The article below was published in the newspaper The Gallup Independent, Gallup, New Mexico, USA, page 1, on July 12, 1947.
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"FLYING DISC" IS DUD -- A "flying disc", found by W. W. Brizzel [sic] on his Corona (New Mexico) ranch, is identified by Warrant Officer Irving N. Newton as a remnant of a weather balloon and a radar reflector used to gather information on wind conditions. Newton is attached to the Eighth Air Force weather station at Ft. Worth (Tex.) Army Air Field.
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