the fifth horseman of the apocalypse ufos: a history 1958 november

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THE FIFTH HORSEMAN OF THE APOCALYPSE
UFOS: A HISTORY
1958 NOVEMBER - DECEMBER
by
Loren E. Gross
Copyright © 1999
Fremont CA
"UFOsaretheFHth Horseman oftheApocalypse."
— Dr. Lincoln La Paz
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
I would liketothank pioneerUFOlogist Vincent Gaddisforthegiftofhiscollection ofUFOnewspaper
clippingscoveringtheearlyyearsoftheUFOmystery,aswell asGeorgeEarleywhotookthetimeandtrouble
tocopy considerablematerial formyusefrom hisUFO files;andStanton Friedman,whowasequallyhelpful
bypermittingaccesstohisextensive librarydealingwithaerial phenomena. Furthermore, Lucius Farish has
provided somevital items,goodadvice,andstrongencouragement. Similarly, Dr. Richard Hainesgavea lot
ofhelp,asdid Lawrence Fawcett.
Inaddition,Clauge MaugeofFranceandHilaryEvansofEnglandprovided informationandnewsclip
pingsfrom Europe.
Tom BensonofNewJerseywaskindenoughtosharesomerareUFOnewsbulletinswhichmighthave
been otherwiseunobtainable.
RichardD Kloian ofRichmond,California,whoconductedextensivesearchesofbackissuesoftheNew
York Timesdeservesamention;asdoesEdwardStewartofNorm Highlands,California, whogaveadviceon
themanuscriptbutmost ofallwas instrumental inobtainingcompletesetsofimportantpublications, hardto
findmicrofilm,various government documents,andotheritemstoonumeroustolist.
AnderLiljegren'sArkivet forUFOForskning inNorrkoeing, Sweden,isoneoftheworld'sbestsources
ofUFOinformationandishighlyrecommendedtoanyoneseriouslyconsideringresearch intoUFOs
IwouldalsoliketoexpressmygratitudetoBarryJ. Greenwoodwhoprovidedsomuchmaterial from his
hugeUFOcollection,acollectionwhichmustequalorevenexceedthatofanyUFOorganization.
Paul Cerny,active formorethan 40years inN1CAPandMUFON,gavemeabigstackofUFOdocuments
from hispersonal files.
Another bighelpwasthe UFOcollection ofLes Treece-SinclairofElkGrove, California,which contained
anumberofrareitmes.
ConsiderableassistancewasgivenbytheCenterfor UFOStudies (CUFOS)whichhasan enormous UFO
archivewhich includes therecordsandsightingreportsofthedefunctNational Investigations CommitteeOn
Aerial Phenomena (N1CAP),aswell asthecritical "RuppeltPapers."
Anothersource,ofextremeimportance,wasthevoluminousUFOresearch filesofDr. JamesMcDonaldat
TheSpecial CollectionsDivision, UniversityofArizona,Tucson.
Thescrapbooksofthe lateLeon Davidson wereputonmicrofilm andmadeaccessibleduetotheeffortsof
BarryGreenwood.
It issuggested thatanyoneinterestedin UFOspayavisittotheClarksburg-Harrison Public Library, Clarks
burg,West Virginia. ThepapersofthelateGrayBarkerareavailablefor inspectionthere.
Othernames I shouldmention include Roderick Dyke,theeditorofthe U.F.O.R.C Journal,which evolved
intothe UFONewsclippingService; Dr. WillySmith,RichardHall,Karl T. Pflock, D6mimique Weinstein,
and Dr. Michael Swords.
Finally, andmost ofall, 1mustpraiseJanL. AldrichofCanterbury, Connecticut,whoisakindofsuperman
inthedatagatheringcommunityandhasgenerouslysharedhundredsofitemsfrom avastresearchproject cur
rently inprogress.
SPECIALTHANKS'
I would liketotakespecialnoticeofBobGribble'sgiftofhisnewsclippingcollection andsourcenotesfor
theyears 1800-1996 Bobwantedhismaterial puttogooduseand1willmakeeveryefforttodoso. Many
items fromhiscollection formavital partofthisbooklet, astheywill,I'm sure,ofsubsequentbookletsandany
revisionsofpreviousworks.
