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5-THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS

Mysterious Flying
Saucers Reported
In Birmingham Skies

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Although the reports to The Age-Herald last night dwindled off at about 9 p.m., there was a final call from a man at 10, saying he had seen the objects over the south-eastern section. This morning, there were more reports, more queries coming into The News.

Maj. White issued a message to Birmingham residents: "We'll do everything the Army Air Forces is empowered to do to run down the mystery of the discs. This thing seems to have gotten beyond the point of speculation. Birmingham can rest assured the air base will keep on the alert until the mystery is settled."

man admitted having seen "but was
jects several weeks ago "but was
ashamed to tell my wife."

Whatever it is going on in the
night skies, it has the entire nation
in a dither. The flying discs have
eclipsed every other national and
international event in the minds of
the American people. Broadcasts
from England last night said the
Britishers were scoffing at the
story. But when persons in 30-odd
states have reported seeing the ob-
jects, there must be something to
the story.

Birmingham police headquarters
was flooded with calls, too, last
night. So was the Weather Bureau,
the control tower at the airport, air-
line officers.

At the Birmingham Army Air
field, Maj. Jack C. White, com-
mandant, ordered an alert and dis-
patched a plane to fly around the
city. The plane, with Lt. L. S. Rob-
inson at the controls, circled the
city for an hour and 15 minutes at
from 4,000 to 5,000 feet. He was un-
able to report any unnatural ob-
jects.

Scientists indicate that the ob-
jects are merely tricks of the eyes.
In fact, Howard Blakeslee, Associ-
ated Press scientific writer, has
stated he has seen similar objects
from his home on Long Island for
many years and associated no my-
tery with them. They are a combi-
nation of eye and light tricks, is
his answer.

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