Loveland, Ohio: Civil Defense worker sees four small figures on Little Miami River bank
In June 1955, in the early evening, 19-year-old Civil Defense worker Carlos Flannigan was driving a truck across a bridge over the Little Miami River near Loveland, Ohio, when he saw four small figures about 3 feet tall on the riverbank amid a terrible smell; after about 10 seconds he drove straight to police headquarters to report it.
Background
In the early evening of a day in June 1955, Carlos Flannigan, a 19-year-old Civil Defense worker, was driving a truck across a bridge over the Little Miami River near Loveland, Ohio. He noticed four small figures about 3 feet high on the riverbank. A terrible smell hung over the area. He watched them for only about 10 seconds and then drove immediately to police headquarters to report the incident. The entry cites CRIFO Orbit of September 2, 1955, Leonard H. Stringfield's books of 1957 and 1977, Davis and Bloecher's Close Encounter at Kelly and Others of 1955, Patrick Gross's URECAT catalog and Clark. The account follows the entry in George M. Eberhart's chronology UFOs and Intelligence (CUFOS) and the sources cited there; it is not an independent determination by From Beyond Space.