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a4juatu,1 tMlr nl&M vlaloa davicu fer l~. 'TM 1&8'ai wa1
!wrth•r com1itlcat•• by e,tcullvc lat•d•re•c• .. mr ... & lu.ltbcr
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complete lo~• el a-11 _communlcatl•na when p&uar; dlroU&h a lSO
de,ree ~,nctic bearin& from th• home bau. 'Ta.. Lacrttal na•laa•
.lloa 1y1t•m 1lmultaneou.sly fiuctuated from 31 to SO dc1rcca. A clvQ ·
atrllner approachin& the area a110 experienced a 1tmllar commWllca-
tion1 failure, bu.t reported no u.nuau.&l alchtlnca.
· ~ Whll• ozi a lons Cinal approacb, the F-4 crew noted i !vrtbcr. .
UFO. Thi • waa ducribed &1 a cylind•r-•haped object (about tb•
ah&. o! a. ":'-33 tnln•r) wlth brl&ht atcady ll&hta oc each end &Ad a.
nuhe r in the middle. lt quickly approached and paued dlrectly
over the F-4. IA aziawer to the pilot'• qu.ery, the control t ,:>wer
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reported no other air tr&!!ic ui the &rca, <hou,h they ■ ubaequcntly
obtained a viau.al alghtin& of the object when apcci!lcaUy dlrected
wh•r• to look.
-a ":'he followln, day. the F-4 crew waa flown by hellcopt~r
to the ·l~.!lon whez:c they bel\eved th~ object had landed. "rbia
turned O\lt t~ be a dry lal!.• bed, bu.t nothinc \IA\IIU&l WU notlceJ.
A• the helicopter clrcled o!! to the west, however, & very notlc:ci.ble
beeper alinal wi.s received, a..nd eventually traced to & nn.rby house.
They immediately landed and &slted th• 1nhabltants lf i.nythlnc •traai•
or unusua.1 t.i.d occ:urrccl the pre~lou.a.nlght. Y••• they replied,
the re had b.. n lou~ noi1u and a. very bri1bt ll&ht, ll'k.c HghtAin,.
The hellcoptc~ retu;ncd to b&se i.nd arri.n1cmenu were m&d• to
conduct v&rious tests, 1\lch u udlation check1, in th• vicinity of
th• house. Un!ortwutcly, the results o! su.ch tests have not been
reported. t«..s, _,
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