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1. Minnesota: ‘‘A strange object in the sky hovering around above our homes here is giving some of us folks the shivers. It’s becoming such a mysterious light or flying saucer that we can almost work our imagina- tions into seeing it land some green men from outer space into our backyard. The thing moves with a gliding motion with brilliant light and sometimes just hovering and sometimes moving with utmost speed. It appears each night at 8 o’clock and stays for about one hour before it fades away.”’ (Floodwood, Minnesota, Rural Forum, March 9, 1967.) 2. Michigan: ‘‘Police said they received eight reports that a UFO hovered over Liggett School about 8 P.M. Wednesday.”’ The Air Force and Grosse Pointe Woods police were investigating reports of a ‘“‘burning orange oval’’ that had been photographed by two persons that week. “There was definitely something out there,’’ said Major Raymond Nyls, Selfridge Air Force Base operations officer. “‘Too many people saw it.” (Detroit, Michigan, Free Press, March 11, 1967.) 3. Oklahoma: At 8:45 P.M. on Wednesday night Mrs. Homer Smith stepped onto her back porch and ‘‘was astounded to see a twirling object with colored lights” going over Ninth Street headed south. She called her ten-year-old son, and he saw it, too. She said the UFO was traveling and twirling so fast that it was difficult to count the lights on it, but they were colored, and what she believed to be the rear of the ship had what looked like “‘spits of fire coming from it.”” (Henryetta, Oklahoma, Daily Free Lance, March 19, 1967.) 4. Arkansas: Mrs. Ned Warnock of Brinkley, Arkansas, viewed an object from her kitchen window that night. “‘It was a reddish orange,” she said. ‘‘And it changed to a silver-white color just before it took off. It was round and pretty large. It was real low but gained height and speed as it took off. It was moving too fast for a star.’ She alerted her neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Folkerts, and they also saw the object. (Clarendon, Arkansas, The Monroe County Sun, March 16, 1967.) 5. Maryland: Two residents and a police officer observed an object that appeared circular, with ‘‘a shiny gold bottom.” When it hovered, the top glowed red. It flew an oval-shaped path, going back and forth from Fort Meade to Laurel three times before taking off. (Laurel, Maryland, Prince George’s County News, March 16, 1967.) 6. Montana: Mr. Richard Haagland of Stevensville, Montana, re- ported to the Missoula County sheriff’s office that he had seen a circular flying object which ‘‘dropped three balls of fire before disappearing at 8:20 P.M. Wednesday night.’’ (Missoula, Montana, Missoulian-Sentinel, Miner A 1N£7\ The Secret War / 19 March 9, 1967.)