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10th UFO Day of Christmas - Cape Giradeau, Missouri, 3rd January 1975
Doctor Harley Rutledge, from South Eastern Missouri University, had been sufficiently interested in a UFO flap that took place in the state in 1973 to found a scientific investigation team that studied the UFO phenomenon - "Project Identifcation". Although Rutledge and his group witnessed several "lights in the sky", it is less well known that he - and his wife - saw a UFO close to their home on the evening of 3rd January 1975.
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