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—_— Gander for Saucers ~twcers —Some é. °Em and_Some Dod s.—————J FW Chief Awaiting Messagi rom Capital on Flying Discs __ | The national leader of the Vet-, lerans of Foreign Wars said yester-| day in Columbus, Ohio, that he/# iwas momentarily expecting word from Washington which would ex-} plain the “flying saucers’’ mystery. Louis £. Starr, national com- leantier of the VFW, told the Ohio State encampment of the VFW ,that he might haye “within a few hours” an explanation from Wash-| x * * * « a lington. He had expected the mes-| : sage at 3 p. m. but it did not ar- | viv , he said. | 00 little is being told the peo-; y pl@ of this country,’ Starr told the de}>gates. undreds of persons in about} 30 States have reported seeing| : the silvery .saucer-shaped discs speeding through the skies at tre- mendous speeds. 7 An exhaustive check with the) : War Department and other agen- cies disclosed last night that no new’ formation was available in Washington. No one knew any- thing. But a new tendency to ‘take the reports a bit more se- ‘riously was apparent. As the mystification waxed, the scoffing waned. Some of the mystery missiles| j may have passed over Washington! Friday night at about midnight. David Atamian, 5160 Shoemaker lane, Friendship Heights, Md., re- ported that he had seen three} or four of the flying saucers tray- eling northward at a rapid rate of speed at about that time. He said tlrey were at an altitude of between i400 and 2000 feet and appeared {a be of 2 bright, bluish hue. he flying saucers produced a seties Of speculations and at- See SAUCERS, Page 3, Column 2, Associated Press ‘WIREPHO ry IS 1T?—Coast Guardsman Frank Ryman, 27, made this picture with a Speed Graphic camera from the front porch of his Seattle, Wash., residence. It shows, says Ryan, a “white sau- cer” (arrow) that is neither an airplane, a cloud, nor a silver balloon, So, is it a “flapjack” or | a saucer? Or maybe a bottle cap? Photo is enlarged about 20 | times! (oe ae, t A" 3 pe fj y, Tolson ite Sec | . Clegg r. a Ladd Nichols Rosen M M LR IAREIG NIE Sa Tracy Carson Egan Gurnea Harbo Hendon Jones Pennington _ Quinn Tamm_ Post Staif Photo DAVID ATAMIAN, 5160 Shoemaker la., Frien ip Heights, Md., said he sa ree or four flying discs Fr} day about midnight THIS IS NOT ONE OF ’EM, SAYS THE NAVY—The pancake,” a wingless plane developed by the Navy, is the oni plane it has which might resemble the reported sflyin on Mi cers,” but officials in Washington said yesterday te init strange-looking aircraft has never left Bridgeport, ¢ ay) thorities are still skeptical that the mystery mie “ Oy n seen in the skies over the West Goan aint o x East as the Carolinas are any sort of new airplane : JUL 2B 1947 WASHINGTON POST Page 1=M & 3=M