MAJOR 'FLAP' IN THE UNITED STATES

This document, authored by Eileen Buckle, provides a preliminary account of a significant wave of UFO sightings across the United States during the late summer and autumn of 1973. The report details several high-profile incidents, beginning with the widely publicized Pascagoula, Mississippi, encounter on October 11, where two shipyard workers, Calvin Parker and Charles Hickson, claimed to have been abducted by three non-human entities. The author notes that these witnesses were interviewed by Dr. J. Allen Hynek and Dr. James A. Harder, who concluded that the men had experienced a genuine and terrifying event. The document further chronicles a series of other reports, including a police chief's encounter in Falkville, Alabama, involving a silvery-suited entity; a sighting by National Park Service rangers in Tupelo, Mississippi; and a blinding incident involving a truck driver in Missouri. A significant portion of the report focuses on a near-collision between a 316th Medivac helicopter and an unidentified cigar-shaped craft over Ohio, as reported by Captain Lawrence J. Coyne to the Federal Aviation Administration. The document concludes by referencing predictions by John Keel regarding the cyclical nature of these 'flaps' and includes a promotional note for a book titled 'Strange Phenomena' by William R. Corliss.