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a 1976 ufo encounter in kentucky the

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evidence by charles lear as mentioned

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last week in part three of this

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four-part series investigators from the

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aerial phenomena research organization

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the mutual ufo network and the center

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for ufo studies traveled to liberty

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kentucky to interview three women who'd

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reported an unusual encounter according

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to the women louise smith mona stafford

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and elaine thomas they suffered physical

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effects after the encounter including

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one inch by three inch rectangular

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burn-like marks on the backs of their

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necks a burning sensation on certain

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areas of skin when in contact with water

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and red irritated eyes they also seem to

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have lost around 80 minutes this was on

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january 6 1976

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jim and coral lorenzen of april were

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told about the case by april field

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investigator bill terry he told them

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that abduction might have been involved

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and they arranged for apro psychiatric

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consultant dr leo sprinkle to travel to

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liberty and interview the women at

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apro's expense he was a specialist in

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hypnotic regression and apra was hoping

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that the women would agree to undergo

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the procedure unfortunately mufon and

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kufos investigators had gotten the

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liberty on february 29 1976 the day

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before terry and when he returned with

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sprinkle on march 5th the mufon and

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kufos investigators felt that because

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they were there first terry and apro

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should step aside however since sprinkle

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was there they wanted to make use of his

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skills and hypnotism for their own

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investigations while still excluding

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apra as apra had paid his expenses the

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lorenzens didn't take kindly to the idea

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an agreement was made where sprinkle

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would conduct hypnotic regression

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sessions with the women and all reports

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on the case would be published only

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after a mutual agreement the details of

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the first hypnosis session are in the

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report written by mufon investigator

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leonard stringfield published in the

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january 1977 mufon ufo journal according

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to stringfield only stafford agreed to

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be hypnotized the investigators met at

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the home of stafford's parents and

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sprinkle put his subject at ease then

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into a deep hypnotic state stafford then

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agonizingly recalled the encounter she

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was unable however to fill in any

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details of what might have happened

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during the missing time sprinkle was

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unable to return until late july 1976

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due to lack of funds funds were procured

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through a deal made with bob pratt a

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respected ufo investigator who manned

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the ufo desk at the national enquirer it

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was also arranged that polygraphist

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james c young would be present to

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conduct polygraph exams on friday july

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23 the women pratt sprinkle stringfield

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and young all met at the brown motel in

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liberty for the polygraph exams and

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hypnosis sessions as mentioned in last

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week's blog there was some sloppiness in

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the investigation one instance is

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stringfield misidentifying the month

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they met as june throughout his report

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the women's signed documents agreeing to

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undergo polygraph exams included in the

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kufos file provided by david marlar are

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dated july 23rd young a liberty police

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detective and president of professional

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polygraph consultants inc administered

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the exams after being briefed on the

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case he wrote up a report and sent it to

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pratt in the report kept in the kufos

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file he noted what he considered to be

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truthful responses to specific questions

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about the case according to young's

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report smith answered yes when asked if

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there was a period of time she couldn't

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account for if a ufo hovered over her

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car and if she'd lost physical control

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over the car stafford answered yes when

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asked about the ufo and if she felt a

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burning sensation in her eyes and she

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answered no when asked if she conspired

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to create a hoax thomas answered yes

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when asked about the ufo if she saw it

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sent a beam of light toward the car if

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there was a period of time she couldn't

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account for and she answered no to the

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question of conspiring to create a hoax

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young's opinion was that all three women

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believed they were telling the truth as

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they understood it but he was unable to

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determine how much influence the

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interviews by the investigators prior to

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the exams might have had on the women's

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beliefs after the exam smith underwent

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regression during the time remaining and

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all three women underwent regression the

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next day for a total of two sessions

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each pratt summed up what each woman

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experienced in a report to the national

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enquirer he wrote that they all

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experienced fear and distress while

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under hypnosis

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according to him thomas recalled lying

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on her back in a big narrow

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incubator-like chamber with a window and

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four foot tall creatures looking in from

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the other side she recalled feeling pain

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when a blunt instrument was pressed into

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her upper left chest and that there was

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something around her throat that

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tightened and choked her every time she

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tried to talk stafford recalled lying on

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a bed in a white operating room her

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right arm was immobilized and there were

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three or four humanoids in white masks

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and surgical clothing sitting around the

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bed having a discussion she described

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feeling like her eyes were being pulled

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out of her head and having her stomach

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blown up her feet seemed to swell and

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were then bent backwards

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smith recalled having something pulled

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over her face to put her to sleep she

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felt she was being prevented from seeing

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the creatures who were with her and she

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asked permission to see them she was

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then able to see them and was so

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frightened that she quickly closed her

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in sprinkles report he points out the

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differences in the women's recollection

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all seemed to have been subjected to

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different types of examinations in

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different types of rooms and stafford

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had the impression that her room was

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inside of a volcano crater or

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mountainside in pratt's report he notes

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that there was apparently a flap in the

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area at the time of the women's reported

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encounter he reports that he came up

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with the names of 57 witnesses and

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interviewed 16 of them one man joe

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bishop reported seeing a light so bright

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binoculars on the night of january 6th

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the women remember being at bishop's

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farm entrance before suddenly finding

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themselves eight miles away the

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investigators found character witnesses

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and some of their testimonies as given

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to pratt are included in the kufos file

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church where smith was a member and

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played piano during services called her

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a good clean living woman with a fine

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character danville kentucky police

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lieutenant garland richard who was a

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part of the gospel group smith sang with

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reputable person amos owens a preacher

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at stafford's church not only vouched

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for her character but said that he and

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his grandson saw a ufo at about the time

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thomas's husband reported that after

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being distressed by her encounter it

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took a long time getting back to her old

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self though it was not to the point she

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was he explained she's not easy to make

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mad like she used to be he said that in

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the nearly 30 years he'd been with her

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she'd never lied to him and he believed

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her story

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after the polygraph exams and hypnosis

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sessions smith told sprinkle in a phone

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conversation on monday that the physical

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experienced the night of their encounter

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had returned according to her all three

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of them had the same marks on their

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necks and she and stafford both broke

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out in rashes in the october 1976 april

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bulletin there are details about what

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the women experienced after the

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investigators left stafford had trouble

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sleeping and would go to her parents

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house or friends and curl up on the

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floor she repeatedly told people that

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she would not live to see another

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birthday she did see another birthday

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but according to an article about one of

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the mufon investigators jerry black

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thomas died of unknown causes in 1978.

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smith had an urge to revisit the sight

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of their encounter and when she got

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there she heard a voice say feel of your

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hands she did and realized that the

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three rings she always wore weren't

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there then on september 26th she walked

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out of her trailer home and saw one of

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them an onyx and diamond ring lying on

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the stoop she promptly threw it in the

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creek running nearby

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as intriguing as this case may be it is

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not very well known that it followed on

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the heels of the highly publicized and

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still discussed travis walden case is

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probably a major factor the lorenzens

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might have said that it was because a

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less than careful investigation made it

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vulnerable to debunkers which was a

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concern discussed in the bulletin