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Cassville, Missouri 1000 CE-II - Multiple Witness |
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I finally was able to contact Mr. B in January, 1968 & arranged to interview him by phone. After gathering details of the incident, I filed the report ( at this time I was looking into such events on my own & did not pass it along to any group ). In mid July, 1968 I decided to try & call Dr. J. Allen Hynek at Northwestern University & told him of the case. I contacted Allen Hynek as this was the first case I had investigated involving both photographs & physical evidence & felt it could be of interest to him. Dr. Hynek was quite interested & asked me in a letter dated July 25, 1968 to try & arrange a meeting with the witness in which we could view the negatives & photographs. He had a lecture scheduled at the University of Missouri in Columbia on October 17, 1968. I contacted the witness & arranged a meeting in Columbia for that date. Following the meeting in Columbia I turned over numerous cases I had investigated to Dr. Hynek & upon his return to Chicago he called & invited Ginger & I to come to Northwestern in November. During that visit I talked with Dr. Hynek, Fred Beckman, & Bill Powers & Dr. Hynek asked me to become a member of a very small & closed group including such researchers as Jacques Vallee. This was the beginning of a long friendship with Allen Hynek. |
He photographed the tree showing the burning top section after seeing the UFO. The tent was 12 x 18 feet in size. The aluminum poles supporting the tent were singed, but not burned, aluminum cots inside were melted. 
The tent was under two trees & they were not damaged at all. As he was looking through the remains he heard
a low humming sound & saw an object rising from a valley just beyond
the tent area. When the object was first seen it was just above the horizon,
it was at that time that the first photograph was taken.
As the object climbed & gained speed the humming sound seemed to become more intense. The sighting lasted perhaps 20 seconds. When last seen the object was moving toward the northwest & was some 40 degrees above the horizon. B could see what appeared to be a dark band or rim around the center of the object. The UFO was aluminum in color & reflected the diffused sunlight. An antenna is visible at the top of the rear section. The object was stable during flight. After the object disappeared the observer paced the distance from the point of observation to the area where it had ascended, the distance was about 300 feet. He estimated the diameter at 25 feet, with a thickness of 8 feet. About 15 minutes after the object disappeared, two F-104's flew over the area at very low altitude, they made one pass, flying toward the southeast. These aircraft were also seen by others in the area. 45 minutes after the incident, a single engine aircraft flew over the area from the northeast toward the southwest, it was not a military aircraft. The fire resulted in about $600.00 damage to the tent & equipment, B claimed. B stated that he always carried a camera around his neck while hunting in hopes of photographing a deer. The camera used was an Argoflex 620 twin lens. The main lens is an Argus Coated Verex, 75 mm f/4.5 Anastigmat. Shutter speeds from time to 1/200 second. Apertures f/4.5. f/6.3, f/9, f/12.7, f/18. Witness stated that he probably used a shutter speed of 1/50 second & an aperture of f/8 ( which would be f/9 ). If the camera was focused at infinity ( he said he usually left the focus there in case he should see a deer & could grab a quick photo ) the depth of field would be 41' to infinity. The witness let Allen take the negatives to Northwestern University where it was examined & appeared to be normal in every respect. Astronomical Data: Sun transit at 11h59 m, Az
149d, Alt 26d11 m N.
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