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~ Saucers Here, — saucers There- Including Washington As rumors persisted (and were denied) that the “flying sau- cers” are radio controlled rocket or jet planes being tested se- cretly, Washington got in the act today with a report from two District women of strange goings-on overhead. Meanwhile, assorted scientists ; came up with widely varying theo- ries as to what—if anything—the heavenly wanderers may be. Dr. John G. Lynn, human be- havior expert of Valhalla, N. Y., said people have the atomic jitters. Navy Observatory astronomers here said that so far as they can’! judge from description, the objects are not astronomical phenomena. ;Another astronomer—civilian— | Scientists from many Washington's top-drawer institutions are expected {to flock to this street today after opined that people “are seeing spots | before their eyes.” |__ But unnamed scientists quoted by |Seience Service expressed doubt | that a purely optical illusion would make people think they were see- ing flying disks. Science Service also pointed out that some of the saucers have been reported by “re- liable observers accustomed to look- ing at the sky.” | ‘there Were Three= haped Like Dishes’ MINNESOTA-AV NE, July 5.—| looked up and saw these things’ go- ing thru the air. There were three of them, shaped like dishes and go- | ing fast as a jet plane. They were “70 lig cat eeu . E. A. Tamm Clegg . Glavin Ladd pNatch oil's sama Rosen Tracy Carson Egan . Gurnea Harbo . Hendon Pennington __ Quinn Tamm_ . Nease Miss Gandy the first authenticated reports of| bright golden in color, but that may RECORDED flying saucers within the city lim-| have been from th sun’ being re-' its of Washington was made by two startled matrons. flected from some bright metal ob- jects. The ladies spotted the. things ( night before. last, but were under- the things, but they seemed to be standably reluctant to report it at|fairly far away. I looked away for once, an instant to tell mother to look at “I know what you’ll think,” the younger one said in an exclusive interview, with The News, “but mother saw them, too, and. she \Sdoesn’t drink. “We were shopping on. Minne- sota-ave ne at about 7 Thursday night,’ she said, “when I heard a \4noise like’ a jet-propelled plane. 1 the things.” The witness’ mother looke ap and also saw the “dishes.” ‘her they swished over the hori and disappeared. j | The two women asked pat their} hames be withheld from p:lication, al skeptical neighbors pce fun at! em. JUL 8 1947 WASHINGTON NEWS RABS: Bin sical. A + QR rf Gy ~ “I couldn’t estimate the size of ~ M9. y: 37 kj A = 5 1 | r2 { i. De 1947