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i first observed it out the uh left

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window at the cab

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and i thought it was a conventional

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aircraft at the time however just a

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second or so later it became obvious it

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wasn't a conventional type aircraft and

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attracted my interest to the point of

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picking up the camera and actually

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taking a photo of it is across the road

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in front of me and i simply took the

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camera and

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aimed a quick picture and

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these type come out and are developed

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out of the camera another sequence

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followed as the object moved across and

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out the other side the right hand side

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and it was removed all of these photos

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develop outside the camera well this

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photo is the number one photo taken

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through the windshield of the cab

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followed by a number two photo out of

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the right hand window

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and then of course the number three

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photos i think they're remarkable

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photographs not because i took them but

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because what they uh portrayed and show

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and uh as far as the rest of it i could

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care less as to who believes what

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i had the camera ready because i wanted

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to

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obstruction

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i knew it was something different it was

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not a

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aircraft as we know them

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and uh it didn't seem to have too much

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altitude and it crossed over in front of

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me

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first picture at that point

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and it continued to hover in a slow

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motion

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to the right side where i got two more

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pictures

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rex made copies of the photos and shared

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them with friends

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as words spread a local newspaper did a

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story on the photos

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the story drew the attention of top

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secret military officials the people who

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identified themselves as being from

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norad

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came

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the men asked for rex's original

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polaroids they didn't know he'd made

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copies

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but they sort of demanded them

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and so i let them have the pictures i

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thought

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why not

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in the meantime rex also made history in

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a different way when the photos reached

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a wide young audience

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and when the encyclopedia britannica

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yearbook came out in 66 they

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published a photo of it and they

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classified it in their spacecraft

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but the originals themselves they were

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gone for 28 years

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until one afternoon not long ago when

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they showed up in rex heflin's mailbox

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the phone rang

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and

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there was a lady's voice on the phone

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advising me

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to check my mailbox

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and i checked the mailbox and there was

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a small

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tan or manila

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mailing type envelope in there

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and uh with my name on it and

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it had those photos and

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there was no postage it was delivered

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privately have you seen any any other

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ufos since

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no no