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ADD OBJECT, LEVELLAND, TEX.

ONE MOTORIST, JAMES LONG OF VACO, TEX., TOLD THE SHERIFF HE DROVE UP ON THE OBJECT SITTING IN THE ROAD ABOUT 200 FEET FROM HIM.

LONG TOLD THE SHERIFF HE DROVE UP WITH HIS LIGHTS ON THE OBJECT, WHICH GLOVED INTERMITTENTLY LIKE A BLINDING NEON LIGHT. HE SAID IT APPEARED TO BE ABOUT 200 FEET LONG AND EGG SHAPED. HE SAID IT CAUSED HIS ENGINE TO DIE AND HIS HEADLIGHTS TO GO OUT.

CAUSED

WHEN LONG STARTED TO GET OUT OF HIS CAR TO INVESTIGATE, THE OBJECT SUDDENLY ROSE SOME 200 FEET STRAIGHT UP AND DISAPPEARED IN A FLASH OF LIGHT, HE TOLD THE SHERIFF.

CLEM SAID AUTHORITIES COULD FIND NO BURN MARKS OR OTHER INDICATIONS AT THE SPOT WHERE LONG SAID THE OBJECT HAD LANDED.

CLEM SAID REESE AIR FORCE BASE OFFICIALS AT LUBBOCK, ABOUT 50 MILES EAST OF LEVELLAND, CHECKED FOR A POSSIBLE PLANE CRASH IN THE AREA, BUT REPORTED NOTHING.

PEDRO SACIDO, A LEVELLAND MOTORIST, WAS THE FIRST TO REPORT SIGHTING THE THING.

"IT SOUNDED LIKE AN EAR-SPLITTING CLAMP OF THUNDER--AS IF SOMETHING HAD EXPLODED," SACIDO TOLD THE SHERIFF.

HE SAID IT KILLED HIS ENGINE AND KNOCKED OUT HIS HEADLIGHTS UNTIL AFTER IT PASSED OVER.

A KERMIT, TEX., MOTORIST, WHOSE NAME THE SHERIFF DID NOT GET, ALSO REPORTED SPOTTING THE OBJECT WHILE DRIVING ON STATE HIGHWAY 51 ABOUT EIGHT MILES NORTH OF LEVELLAND. HE TOLD THE SHERIFF IT HAD THE SAME AFFECT ON HIS CAR ENGINE AND LIGHTS AS THE OTHERS REPORTED.

CLEM SAID HE COULD NOT OFFER A GUESS AS TO WHAT THE OBJECT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

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