That's a great story. William Mills Tompkins was a kid at the time and wrote a very entertaining UFO book. I've read it a couple of times. a.co/d/2WUcugO
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Selected by Extraterrestrials: My life in the top secret world of UFOs., think-tanks and Nordic secretaries
Amazon.com: Selected by Extraterrestrials: My life in the top secret world of UFOs., think-tanks and Nordic secretaries eBook : Tompkins, William, Wood, Robert, Redfern, Nick, Wood, Robert: Kindle Store