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substance described as a bright, whitish filament, like glass wool." The material was seen to float down to treetops and telegraph wires and "many eyewitnesses gathered whole tufts of it. Unfortunately it disintegrated and disappeared before it could be taken to a laboratory for analysis." If only, some day, a co-operative UFO would discharge some of this residue near a convenient chemical laboratory, a clue might be found to either the alien's fuel supply or their garbage. 11. Helmeted Aliens Over New Zealand At 5:30 A.M. on July 13, 1959, Mrs. Frederick More-land was crossing the barn yard on her way to milk the cows. The Morelands enjoy country living and the nine-acre farm which they maintain on Old Renwick Road in Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand, suits them just fine. Mr. Moreland is a civilian employee at the Wood-bourne Station of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, and on weekends, Mrs. Moreland is a nurse's aid at the.Lister Hospital. Mrs. Moreland was sleepily going about her early morning chores when she noticed a green glow in the clouds. As she told local police and a reporter for the Nelson Evening Mail: "... there was no moon so | wondered what it was. When | was half way across the paddock, two large green things, like eyes or big lamps, appeared above me and dropped towards the ground. "| noticed that | was bathed in a green light and that the paddock was green, too. It was a horrid sort of color. My first thought was, 'l shouldn't be here,' and made a dive for the trees (a stand of pine on the other side of the paddock). There | stood watching. "A saucer-shaped glow with two indented green lights in the bottom descended. The air became very warm. Two rows of jets around the middle shot out orange-colored flames. They appeared to revolve in opposite directions. The thing was about 20 to 30 feet in diameter. It hovered at about roof height.