LIKE ‘A FALLING STAR’ FROM OUTER SPACE
In the wee hours of December 8, 1957, an 11-year-old boy spending the night at his grandparents’ ranch in Encino, California, looked out the window and saw a mysterious glowing light near the base of an oak tree. “Picture a falling star landing in your backyard,” the boy later said.
The grandfather put on a welding visor and grabbed a pitchfork; the boy donned a pair of goggles. They
