The National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (Nicap)

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course, the axis being parallel to the earth's surface), as it slowed down to join the first, and it altered its course and speed so as to take up a steady position that appeared to be behind and to the right of the first.

"The first object maintained its flight path steadily, without nodding, and after joining up the second object stopped its nodding; both objects then moved rapidly, that is, in a period of perhaps eight or ten seconds, to the local horizon which is a range of hills along the coast back of this town. I saw no vapor trails and heard no sound. There was no wind.

"The objects each appeared to be about a third of the apparent diameter of the full moon. They were sharply defined and had some sort of surface structure that made it appear to me as though they were flattened spheres having a thickness of about one-third their diameter. The objects were an off-white color, not silvery.

"During this sighting the sun was in the southeast, above the path of the objects, and as they moved along past the sun's apparent position, I observed a most peculiar darkening - to almost black - of the side of the objects that faced the sun, so that each object took on the appearance of a crescent. This dark crescent developed and moved around over the surface of the objects as they passed under the sun.

"The original light color of the objects then appeared to become transparent as the dark crescents developed. The appearance of the dark crescents on the sunny side of the objects of course seems to be at variance with our normal experience.

"The above account is from the detailed notes I made a few minutes after the sighting." [37.]

October 27, 1960; Lexington, Kentucky. B.L. Kissinger, Jr., Attorney, and his wife at 5:50 p.m. watched a circular object hovering in the sky to the southwest. After about ten minutes, the UFO took off toward the northwest (the shape changing to elliptical), at a speed "faster than a jet." The UFO departed on a rising course, leaving a visible trail. [38.]

February 7, 1961; Kennebunkport, Maine. During a flurry of sightings in northern New England, the president of an advertising agency was among the numerous witnesses. At 10:30 p.m., H. David Walley was returning home from a Chamber of Commerce meeting. As he rounded a curve in the road, he saw "what appeared to be the lower half of an orange-red ball in the sky. It was of such unusual brightness that I stopped and got out of my car to observe more closely," Walley said.

"My first impression was that this was a harvest moon because of its size and color. I observed this stationary object for at least two minutes and then saw it disappear at a tremendous speed, far in excess of the capabilities of any of our military aircraft.

"The object was at an angle of 20 to 30 degrees above the horizon and traveled in an easterly direction...As the UFO disappeared I could hear no sound or saw no contrails, or smoke of any kind." [39]

## PUBLIC OFFICIALS

Carl J. Henry

Carl J. Henry Chairman, Industrial Commission of Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations

March 29, 1952 - 6:40 p.m. Butler, Missouri (65 miles south

of Kansas City

Mr. Henry, along with several others, saw a silver-colored cylinder-shaped object in the sky almost directly overhead. The object was moving slowly in a northwesterly direction leaving no trail or exhaust. It was definite and fixed in shape, and moved end-ways with a steady motion. The observers watched the object for approximately 2 minutes. Mr. Henry estimated its length at about 100 feet. The sky was clear and not yet dark at the time of the observation. No sound was heard. [40]

Marvin W. Skipworth

District Judge

District Court for Coos County, Oregon

1954 or 1955 - day Coos Bay, Oregon

the south, or maybe a little west of south. The sky was very blue and the air very clear, except for the scattered clouds, which were practically motionless. My attention was directed to two white irregular roundish clouds and the sky beyond.

"Suddenly, what appeared to be a huge aluminum discus appeared coming on a decline from above and beyond the cloud to my left and when it appeared to be about midway between and beyond the clouds and about even with the bottom of each cloud it suddenly turned a little to the left (my right) and soared upward and backward at a terrific speed...(cf., April 26, 1954 report above; Professional Men.)

"As it reversed and started up and back it flattened again so that it was traveling with its perimeter longitudinal to its diameter in my line of sight. The sun was to the right of the clouds and as I remember they may have been slightly pinkish on their western sides, but the object was remarkably clear and well defined - no fuzzy edges or vapor streaks, and it appeared to have ridged or terraced sides. An ordinary track and field discus describes it perfectly as to shape, as I saw it.

"I am not capable of judging how far away nor how high it was, but as I remember it appeared to be about two-thirds or three-fourths the area of the usual appearance of a full moon." [41]

Arnold W. Spencer Former Town Selectman (12 years)

April 25, 1960 - 9:00 p.m. Plymouth, N.H.

Mr. Spencer watched a bright hovering cigar-shaped object, "dark scarlet as the deepest red in a rainbow," with blunted ends. The UFO hung stationary low in the eastern sky, vertical bands of pulsating light visible along its length. (cf., Mt. Kilimanjaro sighting, 1951; Section X.) After about 25 seconds, the UFO suddenly moved off toward the south at high speed, illuminating the branches of trees as it passed. It left no trail and made no sound. [42]

Patrick McAley Deputy Inspector, Weights & Measures City of Chicago

October 3, 1962 - 9:25 p.m. Chicago, Illinois

While watching for the Echo satellite, McAley and his son saw a domed disc cross the face of the moon traveling in a westerly direction: The object, tilted at an angle, "seemed to be floating." It appeared to be a small fraction of the apparent size of the moon and gave the impression of being far out in space. [43]

## PROFESSORS AND TEACHERS

May 20, 1950; Flagstaff, Arizona. Dr. Seymour L. Hess, Head Department of Meteorology, Florida State University. Observation of "powered" disc. [Section I]

June 18, 1957; Jackson, Miss. Prof. Henry Carlock, Physics Department, Mississippi College. Reddish oval-shaped object with three "portholes" observed passing over city. [Section VI.]

July 27, 1952; Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Charles H. Otis, professor emeritus of Biology, Bowling Green State University. Formation of elongated objects leaving constant length trails. [Section VI.]

November 26, 1954; Manasquan, N.J. Confidential report (certified by NICAP Director and Assistant Director); College professor with M.A. degree, from Columbia University. V-formation of 15-20 round luminous objects which moved overhead, north to south. (witness stated: "For professional reasons, I do not want my name used. I feel strongly that you are fighting something that should be fought, but at this time I cannot expose myself as a fellow combatant.") [44]

August 26, 1960; Mesa, Arizona. Mr. Clete L. Miller, Science Department Head and Chemistry Teacher, Mesa High School. (Holds M.S. degree, served in Army Air Corps 1942-1946, single engine pilot.) At 8:00 p.m. Miller and his wife saw a hovering object in the southeast sky, emitting four beams of light; flashes of light, apparently from a beacon on top of the object also were

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