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to the SAAB airline manufacturing company where Mr. Sven Schalin conducted a thorough analysis. Other tests were later run in laboratories in Sweden, Denmark and Germany. The general conclusion was that the object was composed of tungsten carbide and cobalt, consistent with manufactured products. According to von Ludwiger, "all industrial countries have companies which produce such hard metals, and the manufacturing technology is in principle the same ... The overall quality of the material was outstanding, but not unusual for the early 1950s." |
Case no. 6: July 13, 1967. Maumee (Ohio) -- Classification: CE-2 |
At 11:26 p.m. EST a collision reportedly took place near Maumee, involving a car driven by two men and an unidentified light. Both witnesses were young Navy veterans, one of them a radar specialist. In their report to police they stated they had unexpectedly encountered an intense source of light in the middle of the pavement while traveling West on Stitt road toward Whitehouse, Ohio. They could see no outline or structure in the object. The driver swerved to the left, skidding for about 70 feet and expecting a catastrophic collision. When they stopped, however, there was no trace of the object. The passenger confirmed the report, adding that the light appeared "bright as a welder's arc." |
Following the event the two men drove to Waterville where they phoned police. They were instructed to proceed to the Maumee Police Station and await the arrival of the State Highway Patrol. They revisited the scene with two patrolmen. The car itself was examined, as well as the surrounding area, the road and planted crops. No tangible evidence was reported, except for skid marks made by the vehicle and some damage to the car bumper and hood. Some time later the driver reported finding two metal samples he retrieved in the middle of the road and some "fibrous" metal found on the car. This fibrous sample turned out to contain 92% magnesium, according to Lorenzen and Condon.9 |
Neither witness experienced any unusual sensation during the incident, and their health was not affected. |
Case no. 7: Early 1970s. Kiana (Alaska) -- Classification: MA-2 |
In this case, where Prof. Sturrock has also obtained one of the recovered fragments, an Eskimo is reported to have found two pieces of material on a river bank near Kiana following an aerial phenomenon. Each specimen is silvery, light - weight, and looks as if it had been poured in a molten state from a source close to the ground.10 |
9The author is indebted to Mark Rodeghier of the Center for UFO Studies for details of the Maumee Ohio incident. (Condon, E., 1969). |
10Sturrock, Peter A. Personal communication to the author. Quoted with permission. |
