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   SUBJECT: THOSE STRANGE LIGHTS WERE......                     FILE: UFO1257   
      
      
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   DATE OF ARTICLE:  November 4, 1988   
   SOURCE OF ARTICLE:  Daily Quill   
   LOCATION:  West Plains, Missouri   
   BYLINE:  Julie Warner   
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   THOSE STRANGE LIGHTS WERE...   
      
   By Julie Warner   
   Quill Staff Writer   
      
        If  you  were  one of the several area residents  who  spied   
   unidentified bright yellow lights hovering in the sky at night in   
   the past couple of weeks, the Missouri Air National Guard has the   
   answer to what you saw.   
        Last Tuesday evening about a dozen West  Plains,  Mtn.  View   
   and  Peace  Valley residents reported sightings of bright  yellow   
   lights in the night sky.   Some witnesses said the lights were in   
   a straight line and others saw them in formations.  The number of   
   lights  varied from two to as many as eight.   The witnesses  all   
   said  the  lights didn't seem connected to any objects  and  that   
   they would flash on and off,  sometimes all at once or a few at a   
   time, and then would just disappear.   
        Howell  County Sheriff Hubert Holman told the Quill today  a   
   report  came  into his office Tuesday evening that bright  orange   
   lights  were  spotted  above Fair View  Elementary  School  on  K   
   Highway.  A deputy was dispatched to the area, but the lights had   
   disappeared, Holman said.   
        Among some of the witnesses who spotted these lights Tuesday   
   were a West Plains Policeman and Mtn. View Policemen Ron Pruett.   
        According  to Capt.  Ken MacNevin,  a public affairs officer   
   for the Missouri Air National Guard in Jefferson City, the lights   
   were probably not UFOs but glows from maneuvers being  undertaken   
   by  members  of the 131st tactical flight wing flying out of  St.   
   Louis and practicing weapon-deceiving techniques.   
        MacNevin   explained  that  one  of  the  standard   defense   
   techniques   used  by  the  military  in  avoiding  or  deceiving   
   missiles,  some  of which are heat-seeking,  is to spit  out  hot   
   flares.  He said that if a heat-seeking missile was to be shot at   
   one of the U.S.  fighter jets,  the pilot would shoot off one  of   
   these flares and the missile should be deceived and veer  towards   
   the flare instead of the jet.   
        In  recent weeks this unit acquired some of these flares and   
   has  been practicing some of these flight maneuvers with  Phantom   
   F-4  fighter  jets  in  what  is  called  the  Meramec   Military   
   Operations Region,  which covers a large portion of south central   
   Missouri.   
        MacNevin  said the practice maneuvers have been taking place   
   on Tuesdays and some Wednesday evenings from 5:30 to 8,  and they   
   will continue for the next several weeks.   
        He  said  that  sightings  outside of this  time  frame  can   
   probably  also be attributed to  military  operations.   MacNevin   
   said  that  this air space is dedicated to all and  any  military   
   units  in  the  United  States,   and  units  from  Missouri  and   
   surrounding  states have probably all used this area for practice   
   maneuvers at some point in time.   
      
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