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44 lines
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SUBJECT: DAMAGED CAR IN MINNESOTA FILE: UFO2417
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Studying the brilliant light in the stand of trees two and a half miles south
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of him, Marshall County Deputy Sheriff Val Johnson wondered if drug smugglers
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had flown over the Canadian border into the flat, isolated terrain of far
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northwestern Minnesota. The light was close to the ground, suggesting that the
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plane had either landed or crashed. Or maybe there was some simpler
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explanation. Johnson headed down the county highway to investigate. It was
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1:40 A.M. on August 27, 1979.
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The next thing Johnson knew, the light was shooting directly toward him,
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moving so fast that its passage seemed almost instantaneous. The last thing he
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heard was the sound of breaking glass.
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At 2:19 A.M. a weak voice crackled over the radio in the sheriff's
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despatcher's office at Warren, Minnesota. It was Johnson, who had just
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regained consciousness. His car had skidded sideways and now was stretched at
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an angle across the northbound lane, its front tilting toward the ditch. Asked
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what happened, Johnson could only reply, "I don't know. Something just hit my
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car."
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Officers who arrived on the scene found the car had sustained strange damage,
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including a seriously cracked windshield, a bent antenna, smashed lights, and
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other damage. Both the car clock and Johnson's wristwatch were running 14
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minutes slow, through both had been keeping correct time until the UFO
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incident. Johnson's eyes hurt badly as if, and examining physician declared,
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from "welding burns."
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Allan Hendry of the Center for UFO Studies along with experts from Ford and
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Honeywell conducted an extensive investigation. Their conclusion: The
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windshield damage was caused by stones apparently carried in the wake of the
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unknown object. The Honeywell expert thought the bent antenna probably
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resulted from a "highvelocity air blast superimposed on the air movement over
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the fast-moving car."
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* THE U.F.O. BBS - http://www.ufobbs.com/ufo *
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