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