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cial report might be at llis office.
tonight that a round, mefal disc,
The flying discs have been re­
whi~ might be one of the myster• ported "seen" by persons in 30
ious flying saucers," had crashed States but Brasky's disc was the
into his"'"'parish %'td and that he first ~ne that actually lnld been
·s holding it for the Federa~ found-if that is what wa-. found.
Bureau of Investigation.
His report came a few hours
The Rev. Joseph Brasky of St. after a military plane made an
:Joseph's Church. at Grafton_,
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niles north o_f ~I1lwaukee, sa_1d _he tempt to track down onr of the
heard a sw1sl11ng and whirring discs and the Army and scientists
noise this morning. A second later, sought to ascertain ,1 hether coast­
he said, he_ heard a thud and aj to-coast reports ~ 'Jc,ut the discs
mild explosion.
zooming through t.1c sky were fact
He investigated and found a or fancy,
f.heet metal disc ab?ut 18 inches in
Army planes scoured the 11orth·
diameter, resemhlmg a circular west Pacific skies for them without
saw blade.
Sltccess today and one ·•eyewitness"
"The object still was warm, even reported havin!i,' seen one of
weighed about £ou1· or five pouo~s the discs take off in Arizona. A
and was about one eighth of an St. Louis railroad man exhibited
inch thick," he said.
some paper "discs'' he said he had
I There was a hole about one seen floating over St. Louis.
~nch in diameter in the middle of
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the disc. he said. and in the open-
The flymg saucers which have
ing were
"gadgets
and some been reported skimming through
vires."
America's skies at speeds up to
Th_e pr~esf· said he did _not know 1200 miles have eluded tb.e...usuak' mn
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f his d1sco~rery. were importantly keen e~,e of radar.
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Capt. Tom Brown of the Armt
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He ~aid he Air Fore.es public relations sta •
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iad notified the FBI of hlli find.
44 JUL. 18 1941
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H. K. Johnson of the Milwaukee See SAUCERS, Page 3, Col. 2,
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