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A BIRD? A PLANE? SUPERMAN?i-a Saucer Is Seen ^0 .Guessing Is KeenA .flying . saucer whooshed pvert-Marin county yesterday* 'Lots.of people.'saw it. Lofcs of. good, plain, ind 'very sane people.-They -telephoned newspapers, they' told neighbors,' they' discussed it 'with theft families. '.Yes;-' it was-there.-We-, know, because three' indepeh-. dent-JQiimal 'staff members. saw- it.And--Warren r Rolls;- staff - .photog--rapher/ took a ^picture -of: it, - He .showed it to the. staff, and everyone agreed it was there. ■ -•Hamilton Field/had the answer.It wasn’t a bird, it wasn't Superman. (You'll find him. on page 4 today). • It wasn't -even a flying saucer. It was -an airplane. As. a--matter of . fact, it was the world's-:| largest land-based.'.plane flying high1lt; overhead. ~| - The . 163 - foot - long, -six-motored B-36 lt;ah Air -Force craft) soared atran altitude of .40,000 feet, its vapor 1 I trail .-tinted a horrendous red in -the]1 I rays of--the. sinking sun.| The big bomber was on a non-step I flight from Fort Worth, Texas, toi■ Seattle and return. I -So there.iilt;
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Daily Independent Journal

San Rafael, California, US

Sat, Jun 25, 1949

Page 11

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