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The Raleigh Times, Raleigh, North Carol iursday, October 26, 1950
'Flying Saucers
Reported Active
Over Warren Sky
0C61 Warren Citizens
WARRENTON, Oct. 26.-Prom- Saw Object, Too
inent Warrenton citizens added
credence over the weekend to pre- Warrenton, Oct. 25.-Warrenton
vious reports over the nation that citizens added credence this week-
strange objects have been seen in end to previous reports over the
aerial acrobatics. nation that strange objects have
Two unusual lighter-than-air been seen in aerial acrobatics.
craft were abserved over West Two unusual lighter-than-aircraft
Warrenton at 8:30 O'clock Satur- were observed over West Warren-
day night by Col, and ton at 8:30 o'clock Saturday y night
Claude Bowers, Mr. and Mrs. Sel- by Col. and Mrs. Claude Bowers,
by Benton, Mr. and Spencer Mr. and Mrs. Selby Benton, Mr.
Bcott, Bill Bovca Mre. B. G. and Mrs. Spencer Scott, Bill Boyce,
White, and others.
According Mrs. B. G. White and others.
saw two large of lights, According to their reports, they
and each circle med to be try- say two large circles of lights, and
ing to out-maneuver the other, On each circle seemed to be trying to
more than one occasion, one cir- out-maneuver the other. On more
cle of lights passed through the than one occasion, one circle of
center of the other object. lights passed through the center of
The illuminated objects seemed the other . object.
apparently close to earth and not The illuminated objects seemed
too far distant from the home of apparently close to earth and not
Col. Bowers, where the atrange N too fr distant from the home of
craft were being observed. Two of Colonel Bowers, where the strange
the witnesses drove in the general craft were being observed. Two of
direction of the lights but report- . HEIE the witnesses drove in the general
ed that they couldn't seem to get direction of the lights but reported
in closer proximity to the lights that they y couldn't seem to get in
than before they went in pursuit. closer I proximity to the lights than
It in the first time that flying before they went in pursuit.
saucers, illuminated bubbles, or 2
heaven-bound whirling dervishes
have been reported seen in this
area. However, the report of Col.
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of B-56 fuselage stacked dcuble, rith thre porthole from top; no trai
or exhaust; no propulsion systom noted; speed not estimated; no sound; sove rom SE to
SSE, hovered for 35 seconds, dis
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coordinates 55o 39' N - 790 Object approximately 2 miles distant beneath
overcast of from SE hovered, appeared into overcast
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Sergeant Edvrin Stoneburner
Sergeant Mormie L. Gore
Corporal James s Knight
Private First Class Robert
A check with Base ) ine the local
area at this time
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conoluded, pert obcervors
could have beer migtaken eing them? which claimas
to have spont two yoar ating such 'definitoly
mistaken. eitate Air Forco Inventigators liars. Liko-
wise, wo hesitate to question • erpert opinion of trained aorial observers
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airplane pilots. 31 dare say what ie boliove about
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The Now Orleans Itom, on 17 October 1950, editorially. conmented about
"flying saucers' Observed hy twn (2)Miami Airlines, pilots on the
preceding and by Cormander ROByRT B. MoLAUGE
. an unoonventi al flying objee submittod by tho LARRIEU'ss
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observera BEW "poculia for
ono to two minutas staring at the objoot.
tha objeot wan composed of
bright lights which liatoned 11k0 facoto dia-
mond The objout made oiso and lart no viaible
oxhaust trail. made The
unti1 11. a minute
speok of light and thon disappoared below the
horizon. Domostio ducl:o f the although
" . ! acoustomed to the arpouranc normal airoraft.
indicated alarm at tho noiseleso flying objeot.
oraft,
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Louisiana, on 13 Ootober 1950, roported unidontifie i flying objocts soen
lowss
(1)Tiret 10 or 11 Ootober 1950 (hour unknoma).
: (2) Location of Observers Orleans,
Louisiana, Objeots ciroled in a northerly direotion
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made thoir first reported app urance Catahoula
7' Sunday - at tho littlo rivor ferm of Poyton
, mix niles sout thmont of joneaville.
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to soe the saucer, which by that time had risen to
an astinated height of 50 feot above the ground
. . E.Y. Poyton raid what thoy saw bright and
shiny we couldn ape or
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"As they wntohed, he said, the gaugers vent up
to the northrest. There wore twin oxhausts, such
. as made by jet planos, not atay
parallel, he said.
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to 24 inchea long It was extremely high.
said thoy watched objoot for about fivo minutes moving in a
northerly direction, didn't cay whother wasshaped lika a
loaf of French b
The following lot: Timos
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: Fireg-Picavune again this
i morning of thoso two pilots who didn't baliove in
'flying saucorg' but who actually saw them and now
believe
on the lako shrimping. I was junt bofore sundorn. I
was lying on my baok on top etop of the soawall, when
I had the fooling that somobody was staring at me. Well,
I turnod my head and looked round nobody was
looking at 91.1
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and there
. . was this objoot. It looked to me at tho momont like
& big rook. I kopt my eyes on it and called to the
othere to look at it, but all sudden it made two
puffs of flame and amolae and was It traveled
iittlo way with the first puf saoond
. puff it gone
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