29 September 1966
(The Commercial Record, Saugatuck , Michigan
Source: digmichnews.cmich.edu
The whole article (Front Page/Page 3):
“Three unidentified flying objects were sighted here
at approximately 9:15 PM Sunday (25 September 1966) evening by Raymond
Croasdale, Dr. William Schock and Saugatuck Police Chief Al Wood.
The original sighting was made by Raymond Croasdale of
700 Manchester Drive Lake – the
second was to the northeast over land. Croasdale’s first reaction to the
sighting was to call his neighbor, Dr. William Schock, who summoned Saugatuck
Police Chief Al Wood to verify the sighting. Croasdale, who watched the objects
through 6x30 binoculars (Wood watched with his 10x50’s) said both objects had
very vivid red and green lights that seemed to revolve. Both objects changed
direction and altitude at extremely high rates of speed, but confined their
movements to the general area. Croasdale said he guessed the objects would have
been about 10 - 20 miles
away.
After they had been watching the lights for about 30
minutes, Croasdale said a third very bright light suddenly seemed to fly away
from the object that was over land. Croasdale said it was almost as though the
red and green light had launched the bright light. The bright light then took
up a south-southeasterly direction and came almost directly over Croasdale’s
home at what he estimated to be about 8000 feet altitude. Croasdale guessed the speed
to be 2000 mph
or more. The light emitted no noise and as it passed overhead, Croasdale said
that he could see that it was about the size of a 707 jet. One light burned in
front of the indefinable shape and it seemed to have a pulsating ring of lights
in the rear. Croasdale said the speed also seemed to pulsate in relation to the
light. He said it seemed to emit a pink halo exhaust after each pulsation.
Croasdale said the visibility was perfect and that he
has been around a number of airplanes. These objects, he said, behaved in a
manner completely different from any thing he’s ever witnessed. ‘One thing is
for sure,’ Croasdale said. ‘We weren’t seeing things.’ ”
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