27 August 1952
(Express, Watkins Glen, New York)
Source: waterufo.net (the late Carl W. Feindt)
The whole article:
“Report of two ‘flying saucers’ over the village was
made by Mrs. Marion Granston of 315
N. Glen Ave., Monday morning.
She said that the two saucers were seen at 9:30 just
over the ‘top of our elm tree.’
‘They were like big silver balls gliding through the
air,’ she added. ‘They were very plain.’
The two ‘balls’ disappeared over Seneca
Lake after proceeding eastward, the woman reported.
The woman added that neighborhood children could also
plainly see the ‘saucers.’ She identified them as William, Ronald, and Robert
Pierce, who lived nearby. They called Mrs. William Pierce, Sr., but she came
out too late to see the discs.
The woman, who reported the occurrence to newsmen, was
told to call Civil Defense headquarters at the office of Atty. Lafayette
Argetsinger, Jr.
Another ‘flying saucer’ was reported to have plunged
into Seneca Lake Monday morning [which was the
25th] [25 August 1952].
The incident was reported by three workmen who said
the object fell into the lake about 150 feet offshore near Glen Eldridge on the
east side of the lake about five miles from the village. They said it splashed
water about 8 or 10 feet
into the air.
The men, all carpenters, were Ray Andrew, Alfred
Sullivan, and Clayton Crout. They told state police that while working near the
lake, they saw a ‘bright object like a sheet of steel come through the air.’
‘Suddenly it crashed into the lake,’ they said, ‘and
splashed water 8 to 10 feet
high.’ In the Tompkins County village of Trumansburg, due northeast of here,
several persons reported that they saw five jet planes pursuing a flying
saucer.
U.S. Air Force officials at Hancock Field, Syracuse, said that jet planes from the base of the 32nd
Air Division Defense here were on maneuvers in the Schuyler County
area of Watkins Glen but said they did not know they were chasing flying
saucers.
Air Force officials said they would investigate the Seneca Lake
incident. Air spotters in the Schuyler area said they
did not sight
anything unusual in the area during the day. This is
the first time
that flying saucers have been reported in Schuyler County.”
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UFO news article:
“3 Carpenters ‘See’ Saucer Dive into Lake”
27 August 1952
(The Herald, Sharon,
Pennsylvania)
Source: waterufo.net (the late Carl W. Feindt)
The whole article:
“Three carpenters yesterday swore they saw a flying
saucer dive into Seneca Lake at Watkins Glen.
The carpenters said the saucer flashed ‘like a bright sheet of silver’ across
the horizon and then took a nosedive into the lake, kicking up a 10-foot
splash. But state police said as far as they are concerned, they are not going
to investigate. They pointed out that the lake is 200 feet deep in some
places, and they do not intend to waste their time with any grappling
operations.”
Wikipedia article: “Seneca Lake (New York)”:
Quote from the Wikipedia article:
“Seneca Lake is the largest of the glacial
Finger Lakes of the U.S.
state of New York,
and the deepest lake entirely within the state. It is promoted as being the
lake trout capital of the world, and is host of the National Lake Trout Derby.
Because of its depth and relative ease of access, the US Navy uses Seneca Lake to perform test and evaluation of equipment
ranging from single element transducers to complex sonar arrays and systems.”
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Aerial Panoramic of the southern part of Seneca Lake
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Satellite photo of Watkins Glen, New York (tageo.com)
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