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SEEING “SAUCERS”OVER SYDNEY!An “IDnsion,” . According to PsychologistsThe saucer'-spotting lever has broken out in epidemic form in Sydney. Homeward-bound workers were observed at street corners and tram •top*. Baring skywards for sign* of flying aaucars overhead, travelling in a southerly direction Jiuit an illusion!” was how psychologists described the mysterious objects sold to have been seen lr: America. Canada—and now in Sydney The Director of the Bute Institute of Psychology lt;Dr. C. H Martin ■ said the claim to hare seen the things could be attributed not so much to mass hysteria u to collective illusion History had recorded many such .1-luakmsOr. the other hand. Professor S F Colton Profesaor of Psychology at Sydney University, said It was dur to the way the eye was turned to the sky.A Sydney scientist said last nigh* that the United States Defenr- For-cea were using radar, and snniild know whether the flying saucers” actually existed, as radar would reveal their presence There was no organisation In Australia which cuulti ua# such a radar check Plying Teardrops Now Many people spent last night watching the akp for -flying saucersThe only -successful” person was » former University science student Raymond Roper, of Moamau. who. at '2 50 a.m. today, said he aaw a flying object. “It wasn't a flying saucer, it was a flying teardrop.- he said Roper taid It was a shining object shaped like a teardrop, and moving i quickly across the sky. colored lemon-yellow. and framed by while clouds The teardrop vanished over iht horlaon In a flash.
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Cootamundra Herald
Cootamundra, New South Wales, AU
Wed, Jul 09, 1947
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