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Kearney, Neb.-A grain
J uyer who said he saw a
space ship Tuesday in a
field near here and chatted
amicably with its six occu­
pants had more pleasant
dealings with the visitors
from outer space than with
skeptical authorities.
The sensational report
by R. 0 . Schmidt, about 50,
of Bakersfield, Cal., which
topped a host of reports
across the nation Tuesday
of seeing mysterious flying
objects, had these conse­
quences:
-State Penitentiarv rec­
ords showed a • man of' the
~ame name served a term
for embezzlement from
Scotts Bluff County in the
l 930's. Scotts Bluffs Coun-
Sheriff Steve W'lrrick
id he talked to Schmidt
phone and was convinced
"saw nothing."
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chance to take a lie-
detector t~st.
--2.schmidt was kept up
most of the night for
questioning. He finally
asked for an attorney.
Ward Minor of Kearney
was named.
-Wednesday forenoon
he went to the scene of the
space ship's landing with
investigators from tije Con­
tinental Air Defense Com­
mand at Colorado Springs,
Colo., Kearney Police Chief
Thurston Nelson and Buf­
falo County Attorney
Kenneth Gotobed. They
said Schmidt's story "ap­
peared to be weakening."
-Oil drippings on the
ground from the space
machine were being ana­
lyzed at Kearney State
College. In ves tiga_tors
said the "mys t er1ous
green oil" closely resem­
bled that in a partially­
emptied can of co1:1mer­
cial auto oil found in the
b1,Ck of Schmidt's car and a
arly-emp1y can f o u n d
~ ar 'the site of the "land­
i p;."
Schmidt's story came to
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"heart-to-heart" talk.
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The Schmidtnik . • . As described by the grain buyer.
light when, white-faced and
turn around. Near the
shaken, he appeared in
Platte River he saw what
Kearney Tuesday and asked
appeared to be a wrecked
to see a minister. Taken to
balloon. As he neared il
police, he told this story:
Schmidt said, his car en
Tuesday he inspected a
gine conked out.
field of milo about two
Schmidt said he got ou
miles south and a mile east
and walked toward the ma­
of Kearney. When ready to
chine. Proximity revealed
leave he clrove clown a side
road seeking a place to
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