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Show 60. for fifteen minutes. JD began to think he might not have an interview after all. When the man left the dining room, paper under his arm, JD felt positively relieved. He was going to get a break. Then he saw Bob Gillispie, an unaccustomed smile pasted on his face, coming toward him across the room. The man in the brown suit was close behind. "Hank Corrigan," Gillispie introduced them, "this is JD Anderson. He'd like to talk to you here, JD, so why don't you change into your street clothes and I'll have Sylvie bring you both some hot coffee." JD couldn't believe his ears. The old sonofabitch was really laying it on. Well, that's business, he told himself, cynically. He had a fleeting vision of snapping his fingers at Sylvie for service, but decided he'd better not do that. JD was surprised_a_t how easy Mr. Corrigan was to talk to. They followed a list of questions for the most part and the researcher, as he called himself, took a few notes. He'd written down the Morrises' names, then seemed disappointed that JD didn't know where they could be reached. The only other time Mr. Corrigan seemed disturbed by an answer was when JD said he estimated the UFO remained in the clearing an hour or more. At the end of the questions he asked JD to repeat that again, although he'd taken it down in his notes earlier. Since last weekend JD had read in the Saucer Review about other cars stalling out in the vicinity of UFO's and so he was eager to ask Corrigan, as much of an expert as he'd ever meet, what his theory about it was. The answer was disappointing. "We just don't know," he said flatly. "Engines die. Lights go out. It happens repeatedly. But not always. This inconsistency is what makes it so hard for us to establish patterns. Every report, like yours, is an individual case; it may jibe with other sightings or it may not." "I guess UFO's appear in all different shapes and sizes," JD went on, wishing he could ask the hundred questions that popped into his mind. "I've talked to people who've seen the cigar shape, which someone else might refer to as cylindrical. The saucer shape, oval, football shapes are fairly common. But it's interesting that they fall within those fairly narrow limits. It would be a rarity to have a flying boxcar or a pyramid reported, for instance." "Yeah, I see what you mean." |