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' Witnessed by Three People. "

Three Colville ,

skywatchers

report seeing a flying |

saucer in the skies early Wednesday morning. The
are Mrs. Gerald Willett and Mrs. John tink Ge the

4 to 6g, m. shift at the watch tower; and James Kohl-

stedt: who relieved them at 6°" >>
_ The women said. they first saw
‘the phenomenon“a~ few © minutes
, after going on watch and that they
watched it almost continuously for
, two -hours. ;

Tt did not remain stationary but

moved about in @ narrow are sev-

leral miles east and northeast of

|the tower. It looked like a small
disk and resembled a star, said the
| women, except that it remained in

(he sky after sunrise. ’

Kohistedt said he watched it a
| fow minutes, saw it “shoot” sud-

, dently in a northeasterly direction

‘and then disappear behind a cloud

i bank.

“*Vhen I went on watch Wednes-
cay: morning I took up the broom
and went outside to sweep off the

platform,” sald Mrs. Willett. “I

| noticed an object in the sky north-
east of the tower that resembled

|* star and yet didn’t seem to be
| one. I called Virginia's (Mrs. John
| lank) attention to it and we watch-
ped it most of the two hours ¢ .-

| were on watch, a

| “ft looked about the size of a

/ dollar, but ef course it was a long

| way off and there was no way to
guess *s real size.”

| Mes, Link thought the size might

be between a 50-cent piece and a

~ilver, Jollar,, she sald. ... an~ -ar' ;

tower Lillian (Mrs. Willett) called
, my attention to a peculiar star in
) the east. We watched for a long
, time. It seemed to move at times,
/ but mostly against the wind as in-
.y @icated by the clouds which some-
times obscured it "7 " *
“It certainly wasn'ta star. We
just couldn't figure out what it
was.”
Kohistedt sald the women
his attention to the object when he
| went on watch at 6 a. m.
“I watched it for a little while,”
said Kohistedt. “At times it seemed
to shoot off in a southeasterly di-
rection. Finally it disappeared and
I didn’t see it any more.
“The object seemed to be about
the size ‘of a half-dollar and was
‘| shiny. I'm sure it wasn’t a star.

'| L have no idea what it might have |

|| been.”

‘| The women said they reported

| ft to the Spokane filter center and |
| that several questions were answer- |
ed but that no one there “seemed |

to get excited about it.”

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Flying Saucer Watched from
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‘Strange Object.in'Sky.Monday Morning |! |

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There have been several instances }
of “flying saucers” reported in-this —
area but this is the first time the |

The two-hour obsefiance by three .

reliable, witnesses dopy jittle to solve —

the riddle of the “saucers,” but it
does verify beyond doubt that there
are strange objects in the sky.

The skywatchers were asked if’

they thought it might have been

a weather balloon. All expressed
doubt. The object seemed to move

“We went on watch early,” sald || aga

firs. Link. “T guess it was about «
345. Soon after we reached the |

inst the wind rather than with
it, and remained in the same gen-|
eral locality more than two hours.’
The area in which the object was
seen is a “dip” in the horizon be-
tween Old Dominjon mountain and
Calispell peak. Skywatchers are
familiar with the outline as it is an
excellent place to “spot” planes

coming in from the east. )
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IIE ms VILLE, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1953 4

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