6 August 1963
(Chicago Tribune, Illinois)
Source: Chicago Tribune Archives
The whole article:
“A Wayne county family cowered in their darkened house
early today [6 August 1963] while a bright light hovered over their farm for
several hours until it disappeared shortly before dawn.
A member of the family, Ronnie Austin, 18, became
hysterical after he and his date were chased 10 miles by the bright
moving object as they returned from a drive-in movie last night. Ronnie and
Phyllis Bruce, a neighbor, rushed into the Austin household screaming.
The father, Orville Austin, stepped into the yard with
a shotgun, then ran back into the house, turned off the lights, and called for
protection against a mysterious aerial marauder.
Harry Lee, Wayne county deputy sheriff, said the light
was apparently high in the sky and was bigger and brighter than any star. He
described it as moving but not twinkling and said he kept it under observation
for several hours.
Lee said he went to the farm home, 15 miles west of
Fairfield, in answer to a call from Austin for help against the eerie object.
Ronnie said the light appeared above and behind him
shortly after he and his date had started a 10-mile drive home. Ronnie
described the light as big as an automobile and said when it swooped near him it
caused his car motor to crackle.
Ronnie said he raced his car but couldn’t outdistance
the light. It followed him home and kept its strange vigil over the farm house.
Ronnie, after he became hysterical, was given a sedative by a physician.
Three other members of the Austin family and Mis Bruce
supported the story, Lee said.
The deputy said police in Mount Vernon, 15 miles west of the
Austin home, reported seeing a strange light in the sky and that Kenneth
Talbot, police radio operator, said it appeared to have the shape of a cross.”
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