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Date: 30-Mar-87 23:35 MST
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From: Executive News Svc. [76374,303]
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Subj: APin 03/30 Hoosier UFOs
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CORYDON, Ind. (AP) -- A national organization that investigates unidentified
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flying objects is checking into some strange lights that have been popping up in
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southern Indiana in recent weeks.
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The UFOs, described as glowing and blinking lights, reportedly appeared
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almost nightly for more than two weeks near Mickey Shawler's house.
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James Delehanty, a field operative for the Mutual UFO Network, spent two
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nights last week in the Harrison County community, investigating the reports. He
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and other observers saw several airplanes pass over, but nothing resembling the
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lights that had been reported.
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Ms. Shawler said the lights did appear last Thursday night, but not until
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around midnight, after the observers left.
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"It's so frustrating," she said. "It's almost like they didn't want to come
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with all the people around."
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But the lights have been seen by enough credible witnesses to generate an
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investigation by Delehanty's network, a 4,000-member international organization
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based in Texas.
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The group was asked to check out the Corydon reports by the National UFO
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Reporting Center in Seattle.
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Robert Gribble, a spokesman for the center, said his agency is a
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clearinghouse for UFO information in North America and uses the Mutual UFO
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Network as its investigative arm.
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Ms. Shawler said she first saw the lights several months ago. The lights also
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have been reported by policemen and journalists.
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Witnesses have reported seeing as many as six lights or objects at one time.
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They are described as blinking lights in the sky or glowing orange balls. Ms.
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Shawler and at least one other witness have reported that the phenomena have
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followed their cars.
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"Everybody says, `Mickey, you're crazy,"' Ms. Shawler said. "But once they
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see them, they don't say that anymore."
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Jackie Carpenter of the Corydon Democrat was one of the skeptics until she
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saw the lights two weeks ago.
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Ms. Carpenter said the lights "hovered, rose, lowered, went sideways,
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disappeared and came back."
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"It was really weird," she added.
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Delehanty, a traffic manger with the Kentucky Air National Guard, said he
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plans to continue his investigation. He said other reports of glowing orange
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lights have also come in recently from the Indianapolis area and from Spencer,
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near Bloomington.
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Delehanty said the Corydon sightings were initially classified as "nocturnal
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lights," but may be upgraded to "close encounter I" ranking.
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Classifications for sightings are:
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--Nocturnal lights: unexplained lights in the sky at night that do not have a
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fixed movement and are more than 500 yards away.
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--Daylight disks: unexplained objects more than 500 yards away and seen
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during daylight.
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--Radar visuals: any unexplained sighting on radar.
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--Close encounter I: unexplained lights or objects within 300 yards.
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--Close encounter II: a sighting that leaves physical evidence, such as
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broken tree limbs or scorched grass.
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--Close encounter III: physical contact with aliens.
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--Close encounter IV: abduction by aliens.
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Copyright 1987 by the Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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liens.
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--Close encounter IV: abduction by a |