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TWIN FALLS, IDAHO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1947
Heads Up, Follis! The Discs Are Flying A
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This Is an artist's conception of the flying disc t hat A. C. Urie saw Isides, and could well be the inspiration for something new in women's
sweeping- through Snake river canyon six miles west of Blue Lakes
hats, such as a "flylnr saucer" creation. (Drawing by Vic Goertzen­
ranch. It seemed to be powered by jets emitting a fiery glow on both
staff engraving)
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Flying Saucer Reported Flashing DoWil Canyon
At 1,000 Miles Per ·Hour; Two Others Are Seen
By JOHN BROSNAN
Just as Magic Valley and the
nation were starting to let go o!
lampposts after reeling under a.
welter of flying saucer reports, two
more Twin Falls county men re­
vived speculation on the mystery
with vivid descriptions of discs they
saw.
~ From A. C. Urie, who operates
I.he Auger Falls Trout farm six
miles west o! Blue Lakes ranch in
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ke river canyon, came perhaps
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most detailed account of one of
the fast-flying objects the nation
has yet produced.
The flying saucer Urie saw was
skimming along through Snake river
canyon at a height of about 75
feet at 1 p. m. Wednesday. At 9:30
a. m. the same day, L. W. Hawk­
ins, Twin Fa11s county commis­
sioner and former county sheriff
from Filer, also saw two circular
objects soaring along at a great
height near Salmon dam 40 miles
southwest of Twin Falls.
Here is Urle's eye-witness de­
scription of the flying discs seen by
him and his son, Keith, 8, and Billy,
10:
"I obtained a close-up view o!
the flying saucer as It passed by the
trout farm at l p. m. Aug. 13 going
down Snake river canyon at a height
of about 75 feet from the canyon
floor. I would estimate the speed
at about 1,000 miles per hour."
Urie explained that the incident
occurred while the two boys were
com.Ing across the river from the
north side in a boat. He had be­
come concerned about what was de­
laying them, and had walked down
toward the river to see tl they were
all right.
"I had a side view at a distance
o! abo'.lt 300 feet and almost on a
level with the thing," Urie con­
tinued. "Two of my boys, Keith
and Billy, were below me and they
also saw it at about a 45-degree
angle. They both got a bottom and
a side view, and we were a11 look­
ing at It from the south side of the