16 March 1973
(Republic,
Canton, Ohio)
(Skylook, No. 66, May 1973)
(Midwest UFO Network, Stover,
Missouri)
(theblackvault.com)
The Republic informs about a
North-Eastern Ohio mass UFO sighting:
“On Wednesday night, March 14, 1973, a bright ‘something’
was in the sky over Paris, New Franklin
and Louisville, Ohio, and above Alliance and Canton, and over Homeworth
in Columbiana County. It was last seen streaking west from Alliance
toward Akron.
Members of the Mt. Calvary
Church at Freed Street and Whitacre Avenue (4,8 kilometres (3 miles)) northwest of Minerva were the first
to see and report the bright object which was seen during a 30-minute duration,
but for just a few minutes by any one person.
It was first seen by some of
the church members driving home from a service, as they passed through
New Franklin (New Franklin is
located 7,8
kilometres (4,8 miles) north-east of Minerva). That was about 9:30. About 20 minutes later the
object was seen near the church.
Pastor Maas and his wife said
they were sitting in the living room of their home at the church
when they saw red and white flashing lights approaching. They thought at
first it was an airplane but then noticed it remained stationary. They
estimated it to be 1,000 to 1,500
feet away, across a small valley from
their home and either on, or just above, the ground.
The Rev. Mr. Maas, who has just
returned from a trip around the world and who is familiar with
airplanes, compared the craft’s speed with that of a jet and estimated the
mystery ship was moving at a speed of 2,000 miles an hour.
Mrs. Marjorie Ferguson, of
Paris (located 6,1
kilometres (3.8 miles) west of New Franklin), deen of girls
at Calvary Christian College there (the Rev. Mr. Maas is president), said as
she watched the lighted object she felt it was not an airplane, and its
subsequent movements strengthened this belief.
Pastor Maas doesn’t have any ‘predrawn
conclusions’ as to what he saw. He thinks it could be
something extraterrestrial.”
Map of Stark County, Ohio
(wikimedia.org image)
