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... he saw a bright light or aluminum object in the air behind him, "coming up real fast." ... Then I stuck my head out the window and a large ball of fire struck me in the face. ...

The Dispatch 10-1-1973

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CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) - An urban legend in Cape Girardeau is believed to be an alien cover-up and the crash before Roswell. April 12 marked the 75th anniversary of the alleged "Cape Girardeau UFO crash of 1941."

By Amber Ruch & Kadee Brosseau www.kmov.com 4-12-16

Cape Girardeau UFO researcher Michael Huntington said the story dates back to 1941 when a reverend was called to what he thought was a plane crash to read the last rights of the passengers.

“The Reverend William Huffman, who was the minister there, was called by the local sheriff to come assist in delivering some sort of last rights at a plane crash. That’s what the Reverend was under the impression that he was going to do. A car arrived at his house which was nearby [the current Redstar Baptist Church location] and they drove about 18 miles or so outside of Cape Girardeau closer to the Chaffee area. When they showed up on the scene, it was not a plane crash, it was, allegedly, a flying saucer, a classic silver, round disk that had crashed, that had started a fire. There were police and fire there to take care of the scene, put out the fire on a local farmer’s field," Huntington said. [...]
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     The Southeast Missourian revisits an eerie UFO encounter reported by truckdriver, Eddie Webb, then of Greenville, Missouri.

The driver in an interview with the paper was visibly shaken as he described a turnip-shaped UFO that overcame his rig and while he peered out his driver's side window the object flashed a bright white light, akin to a ball of fire which burned his face and melted his glasses.

The glasses were then retained by the police as evidence and Webb's wife who was with him, confirmed the her husband's anecdote, although she didn't see the UFO herself.
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