UFO Search Ends in Tragic Death

"A 48-year-old woman ... died waiting for UFOs in the frozen wilderness ..."

A 48-year-old woman who died waiting for UFOs in the frozen wilderness was a widow who had quit her job as a registered nurse last May, acquaintances say.

By The Bismarck Tribune 11-20-1982

Laverne Landis, mother of five grown children, was found dead Monday in a compact car, where she had spent a month camped with Gerald Flach, ,a 38-year-old electrician. He was found semiconscious on a snow-packed trail.

Flach and Landis had met a group of people interested in UFOs at the Psychic Fair in California las January, friends said. Flach told authorities had been received messages through Landis "from some high power."

In October, Flach said, the two were directed to go to the end of the Gunflint Trail and await further messages.

So they traveled to the remote wilderness area in northeastern Minnesota.

After a week they ran out of food and lived on vitamins and lake water. The car ran out of gasoline after two weeks, so they couldn't use the heater. They wrapped their feet and hands in strips of a torn blanket as they continued their vigil.

The watch ended Monday, when rescuers found the body of Landis. She had died of exposure, dehydration and starvation.

When found Landis was wearing open sandals, a sweater, slacks and a coat, with her feet and hands wrapped in strips of blanket, said Bruce Kerfoot of the Gunflint Trail Rescue Squad.

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