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UFO's. Mr. and Mrs. John Derr of Somerville, New Jersey reported seeing "a very large light, larger than the evening star" moving to the Northeast moments after their lights had gone out. Tom Doxsee of Manlius, near Syracuse, also reported seeing a ball of fire "some time within an hour of the time the lights went out." The NICAP has collected more than 100 cases of local blackouts allegedly caused by electro-magnetic effects of UFO's. Admittedly, none have been as dramatic as the Eastern Seaboard blackout, and most have concerned themselves with small power plants and automobile headlights. Some, however, were ambitious enough to seem to be leading up to a grand coup. On September 25, 1965, the tropical resort town of Cuernavaca, Mexico suffered three consecutive power blackouts in less than an hour. Electric company officials were baffled and completely unable to account for the puzzling failures. Several residents, tourists, police officers, airport officials, and control tower operators at the International Airport had spotted UFO's over the area at the time of the blackouts. Authorities could not help drawing a parallel between the arrival of the flying saucers and the retreat of electrical power. Also in September of 1965, a UFO practically skimmed the rooftops in Mexico City as it dropped down to an estimated 30 feet. Witnesses could clearly note that it was about 25 feet in diameter with a row of glowing portholes. So many autmobiles were stopped by electro-magnetic interference from the object that traffic practically came to a standstill. About a month after the dramatic blackout on the Eastern Seaboard, on December 2nd, another large- area power failure blacked out four important military bases and turned the lights out on a million inhabitants in New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico. President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered a federal investigation into the reasons why crucial military bases should have been plunged into the dark, endangering national security. On that same day, several counties in Pennsylvania complained of dimming lights and local blackouts. Again, the sky was full of