LorenE.Gross
UFOs AHISTORY
1958
NOVEMBER - DECEMBER
1 November. BruceCounty, Canada.
"It certainlygavemeaneerie feeling."
Fourdifferentconstables20milesapartradioeddescriptionsofastrangeaerial object beginningat 12:40
am. Constable Johnsonwasthefirsttoseeit: "IdrewMcCutcheon's attentionto itasweweredrivingnear
Burgoynen (1.) Johnson alsoadded: "At 12:501called Walkerton and inacoupleminutestheyradioedfrom a
cartherethattheyhad foundit,too. It seemedtohoveroveronepoint Wekeptan eyeon itfrom Burgoynetojust
northofPaisley. Thenat 1:10, itblinkedout." (2.) (Seeclippingbelow)
IPULSATED,
Flying Saucer Seen
By 4 Constables
Special toThe StarW* Relj lighted the lame object 12
Walkerton,Nov 1—Fourpro- to 14 miles iway.
After companoc notes fayj
vineill police officers of the
radio they reached the unanl-;
Walkerton detachmentreported mousconclusion that this was aI
sighting a "pulsating" object flyingsaucer I
hovering to the sky over Bruce The officers reported back to'
county yesterday. their detachment headquartersI
PC»Joha McCutcheon and that the object hovered abouti
PC Edward Johnston sighted 3.500 feet above the ground it
the large* stationary object as was predominantly white but
they were on patrol near Pais- constantly changed to other
ley It was four to five miles shadesand at times looked as if
east of them Thej, radioed,"t carried four lights
headquarters and PC Douglas, They all claimed the "thing"|
Washburn and PC Williamjremained motionless for 20 to
25 minutes then went out like a
light "Thereweremanycolors."
said PC Reis. "red, green
white,mauveandblue"Hesaid<
the gradual change of color i
looked like the effect of stage ,
lights ' !
The detachmentalsoreported'
thatWashburn andMcCutcheon
saw a similar object in the dis
trict about three years ago .
No other reports of yester
days lighting were made to
police headquarters and theof*
1 November. San SalvadordeJujuy, Argentina. ficers admitted they were loo
interested in watching the ob-■
jectthemselves to thinkoffind
"Shapeofarugbyfootball " ing otherspectators. |
AccordingtoastoryintheAPRO bulletin*
"Senonta Elsa Yolanda Lizirraga,herfatherandhergirl friend observedastrangeorange-
yellowish light. When firstspotted ithadtheshapeofasphere, latertakingtheshapeofa
Rugbyfootball. Duringthe courseofthe40-minuteobservationtheobjectwasseen asit
ascended,turning intoatinybrightpointoflight inthedistance, appearing laterat a lower
altitude Descension wasnotobserved,however;theobject wouldmerelyappear again sud
denly A beam oflightwasvisiblecomingfrom theupperhemisphere, andanotherfromthe
lowerhalf" (3)
EarlyNovember. "AbovetheArcticCircle."
"Extreme altitude." "Disappearedvertically."
Accordingtoareport foundin CUFOS files:
"Early in November 1958a contactwasmadesuddenlywith anobjectwell within therange
oftheradar,but attheextremealtitude. Theobjectonlychanged itspositionbydecreasing
altitude,then foraverybriefperiod itremainedstationary, afterwardsitmovedeastwardat
approximately500knotsforaboutadistanceofa 100miles,then startedtoincreasealtitude
and disappeared vertically. Thisactionwascheckedalsobyanadjacentradar station." (4.)
2 November. Happy,Texas, (about 10:00p.m. )
Amperejumps. Motordies.
CarSaucered
And Blotted " 2November. NearFairfax, Oklahoma. (12:50a.m.)
HAPPY, Nov. ^They're back.
Orangediscs.
The season's first unidentified
flying object-was sighted about
10 p.m. Sunday. Ufiv 2,W5& A statementin BLUEBOOK filessays.
Wayne Cole, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Claude. Cole, spotted the
"Whilereturningfrom Fairfax, Oklahoma,
flying object as be approached
his (arm home near here. Cole travelingnorth on State Highway 18,at 12:50a.m.,
said he saw a blue light trav'.1 2November 1958,approximatelyonehalfmile
ettng about 100 feet above,the south oftheState Highway 18 and U.S. Highway
ground 1 miles westand 7miles
60Junction, 1observedsomeorangecolored
southof Happy.
