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a distance of about 300 yards, they thought they were seeing a Navy blimp. But when their car drew up to within 75 or 80 feet of the bridge, its electrical system failed completely; the engine went dead and the dash lights and headlights were extinguished. The observers were terrified, got out of the car and crouched behind it. As the UFO took off in a blinding blare of light, the observers "felt a tremendous heat wave," according to one of them. "It didn't seem like the heat of a burning object, but something like ultraviolet light or some kind of radiation," he added. Later, they felt a burning sensation on their faces. They drove to St. Joseph's Hospital in Baltimore and were given a superficial examination by an The face of one of them was redder than normal. The other observer's face showed no reddening. The doctor told them that there was nothing to worry about. But the next day, the other observer's face also became noticeably red. No serious damage to the men resulted from the incident. However, a 16-year- old member of the Gardenville Astronomical Society also sighted a strange object at approximately the same time that the two observers claimed the UFO took off and disappeared. The boy was observing the sky at the Clifton Park Observation Center when he sighted the UFO on a northeast heading at an altitude of about 85° above the horizon (almost overhead) He kept it in sight for approximately one minute, at which point it disappeared "instantaneously." The investigator from Andrews Air Force Base near Washington, D.C., had this evaluation of the boy's sighting: "Estimated reliability: qualified above average ... The sighting made by (the boy could have been the same object (as observed by the two adults), since the color (glowing white) and the approximate time agree." interne on emergency duty. TIME/PLACE OF SIGHTING: July 25, 1959 at 1:30 P.M. EDT/Irondequoit, New York. DURATION: 15 seconds or longer. NUMBER OF OBSERVERS: One. TYPE OF OBSERVER: Technical machine illustrator and private pilot, aged 28. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: One. OBSERVER RELIABILITY: Good, from the detailed description he gave. SHAPE: Like a crescent moon with a bubble in the center. DIMENSIONS: Possible span between horns of the crescent of about 50 feet. COLOR: Brownish black with the bubble white and resembling a gun turret.