Altoona Pa — July 1948

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Keywords: atlanta, irpnrt, jlprt, laoded, ae1ona, todal, vhtaao, cnerat, aupnrrl, wheelmp, coulda, vtclmty, robtnson, llgbts, ba1loon, bucking, loolnn, onster, finme, ypster, captalll, chlles, eapeville, tirnps, itmtere
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. :CU\SS&FH::D A.irpnrt JlPrt Twice 'igltt .Hoot&-.. ~i:.ed Blob' Y.\KIVL\, \Vash., July 25 ( U?J. -Hil:ld:-ed!l of telephone calls ?Laoded the Cl. J Ae1ona..t 1cs Ad- ::lin!stra'Ion omce here todal from I pei'sons who. had seen a s!l'rery, ''!:1oon-... :ed" ft:;ing "''1lob" \Vhtaao~ !n'Z across the sky above the c1ty. The app rition, termed another l~y:z:~ snucer' oy the C :\. A .. '' a.3 cbse ned hy t.wo cont. ol ll')\\ er men a~ 'he & l:~:.m~ Aupor , bot l oil :.. hom. ft'{teed M to its ~cnerat c no 1on. on Hun=.. aupnrrl QD. u.ir Ht. communi~.atnr. 1:ll thP.J S i\W lt wheelmp-WP.St O( tt:C \ "t', ~'bottt ~ p. m today. The:; ";\ t C!r>t I thou~h t. It wa5 lhe ~ pla~er \ d!Us." sa1d Mr. Hunt. a H I" I '1n r l slx years With the i r~ L\ .\. "B\lt when I chf!~iccd. I I ;: ;v 1..\t the planet coulda' t 'oe J :-,cln m our vtclmty a t this ttme of ar : '\Ir. Robtnson sa1d wh~>n he ~a, .hl' silvery, nashin'ol!' b1l1 1t loc '<r d as t! it had "flashing llgbts, 01 .1 ':'\g like an air lmer'3 tog H :: both aar eed tha~ it couldn't h,, ,.e b"'en an air lmcr oecause t et e none .ly~'!'l~ thro 1g h ,.,,km~ at t. at ume .. :1r. t :ey tn ..v !"; "'a.su't a weather ba1loon b ee \l!5 & ~1'. was bucking the ;;md. M:. Hun~. who wa.c; one oi tne (!rst to see the object, .3a1d. " I make r.lY ll:mg by loolnn~ , t':e sky, bnt I've never se('n an~ t ''-" ... l :, e T ell or SIQ i\I onster ATLANTA, July 25. (UPL-Two Eastern Ail: Line p~ots who re- ported seemg a. huge, finme-snoot- ln::t :>kY monster nea.r Montgomery, Ala., yPster.;t9 maintained stoutly today that what they saw \\as a mao-made gadget." Captalll C. S. Chlles , of Atlanta, and Co-Pilot . nnn Wl!itt~a: of Eapeville. Ga.., " ::1 th~Y saw r.h& huge sh:p, a "~r.~!ess at!:Ur four tirnPs the c il"- ('itmtere!'lce of a B-~9 fuselage. -t:"ton. 'Ie:<., eany ye::~e-rca1. :1 New York, CJ.lJtam L o'l ?eir!- ""'t. Pilot of :m nher .E' \. L. red t o o~> a r'Jcket trail ~o: -e .a;a.ry sa10 VlStbility wa;s e:<cet- nt:.. He sa1d .his co-pilot was a .;'lvy veteran and a roc~:~t c:(;Je!t :--u~ had never seen anyth:n~; sim- : u ~o the trail.