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Random reports slowly built up in Ohio and Illinois. Then, on Sunday, January 26, a “‘brilliant flash of light’ appeared in Wisconsin, following the predicted northwest to southeast course from Canada into Illinois and Iowa. A policeman in Appleton, Wisconsin, said he sighted an orange fireball trailing a plume of blue flame at 12:55 A.M. It seemed to pass directly overhead, he stated. A two-second power failure accom- panied the sightings, and witnesses reported ‘‘balls of fire dripping from high tension wires.” Seven minutes later pilots at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport observed ‘“‘a smoking orange fireball.’’ One man said he saw two brilliant flashes in succession. Although it took this object seven minutes to travel the 200 miles or so from Appleton, Wisconsin, to Chicago, Illinois, authorities said it was either a meteor or space debris. Take your pick. Man-made satellites travel from west to east (to take advantage of the earth’s Totation), not from north to south. Here are a few of the other January 1969 sightings that have been received. I am listing only the geographical location, time (s) of sightings, and sources. All these newspaper accounts named witnesses. Some of these objects were viewed by whole communities. Friday, January 3: Togo, Minnesota; 8 P.M.; Togo, Minnesota, Cook News Herald (January 9, 1969). Monday, January 6: Auburndale, Florida; 6:30 P.M.; Winter Haven, Florida, News-Chief (January 7, 1969). Greenwood, South Carolina; 7 P.M.; Greenwood, South Carolina, Index-Journal (January 7, 1969). Barnwell, South Carolina; no time listed; Barnwell, South Carolina, People-Sentinel (January 15, 1969). Portage-la-Prairie, Manitoba, Canada; 8-10 P.M.; Portage, Mani- toba, Leader (January 9, 1969). Tuesday, January 7: Barnwell, South Carolina; 7 P.M.; repeat of previous night; Barnwell, South Carolina, People-Sentinel (January 15, 1969). Thursday, January 9: Keokuk, Iowa; 8:30 P.M.; Keokuk, Iowa, Gate City (January 11, 1969). Bowling Green, Ohio; 8:30-9:30 P.M.; Bowling Green, Ohio, Daily Sentinel-Tribune (January 11, 1969). Barrington, Cary, Algonquin, and Fox River Grove, Illinois; many 146 / Operation Trojan Horse Sightings—January 1969