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gijain dealer, was question¢d by Air Force investigatos | Schmidt, 48, an ex-Nebras-} ft m the Continental Air Le- | S . b] Ni n and now a California O Se Fou Trace F ou di nse Command. Oil fouhd! a !near the alleged landing spot +4, |of the space ship was identi- A.F. Checks Schmidt; fied as ordinary but will be! itested by the University of Kear QSy Amused Nebraska. Tales of flying saucers and| While the Schmidt tale was other such “Space Ost 20t | giving Kearney a sensational hee unofficial raspberry | conversation piece, most of | 'Wednesday night ‘from an’ the talk was of a skeptical | ‘Air Force official. | variety: ‘Technical Intelligence Cen- “Everybody downtown ter at Wright-Patterson Air seems to think it’s a big joke,” Force Base in Ohio told the | one business man said. ‘Dayton Journal-Herald his in-| A Kearney clothier put up yestigators have found no a sign advertising “space ship ‘evidence in the past 10 years| specials.” A window sign in that flying saucers are real.) qa car agency announced: He said 5,700 reported | “Space Ships Tuned Up.” sightings wete investigated| The Kearney car-rental between 1947 and 1957. Not operator reported business a single landing impression, | was so good all of his cars footprint, saucer or little) were in use. They were being green man was found. _—_| rented by visiting newsmen. . Investigation Goes On | a of the newsmen p ) Tn arney, Neb. j $ nearly the only sign that afte weesit with fhe, pPdned — or may have hép- | ything unusual had h¢p- | | crew of a space ship near Ihe | pened. \city Tuesday was still under investigation, officials said. ~ - Rone 2 (= ae OMAHA WORLD-HERALD OMAHA, NEBRASKA 11=7=57 VF gh)