CHASING A UFO — Thursday evening, April 16, an Unidentified

CHASING A UFO — Thursday evening, April 16, an Unidentified Flying Object was seen traveling south to north by Brian Lorenz and brother-in-law Michael Mewes at the Lorenz farmstead several miles south of Osmond. The pair tracked the object as it slowly lowered toward the ground in an area southeast of town. Brian then drove to the area near the Osmond city cemetery where he found what was apparently a weather balloon, tangled in the barbed wire fence in the field by the cemetery. Finding several objects which had been hanging below the balloon, he found the name of PegasusAerospace and a phone number to call. Pegasus is a company associated with PrimusAerospace in Lakewood, CO, which provides precision machining, fabrication and assembly for the aerospace and defense industries. A second trip was made out to the field for this reporter to take pictures of the “UFO.” After returning home, Brian received a return call from Pegasus. The information the company sent about the weather balloon stated that it was sent that day from Fort Morgan, CO. It was measuring temperature, pressure and wind characteristics in the stratosphere, and that data is used for weather models. They