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government." phenomenon." "The difference between the time the picture was taken, and the time the moon rose is approximately seven minutes. This seven minutes, plus the 40 minutes since it had risen, equals 47 minutes. Therefore, the photo was taken 47 minutes BEFORE the moon was in that position. On the 17th, the difference would be about 88 minutes. "This mistake is comparable to his assumption that the unidentified flying object (with red and green flashing lights), sighted in Michigan, were the result of the release of 'swamp gas.'" Shortly after the sightings in Michigan, lights were reported over Wisconsin and Ohio as well. A member of Toledo's Sylvania fire department observed some of the objects with binoculars. In a report to a local radio station, the man described four objects which ranged in color from red to green to white. "They kind of look like a star when you first see them, but they blink on and off," was his description. Near Dayton, Ohio at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Project Blue Book chief Major Hector Quintanella, in an official statement, said, "It's not unusual after incidents such as these in Michigan last week to get a lot of 'sighting' reports. It's a normal aftermath pattern." But such comments are little comfort to those people who walk outside of their houses and see objects that "officially" do not exist. Not everyone is convinced that such sightings can be passed off so easily. Gerald R. Ford, Republican representative from Michigan, thinks that the situation merits a national investigation. He feels that the incidents in Michigan are "sufficient to justify some action by our On the radio-television program, Face the Nation, Representative Ford said: "Bring out these witnesses from the Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, have them interrogated by members of the House or Senate committee, let them put their records on the line. Let the people who have allegedly seen these objects come and testify." Ford had hardly made his proposal when a new sighting was made in the Ann Arbor-Dexter area, this one by an aeronautical engineer who said: "I have a distinct feeling that this was an electronics