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Q: When the object was going south, how fast was it going? A: It wasn't going too fast. I saw it for a good while. Q: Fast as an airplane? A: About that fast. Q (directed to the driver): Mike, did the object change directions or seem to move up and down while you were watching it, when it was going south along 54? A: No. A: No. A: No. Q: Is there anything further you would like to add? A: I can't think of anything. A: Yes. Q: Would you take a Polygraph examination to verify your statements? A: Yes. I'm telling the truth. A: Yes. Q: Recently? A: Yes. There was something in the paper about a flying object up around Lake Erie. Q: Do you think it was the same one? A: I don't know. Q: Have any of you boys ever seen an object like this before? A (by Nelson Smith): My sister saw something last week. Q: Did you at any time notice any particular odor in the area where you spotted this flying object? (Sheriff Stillings was obviously, from this and a few previous questions, trying to connect the phenomenon with ball-lightning.) A: No. A: No, it was on the way back up when I saw it. Q: Was there anything unusual you noticed about the rest of the sky? Q: Were there any other cars on the road at the time you saw this object? Q: Are you telling the truth about this flying object? Q: Have you ever read anything about flying objects?