12 September 1951
(Daily Examiner, Grafton ,
Australia
Source: Trove, National Library of Australia , Canberra
The whole article:
“Two Air Force jet fighter pilots reported to-day they
had chased a mysterious round flying object for 30 miles yesterday without
being able to catch it.
They estimated the object was travelling about 900 miles an hour.
One pilot, Lt. Rogers said: ‘I don't know if it was a flying
saucer, but it sure was something I’ve never seen before.’
He said they could not have caught it in an F86 Sabre
jet, America
Lt. Rogers described the object as white or silver
coloured and about the size of a fighter plane.
He said they lost sight of the object when it turned out
to sea. They first sighted it over Sandy
Hook , New Jersey
The Air Force and Navy have announced that flying
saucers previously reported have been weather balloons.
‘This could not have been a balloon because it was descending
and no balloon goes that fast,’ Lt. Rogers said.
The two pilots reported the incident to Air Force officials
at Mitchell Field. The officials refused to comment on it.”
The incident occurred on 10 September 1951, according
to NICAP’s report (nicap.org)
on the case.
I also reported on this case on 2 November 2010:
(wikimedia.org photo)
