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. Tolson yf sUaddkoe oy pCleggu | lun tiies oe CHES A INicholiseesmases Rosen Tracy. oan “Harbo “tBelmont Mohr Tele. Room__ ("SAUSAGE®) [ __. SPRINGFIELD, ILL=-PILOT JIM GRAHAM CLAIMED TODAY THAT A "FLYING SAUSAGE® COLLIDED WITH HIS PLANE AND “EXPLODED LIKE A BOMB"--BUT CAUSED] AMAGE. i) GRAHAM, CHIEF PILOT FoR THE CAPITAL AVIATION COMPANY HERE, WAS i FLYING TO SPRINGFIELD FROM CHICAGO LAST NIGHT WHEN HE SIGHTED THE iy OBJECT AS HE FLEW OVER WILLIAMSVILLE, JUST NORTH OF HERE. iM HE SAID THE OBJECT WAS A "BLUE STREAK ABOUT 10 FEET LONG AND SHAPED — LIKE A SAUSAGE," HE SAID IT WAS TRAILING YELLOW FIRE. ta) THE OBJECT, WHICH WAS SLIGHTLY ABOVE HIS PLANE, DIVED SUDDENLY AND , PLOUGHED: DIRECTLY INTO HIS PROPELLER, i "IT EXPLODED LIKE A BOMB WHEN IT STRUCK,” HE SAID. GRAHAM MANAGED TO STAY ON COURSE AND LANDED AT CAPITAL AIRPORT HERE, HE EXPECTED TO FIND HIS PLANE EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED, HE SAID, BUTA = THOROUGH INSPECTION SHOWED NOTHING, - SEVERAL OTHER SPRINGFIELD RESIDENTS ALSO REPORTED SEEING THE "FLYING SAUSAGE." ONE WOMAN SAID SHE AND HER HUSBAND WERE SITTING ON THEIR PORCH AND SAW IT PASS OVER SPRINGFIELD. OBSERVERS AT THE WEATHER BUREAU SAID THE ONLY EXPLANATION THEY cp SS OFFER WAS THAT THE OBJECT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A METEOR THAT APPEARED TO HT GRAHAM'S PLANE BUT EXPLODED RIGHT IN FRONT OF IT. THEY SAID THEY DID NOT SEE THE OBJECT, 7/30+=LO441P = [ok—83994-A— NOT RECORDED I5AUG 11 19590 4 ~~ ___. °c arey WASHINGTON CITY NEWS SERVICE