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l. The .erial Pheno-ne:1a Of.fice ic ln receipt of t n unidentified.

!'lyin g object; ( UFO) report from Lin:a, Ohio which occurred on
19 J11ly 1968 f r om 10 : 25 ptn to 11 : 00 pm .

2 . The observer sightej an obj e ct tho.t. had nwnerotts o:ran6 ish amber lights a round it which ~eemed t o be spl~~ing . Th~ object
was f i rst seen in the distance a nd aecmed to be going back and
l'orth over the area. La:r.e r , the object pas s ed oFerheaci and the
ob ser ver ~tated that she hzar d a s ligh~ whirr .
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e.n elec t.ri~:J-1 aav~rti sin6 si_,n, h0 'c::v~ r, we c!o ~o t. .. now o: any in
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