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High-Flying Bomber )
Caused New Disc Tale
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| Special to The Inquirer
READING, Pa., Aug. 28.—Air Na-
tional Guard officers and control
tower operators of the C 41
Aeronautics Administration today
“cleared up” the latestflying saucer’
mystery, as evolved in the skies over
rks county last Monday.
| |tmhe saucers, seen by a large num-
f of persons at that time, a
|sbokesman said, were vapor trails
of a B-36 inter-continental bomber
and a jet plane. which CAA tower-
men said were flying at an altitude
of 40,000 to 45,000 feet.
The jet left a bigzag -trail as it
dived in on the big bomber in a
mock interception attack. The
spokesman said such air shows were
frequent when atmospheric condi-
quent, to keep interceptor teams on
the alert. :
‘The aerial display on Monday was
witnessed by hundreds of Guards-
men of the 112th Fighter Wing,
Pennsylvania-Maryland Air Na-
tional Guard, as well as officers who
watched the maneuvers through
binoculars.
Air National Guard officers sail
the report submitted by Harry Fein}
auer, 43, of Birdsboro, who said hi
thought he saw a plane release
fiying saucer in the air Monda:
Morning, probably had to do with
the jet which he saw-diving on the
bomber,
Nor did the Guard's explanation
dovetail very, closely with vine ac-
count given by Herbert Long, 29,
Kutztown insurance salesman, Wao
told of seeing a fying saucer 30 feet
in front of his automobile Mond
Mr. Tolson____
Mr. Ladd
Mr. Nichols ___
Mr.
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Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr. Laughlin.
Mr. Mohr_____
Mr. Winterrowd_
Tele. Room____
Mr. Holloman
Miss Gandy.
tions were right for the hot exhausts night, off the Allentown pike nedr
from engines to freeze at high alti- Maxatawny. Long said he saw tle
tude. object so clearly that he was ab
‘The big: bombers, the spokesman to make a detailed drawing of its)
plained, often fly far out over the atvenxanice. |
cean, and when they approach the
Joastline on their return journeys)
ey are observed on. radar screens|
Ind jets are sent up to intercept)
them. Such tests, he added, are fre~ |
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10i SEP 12 1952
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