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FW Chief A~'fjting· Messag~
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The national le&<ler of the Vet­
erans of Foreign Wars said yester­
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day in Columbu3, Ohio, that he
was momentarily expecting word
from Washington which would ex­
plain the "flying saucers" mystery.
Louis E. Starr, national com­
mander of the VFW, told the Ohio
State encampment of the VFW
• that he might havt: "within a few
bours" an explanalion from Wash­
ington. He had expe~ted_ the mes-1
sage at 3 p. m. but 1t did not ar­
rivt be said.
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• oo little is being told the peo­
pl of this country/' Starr told the
de •gates.
undreds 0£ persons in about
30 States have reported seeing
the silvery . saucer-shaped discs
speeding through the skies a} tre­
mendous speeds.
An exhaustive check with the
War Department and other agen­
cies disclosed last night that no
new-' formation was available in
Washington. No one knew any­
thing,
But a new tendency to
take the reports a bit more se­
riously was apparent.
As the
mystification waxed, the scoffing
waned.
Some of the mystery missiles
may have passed over W_ash_ington
Friday night at about m1dmght.
David Atamian, 5160 Shoemaker
1 ne Friendship Heights, Md., re­
aort~d that he had seen three
~r'fou1• of the flying sau~ers trav­
eling northward at a.rapid rate ?£
ed at about that tune. He said
:p~e were at an altitude of between
~ and 2000 feet and appeared
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of a bright, bluish hue.
t b: flying saucers produced a
. e of
speculations and at­
se es
1See SAUCERS, Page 3, Column:!.
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ASSOClat ed Pre.. Wlltlll'HOTO
JS IT?-Coast Guardsman Frank
Ryman, 27, made this picture
with a Speed Graphic camera
from the front porch of his
Seattle, Wash., 1·esidence.
It
shows, says Ryan, a "white sau­
cer" (arrow) that is neither an
airplane, a cloud, nor a silver
balloon. So, is it a "flapjack" or
a saucer?
Or maybe a bottle
cap? Photo is enlarged about
20 times ~,,.=
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Mr . Nichols
Mr. Rosen
Mr . Tracy
Mr . Carson
Mr. Egan
Mr. Gurnea
Mr . Harbo
Mr. He ndon_ _ _
Mr . Jones
Mr. Pennington_
Mr. Quinn Tamm_
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DAVID ATAMIAN, i
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5160 Shoemaker l~., Frien
ip Heights, Md., said he sa,
ree or four flying discs Fr
day about 11!idnigbt
TBIS IS NOT ONE OF 'El.\l , SAYS THE NA'1Y- The "filing
pancake," a wingless plane developed by the Navy, is the only
plane it ha.$ which might resemble the repol'ted "flying
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cers," but officials in Washington said yesterday that th~i
strange-looking aircraft has never left Bridgeport, Conn. A
thorities are stil~ skeptic~) that the mystery missiles said t
~n seen m t he. skies over the West Coast and as faL
East as the CM.Qlmas are aJlY smt o
ew aitn.lane
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