelle,nt photographs and consid-
e-rable p n y s i c a l evidence. ,It has. never been c a r r i e d by t h e p r e s s o r
o t h z r nuws media but w i l l adpear i n t h e May i s s u e o f - SKYLOOK,
The t a p e recorcldd i n t e r v i e w w i t h ' ~ i l l i a n~ v c r s t r e e t , of Elmer,
w i l l be played and a general d i s c u s s i o n w i l l be l e d by M r . P h i l l i p s ,
Walt Andrus and B9b Smulling. I >
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n e v e r f i n d him c o l o r i n g a s t o r y t o b u i l d lt up a ' l i t t l e : He i s a
l i v i n g exponent of t h i s magazine' policy--to s e p a r a t e f a c t from
fantasy,
Thuub N a i l Skctch
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. . There a r e manj ac'tive workcrs i n t h e I l l i n o i s and T r i - S t a t e UFO
Study' Groups and we'd l i k e t o g i v e you a l i t t - l e personal background
on soc;e of. them
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from time xa- time.
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40s. 3 h o a e ~ i g h t i n g were.
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s~ t h a t t h e y were h o t - a i r b a l l o o n s (:most of t h e
r e p r . t S : ;descrYbed .winged , a i r e m f t-, :lot b a l l ~ o n ~ s h a ~oh~ jee dc t s )
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!; . . r'$&:een brougiyp uy t h e o f f i c i a l , , s t a t k m e , n t s -of 1Yaj.or orat at and
G e r i e m l . 7iqgi.n ,'(who w a g t h e , h e a d o f t h e .Swedish A i r P o x e .in 1934). .
peop1e.J' . .. ,:, .
F o u r d a y s a f t e r %. F r a n e e n f s i n t e r v i e w , t h e S w e d i s h ; , p r e s s p u b l i s h -
ed a akiotograph taken by a m a n i n D a l a r n a . The p i c t u r e , a c o l o ' r s h o t ,
sllovr.ec!;;~yo.co.rjner-colored-
... .. s a u c e r s .shnged 1 , i k e "enormou.~bu.s whe,elsIt
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p a p e r i t Adla-Ueli;okratentl
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prese1.1ted Ur.. 13riksson1 a n a l y s i s of t h e c a s e .
He s c l i G tile o b j e c t s were h o t dlr & l l o o n s
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E ;;ir. T k r k e t t , of L a n c a s t e r , gave a v e r y i n t e r e j s t i n g r e p o r t of
i n - t e ml-ews he b a d c<l;~ductedw i t h r e s i d e n t s of the' Novelty, No. , a r e a
i n reg;rd t o UF? s j g h t i n g s . One o b s e r v a t i o n was mmde i n t h e h n c a s t -
er-Glenwood a r e a nq?. i t was noted t h a t a bezrn of l i g h t came down
froln + h e o b j e c t t o ?.he hi&;:ny, As a c e r approached, t h e beam faded
away, I n this c d s c tl,e l i g h t beaz w2s l a r g e a t t h e UFO and t a p e r e d
duwil -Icl a Pew P e c t ;il; tile r o a d ,
:. 2 : - : : .. - - -
--,
Thc A n r i l mceting w i l l be held a t Q u i n c y , Anril 1 6 , a t t h e
F i r s t; 2:~. e s b y t c r i n n C p ~ r 3 h . T i r . d p l i l l i s , of Serir:lia, w i l l be the
, SKYLO OK
Box 3.29