“Like what?”
“It’s possible that someone could be planning an illegal fireworks display, which would be dangerous with everything so dry.” He grinned. “Halloween is just a week away and what better time for a prank?”
“Perfect timing,” she agreed. “I want in on this one, if he sees the lights again.”
“I thought you might,” he said. “Keep scanning the social media. I’ll go check the field. Have to start somewhere.”
“Hang on a minute,” Bertie said. Harry paused with his hand on the doorknob. “I might have something,” she added.
Harry crossed the room and sat on the corner of his desk. “Let’s hear it.”
“I just found a conversation between Norman and Casey. They appear to have seen the same lights, just after midnight. But, that’s not all. Stanley just added a comment and… he says he missed the lights, but a couple nights ago, he saw what looked like a small flying object, silver coloured, shiny, no lights. It didn’t seem to be too high up. Close to one a.m. because he had just finished cleaning and locking up the Club after Bingo.” Bertie looked from the computer to Harry. “It looks like something is happening… but what?”
“That’s Stanley Hackett,” Harry said. “I’ve never known him to be dishonest about anything. I’ll go talk to him before I go to the field. Keep looking.” He stood up. “If those three saw something, it’s a good bet that others did too. Can you copy those comments?”
Bertie nodded. “Sure. I’ll try to get contact information for Norman and Casey too. We can review what we have at the end of the day.”
“Sounds good to me.”
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Stanley Hackett was mowing the lawn when Harry pulled into his driveway and got out of the truck. “Detective Hogan. It’s been a long time.”
Harry chuckled. “I get that a lot from people since I retired. Guess I’m not as visible anymore.”
“Could be,” Stanley said, with a nod. “What can I do for you?”
“Tell me about the UFO you saw a few nights ago.”
Stanley shook his head and laughed. “UFO? I don’t know if that’s what I’d call it. More like something a bit unusual, but yeah, I did see something.”
“Can you describe it?”
“I only saw it from a distance but I think it was round, slightly dome-shaped on top, silver-coloured, kind of like aluminum foil, no lights, and either it was flat-bottomed or the bottom was too dark to see.” He shrugged. “Nothing exciting, but that’s what I saw.”
“Would you let me know if you see that – or anything else – again?”
“No problem. You think it means something?”
“It might.” Harry rubbed his chin. “Let’s just say I’ll be on the alert for anything unusual.”
Stanley grinned and nodded. “You can count on me.”
