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Grafton D ‘What was reported as a “flying disc” which struck a church in Grafton early yesterday turned Brasky, pastor of lrhe mystery of the “flying discs,” strange luminous objects seen speeding across the sky in many states, turned to Wiscon- sin yesterday when several per- sons reported them at Milwaukee and Janesville. Mystery was added to mystery when Father Joseph Brasky, pas- tor of St. Joseph’s Church at |Gratton, Wis. reported a missile hurtled through the air early yes-. terday, knocked the ball off the church lightning rod, and landed on the front lawn. WIRES AND TUBES It, was a large circular saw— aboft 16 incties in diameter—and still| hot when Father* Brasky hese \d it from the lawn. mTHbre were wires and two tubes \attached to it. The tubes were an {inch in diameter and three inches tong. out to be a circular saw with two small tubes and several wires attached to it. Father Joseph St. Joseph's Church, Grafton, holds the “disc” d points to the lightning rod on the e said was struck by the disc. church (arrow), which Sentinel Photo by Ernest Anheuser. 1} ——One theory was that prankstelf | or belated Fourth of July cel prants had attached explosives the saw, and sent it skimming| through the air. Father Brasky said he heard a swishing ndise and a sizzling at 5 a, m., followed a second later with a thud and an explosion. ‘An excited resident telephoned |to Billy Mitchell Field, and said \he saw 16 flying saucers, in U \¢ormation, heading north over Granville, at 10:05 p, m. He hung up before his name could be pro- cured. A passenger aboard a New| ‘York-Detroit-Milwaukee plane,| ~——“YWhich landed at Billy Mitchell Field at 10:05 p. m., told employes in the office of Northwest Air- lines, Inc., he saw a flying saucer bobbing up and down over the airfield just after he had alight mthe plane, | Other passengers with him also saw it, he said. He gave the name of J. W. Rowden of DetrottDt- spitesrEoeBing, the saucer was 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 Rottman, 1828 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 cross Lake Michigan at 8:20 last fight, ‘abdpt a mile from shore) and “goitg 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 JANYSVILLE Four Janesville residents re- ported they had seen a flying disc Saturday night. They are Mr.| and Mrs. Al Sievert and Mr. and Mrs, Howard Roth. ‘They saw the dise flying in a northwesterly direction {rom Janesville at a “terrific speed.” They viewed it for 20 minutes. It was yellow-golden, and seemed to turn at times to a silvery color, they stated. An oval flight pattern was followed. ‘Then, they said, tails appeared on the dise and shortly afterwards it disappeared. John Bosch, 4377 S. Adams St., Milwaukee, a machinist, insisted he saw two flashing saucer- shaped objects pass over Billy itchell Field shortly after mid- ight yesterday. They were qose ehough so he could definitely spate they were not shooting stars, (por airplanes, he said. Bosch’s hgme is near the airpo!