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The Wayne City Car Chase
Wayne City, Illinois
August 4, 1963

Francis Ridge:
My NICAP team investigated this incident right after it happened. The full report was filed with the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena in Washington, D.C. Later, in 1990 when I became authorized by the two newer UFO investigatory groups, I filed reports with the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) and the Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS). In 1963, Dr. J. Allen Hynek was the Air Force consultant for Project Blue Book and was the one who "explained away" this case. A decade later, he formed CUFOS and, ironically, made this statement: 

Dr. J. Allen Hynek:
The Air Force had a process for finding a possible solution and that was it. For instance, there was this case in which a young couple said they'd been followed by a UFO and they came home nearly hysterical. The Air Force took a look at it......Well, the moon was full that night, near full, and it was in the east. They said the thing had come from the east, therefore the Air Force said they must have been chased by the moon! They must just have looked in the back and had seen the moon in the rearview mirror - this was their solution. No attempt was made to go (back) and talk to these people, none at all. They'd arrived at the solution that it was the moon. (The Edge of Reality, 207)


The Investigation Re-Opened - Francis Ridge
The Case Report - Francis Ridge
The Case Evaluation - Dan Wright
Southern Illinois Sightings - BB Microfilm - Francis Ridge
"Keenes Boy Chased Home By 'Flying Saucer'" - Wayne County Press, Mon, Aug 5, 1963
"Strange Light Chases Area Teen-Ager's Car" - Evansville Courier, Tues, Aug 6, 1963
"Mystery Lights Jolt S. Illinois" - Chicago American, Aug 9, 1963
"Lights in Sky Aren't 'for Real' "- Chicago American, Aug 11, 1963
"Air Force Team Check Out Light-In-Sky Stories" - Wayne County Press, Mon, Aug 12, 1963
"Claim Air Force Keeps Lid On UFOs" - Wayne County Press, Aug 12, 1963
"Light Theory Revealed" - Evansville Courier, Aug 16, 1963
"The Light That Chased A Car" - Jeffrey Liss (FATE, 1963)
"Mount Vernon Mayor Harry Bishop Reports UFO" - Mt. Vernon Register, Sat, Aug 10, 1963

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