Cole aald be drove under the objectsonthehorizondirectlyahead. Within a
object and as he did so the am* fewsecondstheobjectswereeasilyrecognizable
pere meter on his car jumped tobefourinnumber,thesnapeofadisc,and
from charge to full charge. The
travelingataterrificrateofspeed. I turnedto
motordied asbemoveddirectly
under tho object, he said. myfriendaskedhimtolookattheobjects, but
The UFO then began to move bythetimehe*looked, theyhaddisappeared
off in a southern direction overtheroofofthecar. Hetriedtoseethem
climbing at""i"terrific rate of
outoftherearwindow,butwithnosuccess. We
speed, trailing a,red stream of
fire behind H.Cole tald. weredrivingapproximately50MPH, and
although 1sloweddown, 1didnot stop. Aday
Late Edition laterwerediscussingtheobjects, and we
AMARILL0, TEX., NEWS
Clrc. D. 43,139 S.66,763 commentedon thefactthat wehadheardno
NOV 3 1958 noise" (5.)
3 November. Virginia Beach, Virginia. (5:00p.m.)
Longcylindrical objectemitsastream ofwhitesmoke. (Seeclippingonpage3)
4November. TheSheffield Lakecase.
"An uglyfight."
Mrs. William Fitzgeraldwaited impatientlyforanAirForceexplanation forhercloseencounterwitha
UFO back on September21". General Fisherfinallyreleasedtheofficial conclusion attheendofOctobertoRep.
BaumhartandtheCongressman inturnnotified theSheffield Lakewoman. Mrs. Fitzgerald,alreadygreatlyupset
byher UFOexperience, couldhardlycontain herselfwhen shelearnedthemilitaryconsideredhersightingan
byher UFOexperience, couldhardlycontain herselfwhen shelearnedthemilitaryconsideredher sighting
an"illusion." Inaletter writtenonNovember4*,theoutragedwoman complainedto Rep. Baumhart,sug
gestingthattheAirForce evaluatorwhoexaminedhercasemustbe"insane." Shealsorequested aperson
almeetingwith Baumhartsoshecoulddiscuss evidencetheAirForcemishandledherreporttoauthorities
(6) TheSheffield Lakecasewasevolvingintoan uglyfight.
5 November British HouseofCommons.
Mr. RoyMason, SocialistM.P. for Bamsley,directedaquestion atthe SecretaryofStatefor Air. He
askedthe SecretaryofStateforAirwhatdepartmentwithintheMinistryofAircollatedUFOreportsandtowhat
extent such information indicatedpossiblevisitationsfrom other worlds in space.
Inreply,theSecretary, Mr George Ward,sentawritten notetoMr.
Mason:
Thing' Dives,
"Ifareportofan unidentified flyingobjecthasa
Hovers in Sky
bearingontheairdefenseofthiscountry it is in
At Va. Beach
vestigatedandtheresultsrecorded. Nostaffare
employed whole-timeonthetask. Although some
By CHARLTON HARRELL
oftheobjectshavenot been identified for lack of
VIRGINIA BEACH-W^at waa
that object in the western sky 1 data,nothingsuggeststhattheyareotherthan
Monday just before dusk? f mundane" (7.)
It acted as no known plane, or<
missile, has been seen to act-
around here, as far as ttfls Re 8November Praisefor Richard Hall.
porter knows, at least
At5o'clock exactly, whilednv.
ing west along Atlantic boule CSI NewYork official TedBloecher wrotealetterto Leonard
vard at 40th street. I spotted Stringfield on November 8th. In itheexpressed thegroup's viewofthenew
what apoeared to be a contrail in
(he western sky manatNICAP.
. Whaiever the object was, it
dove steeply and fast out of the
southwest, leaving a wide trail of "Wewerealsotremendouslypleased with NICAP's
acquisition ofDickHall. Irecallyour impressiveremarks
But the dive stopped abrupLly concerningDickofmorethantwoyearsago,andhecertainly
several thousand feet above the
trees and the object just hovered hasliveduptothatadvancednotice, andmore." (8 )
ihere for minutes * —
The thing seemed to be silvery
or white, a long cylindrical ob- EarlyNovember. NearLafayette, Indiana. (2:00a.m.)
licet and it also seemed to emit
|i stream of white smoke at u
**Not a figment ofmyimagination."
hung m the darkening, pink sky.
