15 June 1967
It’s always interesting to read UFO news articles written by military personnel.
This is an article by Lieutenant Colonel John A. Powers, U.S. Air Force (Ret.):
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WOwQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AYwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6821,4758129
Quote from the Wikipedia article about Powers: “ ‘Colonel’ John A. ‘Shorty’ Powers (1923 -1980) USAF Lt. Col. was a well-known public affairs officer for NASA in the early 1960s during Project Mercury.”
Wikipedia article: “John A. Powers”:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Powers
The U.S. and the rest of the world experienced a UFO wave in 1967.
The Free Lance-Star is a Fredericksburg, Virginia newspaper.
Lieutenant Colonel John A. Powers (centre) photographed together with some of U.S.A.’s best-known astronauts
(NASA Images.org photo)