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‘More About Saucers
‘Priest Finds Whirring’
r) i,
Dise
In Yard and Holds It for FBI
Chicago, July 6 (U.P).—A Catho-) FBI office’ said he hadn’t heard
‘lie priest at Grafton, Wis., said) vet about the dise but that an offi-
tonight that a round; mef&l disc,
might be one of the myster-
flying saucers,” had crashed
whic
ious
into hi
is holding
Bureau of Investigation.
The Rev. Joseph Brasky of Sti
Joseph’s Church at Grafton, 45)
miles north of Milwaukee,
heard a swishing and
noise this morning. A second later,
he said, he heard a thud and a
mild explosion.
He investigated and found a
sheet metal dise about 18 inches in
diameter, resembling a circular! yest pacific skies for them without,
saw blade.
“The object still was warm,
weighed about four or five pounds
and was about one eighth of an
inch thick,” he said.
There was a. hole about one
inch in diameter in the middle of
the dise, he said, and in the open-
ing were “gadgets and ‘some
wires.” /
The priest said he did not know
and that he!
Riles ithe Rederallee chee eee
cial report might be at his office.
| -The flying discs have been re-
;ported “seen” by persons in 30
‘States, but Brasky’s dise was the
actually lad been
|found—if that is what was found.
His report came a few hours
jafter a military plane made an
‘unsuccessful speed dash in an at-
said he tempt to track dowr ong of the}
WhirTing} discs and the Army
and scientists}
sought to ascertain whether coast-
to-coast reports a5cut the dises
zooming through the sky were fact
or fancy.
Army planes scoured the north-
i
|
;
success today and one “eyewitness”
even reported having seen one of
jthe dises take off in Arizona, A
|St. Louis railroad man exhibited,
some paper “discs” he said he had
seen floating over St. Louis.
The flying saucers which have
been reported skimming through
America’s skies at speeds up to
ir. Nichots
ir. Rosen
. Tracy
. Gurnee
‘ir. Harbo
Mr. Pennington
- Quinn Tamm...
Patras F 1200 miles have eluded t ial.
f his discovery were important}, } hese
r whether it might be an elab-|!Y keen eye of radar. p
i j ; Capt. Tom Brown of the Ar >
brate practical joke. He said he},. : t FE 3
jhhad notified the FBI of his find. Air Forees publie relations sta: |
|H. K, Johnson of the Milwaukee] See SAUCERS, Page 3, Col. 2). 44 we 18 1947
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THE WASHINGTON POST
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