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. ‘ | remeres Movies Snapped of Sky Disk THE LovIsvILLE TIMES By Alert Times Photographer Yes, we have some flying saucers today, and for the first time, here are moving pictures for proof. Many have reported seeing the saucers but it remained for Al Hixenbaugh to do something about it—with his trusty 16 mm. magazine-loading movie camera. “Hix,” Times staff photog- rapher, took 50 feet of film in which ‘the bright flying object shows clearly in all. Army of- ficials have been informed and have indicated eagerness to ex- amine the pictures. ‘The photographer was at Long- est and Everett Avenues, near his home at 2205 Longest, at 4:15 p.m. yesterday. He was on his way to take some movies of birds: xe Suddenly he heard the roaf of | a big plane—a_ twin-motbred DC-3—and glanced overhead. At first he thought it was a jet plane. Then he looked to the west of the plane, which was flying southwest toward Standi- ford Field—and saw the large | disk. It had a slight corona around it and seemed to be lower than the plane. He aimed his camera and fired. While he ground out the film, he said, the object appeared motion- less for about 10 seconds. “Tt stood practically still, like ~a balloon,” he said. Then it began to get smaller, finally vanishing into the west. While the “saucer” appears on all of the film he took, the plane was out of the picture field quickly, appearing only on about 10 feet. The disk was within his vision “about a minute.” cated “Hix” contacted the newsroom | at WHAS and from there Jerry | Gammons called Standiford | and Bowman Fields and weather | films. officials. None had heard any | reports of a “flying saucer.” He | was advised to inform military officials at Godman Field. Godman said it would notify flight headquarters at Wright- Patterson Field which might send an aide to examine the By Times Staff Photograp! Here’s Real Flying Saucer, If There Is One | This is what a “flying saucer” looks like, if there really is such | a thing. Al Hixenbaugh, Times’ photographer, snapped movies of the object yesterday. The object appears almost as big as the twin- motored DC-8 to the right. The Louisville Times Louisville, Kentucky June 28, 1950