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- UFOS NEAR LUCEDALE (MISSISSIPPI) NOT 'AMERICAN MADE STUFF'
- Jackson (MS) Clarion-Ledger
- 12/2/88
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- Lucedale: Unidentified flying objects - definitely not 'American-made stuff,'
- according to one witness - attempted to land in George County this week and
- were reported by about eight rural residents.
- Deland Blackston, 27, of Basin told George County deputy Clyde Morris that
- two large flying objects decorated in red, green, and blue lights were spotted
- near his home around 8 p.m. Tuesday.
- "I know it wasn't American-made stuff," Blackston said. "It about the size of
- a house, but I can't tell you the shape. It was real quick."
- Blackston said he saw the UFO for only a minute or less. He said the objects
- made no sound.
- He and seven other Basin neighbors were talking near a county road about
- 12 miles south of Lucedale when they noticed the unusual sight in an open
- grazing field about 300 yards away. Witnesses said the objects moved toward
- the ground and suddenly turned back, heading toward nearby woods where they
- disappeared.
- "I freaked out and started running and reported it," Blackston said.
- No breaks have surfaced in the sheriff department's investigation of the UFO
- sighting, officials said Thursday.
- Sue Lucius, the sheriff's night dispatcher, said Blackston's telephone call
- on behalf of the eight witnesses was the only UFO sighting reported Tuesday,
- though several others called Wednesday "because they had heard about it and
- were scared."