• • *
After hovering, moving neithei
An engineeringstudentattending PurdueUniversitywrotetoNICAP
up nor down, forward nor back
for several minutes, the object
began moving slowly southward.
"I wasreturningto Lafayetteabout 2 a,m. from some
losing altitude Then it stopped
again, then moved more to th* town about 30mileswhere 1hadadate Therehadbeen no
southwest, and finally, §i th« -r> drinkingatall sowhat I sawwasnoresultofintoxication
'.' exac1!/ 10 n-Tjipj from in-
■ime this reporter first none norwasIfatigued andsubjectto 'visions,dreams, orap
'vhat seemed to be Hi vapor trail paritions." 1 donot rememberwhattown I hadleft but
t disappeared behind the trc.
mysightingtookplace Iwouldestimateabouthalfway
n the southwest
Motorists craned their necks a- backtoLafayette, about ISmilesstilltogo.
hey drove along Atlantic boulc
"Itwasan extremelyclearnight,verycold, andvisi
.ard, witching the phenomenon
Aquickcheckof rfival air faci bilityseemedalmost endless becausetheskywasun
lities today failed to uncover th' believablyclearandthereappearedto be literally
dentity of the object
countlessnumberofstarsabove. Drivingalong,I
Utt Edition —
NORFOLK, VA, LEDGER-DISPATCH noticed whatseemedtobean unusuallybrightstar. I
Clrc D 96.J85
NOV 4 1956 ' continuedwatchingitandtomyamazementitmoved
with mycarand withreferencetothestarsalso. I
couldn'tbelieve itatfirst but it wasfollowingmeorat
leasttravelinginthesamedirection. Atthis point I
sloweddown to30mph orsoandtheobject, very,very, brightwhitein color, still wasmoving
andwasgettingcloser. AtthisIwas alreadyconvincedbeyondadoubtthatwhatever I see
ingwasverylarge,and verydefinitelynot afigmentofmyimagination. 1thendidwhat
couldhavebeen averyfoolishact. Asabelieverinthe 'FlyingSaucer1theorymyrea
soningwasthatsuperior intelligencewouldhavenoreason incausingusharm orwoe. What
evertheirreasonforbeinghere,noonehadsufferedtheworseandthepossibilityofdirect
communication was fascinatingbeyondwords. Withthisbeingmythinkingatthetime I
turnedoffthemainhighwayontoasmalldirtroadwhichledtoafarmhousesomeseveral
hundredyardsfrom themainroad. Beingextremelydarkdownthisroad,andbeingalone, I
venturedaboutonlyahundred yardsorso,thebrightobjectin viewallthetime. I stopped
thecar,turnedoffmylightsandsat inalmost totaldarknesswhilethefarmhouse from my
positionwas between thecarandtheobject. Atthistimetheobject, stillonaverybright
[sic] was still amileorsoaway,maybesomewhatless. Thefarmhouse,asviewedtothe
leftwasnomorethan 300feetorsoaway. WiththemotoroffIsatthereandsbonreal-
lizedthattheobject wascomingcloser. Itseemedatthispointtobeaboutnomorethen
2-300 feet inaltitude. Ithenbegantoturnmyheadlightsonandoff. Irepeatedthissome
timesand,whetherinresponsetothisornot,theobjectglidedsilentlytoapointABOVETHE
farmhouseandnotmorethan30feetabovetheroof[emphasisintheoriginal] (9.)
Hecontinues:
"I stillcouldnotmake outdetail. Itnowseemedoval in shape. [Itwas] Almostthewidth
ofthehouse, about30 feetmaybe. Itmadenotonesound. I wasstill blinkingmy lightsbut
it camenocloserthan thefarmhouse. Then itstarted backingawayandcomingforward but
still nocloserthan thehouse. Itwouldbackawayfor afewmoments andthen comeforward.
This continued for aboutten minutesorso.
