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Less of a good unknown, but still an unknown, was a sighting made by two senior college students at Kansas City, Kansas, on August 12, 1961, at 9:00 P.M. local time. The students were Tom Phipps and James B. Furkenhoff, both then age 21 and both in their last year at Drake University. They had been driving in a convertible with the top down when they sighted a large unusual object in the sky about three city blocks in front of them. At first they thought it was a low-flying aircraft, possibly in danger of crashing. As they approached closer, they saw that the UFO was hovering in a stationary position. It was oval- shaped, slightly less than half the size of a football field and resembled a huge bob-sled with running boards (automobile-type) along the sides. The "running boards" seemed to have lights, for they glowed a whitish yellow. A high vertical tail appeared to ran from the back edge to the center of the object, which the students felt was solid and metallic. They were too nervous to notice its color. They could not see through the object, hovering about 50 feet in the air, but the clear night sky and stars could be seen around it. As they drove abreast of it, they stopped the car directly beneath it and looked up at it. Then they became frightened and started to drive away in a hurry. At this point the UFO shot straight up and moved sharply to the east as it rose. It disappeared within five seconds. Total time of the sighting was an estimated three to five minutes, during which it remained stationary except for the last five seconds. The Air Force Project 10073 (Blue Book) Record Card under "Comments" states: "Classed Unknown. Description of object would indicate possible balloon except for altitude of 50 feet off ground and sudden rising. Completeness of description and details given by two observers gives little information upon which to classify object into known categories and explain sighting." Another enigmatic sighting made from an automobile occurred near Beulah, Mich., just over a month earlier on July 8, 1961. The UFO was observed by six persons over a period of more than 38 minutes. The first observers were Terry Gregory, age 17, a motion-picture projectionist, and his friend, Nannette Hillay. They were parked approximately five miles east of Beulah when a bluish white light appeared overhead at about 11 P.M., local time. It was traveling from the southeast toward the northwest at a speed similar to that of a jet aircraft. About one minute after it was sighted, the object appeared to stop and descend to what seemed to be tree-top level. Then it rose again to an elevation of about 20°. Shortly afterward, it descended again to the tree tops and disappeared. Approximately one second later there was a bright glow behind the trees. After watching this odd sight for some two minutes, Terry and Nannette drove to Beulah, Mich., to pick up two friends and show them the UFO. They drove back to the sighting area with Walt Paynor, also 17, a fruit farmer, and Ronald Shoebridge, age 20, a plumber. It was now 11:15 P.M. The object was still in the vicinity. Although it was still hidden, ostensibly behind the trees, its light illuminated the back of a nearby house with the intensity of a full moon. But the light brightened and faded intermittently. The four young people watched this phenomenon