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/ Mr. Tolson. A E. A. Tamm ( mr. Clegg Mr. oG14}in__— ee Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. . Gurnea . Harbo. . Hendon ‘ers —Some @e ’Em and Some ie) Nichols Rosen. Gander for Saucers a FW Chief Awaiting Message n Flying Discs _ Tracy. Carson Bgan rom Capital o1 The national leader of the Vet, | jerang of Foreign Wars said yester-| day in Columbus, Ohio, that he} jwas momentarily expecting word from Washington which would ex-| plain the “flying saucers” mystery. |} Louis &. Starr, national com-|é \mander of the VEW, told the Ohio| State encampment of the VFW ‘that he might have “within a few hours” an explanation from Wash: lington. He had expected the mes- |sage at 3 p. m. but it did not a \rive, he said. | ‘Froo little is being told the peo- plq of this country,” Starr told the def-gates. undreds of persons in about! 30' States have reported seeing fhe silvery .saucer-shaped discs speeding through the skies at tre- mendous speeds. . ‘An exhaustive check with the War Department and other agen- cies disclosed Jast night that no new formation was available in Washington. No one knew any- thing. But a new tendency to take the reports a bit more se- riously was apparent. As the mystification waxed, the scoffing| waned. : Some of the mystery missiles| . Jones . Pennington _ . Quinn Tamm_ Pos Pos! DAVID ATAMIAN, 5160 Shoemaker la., Frien: ip Heights, Md., said he sa ee or four flying discs Frj- day about midnight Associated Press WIREEHOTO may have passed over Washington} Friday night at about midnight. Dayid Atamian, 5160 Shoemaker lane, Friendship Heights, Md., re- ported that he had seen three or four of the flying saucers trav- eling northward at a rapid rate of speed at about that time. He said thoy were at an altitude of between 4400 and 2000 feet and appeared fd be of a bright, bluish hue. he flying saucers produced a seties of speculations and at- ‘See SAUCERS, Page 3, Column 2, IS 1f?—Coast Guardsman Frank Ryman, 27, made this picture with a Speed Graphic camera from the front porch of his Seattle, Wash. residence. It shows, says Ryan, a “white sau- cer” (arrow) that is neither an airplane, a cloud, nor a silver balloon. So, is it a “flapjack” or | a saucer? Or maybe a bottle cap? Photo is enlarged about Pee THIS IS\NOT ONE OF ’EM, SAYS THE NAVY—The pancake,” a wingless plane developed by th VY, i plane it has which might relesitte the eee cee ae cers,” but officials in Washington said yesterday that ini strange-looking aircraft has never left Bridgeport, Con | thorities are still skeptical that the Mhystery mi; ‘silée a We n seen in the skies over the West Coast and i fa Bast as the Carolinas are any sort of aw TENN Moore be a 3: it AL JUL 28 1947 WASHINGTON POST Page l=M & 3-M “flying 4]