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Saucers'Fly Here
Other passengers with him also
saw it,he said. He gave the name
of J.W.Royden of Dotroit. De-
spite rts bobbing,the saucer was
Grafton Disc Joke
going at great speed,and was out
of sight in a few seconds, he
said. Rowden is stopping at the
Plaza Hotel.
DISCS HAD TAILS
Erwin Rottman1328 N.19th
St.said he saw three of them,
with tails, flying northwest to
southeast,as he stood at N.18th
and w. Vliet Sts.They turned
from gold to another color and
then to silver, he said.
Frank Phifer, stopping at the
Maryland Hotel, said he saw
three balls of fire shoot across
Lake Michigan at 8:20 last ight,
about a mile from shore, and
"going at terrific speed."
What he described as an illu-
minated saucer was seen last
night by William Humphrey,3148
S.20th St. he said.It was zig
zagging directly over the Heil
Co.plant, said Humphrey, and
seemed to land in a wooded area
nearby.
REPORTED IN JANESVILLE
Four Janesville residents re
ported they had seen a flying disc
Saturday night. They are Mr.
What was reported as a "flying dise" which struck a church in
and Mrs. Al Sievert and Mr.and
Mrs. Howard Roth.
Grafton early yesterday turned out to be a circular saw with
two small tubes and several wires attached to it. Father Joseph
They saw the disc flying in a
Brasky, pastor of St. Joseph's Church, Grafton, holds the dise
northwesterly direction from
nd points to the lightning rod on the church (arrow), which
Janesville at a "terrific speed"
he said was struck by the disc.
Sentinel Photo by Ernest Anheuser.
They viewed it for 20 minutes.It
was yellow-golden, and seemed to
One theory was that prankstens
The mysteryof the flying
turn at times to a silvery color
or belated Fourth of July cele-
they stated.An oval flight pattern
discs,"strange Iuminous objects
brants had attached explosives to
was followed.Then, they said,
seen speeding across the sky in
the saw, and sent it skimming
tails appeared on the disc and
many states, turned to Wiscon-
through the air.
shortly afterwards it disappeared.
Father Brasky said he heard a
sin yesterday when several per-
John Bosch,4377 S.Adams St.
swishing ndise and a sizzling at
Milwaukee, a machinist, insisted
sons reported them at Milwaukee
5 a.m.followed a second later
he saw two flashing saucer-
and Janesville.
with a thud and an explosion.
shaped objects pass over Billy
Mystery was added to mystery
An excited resideut telephoned
Mitchell Field shortly after mid-
when Father Joseph Brasky, pas-
to Billy Mitchell Field,and said
night yesterday.They were close
tor of St.Joseph's Church
at
he saw 15 flying saucers, in U
enough so he could definitely state
Grafton, Wis., reported a missile
formation,heading north over
they were not shooting stars,nor
hurtled through the air early yes-
Granville, at 10:05 p.m.He hung
airplanes, he said. Bosch's home
terday,knocked the ball off the
up before his name could be pro-
is near the airport.
church lightning rod, and landed
cured.
ENCLOSURE
on the front lawn.
A passenger aboard a New
York-Detroit-Milwaukee p lane,
WIRES AND TUBES
Which landed at Billy Mitchell
RECORDED
62-83894
It was a large circular saw
Field at 10:05 p.m. told employes
aboyt 16 inches in diameter-and
in the office of Northwest Air-
448
AN
still hot when Father Brasky
lines, Inc. he saw a flying saucer
32JOL16 1047
picked it from the lawn.
bobbing up and down over the
There were wires and two tubes
airfield just after he had alighted
2
attached to it. The tubes were an
inch in diameter and three inches
long.
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