Stephen King
Dreamcatcher
This is for Susan Moldow and Nan Graham
FIRST, THE NEWS
From the
FIRE CONTROL OFFICER SPOTS “FLYING SAUCERS” Kenneth Arnold Reports 9 Disc-Shaped Objects “Shiny, Silvery, Moved Incredibly Fast”
From the Roswell
AIR FORCE CAPTURES “FLYING SAUCER” ON RANCH IN ROSWELL REGION Intelligence Officers Recover Crashed Disc
From the Roswell
AIR FORCE DECLARES “SAUCER” WEATHER BALLOON
From the Chicago
USAF SAYS “CANNOT EXPLAIN” ARNOLD SIGHTING 850 Additional Sightings Since Original Report
From the Roswell
SO-CALLED “SPACE WHEAT” A HOAX,
ANGRY FARMER DECLARES
Andrew Hoxon Denies “Saucer Connection”
Red-Tinged Wheat “Nothing But A Prank,” He Insists
From the
AIR FORCE CAPTAIN KILLED CHASING UFO
Mantell’s Final Transmission:
“Metallic, Tremendous In Size”
Air Force Mum
From the Brazilian
STRANGE RINGED CRAFT CRASHES IN MATO GROSSO!
2 WOMEN MENACED NEAR PONTO PORAN!
“We Heard Squealing Sounds From Within,” They Declare
From the Brazilian
MATO GRASSO HORROR!
VILLAGES IN TERROR!
From the
STATE POLICEMAN FIRES AT UFO Claims Saucer Was 40 Feet Above Highway 9 Tinker AFB Radar Confirms Sightings
From the
“ALIEN GROWTH'A HOAX, FARM BUREAU REP DECLARES “Red Weeds” Said To Be Work Of Spray-Gun, Teenagers
From the Portland (Me.)
NEW HAMPSHIRE UFO SIGHTINGS MOUNT Most Sightings in Exeter Area Some Residents Express Fear of Alien Invasion
From the Manchester
ENORMOUS OBJECT SIGHTED NEAR EXETER WAS OPTICAL ILLUSION Air Force Investigators Refute State Police Sighting Officer Cleland Adamant: “I Know What I Saw”
From the Manchester
FOOD POISONING EPIDEMIC IN PLAISTOW STILL UNEXPLAINED Over 300 Affected, Most Recovering
FDA Officer Says May Have Been Contaminated Wells
From the Michigan
GERALD FORD CALLS FOR UFO INVESTIGATION
Republican House Leader Says “Michigan Lights”
May Be Extraterrestrial In Origin
From the Los Angeles Times, November 19th, 1978
CALTECH SCIENTISTS REPORT SIGHTING HUGE DISC-SHAPED OBJECT IN MOJAVE Tickman: “Was Surrounded by Small Bright Lights” Morales: “Saw Red Growth Like Angel Hair”
From the Los Angeles
STATE POLICE, USAF INVESTIGATORS FIND NO “ANGEL HAIR” AT MOJAVE SITE Tickman and Morales Take, Pass, Lie Tests Possibility of Hoax Discounted
From the New York
“ALIEN ABDUCTEES” REMAIN CONVINCED Psychologists Question Drawings Of So-Called “Gray Men”
From the
CARL SAGAN: “NO, WE ARE NOT ALONE”
Prominent Scientist Reaffirms Belief In ETs
Says, “Odds Of Intelligent Life Are Enormous”
From the Phoenix
HUGE UFO SIGHTED NEAR PRESCOTT DOZENS DESCRIBE “BOOMERANG-SHAPED” OBJECT Switchboard At Luke AFB Deluged With Reports
From the Phoenix
“PHOENIX LIGHTS” REMAIN UNEXPLAINED Photos Not Doctored, Expert Says Air Force Investigators Mum
From the Paulden
FOOD POISONING OUTBREAK UNEXPLAINED REPORTS OF “RED GRASS” DISCOUNTED AS HOAX
From the Derry
MYSTERY LIGHTS ONCE AGAIN REPORTED IN JEFFERSON TRACT Kineo Town Manager: “I Don’t Know What They Are, But They Keep Coming Back”