Posted on 08/06/2026 5:19:38 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
There was nothing much happening in Jerome and Benno Leuer’s yard in Hamel, Minn. on August 11, 1948. It was noontime in the thick of summer and the boys, 10 and 8, were idly playing when, as they later described it, something overhead caught their eyes. They looked up and their jaws dropped.
Roughly 12 ft. up in the air was a dull gray, circular object, about 1 ft. thick and 2 ft. in diameter, slowly descending between them. They stood transfixed as the object settled onto the ground, making a clattering sound like metal hitting metal. The object rested there a moment, and then began emitting a high-pitched whistle that, to the boys, sounded like a teakettle. It spun in place once, then shot 20 ft. into the air, hovered for a moment, and ascended to 30 ft., maneuvering around tree branches and telephone wires in its path. Finally, it jetted out of sight.
Jerome and Benno ran inside and told their parents what they had seen. Their father notified the only authority he could think of: R.R. Sheridan, the local postmaster. Sheridan, in turn, called the FBI field office in St. Paul. To the family’s surprise, the bureau sent an agent. He interviewed the boys and inspected the yard.
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ET, yes
Those crossing the border? Hmmm.
1948?
two feet wide?
I could GAS about ET unless they’re here to take specimens.
Democrats, progressives, globalists and islamists.
PLEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASE take them!
Size isn’t everything...
Seriously?? Nah, they’re big prankster. The one I know likes to watch TV. His favorite rerun is Twilight Zones To Serve Man. He’s hilarious.
Forget extraterrestrials. America had better take the invasion of the islamofascists seriously. Seriously. We’re real close to the point of no return.
Agencies are still slow walking it despite the President’s orders. But they know they don’t have to do anything because there’s no consequences.
E.T phone home.
Sounds more like predictive programming than reality.
Time did actually say “Area 51 in Roswell, NM” didn’t they... Time Magazine can’t even get the classics right. Art Bell would not approve.
Ping!..............
I’m presuming what was left out of the article was that the FBI agent subsequently arrested the children for running a non-religious peyote stand.
Wow… Extraterrestrials…
Meanwhile, communists are taking over the Democrat party completely.
Maybe we should get serious about that… just saying… All kind of sorta hypothetical like…
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