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Strange fin Second . Section Vol. 109 -- PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, Tuesday, September 16, 1975 -- No. 45 UFOs or what? "It begins like the classic Sci-Fi Saturday night special atthe drive-in. Infact, it was on the way from-a- Saturday night drive-in that the Hoods of Valentia first caught a glimpse of what was to come. Driving along a-stretch of 2, Little Britaigy home a few weeks ago, Dog and Laurie Hood, and friends, thought Paul Hood; 17, was kidding when he spotted a strange object out the car window. "It was no joke," said - Laurie Hood, 14. "We all saw it. It was right over the top of dings, weird lights...... the trees and lights were flashing. I've never seen anthing like it before." But when the car approach- .ed the spot, it suddenly dart- ed off, very quickly at rapid speed. -- Laurie describes the sight- ing as only 'mysterious'. 4 A UFO landing site? sh This summer numeroug children in Scugog Township have planned and organized outdoor, backyard carnivals to raise money for worth- while causes. Last Saturday, another of these ambitious program- mes took place at the home of Valerie Moore, 10, one of the organizers for the event. Valerie and her partner, Bobby Hall, 10, organized the carnival as well as adver- tised it around town by posters they made up. When Saturday rolled around, approximately 30 Water survey results soon "Substantial" is the only way Durham Region Works department will describe the quantity of water found as the result of a ground water investigation fot supply to the Port Perry area. On the nine holes drilled since April 15, only one site indicates any potential. Two holes at the site, about 800 feet south of the existing wells that serve the area, raise money for worthy cause children converged on the Moore home, and took advan- tage of numerous games, including Ring the Bottle, Bowling, Marble shooting, as well' as, buying fudge, freshie, books and stuffed animals. rm, show promise. A The drilling of the two test holes on the site was com- pleted on July 28 and testing (continued on page 20) She'll say nothing else about it. "I can't say what it was," shesaid. 'Only that I've seen nothing like it before." When the Hood teen-agers got home, they discovered it was easier to see something than to explain it.-- Mr. and Mrs. Hood doubted the object their children had seen was, nothing out of the ordinary. The doubt lasted only days, however, until Paul and Don found a 35-foot diameter . patch of burned, swirled, and flattened marshland near a split rail fence located under a quarter mile from the Hood property. There are six "pot marks" ...grapefruit-size depres- sions in the ground, and the pss is swirled in a counter- Clockwise direction. The huge circle is clearly visible and can be easily made out" from the surrounding swampy field. The boys spotted it while mending fences on the property. For about two weeks now, a steady stream of cars have brought the curious, and Laurie said that the spot has been trampled quite a bit. Her friends proved as skep- tical as any....until they've . seen the evidence, according to Laurie. "Although she did exper- ience fear when she spotted the object weeks before, Laurie is not afraid now, and neither - are any other members of her family. "I don't think anyone is afraid," she said. "I don't think anyone wants to hurt us." What has been sparked, however, is an intense curiousity. What started as a single sighting, however, apparent- ly could have been confirmed by another party, had the Hoods known about the Perry family of Greenbank. Mrs. Perry was returning home around 11 p.m. the During the three hour event, the children. not only enjoyed themselved but were able to raise $41.90, which will be sent by money order to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Congratulations kids! EA SP meh Six-year-old Stephen Soloman squints as he is hit by a wet sponge in the Sponge throw. < Bobby Hall same night and was getting out of the car when she spotted a bright object mov- ing very slawly across the sky in a northeasterly direc- ion toward Lindsay. Fascin- ated by what she was wit- nessing, Mrs. Perry drew the attention of her husband and family to it. Also joined by a neighbour, © the group watched the object for about an hour as it travelled unhur- riedly along, "altering its course slightly as time passed and occasionally per- tries his luck at Ring the Bottle. forming a dipping maneuver. he object, as seen by the Greenbank group, was round giving off a whitish light which was consistently in evidence. At intervals the group witnessed a flashing light, red in color, flashing more quickly at times than at others. They also describe a bluish color, emitted period- ically. Mrs. Perry. having a last look at the object before retiring, said it was flying in (continued on page 20)