MISSOURI — The following excerpts are pulled from Springfield-area newspapers during the mid-20th century, with some descriptions and allusions are unidentified flying objects (UFOs). This is the first installment in an ongoing series of historic glimpses at UFOs in the Ozarks.

Springfield Leader and Press

Jan. 24, 1967

They were first observed in the southwestern part of the state, around Joplin, and swept across to the southeastern corner, changing colors, shape and size, along with speed, during the course of their arc.

Sometimes seen as nothing more than a "glob of light," and at other times equipped with a tail and antenna, sometimes silent and sometimes making a "humming" sound, it was inevitable, according to the association theory, they would visit this part of the Ozarks.

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