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Date: 03-Sep-87 23:11 MST
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Subj: APne 09/04 0034 Stray Balloon LJ
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- A Lincoln police officer saw an unidentified flying
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object descending on Union College, but his other-worldly experience turned out
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to be a blimp gone astray.
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The officer was on patrol early Thursday when he saw an object descending
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over the college campus, said Lt. Jon Briggs. It turned out to be a large helium
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balloon in the shape of a blimp that had come unhitched from a new Runza Drive
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Inn, Briggs said.
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The officer tried to grab the blimp but was nearly pulled into the air by it,
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Briggs said. In the end, it took three officers to bring the balloon under
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control, he said.
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The blimp, which Runza store manager Karolyn Johnston said appears to have
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been released deliberately, was an advertisement for the new store, which opened
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Sunday.
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Johnston said police told her citizens were calling them and reporting a UFO
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sailing over Lincoln.
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Copyright 1987 by the Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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