10 February 1967
(Sandusky Register, Ohio)
Source: UFO Newsclipping Service, Edwardsville, Illinois
and AFU.se
Quote from the article (Page 12):
“ ‘I saw a solid, bluish disc, in the opposite
direction of the NASA reactor site. I know enough about physics to judge the
difference between gas and solid matter—I just wish I would have had someone
else with me to prove I saw it.’
THE ABOVE quote is Perkins Constable Gary Butler’s
morning reaction to the unidentified flying object (UFO) he witnessed at
approximately 3:40 a.m. today [10 February 1967] while on
routine patrol.
Butler
told the Register he was working his usual 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. shift and after dinner
drove from South Campbell Street
to Little Schenk Road.
‘As I was coming over a bridge, I noticed an object in
the sky. At first, I thought it was the Bellevue
railroad lights, but when I drove a little further, I got a better view.
‘THE DISC was approximately two miles from me, I judge
it was about 20 feet
in diameter and approximately 40
feet off the ground. I stopped my car, turned off the
motor, but left my radio turned on—I heard no noise, the object didn’t move.
‘I sat watching it for a few minutes and truthfully, I
was scared. I’ve never seen anything like it before an I newver [sic] want to see anything like it
again. I waited a few minutes and then called the deputies and the patrol.
‘AFTER I made the call, the object which had hovered
for six or seven minutes began to drop out of sight behind an outline of trees.
When the other officers arrived, it was gone.’
…
Butler
said he was mildly irritated with the steam cloud explanation. ‘I don’t want to
say I think it was a flying saucer — honestly, I don’t know what it was. But it
seems hard to believe it could have been steam clouds from a reactor a mile or
more away in the opposite direction — besides, the wind was blowing in a
southwesterly direction and would have carried the steam over near Huron. I saw
the object in the direction of Bellevue.’
ON JAN. 30, the Register learned of an [sic] USO [UFO] sighted over the NASA grounds by Reinhardt N. Ausmus, Erie
County Veterans Service Officer and his wife. The couple said they saw the
object, described as a brilliant light, while driving home; they left their car
to watch the object for several minutes. Ausmus is a member of the Early Birds,
a club for World War I aviators.
Butler ended his comments on last night’s spotting by
saying, ‘I know people will probably say I’m some kind of nut, but I really did
see something. I have better things to do with my time than to call in fake
UFO’s.’
THE YOUNG officer
explained he was ‘wide awake — I had lots of sleep. I know I
saw something, but I just don’t know what.’ Butler usually makes his patrol with another
officer, but ‘unfortunately, the other officer was not with me last night.’
Butler
stated he has talked with many residents around the Plum Brook Station who have
supposedly seen UFO’s in their area. ‘Too many people are seeing them, I don’t
know what to think.’ Butler also reported he
listened to a traffic communication from Bellevue
last night after the spotting and said ‘some Bellevue officers said they spotted UFO’s
last night, but they were red in color and disappeared so fast they couldn’t
get a good look.’ ”
Plum Brook Reactor, Sandusky, Ohio
(1981)
(tageo.com photo)