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This was hinted at in a number of ways. One magazine reported the incident thus: At 7:45 P.M. (on January 11, 1966), Patrolman (George) Dyckman notified Mayor Harry T. Wolfe that 'something strange’ was happening near Raymond Dam. The Mayor decided to see for himself. With him were Councilmen Arthur Barton and Warren Hagstrom and the Mayor's 14-year-old son Billy. "Billy sported the UFO at once. Flying low it glided ‘oddly’ above the reservoir '... like a huge star,’ he said. ... The older observers estimated 'the oval' measured between two and nine feet in diameter." His Honor the Mayor, however, does not know where the reporters for the magazine got their information. During my tape-recorded interview with Mayor Wolfe, he seemed somewhat less impressed with the UFO he had seen. In fact, he sharply contradicted most of the reports that described his sighting. Regarding the size of the object as appearing to be from two to nine feet in diameter, he stated: "Of course, we saw nothing like that." His tone was emphatic. The Mayor shook his head negatively. "We had it in view maybe three, four or five minutes," he told me. "I'm not sure. Maybe it was even a little bit longer. And I thought that I noticed a very slight movement of the object, away from us toward the west. It was just a question of whether any of us saw Again the Mayor shook his head. "A question was asked of me: 'How far away would you say this object was?' And my answer to that question was that it could have been ten miles, or ten million miles, or ten billion miles distant. There was no way to judge. However, it was low on the horizon. I would say it was just above the level of what you could see of the mountains or the treetops - the treetops actually." "What was your son's reaction to all this?" I asked. "Well, I don't think he was too much more impressed than I was actually. And the same tiling was true for the Councilmen." "Did any of you see the object move or glide low over the reservoir?" was my next question. it move slightly or not." "Did your son Billy have the feeling that it moved slightly?" "I don't believe so," said the Mayor. "And I don't believe the Councilmen had any sensation that it moved either." "But was it low over the reservoir?" I insisted. "Would you mind describing the object for me?" I queried the Mayor. "Tt looked a little bit bigger than a star," he said. "And it appeared to change colors from green to red