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Full-time UFO historian/archivist PNW, 30+yrs studying the phenomena. http://patreon.com/jeffknox Interest: Geology, Arch/Anthropology, Philosophy, Sociology

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Wife fears "saucer" Kidnapping LOS ANGELES (D.M.W.S.). -- Two flying saucer fans, missing since November 11, may have

This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "flying saucer": "Wife fears "saucer" Kidnapping", Daily Mirror, 11 Dec 1953

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"Local family reports UFO stopped van near Albion," Battle Creek (Mich.) Enquirer & News, October 20, 1980, pp. 1,2;

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β€œ'Strange Creature' Stalls Auto of Huntsvillian in Georgia,” Huntsville (Ala.) Times, October 30, 1973, pp. 1, 13;

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J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, Ballantine, 1974, opp. p. 151;

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Sources:
β€œDid a Twin Photograph a Twin UFO?” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 3, no. 1 (January 1981): 1;

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3/ In 1980, he sends a copy of the photos to the Center for UFO Studies because they resemble the lights in two undated photos taken from an airplane by J. Allen Hynek that appeared in his book The UFO Experience. [Eberhart]

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2/For several nights he has been noticing two unusual stars forming different shapes, and he thinks this might be related. He grabs his camera and takes three black-and-white photos. Two of the photos show two irregular light blobs, which he does not remember seeing when he exposed the film.

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NOTE: I am not convinced CUFOS didnt mess up the layout and NOT print Appleman's photo, instead printing Hynek's twice. Or the photo on the left is supposed to be Applemans, because the photo on the right is Hyneks.

NOTE: I am not convinced CUFOS didnt mess up the layout and NOT print Appleman's photo, instead printing Hynek's twice. Or the photo on the left is supposed to be Applemans, because the photo on the right is Hyneks.

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Today In UFO History - Hynek/Appleman Photo
Late October, 1975 - Pennsylvania Turnpike
1/2:45 a.m. James D. Appleman of Bensalem, Pennsylvania, sees two large condensation trails making a giant X just above the moon.

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Nick Redfern, β€œUFOs and Senator Barry Goldwater,” Mysterious Universe, May 1, 2014;
archive.ph/cgnGp

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Sources:
β€œThe Color Blue and UFO’s,” Above Top Secret forum, March 30, 2011;
www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread...

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2/ He writes: β€œI have long ago given up acquiring access to the so-called blue room at Wright-Patterson…. this thing has gotten so highly classified, even though I will admit there is a lot of it that has been released, it is just impossible to get anything on it.” [Eberhart]

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#ufosky #ufo #Ufohistory
Today in UFO History - Barry Goldwater Responds To Constituent on Blue Room
October 19, 1981 β€”
1/Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) responds to constituent Lee M. Graham asking about rumors of alien technology and bodies at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio.

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"Albion's Flying object cannot be identified, UFO analysts report," Battle Creek (Mich.) Enquirer & News, February 15, 1981;

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β€œUFO Stalls Van in Michigan?” IUR/Frontiers of Science 3, no. 1 (Nov./Dec. 1980): 14;

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2/It is moving at about 25 mph at an altitude of 200–500 feet when it moves over the car at an intersection. The car stalls and the lights go out briefly. [Eberhart]

Sources:
"Local family reports UFO stopped van near Albion," Battle Creek (Mich.) Enquirer & News, October 20, 1980;

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#ufosky #ufo #ufohistory
Today in UFO History - UFO Stalls Van?
October 19, 1980 β€” Albion, MI
1/7:50 p.m. Donald Shive, his wife Star, and two children are driving west near Albion, Michigan, when they see an object with two white lights on the sides and a red and blue light on the front and back.

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2/ watch a yellow cone of light with a row of windows at the bottom hover below the cloud cover for 2 minutes, disappear, and reappear in a new location. This repeats 4–5 times before the object shoots up into the clouds. [Eberhart]

Source:
β€œCase 1-2-20,” IUR 1, no. 2 (December 1976): 11;

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Lake Harriet in Minneapolis, MN

Lake Harriet in Minneapolis, MN

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Today in UFO history - Yellow Cone of Light With Windows Over Lake Harriet
October 19, 1976 β€” Lake Harriet in Minneapolis, MN
1/9:35 p.m. A group of people at the southwest end of Lake Harriet in Minneapolis, Minnesota,

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Sources:
"Deformo una Heladera, Descargo Baterias e Hizo Estallar Botellas Ia Aparicion de una Flotilla de OVNI en Uruguay," La RazΓ³n, October 19, 1976, via UFO Newsclipping Service, February-March 1977, pp. 34,40;
β€œForeign Forum,” IUR 2, no. 3 (March 1977): 2;

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2/The UFO allegedly causes the deformation of a metal refrigerator, the discharge of three car batteries, and the bursting of a refreshment bottle. [Eberhart]

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#ufosky #ufo #ufohistory
Today in UFO History - Strange Effects From UFO Flotilla in Uruguay
October 19, 1976 β€” Paso de Los Toros, Durazno, Uruguay
1/An object like a silver, luminous mercury lamp is seen over Paso de Los Toros, Durazno, Uruguay.

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Peter Rogerson, "INTCAT 1973 OCT-DEC";
intcat.blogspot.com/search/label...

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David Webb, 1973 - Year of the Humanoids, Second Edition, CUFOS, May 1976, pp. 15, 64-65;

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J. Chasseigne, β€œRemarkable Encounter at Draguignan,” Flying Saucer Review 20, no. 4 (January 1975): 12–17; [2/2]

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J. Chasseigne, β€œRemarkable Encounter at Draguignan,” Flying Saucer Review 20, no. 4 (January 1975): 12–17; [1/2]

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Sources:
"Round-Up Of The French Wave," Flying Saucer Review 20, no. 1 (July 1974): 32;

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9/After stopping for a while, Macret drives on and encounters the β€œred legs” again coming from the right, but he speeds ahead at about 40 mph. Suddenly his car is thrown off sideways at right angles to the road, but the car mysteriously positions itself on the road again. [Eberhart]

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8/ The other car, driven by Macret, encounters two phosphorescent β€œred legs” crossing the road in front of their vehicle. The headlights and dashboard light go out. They take a sharp turn in the darkness, narrowly avoiding a crash. Moments later, the lights come back on.

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7/ The three figures seem to be discussing what to do, then continue toward the car, which panics Leca and he speeds away another 160 feet before looking back and returning to the overlook.

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6/Leca drives a few yards then looks back and sees three figures coming down the path with jerky steps. He reverses the car and stops about 15 feet from them, shouting, β€œAre you good or are you bad?”

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