13 February 1968
(Redlands Daily Facts, California
Source: NewspaperArchive.com
The whole article:
“Three University
of Redlands professors have launched a
scientific investigation into the reported sighting of an unidentified flying
object over Redlands [California
Dr. Phillip Seff, UR geology professor and
coordinator in this area for a ‘UFO early warning network’ conducted by the
University of Colorado, said numerous reports of the UFO sighting here on
Sunday, Feb. 4 [1968], are being
investigated on ‘a scientific basis.’
‘We are anxious to interview anyone who saw or heard the UFO,’ Dr. Seff
said. ‘We have established there was something here, but we need more witnesses
such as those who called the police.’
Jane Peterson, Redlands police
dispatcher, said ‘15 to 20 persons’ telephoned police headquarters on the night
of Feb. 4, starting at 7:26 p.m., and reported ‘loud noises and lights’ in
north Redlands
One woman said she saw a ‘bright, blinding white light with flashing red
lights encircling it’ a few feet from her front door.
According to the police dispatcher, the woman said she opened her door and
the lights ‘went straight up with a swishing sound.’
Another woman reportedly saw a similar lighted object in her backyard.
Most of the callers also heard strange sounds in connection with the
lights, the dispatcher said.
None of the callers would divulge their names, however. Dr. Seff said he
is eager to interview them.
‘I can assure any of these witnesses who contact us that their names and
anything they can tell us will be held in the strictest confidence,’ he said.
According to Dr. Seff, the strange sounds heard on the night of Feb. 4
by Albert Tetzlaff and others he has interviewed apparently were not made by
the electronic siren of an emergency vehicle on its way to an accident at the
approximate time of the UFO reports.
Working with Dr. Seff on the UFO investigation are Dr. Judson Sanderson,
UR math department chairman, and Dr. Jay Krantz, professor of chemistry. Either
of the three can be reached at the UR, 793-2121.”
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