“Deputy OK After Close Encounter”,
30 August 1979 (The Milwaukee Journal, Wisconsin)
Marshall County (Warren, Minnesota) Deputy Sheriff Val Johnson encountered a small UFO which damaged his car on 27 August 1979, The Milwaukee Journal reports:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=smMaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DCsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3546,6847363
Johnson first sighted the UFO at around 2:00 a.m., according to the Wikipedia article about the UFO incident. After having watched the UFO for a while, it suddenly dived at his car and hit the windshield. The car skidded across the highway and ended up in the ditch. Johnson lost consciousness after the UFO hit the windshield. The incident occurred in the Red River Valley, an agricultural area in North-Western Minnesota near the North Dakota border.
Wikipedia article: “Val Johnson incident”:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Johnson_incident
(ufocasebook.com photo)