Johnson City (TN)
12 July 1947
PRESS-CHRONICLE
Page 2
Harried P-C Science Editor
Begs De-Disc Aid On Photo
The PRESS-CHRONICLE. "Sel-1 something of which George All-
ence Editor", already harried by son, 1105 Grover street, would
slightly "spotty" vision the past greatly appreciate an explanation.
few days, had a new problem on
his hands yesterday. _
Allison wrote that he took..the
This one came by U. S. mail-U. S. S. Attu somewhere between
photo from the flight deck of the
but it's the same old problem-San Diego.and Panama City in
those pesky "flying saucers."
March, 1946
A hurried conference in which
The newly appointed Science
Ed offered small reward Tues-all other PRESS-CHRONICLE
day for a bonafide flying saucer experts in other fields were called
provided it could be caught
barehanded.
in failed to supply a suitable an-
Since then, the PRESS-CHRON-swer.
ICLE has not been snowed under The political editor was sure
by discs, but yesterday's mall it was the start of a third party
brought in a puzzler for the news-move. The society editor claimed
paper disc expert to solve..
it was an X-ray of a bridegroom's
It was a small photograph of head on the day of the wedding.
The sports editor was equally
sure it was a picture of the home-
plate at Cardinal Park as seen by
any Johnson City pitcher.
The police reporter claimed it
was the snapshot of the handwrit-
Ing of a member of the local police
Photo by George Allison.
FLYING SAUCER?
Photo by George Allison.
. FLYING SAUCER?
department as it appears on the
police blotter.
The farm editor claimed it was
the collapse of the Johnson coun-
ty bean market as seen by the
camera. The photography depart-
nient could not identify the plc-
ture thus remained disinterestedly
aloof.
That threw the problem right
back into the lap of the science
editor. He decided. to toss it to
the readers. So here it is-what is
it?
Allison could not be reached
this morning for further infor-
mation on the picture. However,
the science editor will pursue it in
hopes of settling this important
problem.
The science editor has reached
the end of his rope. He asks:
"If anybody-just anybody-has
any idea what these flying saucers
are, or where they came from,
just drop a letter addressed to:
Editor, Press-Chron-
The Science City, Tenn., with the
Icle, Johnson
disc explanation.
Meanwhile, other developments
on the local "flying disc" scene:
A PRESS-CHRONICLE staffer
reported yesterday morning that
she was sure she had spotted a
dise the previous night. Then she
said she put on her glasses for a
better look and found it was a star
instead.
Late yesterday the science ed!-
tor was aroused from his after-
noon nap by a telephone call. The
caller reported excitedly that he
had flying disc" cornered.
"It's out in the yard chasing
my wife," he declared..
"Why call me?" the editor ask-
ed "You should call a lawyer,
not me,"
he added, and resumed
his nap..
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