Chicago American, Aug 11, 1963
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Lights in Sky
Aren't For Real
Those strange lights reportedly seen in
the night skies
above various locations of the state in the last few
days, pre-
sents a problem for psychologists rather than
astronomers, ac-
cording to the director of Northwestern university's
Dearborn
observatory.
Dr. J.Allen Hynek, who also
is an official consultant to the
air force on unidentified flying
objects, told CHICAGO AMERI-
CAN:
"There has been no evi-
dence of anything from outer
space in connection with U.F.
O.'s or similar phenomena. A
great majority of the findings
show normal occurrences were
seen under unusual or sudden
conditions.
Eyes Play Tricks
"Most often there is a stimu-
lus of some sort. U.F.O.'s are
the result of people not seeing
things they thought they saw."
Dr. Hynek's explanation co-
incides with Robert W. Bur-
meister's opinion of what
excited Chicagoans actually saw
in the sky over the northwest
side Friday night. Several per-
sons said they spotted flying
lights.
500 a year
In this
instance, Burmeister
says, that's what they did see.
Burmeister, 55, of 1705 Happ
Rd., Northbrook, a pilot, said
today they got a distorted view
of the 350 light bulbs in the
electric advertising sign trail-
ing behind his plane which read
"You Can Learn to Fly in One
Week...Priester Aviation......
Lehigh 7...1200."
Dr. Hynek, who has been in-
vestigating unidentified objects
for nearly 12 years, said that
between 500 and 600 U.F.O.
reports are forwarded to auth-
ities at the Wright-Patterson
air base, Dayton, Ohio, each
year.
For those who insist they saw
some unexplainable sight, he
offers this advice:
"Next time, use your cam-
eras. Get a picture of what you
think you saw. This will help
uncover the cause of the pheno-
mena and give you a true, fac-
tual report of what happened."
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