AudioBlog: The Snoopy II Helicopter UFO Encounter

by Charles Lear, author of “The Flying Saucer
Investigators.”When it comes to helicopter UFO encounters, many
people interested in this subject are familiar with what has become
known as “The Coyne Incident,” named after the Army Reserve
helicopter pilot, Captain Lawrence Coyne. There was another
helicopter incident four years later that is lesser known, but
investigators at the time were quite interested in it. According to
Coyne in the UPI story out of Cleveland, he and his crew
were flying from Columbus to Cleveland, Ohio, at 11:00 p.m. on
October 18, 1973, when the crew chief, Robert Yanacsek saw a red
light approaching them. Coyne described it as, “shaped like an
airfoil or a streamlined fat cigar.” He said it had a red light on
the front, a dome in the center, and a green light on the rear. He
said: “I’m a military commander. I don’t believe in UFOs, little
green spacemen, and all that stuff. But I had to file an official
report in detail to the Army on this thing.” Read more