Nearly six decades later, Bob Huntley is still reluctant to talk about the extraterrestrial prank he pulled in 1947 on the people of Black River Falls. He was just trying to create a little summertime excitement, he explained last week in a telephone interview from his home in Lexington, Va.It wasn't supposed to turn into a federal case.But when a remarkably realistic-looking flying saucer landed on a field on the day of a big game, that's just what it became.The Civil Air Patrol flew in an inspector from Milwaukee.The FBI showed up."That was when I really freaked out,'' said Huntley, 76, after initially declining to be interviewed by the La Crosse Tribune. His cover was blown recently when a cohort sent a letter to the newspaper detailing the events ofJuly 10, 1947."Of course it was a hoax, but its perpetrators have remained anonymous for some 57 years,'' wrote La Crosse attorney John McDonald.

"I thought it best to clear up the mystery, to give credit where credit is due before those who created the saucer all pass into the great beyond from whence the saucer came.''So though he'd rather let the whole ordeal fade into the oblivion of time, Huntley shared his recollections of the flying saucer story.

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