THE ORIGINAL FLYING SAUCER?
Sir. Under the heading "Fifty Years Ago," the Dunedin "Star" recently reprinted the following paragraph, dated November 21, 1902:
ADELAIDE, Nov. 21.—An extraordinary phenomenon was seen from the observatory yesterday in the form of a slowly-moving brilliant, globular light having a planetary disc. It moved slowly northward, passing within 15 degrees or 20 degrees of the sun. It was distinctly visible for three or four minutes, and appeared like Venus at its greatest brilliancy, travelling in full view over a space of 90 degrees. When near the point of vertical axis its form changed and became elongated. It was then lost in the glare of the sky.
This suggests that "flying saucers' are at least not a novelty. I am, etc. L. D. AUSTIN.
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