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Other pA!lsengrrs with him also
saw It, he said. He gave the name
'Saucers' Fly Here;
of J. W. R'r!den of D•dlt. 1'1!­
11plte~
So
Ing. the 11&ucer was
going at great speed, and waa out
of sight In a few seconds, he
said. Rowden I.a stoppln& at tbe
Grafton Oise Joke
Pl:tr.a Hotel.
Dli-lC'S HAO TULS
Erwin Rottmrn, 132S ~- 19th
St., said he saw three of them
with tall-
flying nol'thwe•t t~
~outhea~t. as he ~tood at N. 18th
and W. Vliet Sts. They turned
from golrl to another color and
thtn to ,liver, he said.
Frank Phifer, stopping at the
Maryland Hotel, said he ,aw
three ballii of rlre t:hoot 1 rol!~
Lakt' Michigan 11.t 8:20 last
arlt a mile Irom 1bor1,
"gol g at terrlfl<' speed.''
W at he described u an
minated ~aucer was 11een
lght,
1.nd
Illu­
last
What wa'I rt1,orte-J u a "flying dl,c'' "hlch ..truck a c-hun•b In
Grafton url) ye..tnday turnt'<I out to hf' a rlrcular aw "Ith
hrn i,mall tuhl''I and Nt•veral wlr<'~ attachl'd to It. l•'alht'r Johl'llh
Bra,.k), pa,tor of ~t. J osl'ph'" Church, Grafton, hold~ the ''di~<'"
nd point, to tht lli;htnln~ rod
1111 ~aid was 11truck by th<' dlsc.
Ttie myl'tery of the "Clylngl•
t
disc!<,'' 11trange luminous objects
seen l!peedlng \llCrol'!I Ute -ky in
many slates, turned to Wlscon-
Bin yesterday "hen ,everal per­
,son!' reported them at Milwaukee
and Jane1<vllle.
My~tery wa!I \lldded to mystery
when Father Joseph Brasky, pas­
tor ot St. Joseph's Church at
Grafton, Wl!<., reported a mii,l'lle
hurtled through the air early yes­
terday, knocked the ball orr th,:,
!church lfS:htnlng rod, and landed
on the front lnwn.
"IRE . \:'\D TUBF.'I
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__....,_,lch landed at Billy Mitchell
Itlwn11 a large clrculnr saw-
Field at 10:05 p. m., told employes
nbo t 16 incttes In diameter-and In the office of Northwest Alr-1
snll hut when Father Brasky lines. Inc., he saw a flying 11aucer
pick cl It from the lawn.
bobbing up and down over the
on thf' church (arrow), \\hlch
Sonunol Pllolo l)y Ernul Anheuur. ,
Oi;7theory wa~ that prank!<te
or belated Fourth oC July eel
brant!I had attached explosives t
the 1!\llW, and sent It skimming
through U-re air.
Father Brasky said he htard a
sw~hlng ndlse and a sizzling at
5 a. m., followed a second later
with a. thud and an explosion.
An nclted re:<lde,,t telephoned
to Billy Mitchell Field, and said
he saw 15 flying saucers, In U
formation, heading north over
Granville, at 10:05 p. m. He hung
up beCore his name could be pro­
cured.
A passenger abOard a NewI
York-Detrolt-Mllwaukee p I an e,
night by William Humphrey, 3148
S. 20th St., he ~aid. It was zig­
zagging directly over the Heil
Co. pl11nt, said Humphrey, and
seemed to land In a wooded area
nearby.
REPORTED IN JANt':~VILLE
Four Janesville re!lldents re­
ported thtY had seen a flying dl~c
Saturday night. They arc Mr.
and Mrs. Al Sievert and Mr and
Mn. Howard Roth.
They saw the disc flying In a
northwe11terly
direction r r<> m
Janesvllle at a "tf'rrlflc i.11o-.•d.''
They viewed It ror 20 minute!!. It
was yellow-golden, and seemed to
turn al times to a silvery color.
they stated. An oval flight pattern
was followed. Then, they said,
t.Alls appeared on the disc and
shortly aCterwards It dlsappenred.
John Bo~ch, 4.377 S. Adams St..
Milwaukee, a machinist, Insisted
he saw two flashing saucer­
11haped objects pass over Billy
tchell Field shortly artl'r mid­
ght yesterday. They were ~se
ough so he could cieflnltely ~ ate
ey were not shoot,lng stars, o-:­
a rplanes, he said, Bosch's h me
ls near the airport.
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re were wires and two tube!I \ airfield just arter he had alighted ~
auache,1 to It. The tubu were an from the RlaD
Inch In diameter and three Inches
long.
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