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a 1976 ufo encounter in kentucky by

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charles lear in our last blog we looked

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at a case involving three women in

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kentucky who experienced actinic

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conjunctivitis after a ufo encounter

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since the blog was about multiple

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ufo-related conjunctivitis cases we

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focused on that aspect of the encounter

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but there was more to their story a lot

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more according to the october 1976 apro

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bulletin date from the february 12 1976

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kentucky casey county press on january 6

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1976 louise smith mona stafford and

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elaine thomas were all sitting in the

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front seat of smith's 1967 chevy which

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he had bought the day before smith was

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driving and they were on their way back

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to liberty kentucky where they all lived

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after having had dinner at the redwoods

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restaurant 29 miles away five miles

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north of stanford kentucky they had gone

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there to celebrate stafford's birthday

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they reportedly didn't drink any alcohol

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and left at 11 15 p.m they were about

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one mile south of stanford when they

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spotted a large metallic disc shaped

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object with a glowing white dome there

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were three to four lights on the

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underside that were red and yellow and a

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bluish beam of light issued from the

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bottom the object descended from right

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to left and then hovered at tree level

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over the road in front of them at this

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point they were able to estimate its

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size smith said it was as big as a

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football field and stafford said it was

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about the size of two houses it gently

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rocked back and forth for a couple of

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seconds and then moved off to their left

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smith continued driving and then the

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women noticed a blue light coming from

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behind that lit up the inside of the car

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at first the women thought the light was

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coming from a police car but they

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quickly realized that it was coming from

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the object which had circled around and

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come up behind them at this point the

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car started pulling to the left and

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smith yelled the staffer to help her

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control it the car accelerated to 85

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miles per hour and stafford and thomas

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yelled at smith to slow down

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smith responded by holding up her foot

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to show them it wasn't her doing the

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accelerating stafford grabbed the

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steering wheel and tried to help smith

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gain control and at this point the women

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felt a burning sensation in their eyes

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and a pain that seemed to come down from

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the tops of their heads suddenly it

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seemed as if the car was being pulled

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backwards and that they were going over

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some speed bumps the women then saw a

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strange lit up road in front of them

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that went on for as far as they could

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see stafford noted that a red light was

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lit on the instrument panel that

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indicated the engine had stalled but

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they still seemed to be moving at a high

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speed then in what seemed to be an

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instant the women found themselves

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coming into houstonville which was eight

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miles away from where they'd encountered

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the object they continued on into

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liberty and arrived there at 1 25 am

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whereas they should have arrived at

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around midnight they seem to have lost

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over one and a half hours they all went

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into smith's trailer home and smith went

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into the bathroom she splashed water on

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her face and felt a burning sensation in

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both her hands and face she'd taken off

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her watch and put it on the sink and she

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noticed that its hands were moving

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faster than normal with the minute hand

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moving at the speed of a second hand all

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three women had marks like fresh burns

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on the backs of their necks staffords

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was on the left just behind her ear and

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smiths and thomases were centered their

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eyes were burning and tearing with what

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seemed to be conjunctivitis and stafford

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was later moved to seek medical

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attention the women went next door to

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their neighbor lowell lee and told them

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about their experience he suggested that

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they all go into separate rooms and make

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sketches of the object when they were

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done lee looked at the drawings and

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found them to be quite similar according

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to an article headlined it is still a

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mystery trip home longer than usual in

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the february 12 1976 casey county press

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the women reported their experience to

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kentucky state troopers and the armed

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forces an article about the case

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appeared in the february 1 1976 kentucky

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advocate apro field investigator bill

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terry sent the article to jim and cory

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lorenzen at apro headquarters in tucson

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arizona he followed up with a phone call

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and asked if they thought the case

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warranted him driving 60 miles to

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investigate corll told him she thought

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it did after terry's investigation he

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called the lorenzens and said that he

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thought the case involved abduction the

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lorenzens contacted apro psychiatric

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consultant dr leo sprinkle and arranged

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for his travel at apro's expense to

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interview the women and possibly conduct

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hypnosis sessions with them

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unfortunately two other groups the

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mutual ufo network and the center for

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ufo studies had gotten involved and were

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less than welcoming when encountering