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‘Flying Saucers’ Reported Seen y Scores of ‘Eyewitnesses’ By the Associated Press The “flying saucer” mystery reached fever pitch today, after “I saw them myself” statements from a veteran United Air Lines crew, Scores of Portland (Oreg.) residents, and 60 picknickers at Twin Falls Park in Idaho. The UAL pilot, copilot and stew- ardess, who had scoffed consistently at “flying saucer” tales, said they saw such objects last night while flying a passenger plane from Boise, Idaho, to Portland. Their statements followed a day during which the “saucers” were reported seen in many parts of the Nation. Many Portlanders—including po- lice, experienced flyers and three ewspapermen—declared they saw ilvery discs over Portland. In New Orleans, Miss Lillian Law- Said she saw an object, shining ke silver or chromium, flying at a great height and at a terrific speed in a northeasterly direction over |Lake Pontchartrain. : | “Pancake Standing on End.” Describing what they saw as flat, translucent plates 12 to 15 inches in diameter, several Port Huron (Mich.) residents reported seeing the “saucers.” { Capt. E. J. Smith, Seattle, a vet- eran of 14 years with United ‘Air Lines, said he observed the round flat objects—“like a pancake stand- ing on end”—for about 12 minutes ,while flying trom Emmett Idaho, to a point southeast of Ontario, Ore. | He radioed the Ontario airport but airport officials saw nothing. , Sixty persons picknicking at Twin {Falls Park, near Twin Falls, Idaho, said they saw the discs yesterday afternoon. A party of seven firsi Saw some and 10 minutees later, ; a crowd of 20 or 30 people saw an other batch of nine or ten. Wort passed around, and soon the waitin crowd saw another batch circling and climbing, At Seattle, Frank Ryman, Coast Guard yeoman, said he took a picture of what some residents north of Seattle thought was a flying disc. The photograph showed a pinhead- Size light spot against the dark evening sky. The Oregonian dispatched a plane to hunt Portland’s saucers. It fo nothing but empty sky. Strange Craft Over Philadelphia, In Philadelphia, Dr. M. K. Leisy, @ junior interne at the Pennsylyan: | Hospital for Mental Diseases, and other persons in the western sec- tion of the city, reported seeing strange craft in the skies last night. It was something round with a luminous halo about! it, Dr, Leisk declared. It was not shiny, but dark in color and seemed to be propelled by whirling wings. Dr. Leisy said the object he saw was moving at approximately the speed of the wind, below the clouds. Tt eventually vanished in the clouds, he added. A dispatch from Summerside, Cana, said farmers in the Prince Edward Island region claim to have seen more of the mysterious disc- like missiles reported fiying through northern skies earlier this week. James Harris, farmer at She brooke, 1 mile north of here, a his hired man, Herman Linklette N said they saw one of the objec’ last night traveling from the north-| west toward the southeast. : VU 9 1947 ad TG WASHINGTON STAR Ae Page CW ; Mr. Tolson {/Mr . BAA. Tannen f Mr. Clegg Mr. Glayi xe Mr “Nichols Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Carson Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea Mr. Harbo Mr. Hendon Mr. Jones Mr. Pennington _ Mr. Quinn Tamm_