“Air Force Contacted: Sparkman Asks
‘Full Scale’ Investigation Of UFOs”,
3 April 1973
(Florence Times - Tri-Cities Daily, Alabama)
Florence Times - Tri-Cities Daily reports on Senator John Jackson Sparkman’s interest in the UFO flap that occurred in the Shoals area, Alabama in early 1973:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XwMsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4sYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1594,628773
Quote from the article:
“Sen. John Sparkman is requesting the Air Force to make a ‘full investigation’ into the appearance of mysterious objects in Shoals Area skies.”
The article starts on page 1.
John Jackson Sparkman (D), United States Senator from Alabama (6 November 1946-3 January 1979) (wikimedia.org photo)