The Flying Saucers are RealKeyhoe, Donald E. (Donald Edward)
History
The Flying Saucers are Real
Keyhoe, Donald E. (Donald Edward)
Unidentified flying objects
On April 16, the thing, whatever it was, disappeared from the Midwest.
But on April 19, the same object—or else a similar one—appeared over
West Virginia. Early that morning the town of Sisterville was awakened
by blasts of the sawmill whistle. Those who went outside their homes
saw a strange sight. From a torpedo-shaped object overhead, dazzling
searchlights were pointing downward, sweeping the countryside. The
thing appeared to be about two hundred feet long, some thirty feet in
diameter, with stubby wings and red and green lights along the sides.
For almost ten minutes the aerial visitor circled the town, then it
swung eastward and vanished.
The next report was published in the U.S. Weather Bureau’s monthly
_Weather Review_. On page 115 in the March 1904 issue, there is an
account of an odd sighting at sea. On February 24, 1904, a mysterious
light had been seen above the Atlantic by crew members of the U.S.S.
_Supply_. It was moving swiftly, and evidently at high altitude. The
report was attested by Lieutenant Frank H. Schofield, U.S.N.
On July 2, 1907, a mysterious explosion occurred, in the heavens near
Burlington, Vermont. Some witnesses described a strange, torpedo-shaped
device circling above. Shortly after it was seen, a round, luminous
object flashed down from the sky, then exploded, (_Weather Review_,
1907, page 310.)
Another cigar-shaped craft was reported at a low altitude over
Bridgewater, Massachusetts, in 1905. Like the one at Sisterville, it
carried searchlights, which swept back and forth across the
countryside. After a few moments, the visitor rose in a steep climb,
and the searchlights blinked out.
There was no report for 1909 in America, though an odd aerial object
was sighted near the Galapagos Islands. But in 1910, one January
morning, a large silvery cigar-shaped device startled Chattanooga.
After about five minutes, the thing sped away, appearing over
Huntsville, Alabama, shortly afterward. It made a second appearance
over Chattanooga the next day, then headed east and was never seen
again.
In _Popular Astronomy_, January 27, 1012, a Dr. F. B. Harris described
an intensely black object that he saw crossing the moon. As nearly as
he could tell, it was gigantic in size—though again there was no way to
be sure of its distance from him or the moon. With careful
understatement, Dr. Harris said, “I think a very interesting and
curious phenomenon happened that night.”
A strange shadow was noted on the clouds at Fort Worth, Texas, on April
8, 19, 3. It appeared to be caused by some large body hovering
motionless above the clouds. As the cloud layer moved, the shadow
remained in the same position. Then it changed size, diminishing, and
quickly disappeared, as if it had risen vertically. A report on this
was given in the Weather Bureau _Review_ of that year, Number 4-599.
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