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UNSUBS , RAYMOND EDWA,Y"' LAN.0", MRS. LAURJ"LANE, INFORr!ATNTS, Fl..Y~­ -~-­
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INFO RECE IVED FROM DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, MIDLANB-,
MI CHI GAN, THAT ON JULY TEN LAST RAYMOND Ent.JARD LANE AN EMPLOYEE
OF DOW AND SUBSIDIARY SINCE ABOUT NINETEEN TWENTY TWO, BROi~ SO!'~E t'ftf
MATERIAL TO THEIR PHYSICS LABORATORY STATING THAT ABOUT FIVE FEE TEEN;✓?
PM JULY NINE LAST HE AND WIFE , LAURA LANE, WERE WALKING IN A FIELD
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OWNED BY DOt~ AND ABOUT A HUNDRED FEET AWAY HEARD A PUFF NOISE , TURNED
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AND SAW A BALL OF WHITE ABOUT THE SIZE OF A BUSHEL BAKET BURNING ABOUT
A FOOT OFF THE GROUND .
THE FIRE DIED OUT I MMEDIATELY AND LANE LATE t
SCOOPED UP A THREE INCH AREA OF FUSED SAND INTO A CAN AND TOOK THIS TO
THE PHYSICS LAB .
BOTttieettP-LA I NANTS I NTERVIEWED .
RAYMOND Tl±lfNG SUB­
STANTIALLY SAME STORY BUT WIFE RELUCTANT TO TALK AND VERY I NDEFINITE
ON WHAT HAPPENED.
THERE ARE MAKRED DISCREPANCIES IN THEIR STORY.
DOW AUTHOR ITIES CONSIDERED STORY FANTASTIC BUT HAVE EXAMINED MATERIAL
AND STATE CONTENTS TO BE ORDINARY SAND , NOT RADIO ACTIVE , BUT GIVING
RECORD:
OFF AMMONI A GAS , A SMALL SILVER NUGGE1) ALMOT
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RAD IO ACTIVITY EXTREMELY LOW AND
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