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'거대한 스탠드 조명이 '날아다니는' 것 같아' 모두가 '무언가'를 보고 있다 밤하늘을 쌩하고 가로지르는 작성자: 찰스 푸 그 '무언가'는 그저 길 잃은 스탠드 조명에 불과한가? 브룩헤이븐의 노아 앳킨슨 부인이 그것을 보았다. 그리고 그 '무언가'는 어떻게 생겼을까? "불이 다 켜진 아주 커다란 스탠드 조명이었어요. 오, 아름다웠어요!" 그리고 시립 공항 근처에 거주하는 엑스포지션 밀스 소속 도장공 C. M. 보울스는 일요일 밤 약 3만 피트 상공에서 애틀랜타 하늘을 가로지르는 "거대하고 밝게 빛나는 물체"를 보았다. 보울스 씨는 그 '무언가'가 모스크바에서 바로 왔다고 생각한다. 두 명의 항공사 조종사는 토요일 이른 시간 몽고메리 근처에서 최신 천문학적 "정체불명체"에 놀랐다. 그들에게 그것은 "벅 로저스 로켓 우주선처럼 불꽃을 내뿜는 날개 없는 비행체"였다. 다른 곳, 전국 각지에서 그 '무언가'는 다양하게 다음과 같이 확인되었다: 1. 알루미늄으로 덮인 풍선. 2. 불덩어리. 3. 유난히 밝은 빛. 4. 공중에서 폭발한 빨갛고 파란 불꽃. 5. 체리 레드 색의 불빛 섬광. 6. 유성. 앳킨슨 부인은 자신의 '비행 스탠드 조명'을 3주 동안 비밀로 했다. 하지만 그녀는 그 '무언가'를 보았을 때 헛것을 본 것이 아니라는 것을 알았다. 그것을 함께 본 그녀와 남편은 입을 다물었다. 두 항공사 조종사가 토요일 이른 아침 항공사 상공에서 뛰놀며 불을 뿜는 '그것'을 보기 전까지는 그 이야기가 정말 조금 어리석게 들렸다. 그 후, 그녀는 자신의 이야기를 할 수 있겠다고 결심했다: "7월 5일 밤, 남편과 저는 집 앞 현관에 앉아 있었고, 9시 15분 전에 이 '무언가'를 봤어요. 저희 현관에는 방충망이 없어서 잘 보이는 가장자리에 앉아 있었죠." "제가 먼저 봤어요. 높이 있지는 않았어요—한 200피트 정도였을까요, 하지만 나무 꼭대기 바로 위에 있는 것처럼 보였어요. '저기 봐요'라고 남편에게 소리쳤고, 남편도 그것을 봤어요." "스탠드 조명의 윗부분처럼 생겼는데, 제가 본 것 중에 가장 예뻤어요. 너무 빨리 왔다가 지나갔어요—아마 시속 500마일 이상이었을 거예요." 그리고 애틀랜타의 두 항공사 조종사 C. S. 차일스와 존 B. 휘티드는 어떤가? 음, 그들은 오늘 카메라를 들고 이륙했다. 그리고 그들은 그 '무언가'의 사진을 가지고 돌아오기를 희망한다. 해변 인파, '은색 원통'에 목 빼고 구경 뉴저지주 애즈베리 파크, 7월 26일 (AP)—이 휴양 도시의 해변 산책로 인파는 월요일 머리 위 높이 날고 있다고 보고된 "은색 원통"에 목을 길게 빼고 쳐다보았다. 그들은 그것을 "공중 아주 높은 곳에" 있으며, 비행선 같지만 "양 끝이 뭉툭하다"고 묘사했다. 관리들은 "비행접시"를 상기하며, 포트 몬머스 주둔군에게 그것을 식별할 수 있는지 확인해달라고 요청했다. 애틀랜타 저널, 48/7/26
'LIKE BIG FLOOR LAMP FLYING 'ALONG' Everybody's Seeing 'Things' Whizzing Through Night Sky By CHARLES POU Is that Thing no more than a wayward floor lamp? Mrs. Noah Atkinson, of Brookhaven, saw it. And what did that Thing look like? "A great big floor lamp, all lit up. Oh, it was beautiful!" And C. M. Bowles, an Exposition Mills painter who lives near the Municipal airport, Sunday night saw a "huge, brilliantly lighted object" streaking over Atlanta skies at maybe 30,000 feet. Mr. Bowles thinks the Thing was straight from Moscow. Two air line pilots were startled by the newest astronomical "what-is-it" near Montgomery early Saturday. To them, it was "a wingless craft, spurting flame like a Buck Rogers rocket ship." Elsewhere, all over the country, that Thing was variously identified as: 1. An aluminum covered balloon. 2. A ball of fire. 3. An unusually bright light. 4. A red and blue flame that burst in mid-air. 5. A flash of cherry red fire. 6. A meteor. Mrs. Atkinson kept her Flying Floorlamp secret three weeks. But she knew she wasn't seeing things when she saw the Thing. She and her husband, who also saw it, kept mum. The story really sounded a little silly until the two air line pilots saw their Thing gamboling and fire-breathing through air-line skies early Saturday morning. After that, she decided her tale could be told: "My husband and I were sitting on our front porch the night of July 5, and at a quarter to 9 o'clock we saw this Thing. Our front porch doesn't have a screen, and we were sitting near the edge where we could see good. "I saw it first. It was not high up—about 200 feet, I guess, but it looked like it was right above the treetops. 