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couldn't see any." our minds." A Lincoln, Nebraska train crew working near Weeping Water also had the somewhat dubious privilege of observing a UFO at close range, as it hovered above them for about three minutes. "And we were all stone-cold sober," Don Huff, 19, a brakeman for the Missouri-Pacific Railroad, told newsmen. "It came out of the north, passed about two miles in front of the train, went south a little way toward the hills, and then returned and hovered at an altitude of about one mile." Other crew members of the work train who saw the saucer were Aca Butler, the conductor; George Barton, the engineer, and R. D. Rue, a brakeman. Rue saw the UFO first and called it to the attention of Barton and Huff. Butler was riding at the rear of the train, but he told newsmen that he had also seen the object. "After hovering over us for a time, the thing dipped down, as if taking a look at us," Huff said. "I could see the top of the craft when it dipped. | looked for outlines of a doorway or some land of hatch but The men agreed that the outer rim of the objecteadily in a clock-wise pattern. It left no smoke trail and had no visible means of propulsion. Had been equipped with several lights that blinked steadily in a clock-wise pattern. It left no smoke trail and had no visable means of propulasion. "At first we thought it was a dirigible," Huff said. "But when it tipped and came down, we sure changed On August 3rd, Minneapolis, Minnesota had its official hands full juggling reports of UFO's that "bobbed, dipped, hovered, stopped, jerked along and sped away." Again, Air Force officials calmly informed the residents of the Minneapolis area that they had seen "unusually bright stars which seemed to change colors because of the unusually clear skies. Also, there had been a number of B-52 military aircraft in the area."