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Flying Saucer Not Figment Of ImaginationFive additional reports from various parts of the city, that an unidentified object was seen in the sky above Lithgow early on Wednesday night, followed a report of the phenomenon contained in yesterday's Mercury.”All reports writ* vouched for by reliable witnesses. and u striking feature of the additional eye-witness accounts was the fad that the time ii-id description of the objo-t coincided v.ith preliminary reports,First repot ts that «n unidentified object had been seen in the sky over Lithgow woe given by two members of the Mercury cricket tenm who had been practising on the Clanmlrlt; sports ground and who were packing their kit shortly before 7 p.m.Xo report suggested that the objrc was a flying saucer, but eo far the unfamiliar object has not beer, identified.Residents of Littleton. Mori's Estate and the Vale of Clwydd who were out-of-doors at dusk on Wednesday verified reports thnt a greenish colored ball had shot over the city, heading towards Sydney at terrific speed. So fast was the object travelling that It appeared In the sky for only several seconds, hut this was long enough for eye-witnesses in ouchc:«» to call the attention of others to the occurrence. 1Typical of the additional reports 1 received was tin account given by » Mrs Bert Ryan, of the Great Western ' lighwny, who was probably In thlt; best position of all to watch the moving object.Mr and Mrs. Ryan, together with ' » neighbor, wore standing outside heir home talking when Mrs. Kyan'r-ittcntion was attracted to an object I I moving across the sky Look look look, said Mrs. Ryan lt;“Kclt' dlv pointing to the sky above 1 lt;Lithgow Her husband and neighbor t turned to look but by that time the object was gone.Asked to describe it, Mrs. Ryan said . ‘he object was green ill color, and 1 joined hct Angora and thumbs In the I *‘orm of a circle to demonstrate its lizo. The object moved from weat . to east nnd disappeared towards Syd- I ney. 'Both Mr« Ryan's husband and nelghor said the object probably war lue io the sun glinting on her glasscH However, she vigorously denied thh uni again described what she hat! senNothing more was said of the phenomenon until Mrs. Ryan received her copy of the Mercury” yesterday aft err. *on. Shlt;* then pointed to the account in the paper as proof ol i what she hntl seen. (Other reports were similar in prln- t clple. All agreed rhat the time was t shortly before 7 p.m. and that the j object travelled towards Sydney and was gieen in color. |Enquiries at the Marrangaroo , II.A A.F. station revealed that no c Vi” ey pistols nor signalling rockets | had been fired on Wednesday while , mi report* «f meteors or falling stars i were received.
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Lithgow Mercury
Lithgow, New South Wales, AU
Fri, Dec 15, 1950
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