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38 lines
1.7 KiB
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SUBJECT: EVIDENCE IN THE TREES FILE: UFO2418
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An odd "thrashing sound" brought James Richard, 41, and his 16-year-old
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daughter, Vanea, to the north window of their Columbia, Missouri, mobile home
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at 12:30 A.M. on June 28, 1973. Some 50 feet away and five feet apart, two
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brilliant silvery white beams of light shone. When these lights suddenly faded
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away, an oval-shaped object, about 15 feet in diameter, became visible near
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the ground. It was so bright that Richard had to look away. The entire area
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was "lit up as bright as day," he reported.
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The trees in the UFO's vicinity swayed as if caught in a powerful wind. One
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almost touched the ground, and a limb snapped off. All the while, Richard's
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dogs lay quietly inside the house; their behavior seemed oddly out of
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character. Unnerved, Richard went for a gun, which he kept close as the UFO
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continued to hover by the trees. Richard then called the trailer park
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switchboard and asked that the police be notified. As he spoke, the lights in
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his house dimmed twice.
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The UFO headed off toward the north, its color dimming slightly and revealing
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a silvery surface with blue and orange bands of light. At one point it moved
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toward Richard's residence, then retreated and after a few minutes was gone
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altogether.
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Investigators subsequently found broken tree limbs, crushed foliage, and on
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some trees burned leaves as high as 35 feet above the ground. In the days
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ahead more leaves wilted and died. The UFO left imprints two feet deep in the
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hard ground.
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