UFO News Article:

“Illinois UFO Soars Away Unexplained”,

3 October 1967 (The Pittsburgh Press, Pennsylvania)

Everett Diamond, a Rockford, Illinois resident, David H. Winker, an Illinois state police officer and Bill Truempler, a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic specialist, sighted a silver coloured, elliptical shaped UFO on 2 October 1967, The Pittsburgh Press reports:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19671003&id=yEgqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=j08EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5075,1657681

“Rockford, Illinois” (City-Data.com):

http://www.city-data.com/city/Rockford-Illinois.html

Map highlighting Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois

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