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449
Dec. 11,1957
450
Dec. 11,1957
1600
451
Dec. 18,1957
night
452
Dec. 21,1957
wiper, and radio on. He was nearing a hill in this
wooded area when a bright light appeared ahead. It
reminded the witness of the light from a mercury
lamp. As a crash seemed imminent, the car slowed
down by itself and stopped, as if the entire electrical
circuit had failed. Over the vehicle was a disk 16 m in
diameter with portholes around the periphery, emitting
a current of hot air and a high-pitched sound. It
had a dome on top and bottom. It rose as the car
started by itself. The car was a 1954 Dodge Coronet
without automatic transmission. The witness spent
four hours with two Kirtland AFB oEccrs who told
him of similar observations. The case was never reported
to Blue Book. (Personal)
Chestnut (Louisiana). Mary Louise Tobin, a schoolteacher,
was driving on State Highway 1 when she saw
an object that she compared to the rising sun, in the
vicinity of a smoking car. The driver, an elderly lady,
came out with a child who seemed to have suffered
burns. The unknown object went away. The disabled
car did not catch on fire. (FS July, 58)
Ellsworth (Wisconsin). Many cars stopped to observe
a silent, reddish, glowing disk, about 15 ni in diameter,
which flew 6 m above the ground at about 80
km/h. A small, windowless cabin was visible on the
underside of the object. (FS July, 58)
Old Saybrook (Connecticut). Mary Starr was awakened
by a brilliant light and saw through her east
window the fuselage of a craft that hovered in midair.
Aboard were two men, each with his right hand
raised, wearing yellowish jackets. A third man joined
the first two, then all lights went off inside the craft
while it glowed like brass. A spinning antennalike device
was noted. A few minutes later it flew off. (FSR
60,3)
Pontc Poran (Brazil). Mrs. Mendonca and five Other
1830
453
Dec. 30,1957
night
454
Jan., 1958
0130
455
Jan. 4,1958
456
Jan. 1,1958
persons saw a light in the south, which later appeared
as two spherical objects coming closer to the witnesses
on an oscillating course. One of them hovered close
to the car while the other circled. They were shaped
like a sphere surrounded by a flat ring, and chased the
car for two hours over the deserted road. Estimated
diameter: 5 m. (APRO Mar., 59)
Drakestown (New Jersey). George Chowanski, an
auto mechanic, was alerted by the barking of his dog
and heard a whirring sound similar to that of an electric
shaver. A lighted object was observed by Chowanski
and his wife as it came within 60 cm of the
ground. Two figures came out of the bottom of the
object, walked around a clearing, and one picked up
something before returning to the craft, which then
took off. Total duration: 2 min. (FS Oct., 58)
Depew (New York). A lady who was driving on the
New York State Thruway during a snow storm
saw a large shape with a tall, luminous pole on the
side of the road. Her car stalled, and the lights went
off. Two figures, looking like animals or huge insects,
were observed near the pole. They soon disappeared,
and the object took off spinning. The witness was
then able to start her car. She noted that the snow at
the site had been melted and the grass was warm.
(Binder; Magonia)
Stavanger (Norway). A woodcutter reported that he
saw an object land, and a very tall man with a tanned
face, wearing a helmet, stepped from the machine.
He went back in after a few minutes; the craft took
off "with a noise like a flock of birds." Air Force officers
and policemen searched the snow-covered hill for
traces. {FSR 58, 2)
Aston (Great Britain). Two figures again appeared to
Mrs. Appleton and spoke to her in English (see Case
443). (Humanoids 4)