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Flying saucers are passe. Now people in Bristol are see- ing “long, cigar-shaped ob- ject” flashing across the sky. But Bristolians were ‘not the only spectators of the strange craft yesterday evening. The flaming object was re- ported sighted at Kingsport, Christiansburg and Roanoke and three at Pulaski. Rex Rainey, 1805 State Street, reported that he saw a “whit- ish, glistening mass, long and cylindrical like a big cigar,” flying from east to west about 7315 yesterday. He said he sighted the “cigar” flying very rapidly over Virginia Heights and got out his binoculars to look at it. An _ unidentified caller formed the Herald Courier last night that she had sighted Something that “looked like white smoke with a blue flame that traveled to the north and east” about the same time. “It iin’t look like an airplane,” She said, “only like white smoke, If was just a’ streak and almost ORE of sight it was so high.” Another local ‘woman reported that she A traffic control Cities Airport, who asked that his name be withheld, said that the strange craft had not been seen at the airport although they had had inquires on the “cigar-streak,” He said he had checked with the Atlanta Air Route traffic control center after receiving inquiries but they reported no lowledge of any jet aircraft in this vicinity, He speculated that the streaks ay have been caused: by a jet- ropelled plane or planes, “The objects were reported flying at an altitude of 30,000 feet,” he said. “If a jet plane were fly- ing that high, it would be ™moy- ing so fast the vapor trail would pe about all a person on the. | 8round could see.” The controlman said that the Prita 6 / Remember Flying Saucers? Well Looks Like Flying Seegars Now Pulaski radio reported two seen there. One about 4 P. m., and the other an hour later. _ He Said that Pulaski also had a pi- lot's report of the “streak” trav. cling northeast at an altitude of about 30,000 feet, no information on the strange _ _craft, “BrisTok B risTes, YH] 49 Heraad Va c ouRIER