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There was an unof,·
cial report that Air For
personnel at neaJ.'by A · c­
en, S. C., spotted the ob­
ject on radar and issued
an alert.
The object appeared to be
a "constant red light," accord­
ing to Augusta Chronicle ex­
ecutlve editor Louis Harris,
who saw the object from the
downtown newspaper build­
ing. "Lt could have been a
tiny red light a short dis­
tance away or a gigantic
thing at a great distance," he
said.
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ne witness, J. T. James,
eaid he saw the object on two
occasions from his home near
Aiken.
Lt was cigar-shaped,
he said, and would alternate
from bright to amber and
occasionally got out alto-
ether.
Elsewhere, strange "sauc­
1,r'' sightings were reported.
WHITE SANDS
NEBRASKA
Mlitary authorities ~ppar­
ntly gave c1·edence to a re­
At Kearney, Neb., authori­
ort by an electroni
en­
ties held a "heart-to-heart" H
gineer wh,o said he s v an
talk with Rein h o Id
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object which made car en­
Schmidt, a salesman, later
near the
gines stall
Whi.te
discovered to be an ex-con­
Sands proving grounds.
vict, who said he talked to ,
tour men and two women in
Col. John Mccurdy, Air
a transport space ship which
Force public relations officer
had landed. He said the space
a~ White Sands, said the en­
people spoke in English and
gineer, James Stokes, 42, will
German.
be given a thoro medical ex­
amination and a radiation
, Police roped off the area
count test.
Col.
McCurdy
where the "whatnik" alleg-
said he was "personally sat­
edly landed and examined
isfled" With M r. Stokes' re­
various impressions and oil
port.
stains 011 the ground•
A Civil Service worker a l
At Long Beach, Calif., three
Lackland Air Force Base in
i\ir Force weather observers,
San Antonio, Tex ., said he
one of them the commanding
saw an egg-shaped object
officer of the spotting unit,
land in a ravine about 200
late yesterday reported sight-
ya1·ds from him as he drove
ing six unidentified, saucer-
near the eity.
He said his
~haped .flying objects over
car engine and lights went
Long Beaah Air Force base.
off, and the object took off
in a few minutes, enabling
The Coast Guard reported
him to drive away.
eking up an unidentified
ylng object on radai- over
At about the same time,
1e Gulf of Mexico south of
,the Grou nd Observer Corps
ew Orleans. A Coast Guard
at Midland, Tex., said it saw
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ommander said the object
a large, red objert and picked
aused over the cutter Se-
up unlntelllgible
cmwersa­
~ l)ago In the Gull and was on
frm on a sound dl'trctor. cu_>,
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