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Emporia Women See Flying Saucer Floating Slowly Over Flint HillsOne of the mysterious silver saucers that are baffling the nation was seen floating over the Flint Hills Sunday evening, according to an Emporia woman. Mrs. W. L. Ob ley, 822 Merchant, said today that she saw a strange flying spot Sunday about 5:30 while walking through a wheat field lt;--n the Harris Stewart farm south of Saffordville, about 14 miles southwest of Emporia. .Holding- out her hands to'descrlbe an object about the size-of a silver serving tray, Mrs. Obley said the saucer was circular and shiny. While other reports tell of the objects traveling at great speed, the saucer seen by the Emporia woman was reported to be moving slowly across the sky. “it was floating like a feather, or a dirigible,” said Mrs. Obley.The flying saucer was first spied by Mrs. Will Becker of Saffordvillewho with Mrs. Obley and the lat-ter’s mother-in-law, Mrs. Edna Obley, was walking through the field. She called the attention of the other women to it and the three watched the object move slowly toward them from the south and then veer off toward the southwest and. 1 slowly disappear over the Flint Hills. Mrs. Obley said that when first seen, the object was thought to be a silver airplane but as the, women I studied it they' saw that 'the outline / was distinctly circular. The saucer was seen at a low altitude, scarcely 'clearing the tops of the low hills.I she said.I Mrs. Obley offered no explanation I of the phenomenon. She said she I was not vroiried .about the observations her relatives and friends are making . concerning her sanity. Neither does she think the Russians are behind the mystery of the flying saucers.
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Emporia Weekly Gazette
Emporia, Kansas, US
Thu, Jul 10, 1947
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