In a matter of
minutes a hi-domed disc-shaped metallic flying object approached the power
lines from the West.
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From the
archive of Col. Wendelle Stevens, US Air Force, retired. This report is
reproduced as close to the original as possible.
10 June 1967,
East Woonsocket, Rhode
Island
12:00
On 10 June
1967, at about 12:00, noon, Mr. Harold A. Trudel, 29 years old, married and
father of 3, was driving his car on West Wrentham Road, in the general vicinity
of East Woonsocket, when he pulled over and parked near some hi-tension lines,
waiting and watching for what he didn’t know. He had seen UFOs in this area on
three previous occasions. He had a loaded camera in the car and he checked it
over as he waited. In a matter of minutes a hi-domed disc-shaped metallic
flying object approached the power lines from the West.
As the UFO
hovered over the lines, Trudel, feeling some considerable degree of insecurity,
crouched behind some nearby foliage and began snapping pictures. The object
maneuvered about in the area, flitting from point to point like a bee, and
Trudel changed his position several times, at times moving in closer to the
power lines, but still trying to stay hidden. He did not want any possible
occupants of the craft, if occupied, to become aware of his presence.
The UFO
remained in sight and he continued to take photographs for about 5 minutes
before it flashed off toward the North. Trudel had captured 7 photographs of
the strange aerial visitor. The photographer had noted an “antenna” protruding
from the central lower portion of the object, but upon later questioning, he
said that he did not at any time, see the “antenna” come into contact with the
power lines.
First UFO
photo taken by Harold Trudel in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, June 10th, 1967. (image credit:
Harold Trudel, August C. Roberts)
Second UFO
photo taken by Harold Trudel in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, June 10th, 1967. (image credit:
Harold Trudel, August C. Roberts)
Third UFO
photo taken by Harold Trudel in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, June 10th, 1967. (image credit:
Harold Trudel, August C. Roberts)
Forth UFO
photo taken by Harold Trudel in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, June 10th, 1967.
(image credit: Harold Trudel, August C. Roberts)
When the film
was developed, it could clearly be seen that Trudel had obtained some
extraordinary evidence indeed. It was generally felt, by those who examined the
film at the time, that the photographs were authentic, and that the object
itself resembled, to a great degree, the UFO that had been seen to “tap” power
lines in Exeter, New Hampshire in the Fall of 1965.
Six days
later, on the 16th, Trudel saw and photographed the same or a
similar object, except there was no “antenna” in evidence this time. On 11
July, at 17:10, in the same area, Trudel again saw and photographed the same
object again hovering over the power lines. Twenty minutes later 19,000
consumers in the area suffered a complete POWER FAILURE!
First UFO
photo taken by Harold Trudel in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, June 16th, 1967. (image credit:
Harold Trudel, August C. Roberts)
Second UFO
photo taken by Harold Trudel in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, June 16th, 1967. (image credit:
Harold Trudel, August C. Roberts)
ABOUT WENDELLE STEVENS
Lt. Colonel
(USAF Ret.) Wendelle C. Stevens was one of the world’s best known UFO
researchers. Born in 1923 in Round Prairie, Minn., he enlisted in 1941 in the
US Army and was transferred to the Air Corps in 1942. He served in the Pacific
Theater during World War II and subsequently in a classified project in Alaska
to photograph and map the Arctic land and sea area, where the data collecting
equipment onboard B-29s detected UFOs. Stevens also served as US Air Attaché in
South America. He retired from the USAF in 1963 and worked for Hamilton
Aircraft until 1972.
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