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66 Another report of a breakdown April 14, 1897 just two days later. Where's Charles Fort when you need him? On April 14, 1897 in Gas City, Indiana, an object landed 2 km south of Gas City on the property of John Roush, terrifying the farmers and causing the horses and cattle to stampede. Six occupants of the ship came out and seemed to make some repairs. Before the crowd could approach the object, it rose rapidly and flew toward the east. And yet another report from just one day later of another roadside repair job. AAA in Space. On April 15, 1897 in Springfield, Illinois, two farm workers, Adolph Winkle and John Hulle, saw a strange craft in a field. They had a discussion with its occupants, a woman and two men, and were told the ship-had flown from Quincy to Springfield in 30 min and that the crew was making electrical repairs. And a week later another report, and the witness actually made some cash money on this one. On April 22, 1897 in Rockland, Texas, a John M. Barclay was intrigued when his dog barked furiously and a high-pitched noise was heard. He went out, saw a flying object circling 5 m above ground. Elongated with protrusions and blinding lights, it went dark when it landed. Barclay was met by a man who told him his purpose was peaceful and requested some common hardware items to repair the craft. He paid with a ten-dollar bill and took off "like a Lees. 2k bullet out of a gun." A more modern report of a roadside repair comes from Oklahoma (my home state) notice the amount of detail in the report, even the craft's identification number, now that's a good witness. On March 23, 1966 in Temple, Oklahoma an electronics instructor, who was driving to work at a local Air Force Base, observed an object blocking the road. It was shaped like an airplane fuselage, 25 m long, with a "bubble" on top resembling the canopy on a B-26, rested on legs, and had very bright aft and forward lights. There was a door and a short stairway to the side of the object, and a man in coveralls appeared to be examining the craft which bore the identification "TL 4768" When the witness approached, the "pilot" went back inside, a sound resembling that of a high speed drill was heard, and the object rose. No engine was observed. The witness was familiar with all conventional military aircraft. This time we encounter downright dumb activities by aliens from 1897. On April 25, 1897 in Merkel, Texas, People returning from church observed a heavy object being dragged along the ground by a rope attached to a flying craft. The rope got caught in a railroad track. The craft was too high for its structure to be visible but protrusions and a light could be distinguished. After about 10 min a man came down along the rope cut the end free, and went back aboard the craft, which flew away toward the northeast. The man was small and dressed in ina a light blue uniform. Wr _-. - ae a ae [eee We come in peace; we only want your dog. On November 6, 1957 in Everittstown, New Jersey, a John Trasco saw a brilliant, egg-shaped object hovering in front of a barn and was confronted with a being | m tall with a putty- colored face and frog-like eyes. He thought the dwarf said in broken English: "We are peaceful people; we only want your dog." The little man, who was dressed in a green suit with shiny buttons, a green tam-o-shanter-like cap, and gloves with a shiny object at the tip of each finger, fled when the witness denied his request. And some pancakes. On April 18, 1961 in Eagle River, Wisconsin, a J. Simonton heard a whining sound and saw an object, 10 m in diameter, 4 m high, with exhaust pipes around the periphery, land near his house. A door was opened and a man appeared. About 1.50 m tall, he wore a black, turtle- neck pullover with a white band at the belt, and black trousers with a vertical white band along the side. Two figures were visible inside the object. Simonton filled a jug with water, returned it to the man, who gave him three ordinary pancakes, and the craft took off. And a glass of water to go please.