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SUNDAY DISPATCH LONDON, ENGLAND DEC. 3, 1950 a | —oa WHAT FLEW ACROSS ENGLAND YESTERDAY ? ~— Football , Crowds See ‘Flying Saucer’ \ By Sunday Dispateh Reporter ol fiesta DS of people in many parts of Britain, including spectators at foot- ball matches, saw what many of them believed to be a flying saucer yesterday. In each case the phenomenon—a strange white flash which darted across the sky at terrific speed—was seen about 4 p.m. These reports of the passage of this object through the sky were received by the Sunday Dispatch last night: More than 500 spectators at a Soccer cup match at Chard, Somerset, saw a strange white phenomenon dart across the clear sky high above the grandstand at about 3.45. Within a split second of passing it seemed to disperse on the horizon. Spectators Cried ‘Oh’ Spectators in the stand cried “Oh!” as the white, liquid form sped inland from the direction of the English Channel. Spectators at a Rugby match two fields away saw it. One, Mr. Arthur H. Jenkins, postmaster of Chard, said ; “Tt was like a diamond flash; its shape was like a big pear drop, with the thin end tapering behind. A it “meiveu’’ into nothingness.” E) ree