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Space-Ship Story Thp World-Herald's News Service. Kearney, Neb.—A grain Guyer who said he saw a space ship Tuesday in a | field near here and chatted | amicably with its six occu- : 5 | ; pants had more pleasant i: ai RE: : CE va Ward | dealings with the visitors ; et Mle f from outer space than with x Ay ’ 5 skeptical authorities. VPP UGCA The sensational report iaierek tiaiaeetiers cider by R. O. Schmidt, about 50, of Bakersfield, Cal., which topped a host of reports across the nation Tuesday of seeing mysterious flying objects, had these conse- quences: —State Penitentiary rec- ords showed a man of* the same name served a term for embezzlement from Scotts Bluff County in the 1930's. Scotts Bluffs Coun- ty Sheriff Steve Warrick shid he talked to Schmidt phone and was convinced “saw nothing.” —He turned down a chance to take a_ lie- detector test. —Schmidt was kept up most of the night for questioning. He finally asked for an attorney. Ward Minor of Kearney was named. —Wednesday forenoon \ | he went to the scene of the space ship’s oe with investigators from the Con- tinental Air Defense Com- ' mand at Colorado Springs, Colo., Kearney Police Chief Thurston Nelson and Buf- falo County Attorney Kenneth Gotobed. They said Schmidt's story “ap- peared to be weakening.” —Oil drippings on the ground from the space machine were being ana- lyzed at Kearney State 4 j —World-Herald News Service Photo. Schmidt (left) and Kearney Police Chief Nelson... In “heart-to-heart” talk. SIDE VIEW OUTSIDE OMAHA WORLD-HERALD OMAHA, NEBRASKA 11-6-57 WALL STREET EDITION Ge 5 \ \ LENGTH: APPROX. 100 FEET 7" FLOOR PLAN INSIDE The Schmidtnik .,. As described by the grain buyer. CED College. Investigators said the “mysterious green oil” closely resem- pled that in a! partially- emptied can of commer- cial auto oil found in the ck of Schmidt's e and arly-empty can oun 4 ar Ved site of the “land- : = shintalts story came to_ light when, white-faced and shaken, Kearney Tuesday and asked to see a minister. Taken to police, he told this story: Tuesday he inspected a field of milo about two miles south and a mile east of Kearney. When ready to. leave he drove down a side — road _ seeking a place to he appeared in . turn around. Near the Platte River he saw what appeared to be a wrecked balloon. As he neared i Schmidt said, his car en! gine conked out. Schmidt said he got ou and walked toward the ma- — chine. Proximity revealed — ‘4d NOV