Show Police Sight Local UFOs UFO's Several times since the first of March Bountiful police o officer officer icer i- i Gordon Garrett has sighted an unidentified flying object I ITHE THE LAST time so far he was within feet of it and could describe it Officer Garrett sighted the object on Mar 3 at approximately approximately approximately pm p.m. It was flying vertically in a gently swaying manner at approximately 30 30 20 miles an hour headed toward the Bountiful police station He radioed the dispatcher that it was coming that way OTHERS WHO viewed it were Officers Taylor and reserve officers McDaniels Wilding Day Gines and Watkins Watkins Wat- Wat Watkins kins and Trooper Boyd Jensen They watched it for ten minutes Officer Garrett describes the object as similar in shape to town loan an oblong box kite It carried no tall taU nor string and was flying in upright position without no noticeable noticeable noticeable no- no weaving or erratic change of course such as wind shift or air currents might cause with a kite AT THE BASE of the vertically vertically vertically verti verti- cally flying object there was a alight alight alight light which Officer Garrett said though it could be several small lights close to together together together to- to gether shining towards the ground The light had an orange- orange red glow around it On other occasions since Mar 1 Officer Garrett has seen the same light at a distance too great to have identified anything anything anything any any- thing else He said in appearance appearance appearance appear appear- ance it didn't resemble a star which seems to be twinkling di directly directly directly di- di at you when you look at it rather it appeared to tobe be facing facing fac fac- ing downward and viewed from the side HE COMPARED it to looking at a light bulb bul from the side The officer completely discounted discounted discounted dis dis- counted the possibility that the light could have been on an air air- plane Others have seen unidentified unidentified unidentified fied objects during the same period and have described them the same way Police Chief Dean Anderson said he investigated investigated investigated gated an accident at and E E. E and overheard a woman describing something she had seen using the same explanation for it that Officer Garrett had used MRS ms DEE Howell of 51 E E. E 1400 S. S reported seeing the same type of object When the light goes out those who have viewed H it say it suddenly suddenly suddenly sud sud- denly goes out then comes back backon on and finally blacks out for good CHIEF ANDERSON says it could possibly be explained explained- away as a toy kids make using a framework of wood slats covered covered covered cov cov- ered with crepe paper and propelled propelled propelled pro pro- by lighted gas The weather bureau reported no weather balloons had been released recently and Hill Air Force Base claimed nothing un unusual unusual un- un usual in the way of aircraft lk Ik |