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ae SNP REA” FROM THE OREGON JOURNAL - 5 July 1947, Portland, Ore. AIRLINES CREW CONFIRWS REPORTS OF FLYING DISKS: FIVE SPOTTED. Circumstential reports of flying disks in the sky Priday came from the crew of a United Airlines plane over Boise, Idaho, end a coast guards- man neer Seattle, 2s well as from Portland area police and citizens. 3. J. Smith, captain of the airliner, told United Press that he sighted five "somethings" which were "thin and smooth on the bottom and rough appearing on top.” The objects sppesred against the sunset shortly after the plene took off et 8:04 pams, he said. “we sew them clearly,” he reported. “We followed them in a north= westerly direction for sbout 45 miles. Finally the objects disappeared. We were unable to tell whether they outspéd us or disintegrated, WOT AIRCRAFT. "We can’t say whether they were saucer-like, oval or anything else," the captain said, "but whatever they were, they were not another aircraft, nor were they smoke or clouds." In Seattle, Coast Guerdenan Frank Ryman, 27, reported to United Press that he snapped ao ploture from the front poroh of his home which showed a “white saucer" flying over the north end of Lake Washingtons Ame Fews Pictures, New York City, said a 7x9 inch print of the photo- graph showed two tiny dets, one of which was a flaw in the printe . Don Metcalfe, 19, Oaks Amusement park euploye, reported thet he saw several objects “like spinning disks" in the sky Fridays ie said several Pionickers, inoluding a woman pilot noticed them. Tn Vancouver, Yash., Sheriff's Deputier John Sullivan, Clerence MoKay and Fred Krives heard the Portland police radio broadcast and ran out of the sheriff's office to look at the sky. Over Portland, three to five miles away, Sullivan said, they saw 20 to 50 objects "like a flight of geese? They heard a low humming sound. OTHERS DOUBTFUL. Cole Ge Re Dodson, commander of the Oregon national cuerd, made an inspection of this area from the air after the disks were reported here. He said he saw nothing "suspicious." _ Only known nilitary airplanes in the air at the time of the reports were 23 B-29 bombers near Astoria. Despite all the reports, at least two persons remained unconvinced of the existence of the disks, Al P. Sanford, Holgate moorege, gave his opinion that the objects were cottonwood blossoms. Burl Nollseh, 64, of 6604 N, Burrage avenue, telephoned the Journal to berate the nowspapers for"perpetuating a hoaxe” He said he saw objects in the sky about a minute after on eirplane passed over his house. To him the objects looked like bite of uluminun foil, perhaps cigarette wrappers.