The article below was published in the daily newspaper The Leader Telegram, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA, page 3, on July 9, 1947.
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MILWAUKEE. (AP) - Lt. Col. Harry W. Schaefer of the Wisconsin civil air patrol announced Monday night his group planned to conduct a series of mass flights in hopes of learning something about the mysterious "flying discs."
The announcement followed reports by two experienced pilots that they had sighted "discs" in Wisconsin.
Col. Schaefer said he expected the mass flights to start next Monday and continue about a week. About 150 planes are expected to participate, he said.
The state C.A.P. will discuss the plans at a mobilization in Marshfield Saturday.
Kenneth Jones, a flight instructor at the Elkhorn air service, Elkhorn, Wis., and Capt. R. J. Southey of Burlington were the pilots who said they sighted "discs."
Jones said he was flying at about 400 feet when he saw a "white ball" traveling at a terrific speed about 10 to 15 miles north of Elkhorn.
Capt. Southey said he had landed at the Elkhorn airport and heard of Jones' experience. He and Glen Hackworthy, Milwaukee, took off and climbed to about 3,600 feet.
Southey said he saw a "silver thing" moving at a great speed. He turned the controls over to Hackworthy and prepared his camera in the hope of getting a picture but the object disappeared, he said, adding it re-appeared six or seven seconds later approximately 10 miles away.
