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I Mr . Cleg g
tJm Experiments or Bunk?' Mr. Glavin
Mr . Laddh 1' Mr . Nichols-,--elusions or Factual, ThoseFl'ying, Saucers_• Mr. Rosen
Mr. T r acy
Mr. Ca r son
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\..../ wise men will mock them and the learnea revile. ton area. Mr . Gurne a
Scientists, for the most part dismissed thebut unto the chosen t he signs s.hall be revealed Mr . Ha r bo
"saucers" as optical illusions. figments of the
and they will have wisdom and knowledge." Mr . Hend on
Ancient prophecy. but the reports continued to pour in. Mr. Jones
By now they have been seen in every p&rt of
imagination or "someone having a little fun,"
By JAMES COLLIGAN Mr. Penn i ngton
the country, from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico -The words of the prophecy were being ful• Mr . Qui nn Tamm-
! and from the Pacific to the Atlantic. \
lied last night in Washington and throughout The reports grew in "authenticity·• with thei Mr. Nease
he nation as thousands of official a.nd scientific Increase in volume. A ·farmer in Ohio came UJ Mi ss Gandy
bservers and jus~ ordinary people searched the with a piece of one, a "scientist. in nuclear physics
.Skie! for flyJnl!'_. saucer_s-and l)lenty of watcti.ers • <Tum to Page 8, Col. 1)
flying Saucers
~ntrigue Nation;
Five Seen Here
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threw out hints of mysterious
atomic energy experiments, an•
other observer claimed to have a
picture to back up what he saw.
Louis E. Starr, national com
mand<,;;· of the Veteran'$ of Foreign
,vars, announced he expected an
"explanation from.. Washington"
within a matter of hours. He
hinted to newsmen at Columbus,
Ohio that the Government is
(holdi'ng out on the , public about
the "saucers," and commented:
"Too little is being told the people
of this cowitry."
StationarY at Alexandria
A mother and daughter in
[Northeast Washington reported
esterda~ they , saw three huge
rthings hurtling through the sky
llast Thursday but were afraid to
say anything for fear of what
might be said about them. Eve_n
yesterday they asked that then·
names be withheld.
Th8 "things," accordin~ to these I.N.P. Photo by u.s. coast uu"rd
nd!Observers, looked like_ dishes a Is It Saucer, Sorcery, or Just Plain Sausage?made a noise like Jet-pr'?pelled
J1!,es. They were trave~mgst so Reports of "flying saucers" were laughed off by authorities 1mtil many witnesses, inclut)
~ st they disappeared an m ant ing reliable pilots and serYicemen, said they had seen the plate-like obJ:e,,ts ......hizzing OYel'a ter tbey were observed. . . ., " ,.
Mrs. Mai·tin Kole, 3200 block head. Above 1s the p1cture Y_eoman Frank Ryman, 27, took in the Seattle twilight when )1
lley Dr., Alexandria, called her observed wJ., t seemed to h1m to be a £lying saucer 10 000 feet hin-h traveling at 5
ooal police station_ to a~k about miles per hour.___~- 1 "'
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