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Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0 colored, leaving long trail as tracer bullet; abruptly divided in two (in tandem) as if ‘exploding’, shone more brightly in bluish- white and red, and threw lateral rays radiating backwards at an angle. Appearance neither ‘solid’ nor purely ‘light’; best described as ‘corporified light’, forms geometrical and not diffuse,’’ The object was roughly tear-shaped before and after splitting. The object travelled on a level course, completely disappearing “very suddenly’’ after about 10 seconds. It moved ‘‘rather slowly’? leaving a long trail. ‘‘Y believe it was much too slow for a meteor,’ Mr. Villela stated, ‘‘also its appearance was ‘out of this world.’ I can think of nothing on earth which would reproduce the phenomenon.’’ Hovering Cigar-Shaped Object A Minneapolis Honeywell metallurgist, Melvin C. Vagle, Jr., saw a cigar-shaped UFO on November 22, 1961. NICAP later learned of the sighting through the Honeywell newspaper [7.], and obtained a first-hand report from Mr. Vagle, as well as a detailed painting of the UFO done under his supervision. [See sketch. ] It was a clear starlit night about 7:00 p.m. (CST). Mr. and Mrs. Vagle were traveling north on U. S. Highway 81 approaching Grafton. A red light in the sky west of the highway up ahead attracted their attention, then other associated lights made them think it might be an aircraft. As they neared the site and pulled alongside they saw ‘‘a cigar-shaped object hovering at a sharp angle over a plowed field. . .At the lower end. . . there was a bright ‘flashing white light ana at the upper end there wasa steady red light. Along the length of the fuselage there was a row of square-appearing ports, illuminated with a white yellowish light.’’ Red Lightay ~~ OC a \*Z— White Light The UFO seemed to be motionless until, when the Vagle’s son started crying, they drove on. Then the UFO appeared to drift westward across the highway. Earlier the same evening a farmer in the Grafton area had seen a reddish cigar-shaped UFO west of Grafton and reportedittoanarea newspaper. Accompany- ing Mr. Vagle’s report to NICAP was a letter from the farmer confirming the basic points of his sighting, which occurred at sunset. The farmer could not see any ‘‘ports’’, only a dull reddish glow from the UFO. The object vanished behind a dark cloud after about 10 minutes. THE DEFIANCE COLLEGE DEFIANCE, OHIO account of oa, “to phat the followeny ae ee ; mene eee by o scisntist Known ¥ Maran OATH Taner, WFO sighting , Wi by te of Ohio, © rn avsrsify UM the Ste novs on the faculty of & lenge ote For Aestench , has bssn PP veh standing , having ¥ g Whom ts s Gn 3 nets s tats woul. Je orkes vi . a y hin 3 . Thursday > . on Thanksgiving Oey on a highway not iving my sengere 1960, 1 was oeee of my family was a Peer TP rinst object got t had no Wings. f the road nat about 10:00 A.M November 24,5 ° campus. a black sp far Foo ee eky ahead of me appeared But as the oO yproaching plane. objec assumed 10 6 are that unlike a plane the ob closer to the side © t to . drove the car nion got ou My curiosity aroused se, where I and OY pject « As it passed adjacent to a en at the approaching sky t a straight line dis- get 2 peel sect point, the object WAS jtitude of approximate us at its oom 1200 to 1500 feet, av @ tance of from ly visible. rees and clear no pro- ly 70 deg pared or elliptical, perfectly smooth chalk- r e “ . s clear cupyes oe shadow across the botto r ana axis cf the be approxi- It was egg-sne tuberances oF markings» : + t : top with jus : white on Pp the horizontal major ,ameter of i omaes oe appar ewed at arms length figured Llipse s wately 100 feet. “sor a conver o trace of avel with moving, ike th bject moved at moderate Spee ely with n rhe oo esier-driven plane, ed a smooth arc of tr tional Pre ever The object trace ight some five minutes, noise whate *otion. it was in Sié rom view." no uP or down Mawe st until it disappeared f toward the Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0