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FLYING 'SAUCERS’' METEORS OR ?In America they're seeing things in the ikio.s. i-irst there wtre flying sauccis, reported by airmen who later tomessec! to practical Joking to bolster previous reports 4 mysterious phenomena allegedly wiLuessed by citens all over the States.It was a Sydney University professor who debunked the story when he showed -that blood corpuscles passing over the retina of the eye were the flying saucers.. Recently I,lie Yonks have seen Speed Gordon rocket ships— double-deckers with all windows radiating bright lights—passing . over at supersonic speed.BRISBANE 'METEORBrisbane has reported a “meteor which scared suburbia when it fell almost to earth, . douged between buildings nua then made otf into space leaving in its wake a iouo explosion ana 1 lurid lights.STRANGE SIGHT AT DUBBONow from a Dubbo young man , comes the story of a somewhat , diilerent visitation.Last night he was wending his . way homeward half au -lioui niter the turn or the day, when, pusslng the Convent school, the o right moonlight paled to a light blue-green color. Looking skyward lie saw a huge d.sc 01 light higher in the sky than the moon rising over the housetops. Radiating irom the disc was n bright blue light and ns it moved across the sky it ie.t a paler blue trailer. Tne pneifomeno.: p.-.s.-ed in n few seconds.The Liberal•* will vouch for the sobriety of its Informant, a youih of unimpeachable character who eschews liquor more potent that ice-cream sodas. His story can be vouched for by ethers who witnessed the ethereal display.SYDNEY MOTORISTSEES METEORSYDNEY. Thursday.A motorist in Sydney claims to Jiuve seen a large meteor v/nile driving along the Pacific highway at St. Leonards at about 12.30 am. today.The motorist, k. marshall, of I.une Cuvc, said lie s. Nr a large green llash and observed th» meteor with a long tail.It appeared to oe travelling norlh and looked like a green ball of lire.
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Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate

Dubbo, New South Wales, AU

Thu, Jul 29, 1948

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