PORT MCNEILL - If Wally Wallace's dog hadn't needed what he described as a breath of fresh air at 1:30 in the morning, he and his family would still be doubtful about what they had heard about flying saucers. And, if his sense of delicacy had not caused him to elevate his eyes from the dog as it went about its breathing, he would never have seen the strange light in the sky.

Wally wakened the other members of his family and they all stood for nearly an hour and watched a cone-shaped object with red and green lights as it cruised back and forth over the bay.