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JOHN MEADE
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not correct stated gbject peared to
zig-zage or devi. the been making during its
flights ust the two objects disappeared
from sight. The two objects produced Itead one unlike the sound made by
conventiomal Aircraft. tad that her negro yard ran,
Extension Miss told her they (the objects) ware similar to
those he had seen last summer rorking on a cotton plantation in the Delta in
Miss. mhousemaid (colored), J,ckson,
saw object3 just about the time they were disappearing from sigh
-ibed both colored people nentioned as being reliabl
been weather balloons released in this vicinity,-as graph readings from n local
balloons indicated travel by same opposite rection of the objeots
by Mps (B-2)
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Mrs. Ed Morgan, prominent gan quoted the Negro as saying
Jackson woman and resident of the when they spotted them while at .
Old Canton Highway, said s h e work in the cotton field, most of
otai sighted the strange aerial objects the workers would run for shel- ..-
Fridsy afternoon while working in ter "because they were so frighten-
her yard. ing."
3w a0is "The yard boy and were ar- Reports of. "flying saucers" are c
od 5r raaging flowers in yard when
T noticed he was transfixed, look- cially on clear days. There has been
ing no official explanation of
Thege things objects. +
and appeared as big, round silver
objects"she added.
ga".21, Describing the two "Saucers" as
about the size of a bird bath in her
yard-whlch is about two feet in
sie gi diameter-Mrs. Morgan said t
"saucers" were trailed by white
smoke or vapor trails. vapor trails.
.. She said they travelled very She said they travelled very high JA
from east to west and were a little and were a little
BE! north of the shopping center in
North Jackson.
The two objects also travelled in
straight line and kept the same
1 .? distance apart. Just before disap-
peafing from sight one of them De-
gan to zig-zag and the vapor trail
14 seemed irregular. They were sight-
ed between 3 and 3:30 p. m. Friday
3-. and the sky was clear at the time.
The objects also gave off a steaiy
roar but the sound was not like chat
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