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an ohio ufo case that was left to die by

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charles lear as far as classic ufo cases

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go ohio may very well have more than any

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other state there was a 1966 case where

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deputy sheriff dale sparr and his

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partner chased a ufo from portage county

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ohio all the way into pennsylvania at

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speeds up to 100 miles per hour in 1973

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there was the coin incident where four

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men in the army reserve reported an

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encounter near mansfield ohio with a ufo

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that pulled their helicopter commanded

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by lawrence j coyne up from 1700 feet to

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3500 feet while the controls were set

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for a descent in 1994 police in trumbull

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county responded to a police dispatcher

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who said she'd received calls about a

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ufo from local citizens before the night

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was over police from five different

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departments gave chase and a recording

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of their radio exchanges with the

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dispatch was given to researcher kenny

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young who brought the case to the

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attention of the ufo community and the

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world

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a 1971 case from huron county ohio that

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had multiple witnesses including police

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officers didn't gain nearly as much

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notoriety as those above and one might

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wonder if it might have been because of

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the way it was treated by the national

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investigations committee on aerial

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phenomena the main witness sent a report

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to nycap but nycap was in the midst of

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changes that may or may not have been

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overseen by either or both the air force

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and the cia

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on january 25th 1971 ohio newspapers

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carried the story of multiple ufo

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reports received by the willard police

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duron county sheriff's department and

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the ohio state highway patrol there is a

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description by one witness in the

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article headlined ufo really huge says

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county man in the january 25th 1971

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edition of the norwalk ohio reflector

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richard william 18 said that at about

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905 pm on friday january 22nd he and his

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wife saw a low-flying object as he was

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driving on kniver road towards willard

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the couple's four-month-old son was with

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them williams said that as it approached

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him he saw one light on each side of the

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wingspan he estimated each wing to be 30

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feet long he said he blinked his lights

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and it stopped and hovered down a little

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closer with his high beams on he was

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almost able to see the outline of the

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object he said from the front the object

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looked like an airplane except it was

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really huge it was bigger than any

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hovercraft he thought at first that it

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was some sort of experimental plane but

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discounted the idea he said the object

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moved off to the east and then south

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around willard he said that the front

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was all glass and the rear was tapered

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down to a round end he didn't see a

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vertical stabilizer after explaining

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that he'd learned in school that there

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were millions of galaxies with millions

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of planets he said it's likely that many

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of those planets have life and they

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could be more intelligent than we are an

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article in the january 25th 1971 edition

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of the belfontaine ohio examiner

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headlined ufo startles willard area

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residents law officers has a sketch of

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the ufo with what appears to be a

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humanoid behind a clear dome on top made

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from witness reports above the headline

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the source for the story is captain john

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warner from the huron county sheriff's

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department warner provided what is most

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likely an account of williams encounter

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without naming the witness he said the

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family was quite frightened by the

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encounter and that the witness said he

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saw some movement behind a glass dome on

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top of the object according to warner

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the sheriff's department received six

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calls about the object from citizens of

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willard and at least a dozen from tiro

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warner added that a patrolman and a

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sheriff's deputy also reported seeing

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the object twice all of this was on

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friday night the officers reported

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seeing jets after the object disappeared

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that seemed to be pursuing it to the

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west in the reflector article it is

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reported that williams sent a two-page

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letter about the sighting to an

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aerospace research office in washington

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dc as that is where nycap was based it

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seems likely that this was the office

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referred to and indeed there is a

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description of the sighting in the march

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1971 edition of nycap's publication ufo

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investigator by 1971 the air force's ufo

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investigation project blue book had been

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shut down following a report by an air

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force funded university of colorado ufo

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study group the group was headed by dr

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edward yukondon and was known as the

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condon committee as regards the subject

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of ufos among the recommendations in the

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report was that only so much attention

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to the subject should be given as the

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department of defense deems to be

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necessary strictly from a defense point

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of view as for the continuation of

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project blue book it is our impression

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that the defense function could be

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performed within the framework

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established for intelligence and

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surveillance operations without the

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continuance of a special unit such as

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project blue book project blue book was

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closed a little over a year after the

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october 31st 1968 release of the report

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around this same time donald e kehoe was

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removed as director of nycap and kicked

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upstairs as a member of the board of

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directors kehoe had accused the air

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force of hiding ufo information from the

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public and lobbied congress to hold open

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hearings on the subject he was replaced

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by stuart nixon who was thought by nycap

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staff member gordon lohr to be a cia

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plant in an online written discussion

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jan aldridge gordon lohr brad sparks and

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michael swords debate the ideas with

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fran ridge as moderator that nycap was

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infiltrated by the air force and the cia

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and that they moved to defang nycap by

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getting kiho removed his director no

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agreed upon conclusion was reached but

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the fact remains that nycap quickly

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became a shadow of its former self

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following kehoe's departure

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the way the willard case was handled in

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the ufo investigator not only reflects

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this but it bears a striking resemblance

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to the way the air force handled cases

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that it seemed to have wanted to just go

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away

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the case is given three paragraphs on

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page three of the april 1971 edition of

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the ufo investigator according to the

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report multiple sightings were traced in

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part to a series of high-altitude

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atmospheric tests conducted from elgin

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air force base in western florida the

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tests involved rockets releasing

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chemicals into the atmosphere that

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created multi-colored clouds what might

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make one doubt that this explains the

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sightings in huron county is that the

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tests were reported to have been

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conducted on january 26th a day after

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available june

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a book about the people involved in the

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mystery

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covering the golden age of flying

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saucers

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using newsletters magazines case files

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official documents and more

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sure to leave even the die hard skeptic

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wandering

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by charles lehrer new york usa

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the flying saucer investigators

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available on amazon from june

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2022 the flying saucer investigators