"Havinghadatthetimefarmoretechnicaltrainingthan average, I was,in myawe [sic],
attemptingtoexplain thisexperienceintermsofmycommon senseandwhatgood logic
would predicate. Nothingwould fit inthatthisobjectwasreal,had followedme forsome
distanceand wasnowfloatingaboveahouse. ImightaddatthispointthatI donotrecall
seeingaglowon thegroundorthehouse,justtheobject itself.
"Mylightswouldbringitnocloseranditthenbegantomoveawayfrom me,pastthe
houseandwasgettingfartheraway. 1 thenstartedmyengine,turnedaroundonthe
shoulderandheaded inmy initial direction. Theobjectwasstill inclearsightbut
movingawayallthetime. Eventually,thoughwithnotgreatspeed, it completelydis
appeared I didnot see itagain." (10.)
7November. GermanrocketexpertHermann Oberth.
"Wearebeingwatched bythe 'Uranidens.'"
Oberth,64, fatherofmodern rocketry, toldreportersduringan interviewwithaGermannewspaperthathe
believedtheAmericanswereworkingon an"electricspaceship"andthatmanwouldreachthemoon in five
years. UFO buffsweremore interested,however, intheprofessor'sremarkson thestrangethings beingre
ported intheskies. TheGerman spaceexpertsaidhebelieved supernaturalformsarewatchingtheearth
andhavebeen doingsofor alongtime. Hewasquotedassaying: "Icallthesesupernaturalformsoflife
'Uraniden'andbelievetheyareveryintelligentbeings." (11.) MoreoverOberth said: "If youstrikeout
everythingin theflyingsaucerreportsthathasbeen provedhumbug,therestill remainstwopercentofthese
that cannotbeexplained byearthlymeans." (12.)
11(?)November. Berkeley,California. (4:07p.m.)
"We'rea li'1 hesitantaboutmisitem..." (Seeclippingon page5)
'. We're a 1T1 hesitant about this item, for two reasons ... First of
all, it is personal... Secondly, we don't want to be classified as 4
i 'crack pof ... Anywayr we've always figured flying saucers as fig
ments of imagination .,. Now we are not so sure ... Either we've
seen one orexperienced afascinatingoptical illusion ...Itwas 4:07
pm and we were standingin the patio on the lower terrace of our
backyard, looking over the back of our home, wondering if leaves
1 were in the roof gutters three stones up ...
; Suddenly there appeared in view, coming from.the northeast and
heading towaVfl downtown Berkeley'at, we estimate, no more than
10,000 feet up a good-sized "disk" .. . Our first thought was that it
was part of one of the space sputniks; our second that it was a
weather balloon . . . Then we realized no weather balloon at that
altitude could be traveling that fast . . . Our next thought was that
there had been a jet planemishap and the pilot had bailed out, that
we Vere witnessing a parachute drop . . . But there was no one
"hanging" from this disk ...
•Ifitwasn'taflyingsaucerwe're danged ifweknowwhat itwas...
Absolutely no sound reached us and—whatever it was—the object
must have been traveling at least 500 or 600 miles an hour . ■. The
skywas clear blueoverhead and, far above, some military jets were
making vapor,trails . . . This "thing", was way, way below that
level .._. Just a parachute-shaped disk flashing through the *kv in
'■level flight at a tremendous speed ...Gaveus quite a jolt, we must
admit .'.\ If we hadn't seen it, we wouldn't believe it! „. jNo, we
don'tbelieve in little men from Man,.".. But we do wish we had a
logical explanation for.what we did see ,. JU1 we know for sure If
***^m.t^ensation we don't want to experience again ... r- . s ■
II November. Topeka,Kansas. (1:35 a.m.)
Another"Sheffield-type"experience?
Mrs. Fitzgerald'sstrugglewiththeAirForcemighthavebeen quitedifferent ifthefollowingstoryhadbeen
reported andpublicized in mid-November.
Mrs. Kinneywasthewifeofadistinguishedmedicaldoctor. Shealsohadsomemedicaltrainingherself
andatonetimeservedasaresearch technicianworkingwith theDeanofthe Harvard Medical School,aDr.
Bumwell. Mrs. KinneyjoinedtheCivilAirPatrol in 1951 androsetotherankofLt.Colonel. Aspartofher
dutiesshedid someteachingatnationalseminarsandevenaddressedCongresson issueseffectingtheCAP
organization
Mrs. Kinneyseemstohavehad littleinterest m theUFOmysteryanditwasonlybecauseofherhusbandher
UFO experiencewas made available forstudy.