'Looka there,' I yelled to my husband, and he saw it too. "It looked like the top part of a floor lamp, and it was the prettiest thing I ever saw. It came and passed so quick—I guess it must have been 500 miles an hour or faster." And how about the two airline pilots, C. S. Chiles and John B. Whitted, of Atlanta? Well, they took off today, armed with a camera. And they hope to bring back a picture of that Thing. Beach Throngs Crane At 'Silver Cylinder' ASBURY PARK, N. J., July 26. (AP)—Boardwalk throngs at this resort city craned their necks Monday at a "silver cylinder" they reported flying high overhead. They described it as "way up in the air," and like a blimp "only blunt at both ends." Officials, recalling "flying saucers," asked Fort Monmouth personnel to see if they could identify it. ATLANTA JOURNAL, 7/26/48
'LIKE BIG FLOOR LAMP FLYING 'ALONG' Everybody's Seeing 'Things' Whizzing Through Night Sky By CHARLES POU Is that Thing no more than a wayward floor lamp? Mrs. Noah Atkinson, of Brookhaven, saw it. And what did that Thing look like? "A great big floor lamp, all lit up. Oh, it was beautiful!" And C. M. Bowles, an Exposition Mills painter who lives near the Municipal airport, Sunday night saw a "huge, brilliantly lighted object" streaking over Atlanta skies at maybe 30,000 feet. Mr. Bowles thinks the Thing was straight from Moscow. Two air line pilots were startled by the newest astronomical "what-is-it" near Montgomery early Saturday. To them, it was "a wingless craft, spurting flame like a Buck Rogers rocket ship." Elsewhere, all over the country, that Thing was variously identified as: 1. An aluminum covered balloon. 2. A ball of fire. 3. An unusually bright light. 4. A red and blue flame that burst in mid-air. 5. A flash of cherry red fire. 6. A meteor. Mrs. Atkinson kept her Flying Floorlamp secret three weeks. But she knew she wasn't seeing things when she saw the Thing. She and her husband, who also saw it, kept mum. The story really sounded a little silly until the two air line pilots saw their Thing gamboling and fire-breathing through air-line skies early Saturday morning. After that, she decided her tale could be told: "My husband and I were sitting on our front porch the night of July 5, and at a quarter to 9 o'clock we saw this Thing. Our front porch doesn't have a screen, and we were sitting near the edge where we could see good. "I saw it first. It was not high up—about 200 feet, I guess, but it looked like it was right above the treetops. 'Looka there,' I yelled to my husband, and he saw it too. "It looked like the top part of a floor lamp, and it was the prettiest thing I ever saw. It came and passed so quick—I guess it must have been 500 miles an hour or faster." And how about the two airline pilots, C. S. Chiles and John B. Whitted, of Atlanta? Well, they took off today, armed with a camera. And they hope to bring back a picture of that Thing. Beach Throngs Crane At 'Silver Cylinder' ASBURY PARK, N. J., July 26. (AP)—Boardwalk throngs at this resort city craned their necks Monday at a "silver cylinder" they reported flying high overhead. They described it as "way up in the air," and like a blimp "only blunt at both ends." Officials, recalling "flying saucers," asked Fort Monmouth personnel to see if they could identify it. ATLANTA JOURNAL, 7/26/48