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Much farther north, near Bark River, Mich., at 10:15 on the night of February 28, 1961, Mrs. Alex Lapalm and her 16-year-old daughter were startled when their dog barked and then began to howl. They lived in a rural area alongside Escanaba Route Number One. Mrs. Lapalm went to the window of her house to see what was wrong. Immediately she sighted the UFO, a fiery red ball projecting rays of light ahead of it against the dark blue, star-filled sky. She called her daughter Darlene to confirm the strange spectacle and tell her that she was not having hallucinations. Both watched the UFO for awhile, thinking it was stationary. No sound was heard from it and there was no tail or exhaust. It appeared to be a flame-colored ball about the size of a grapefruit from where the two observers were standing. It was in the western sky, but could not possibly have been a refracted image of the sun at that late hour. Besides, the dog was howling, a fact which indicated he was sensing something strange. Mrs. Lapalm and Darlene watched the weird object for a total of 10 minutes, but after the first few minutes they realized that it was not stationary - it was moving very slowly northward, at a height of about 20° above the horizon. As it headed toward the north, it also descended lower and lower. Finally The Air Force investigator checked with the local Air Defense fighter-interceptor squadrons and also with the radar bombing site at Ironwood, Mich., to determine whether any aircraft were in the air at the time of the sighting. No aircraft were in the same area at that given time, he reported. He added that anyway: "It was unlikely that this could have been an aircraft from the description given, as it was moving very slowly. Furthermore, jet exhausts are "visible from short distances only. Also the noise (of a jet engine) would have been heard even though the observers were inside a building. Possible identity (of the UFO) is unknown." An even more unusual sighting of a red ball was made at Chula Vista, Calif., on the evening of November 27, 1960, at 7:30 PST. Seven persons, all living at the Caravan Trailer Court, saw the UFO and confirmed the sighting. They were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cameron, managers of the trailer court; Mr. Alex Koff; Mr. and Mrs. Donald Carter; and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis M. Hart. The last are experienced amateur astronomers. Olive Hart sent a two-page single-spaced typewritten letter to the Air Force with a description of the sighting. Here is her letter: "I wish to report a very strange sighting in the sky over Chula Vista and San Diego and Mexico about a month ago. There was an exceptionally clear sky that evening, and seven of us viewed the object for "First, I wish to make it clear to you that we are competent observers. We have been amateur astronomers for many years and are well acquainted with all the constellations and planets. We are also able to recognize a meteor when we see one. During meteor showers we often watch the sky all night and we have seen many varieties and many spectacular meteors. And we knew them for what they were, of course. We are also very used to jet plane sighting, weather and observation balloons, satellites, helicopters and all the other things, including inversions, that are often mistaken for UFOs. it disappeared behind some trees. Unknown also was the observational reliability, but sincerity was unquestioned. 20 minutes, and two for 30 minutes.