AfterreadingDr. J. Allen Hynek's book The UFOExperience, Dr. Kinney wrotea 13 page lettertothe
BLUE BOOK advisorrelating in detail hiswife'sUFOexperience. Mrs. Kinneyreviewed the letterbefore itwas
sent andverified itsaccuracy. Dr. Kinneywas livinginAlbuquerque,NewMexico, atthetimehewroteto Dr.
Hynek andwasservingasthechiefmedical officeratalocal U.S. Veteran's Hospital.
The incident:
Mrs. Kinneyretiredforthenightat 12:15a.m. Herhusbandwasoutoftown. Shewasaloneexcept for
three familydogs.
At 1:35am.abright light flooded Mrs. Kinney'sfirst floorbedroom:
"On wakening,shefirstthoughtabigmilitarysearchlight hadsomehowbeen moved into
theyardandshoneintothebedroom. Thethree spanielsdogsweresnarlingandcringing,
lookingout theeastbedroom windowtowardtheblinking light. Thestorm windowhadbeen
left ajar,andthelowerwindow-sashwasclearup(theseweretheusual wintery-nightpositions;
and ordinarilythetwoboldmalehuntingdogsleaptoutinteamworktoconfrontanydistur
bance, whilethebold femalestoodastridemywifein stoutdefense, but atthisweird eventthe3
onlysnarled,cringed,and looked Shereadtheclock Theblindinglybright lightshoneacop
perydeep-ambercolor Nosound emerged. Itseemedtositon theconcretewalkthatarched
through theyard, somethirtyfeetawayfrom thewindow. It lookedabout 25 feet in diameter
andcircular in outline. Whatever itwas, itpuzzled her. Shethought: 'Itdoesn't giveoutany
heat ornoise,but itstoobrighttolookat.*
"Shegot intosomeslippers andherrobeandheadedfor thenearbylibrarytogoout its
doorway ontotheporch fora good lookat it. Leavingthebedroom,she lookedat the bedroom
lightswitchtomakesureithadnotbeenturnedon. Ithadnot. Thebrightasdaylightbedroom
was lituponlyfrom theweirdlightoutside. Shereachedthelibrary,turnedontheporch-light
switch,openedtheglassed Frenchdoor,steppedontotheporch. ThehugeUFOorwhateverat
onceroseup likearocketstraightandwith unprecedentedspeed,disappearingtowardthe zenith
within acoupleofseconds. *
"Shecamebackintothelibrary,turnedofftheporch-light, andgot backinto bed. Afew
momentswentby The phonerang. Thenearestneighbor wasphoning, *Areyou all right?' (13.)
t
Theneighborwhowascallinghadbeenan Armynursefor 25yearsandatthetimeofthis incident was
a RN forthe Washburn Universitystudent-healthclinic.
Dr Kinneycontinueshisaccount.
"Mywifereplied, 'Yes. Why?' Theneighborsaid, 'My(2collie)dogsweresnarling,
lookingatthishugebright light. Itwasgoingalongtheroad,hovering,justgliding likea
nun inrobeswould move,goingtowardyourhouse. Ithoughtthat itwasgoingtoset fire
toyourtrees,andtoyourhousewhen itgotsoclose. Then yourporch lightwent on and
it shot straight upanddisappeared.' (14.)
11 November. Topeka, Kansas (7:30 a.m.)
Thebestthingaboutthe"Kinneycase" isthatitdoesnotendwiththesighting. Dr. Kinneytellsusa
numberofthingsrelatingtoittook place laterthatmorning andevenmonthsafterward. At 7:30a.m. on the
11th ofNovemberthephonerangagainattheKinneyresidence. Dr. Kinneyexplains:
"Twomen workingthecontroltoweratTopeka's MunicipalAirport, both well known
toher, werephoning. BesidesbeingactiveintheCivilAirPatrol asdeputywingcom
mander, Lt. Col.,mywifelived,theyknew,underthemain flightcorridor,somesix
milesnorthwesterly from theairport. Thetowermenbantered [Asked?], *Whatwas
goingon outatyourhouselastnightso late?* Sheplayeddumb, saying, *Why, nota
thing ' Theybored in: 'What wereyoudrinking? Whowasthere?' Shestill played
dumb,saying, 'I don'tknowwhatyou mean. Whatmakesyouask?' Theyurged,
'Comeon Youmightaswelltellus. Wesawthatbright light. Itwason ourradar.
