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Tolson, ) Ladd “Alege, Glavin, Nichols. Rosen Tracy. Hanbo. Bélmont Mohr. Tele. Room__ ("SAUSAGE™) : ‘ SPRINGFIELD, ILLe-PILoT JIM GRAHAM CLAIMED TODAY THAT A "FLYING Rolonaee COLLIDED WITH HIS) PLANE AND "EXPLODED LIKE A BOMB" ~>BUT aoe AMAGE. GRAHAM, CHIEF PILOT FOR THE CAPITAL AVIATION COMPANY HERE, WAS FLYING To "SPRINGFIELD FROM CHICAGO LAST NIGHT WHEN HE SIGHTED THE OBJECT AS HE FLEW OVER WILLIAMSVILLE, JUST NORTH OF HERE. HE SAID THE OBJECT WAS A "BLUE STREAK ABOUT 10 FEET LONG AND SHAPED LIKE A SAUSAGE," HE SAID IT WAS TRAILING YELLOW FIRE. ‘ THE OBJECT, WHICH WAS SLIGHTLY ABOVE HIS PLANE, DIVED SUDDENLY AND , PLOUGHED DIRECTLY INTO HIS PROPELLER, 7 "IT EXPLODED LIKE A BOMB WHEN IT STRUCK," HE SAID. GRAHAM MANAGED TO STAY ON COURSE AND LANDED AT CAPITAL AIRPORT HERE, ‘ HE EXPECTED TO FIND HIS PLANE EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED, HE SAID, BUT 1A aaa THOROUGH INSPECTION SHOWED NOTHING. _ SEVERAL OTHER SPRINGFIELD RESIDENTS ALSO REPORTED SEEING THE P| "FLYING SAUSAGE." ONE WOMAN SAID SHE AND HER HUSBAND WERE SITTING ON | 4 THEIR PORCH AND SAW IT PASS OVER SPRINGFIELD. ‘ OBSERVERS AT THE WEATHER BUREAU SAID THE ONLY EXPLANATION THEY COULD. OFFER WAS THAT THE OBJECT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A METEOR THAT APPEARED TT GRAHAM'S PLANE BUT EXPLODED RIGHT IN FRONT OF IT. THEY SAID THEY DID NOT SEE THE OBJECT, 7/30==LO441P |@k—83994-A— NOT RECORDED ~ 135AUG 111959 4 — = WASHINGTON CITY NEWS SERVICE