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| May 11, 1966 |
Remember the Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) craze that began roughly in the early 1960s and kept going right into the 1970s? It seems like everybody was seeing UFOs and wondering if these strange sightings were space crafts, piloted by visitors from another planet.
This all played out in the Lorain Journal. There were local and national sightings, as well as the never-ending debate as to whether or not the U. S. Air Force (or federal government as a whole) was holding back secret information that would confirm that we were being visited by aliens in flying saucers.
Then there was the daily panel on the Journal comics page entitled Our Space Age, created by Otto Binder for distribution by the Bell-McClure Syndicate. It had the effect of keeping UFOs on the public's collective minds constantly – and possibly contributing to some people thinking they saw one.
I remember all this, and being concerned as a kid that there were aliens out there that might invade us. (And it's all because of Mom and Dad telling me about the panic caused by the radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds.
It seems like there were sometimes UFO sightings that coincided with the Fourth of July. I recall one of my parents remarking that the fireworks probably attracted their attention, and they zoomed in for a closer look.
Anyways, here's an ample sample of clippings with some random panels from Our Space Age added to the Martian Mix. The first one is interesting to me because we knew the Lorain family mentioned. I went to school at Charleston Elementary with Bill Milks (who later serviced my lawn mower as well as my parents').
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A friend and I saw one when we were kids. Early 1960s. Floating in the air above us, not too high, a collection of big, concentric, multi-colored circles. We ran all the way home to tell our parents who promptly dismissed us as storytellers. And we both learned pretty quick nobody else would believe us, too.
ReplyDeleteDan, I give you Neil deGrasse Tyson:
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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6UO7cO1aJVk
I believe that the small percentage of UFO sightings that aren't hoaxes or hallucinations are demonic in nature, just like ghosts.
ReplyDeleteThere were so many UFOs over Lorain County it's a wonder they didn't bump into one another. Great article!
ReplyDeleteOff topic, but please keep the LPD officers and their families in your prayers, particularly the family of Officer Wagner.
ReplyDeleteI believe in UFO's and always wanted to see one.But I've never.If some little alien dude offered me a ride in his ship I would go in a heartbeat and tell him to take me out of this world.
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