Itmusthavebeen right by yourhouse Didn'tyou seeanything?* Shestillplayed a
Gameand bantered, 'Didyou findadead bodyintheditch You'retryingtopin
somethingon me.' Theyturnedtostraighttalkandsaid, 'Behonest. Youmust
have seensomething. It was 1:35 [a.m.].' So she leveled with them ,narratingjust
what shehadseen. Theythankedher fortelling." (15.)
Therewasno followuptothis UFOreport. NoAir Forceofficerscamecallingtoaskabout what Mrs.
Kinneyhadobserved, butthen itwouldtake sometime beforethemilitarywould learn thecompletestory. When
Thedetailsofthecasebecameknown,the Air Forcewasvery interested.
11 November. Topeka,Kansas (evening)
Dr Kinneygoes on tosay
"Byevening,mywifefirstlearnedofothereffectsoftheUFOapproach. Lights
onthat (East)sideofthehousewould notturnon. Tworadiosonthatsidewouldnot
turnon. Thetwobigrefrigeratorswerenot workingatall. Shechecked thefuses in
thebasementan<ffoundthattheonesfortheeastcircuitswerebumed out,andtheir
glassesbroken. Shereplacedthebad fuses. Thesecond-floor lightswould not turn
on,thoughtheirbulbsworkedelsewhere. Thetworadiosand tworefrigeratorsdid
notwork Shephoned ourelectrician,whopromisedtocomeafter8a.m. nextday.
He found thatthewiringupstairsontheeastside wasbumedout. He replaced bumed
outwiringthereand in thetworadios. Therefrigeratorsshowednodamage* when he
movedtheirmotors. Theyboth ran well Both motorshad stopped on dead center,
nothingelseamisswith them! (16 )
Eye injuries
Asa medical man, Dr. Kinneytook special interest intheinjuriesapparentlycaused bythe lightgiven
offbytheUFO-
"Soon mywifenotedothersequels Snowfell. Itsbrightness blindedher. Sub-
conjunctivalhemorrhagescameandkeptrecurringsothatthewhites ofhereyes
usuallyshowedbigredpatches ononeorboth. Bright lightshavecontinued [ asof
1974] togivesharpphotophobicdiscomfort; shewearsdarkglasseswhen outdoors
in bright daylight, driveshercarwith itsvisordown toshutoutthesky Sheishalf
blinded when drivingthrough sun-fleckedwoods, andtheflickeringofa failing
fluorescent lamp 'drives meupthewall,' shesays. Thesubconjunctival hemor
rhageshavegrown much less frequent, sothatnowadaystheyonlyrecura fewtimes
ayear, usually afterbrightlight hascaughther offguard.
"Thetwomalespanielsdogswhohadwatched outthewindowboth developed
cataracts. Thefemalewhohadstayed closertomywifedid notdevelop cataracts
of theeye-lenses." (17)
Mrs. Kinneyassumedthatthemen in thetowerhadnotified theirsuperiorssoshemadenoeffortto
contacttheAir Force. Evidentlythetowermensaidnothing which wouldexplainwhattookplaceabout amonth
later. (SeemidDecember)
12 November TheSheffield Lakecase(ongoing)
Meanwhile, Mrs. Fitzgeraldwasn'thavingmuchluck ingettingtheAir Forcetobelieve herclose
Encounter. (See Majorlacker's letterbelow)
U
12 November
Dear Mrs."
Vour letter of 29 October 1956/ addressed to Wright-
Patterson Air Force Eaee concerning an unidentified flying object
sighting on 21 September at Sheffield late, Ohio, baa been
r*ferred"to thia office'for reply.
Bie conclusion of ALr force investigator* vere that the com
bination of tioving Uchte, the noise of a train and tae prevailing
veather at the time accounted for the sighting experienced by you
that night.
Sincerely,
j* tacker
>tajor, IBAF
Executive Officer
Public Information Diviclon
Office of Infomation Services
Krs.
eld Lalta, Ohio
ovv'Ct* u*v-
IS