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03-10-2018 2:49 PM
Reply to: Message 9 by Coragyps
03-10-2018 2:14 PM


Dry- cleaner bags, balsa wood, and small candles on a foggy night = widespread panic in 1960’s Fayetteville, Arkansas. No demons involved.
And lots of other places as well. One I heard about (ahem) had a small firecracker attached to the balsa wood. Timing the flash to the sound allowed a rough estimate of elevation. Way over 1,000 feet!

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