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‘More About Saucers
Priest Finds Whirring’ Dise
In Yard and Holds It for FBI
| Chicago, July 6 UR).—A Catho-
llie priest at Grafton, Wis., said
tonight that a round; metal disc,
which, might be one of the myster-
ious
into hi
is holding
Bureau of Investigation.
The Rey. Joseph Brasky of St/
Joseph's Church at Grafton, 45)
miles north of Milwaukee, said he!
heard a swishing and whirring’
noise this morning. A second later,
he said, he heard a thud and a
mild explosion.
He investigated and found a
sheet metal dise about 18 inches in
diameter, resembling a circular
saw blade.
“The object still was warm,
weighed about four or five pounds
and was about one eighth of an
inch thick,” he said.
There was a. hole about one
inch in diameter in the middle of
the dise, he said, and in the open-
ing were “gadgets and some
wires.” i
The priest said he did not know
ff his discovery were important:
¢ whether it might be an elab-
hrate practical joke. He said he’
jhad notified the FBI of his find.
{HL K, Johnson of the Milwaukee
flying saucers,” had crashed)
and that he!
it for the Federal)
ds|the discs take off in Arizona,
FBI office’ said he hadn’t heard
yet about the dise but that an offi-
cial report might be at his office.
The flying discs have been re-'
‘ported “seen” by persons in 30
(States, but Brasky’s dise was the
first one that actually lad been
jfound—if that is what was found.
His report came a few hours
after a military plane made an
unsuccessful speed dash in an at-
tempt to track down ong of the
dises and the Army and scientists}
sought to ascertain whether coast-|
to-coast reports a5out the dises
zooming through the sky were fact)
or fancy.
Army planes scoured the north-
west Pacific skies for them without)
success today and one “eyewitness”|
/even reported having seen one of)
AY
\St. Louis railroad man exhibited
some paper “discs” he said he had
seen floating over St. Louis.
The flying saucers which have
been reported skimming through
‘America’s skies at speeds up to
1200 miles have eluded
ly keen eye of radar.
Capt. Tom Brown of the Ari
Air Forces public relations stai
See SAUCERS, Page 3, Col. 2,
PESO os
44 SUL 18 1947
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